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“desertification fuels social and political unrest”
Story in the Guardian today on the UN’s Decade to Combat Desertification.
Of note in the article is the emphasis on soil conservation,
The top 20cm of soil is all that stands between us and extinction.
and the socio-political tensions that land degradation creates, as more people are forced to compete for fewer resources.
I am a biologist.
You can find me in the center of the venn diagram where ecology, conservation and restoration intersect with the socio-economic realities that shape how we interact with & impact the ecosystems around us.
My dissertation research examines the process of desertification. The bulk of this work occurs in the American southwest, but I also spent the summer of 2009 in northern China to learn about desertification in Inner Mongolia. I am funded by the following grants & fellowships:
-National Science Foundation's East Asia Pacific Summer Institute, which seeks to promote international research collaborations between American graduate students and scientists in Asia.
-American Philosophical Society's Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration
-Ariel Appleton Research Fellowship
-Appleton Whittell Research Ranch Apacheria Fellowship
-Sigma Xi
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