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    African elephant close up
    Transboundary Elephant Conservation , article

    As a photographic safari guide I am fortunate to travel to unique and interesting wilderness locations. In January this year I had the opportunity to guide a safari to Zakouma National Park in Chad.

    Date: Apr 09, 2018
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    rhinoceros
    Social Media, e-Commerce, and CITES , article

    A recent study on the role of social media, search engines, and e-commerce in the expansion of global wildlife tracking has caught the attention of the news media. TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network, has provided extensive documentation of this burgeoning market, causing leading tech companies such as Google, Alibaba, Facebook, Instagram, and others to commit to developing and implementing policies and solutions to reduce demand for and access to illegal plant and animal sales.

    Date: Mar 19, 2018
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    horse and rider
    Equestrian Facilities as a Luxury Resource (II) , article

    In Part I of this two-part series,Master of Natural Resources (MNR) program graduate student Martha Wehling introduced the concept of equine facilities as a luxury resources, and examined the socioeconomic stratification associated with equestrian sports. In the following post, Martha discusses other relevant resource boundaries, including gender disparities, immigrant employment, the impact on natural resources, and the role of natural resource managers.

    Date: Mar 12, 2018
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    horse taking a jump
    Equestrian Facilities as a Luxury Resource (I) , article

    In this two-part series, MNR graduate student Martha Wehling examines the impacts of luxury resources and the role of resource managers through the lens of facilities supporting equestrian hobbyists.

    Date: Mar 05, 2018
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    Columbian coffee farmer
    Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part V , article

    [In the Part I of this series, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial. Parts II, III, and IV offered an overview of the environmental, social, and economic impacts, respectively, of climate change on coffee cultivation and production. In this, the final installment of the series, Nicole will discuss coffee, climate change, poverty, and sustainability.]

    Date: Nov 30, 2017
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    coffee and tip
    Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part IV , article

    [In the Part I of this series, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial. Part II and Part III offered an overview of the environmental and social impacts, respectively, of climate change on coffee cultivation and production. Next up, Nicole will discuss the economic impacts of coffee and climate change.].

    Date: Nov 23, 2017
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    sifting coffee beans
    Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part III , article

    [In the Part I of this series,Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial, and Part II offered an overview of the environmental impacts of climate change on coffee cultivation and production. Next up, Nicole will discuss the social impacts of coffee and climate change.]

    Date: Nov 16, 2017
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    how coffee grows
    Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part II , article

    [In the Part I of this series, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial. Next up, Nicole will discuss the connections between coffee and climate change.].

    Date: Nov 09, 2017
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    X16 cohort
    Alumni Highlight: Molly Brown , article

    Recent Executive Master of Natural Resources (XMNR) graduate Molly Brown has made a career shift into environmental law this past year, returning to her passion for global sustainability.

    Date: Nov 06, 2017
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    coffee ground map
    Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part I , article

    Across the globe, there are over 25 million farmers producing coffee. Many are smallholders in developing countries that rely on the crop for their source of income. In this 5-part series, I will examine the coffee crop in detail to determine how its production is linked to poverty. Throughout the project, I will also look at climate change to learn more about its implications for natural ecosystems and local economies. I am specifically interested in learning how a changing climate could perpetuate cycles of poverty in the world’s poorest coffee farmers and determining whether anything can be done to alter the poverty paradigm.

    Date: Nov 02, 2017

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