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Join us tomorrow to learn about summer opportunities at United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Recruiters from the USFWS will be on campus at ASU to highlight their Summer 2015 Directorate Resource Assistant Fellowship Program.  The Program is designed for seniors (beginning in Fall 2015), or 2015 graduates who will be attending graduate school beginning in Fall 2015, or graduate students who have completed their first year of graduate school.

There will be 60 positions spread across the US in a variety of different venues.  And, best of all, Fellows may be eligible for a permanent position with the USFWS.

Bring your resume and join us for pizza

Wrigley 308

Noon – 1:00,  Thursday November 20th

USFWS DRA Fellowship

As CBO prepares to celebrate it's launch this week with the arrival of Dr. Georgina Mace, Nature publishes a call for broader participation in conservation. The call is signed by 240 conservation scientists, include six from ASU, all affiliates of the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes.

ASU scientists support call for inclusion in conservation science

On Nov. 6, a letter signed by 240 of the world’s leading conservationists, including six from ASU's new Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, was published in the journal Nature. The letter, titled “A call for inclusive conservation,” expresses discontent with a divisive debate in the conservation field over whether nature should be protected for its own sake or for the benefit of humankind.

To remedy this, the letter proposes an ethic of inclusiveness – one that recognizes the merits of each approach and encourages broader participation from the conservationist population. The letter’s six Center for Biodiversity Outcomes signatories agree that adoption of this ethic will help engage and align an expansive audience with conservation efforts.

Nature publishes the open letter as the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, a partnership between the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and School of Life Sciences, prepares to celebrate its launch on Nov. 13-14.

CBO partner, The Central Arizona Conservation Alliance, a Desert Botanical Garden initiative released it's inaugural website this week.

The Conservation Alliance facilitates and leverages community engagement to study, restore and promote the mountain park preserves of metro Phoenix.

Visits mymountainparks.org to get involved!

ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean & Professor, Ferran Garcia-Pichel finds evidence of climate change impact on microbes. Article in the New York Times.

A Microscopic Issue of Unknown Consequences: On Warmer Planet, Range of Soil Microbes May Change

This new book by SOLS professor and CBO Advisory Board member, Charles Perrings explores the many dimensions of human-driven biodiversity change.

Our Uncommon Heritage: Biodiversity Change, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being

Cambridge University Press, 2014

The School of Life Sciences announces a Master of Science degree in Plant Biology and Conservation.

The goal of the Research Grants program is to support research that assists land managers in making informed decisions about the natural and cultural resources of the partnership’s focal preserves: City of Phoenix Desert Mountain Parks and Preserves, Maricopa County Regional Parks, and City of Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

Grants will support applied and/or useable basic research that 1) fills gaps in the ecological, social, and cultural understanding of Preserve resources, and 2) addresses specific management issues.

More information: CAZCA RFP.2014 Research Grants

This article examines the need for national and international regulatory reform before gene drives can be used in the wild. Science Express. 2014. Regulating Gene Drives

James Collins discusses a call for rapid adaptation and leadership in research and educational institutions.

Leadership and Change in Twenty-First Century Higher Education. BioScience. 5, June 2014.

Ben Minteer reflects on the importance of acknowledging our limited ability to right our wrongs.

"Is it right to reverse extinction?". Nature. 14, May 2014.

The report on the results of the World Wide Views on Biodiversity Project Global mediation. The mediation took place worldwide on September 15, 2012. Meetings in the United States were facilitated by ASU's Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes.

World Wide Views on Biodiversity Results Report

The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy has received private funding to support one Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Fellow per year for three years, beginning Fall 2015. Contact us for application information.