Ecosystem Management and Conservation

The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) recently launched its first forest restoration field course in Rwanda.

Professor Nyeema Harris spoke with YSE News about how humans and animals can coexist in city spaces.

COP30, which opens next week in Belém, Brazil, is expected to have an unprecedented focus on the essential role of Indigenous peoples in driving sustainable global climate response. Associate Professor Paulo Brando, an internationally recognized expert on tropical forest ecology, recently spoke to YSE News about the urgent need to connect ancestral knowledge with scientific methods to monitor and protect

Scientists from the Yale School of the Environment discovered that forests in the Everglades bounce back quickly after fires, often surpassing their previous levels of productivity. The research reaffirms the need to continue prescribed burns in the face of a changing climate.

New research led by YSE scientists reveals hidden parasites in endangered West African Lions.

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New research by Yale School of the Environment scientists highlights the need to reduce the “hammer” of human impact on the world's largest rainforest rather than focusing on an all-encompassing climatic tipping point. 

The common mineral can promote harvests and help fight climate change, a YSE-led study found.

A study by YSE scientists opens up new avenues for understanding tree physiology, forest ecology, and how trees are responding to climate change.

The climate benefits of cross-laminated timber outweigh earlier concerns but only if managed responsibly, according to a recent Yale School of the Environment study.

Scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the Everglades to sequester carbon, while the environmental shifts are enhancing the potential for carbon uptake by scrub mangroves.

New research from the Yale School of the Environment reveals how environmental factors, ranging from greenery to socioeconomic stress, shape urban adolescents’ environmental knowledge and concern.

Yale School of the Environment scientists pioneered a novel approach to studying the impact of urbanization on biodiversity in cities.

Researchers at the Yale School of the Environment found that mangrove forests in the Florida Everglades can recover rapidly from disturbance, underscoring the value of restoration efforts.

With roots in fieldwork and policy, Olivia Brinks brings a place-based lens to global environmental challenges.