Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

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NEWS & PRESS RELEASES: William Durham

Bumphead parrotfish become a threat to living corals when overfishing reduces the shark population.

Scientists Challenge Theory on Protection of Threatened Species »

July 30, 2014

Instead of simply concentrating conservation efforts on threatened species, resource managers and policymakers should consider ecosystem-wide impacts, study's authors write.

By Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Costa Rica’s president Luis Guillermo Solís talks with program participants

Costa Rica President Visits Future Environmental Leaders »

June 24, 2014

Solis meets with participants in new leadership program co-developed by INOGO

By Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Galapagos sea lions, tourists and residents share the beach at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno

Woods Fellow Bill Durham on Danger to Darwin's Paradise »

October 22, 2013

Bill Durham, a Stanford Woods Institute senior fellow led a Stanford group exploring tensions between conservation and development in the Galapagos Islands. The group witnessed how the Galapagos have been heavily effected...

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Where the Wild Things Are, and People Aren’t »

July 23, 2013

Stanford Woods Institute researchers look at why remote wilderness matters, and how best to conserve it

By Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment