• IALE-UK issues call for abstracts on urban landscape ecology: science, policy and practice

    Published on February 3, 2014
    Cities are growing rapidly. Across Europe, more than 70 percent of people already live in urban areas, including 80 percent of the United Kingdom population. This growth is creating increasing challenges for the natural environment on which cities af...

  • What makes farmers likely to adapt to climate change?

    Published on January 22, 2014
    Small farmers in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with few assets are more likely to change their farming practices to adapt to climate change if they have access to weather information and are part of a local agricultural or natural resource management-r...

  • Telecoupling science shows China’s forest sustainability packs global impact

    Published on December 20, 2013
    As China increases its forests, a Michigan State University (MSU) sustainability scholar proposes a new way to answer the question: if a tree doesn’t fall in China, can you hear it elsewhere in the world?

  • Call for abstracts to the Global Fair and Workshop on Mountain Observatories

    Published on November 14, 2013
    The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and the University of Nevada at Reno announce the opening of abstract submissions to the Global Fair and Workshop on Long-Term Observatories of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, in Reno, Nev., July 16-19,...

  • CHANS research will help reduce risk of dengue fever

    Published on November 13, 2013
    A study by an international team of researchers led by CHANS-Net member Anna M. Stewart Ibarra of the Center for Global Health and Translational Science (CGHATS) at SUNY Upstate Medical University is giving public health officials information th...

  • Two graduate student positions available for CAFOR Project

    Published on November 4, 2013
    Graduate students can apply for two funded positions for an interdisciplinary project conducted through the University of Colorado and the University of New Hampshire. The two graduate student positions, one at the University of New Hampshire and one...

  • CHANS-Net members contribute to special issues

    Published on October 1, 2013
    Three CHANS-Net members have contributed to two high-profile special issues that explore the connections between the environment and the native people living there.

  • NSF funds 21 CNH projects - 2013

    Published on September 25, 2013
    How and why is tea quality vulnerable to changing climate conditions, and how do these changes affect farming communities and land-use strategies?Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Syst...

  • Scientists make plea for sharing of geographic and evolutionary datasets

    Published on September 23, 2013
    Two multi-centre groups of scientists – one led by Bryan Drew from the University of Florida and one by CHANS-Net members Joel Hartter from the University of New Hampshire and Sadie Ryan from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry – ...

  • BioScience publishes survey exploring CHANS challenges,opportunities

    Published on August 22, 2013
    A paper in BioScience shines light on results  of a project undertaken by 2009 CHANS Fellows investigating how CHANS researchers are trained and how their training may influence their overall career path.

  • PhD positions available at University of Toledo LEES

    Published on August 22, 2013
    PhD positions are available at the Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences Lab at the University of Toledo to study ecosystem and societal functions on the Mongolian Plateau. The positions require the abilities to synthesize existing data and a...

  • CHANS-Net at ESA 2013 annual meeting

    Published on August 14, 2013
    CHANS-Net organized a series of events at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) at the Minneapolis Convention Center Aug. 4-9. The events  brought together CHANS-Net members, including the 2013 CHANS Fellows. CH...

  • At ESA, envisioning sustainability in a telecoupled world

    Published on August 8, 2013
    The Ecological Society of America got an earful of telecoupling Thursday morning as global experts gathered to exchange ideas about how to approach sustainability systemically -- from grazing cattle to palm oil to water zombies. 

  • Telecoupling pulls pieces of sustainability puzzle together

    Published on July 11, 2013
    Global sustainability is like a high-stakes jigsaw puzzle – and an international group of scientists have created a new framework to assemble the big picture without losing pieces.

  • Weigh in on the future of CHANS research

    Published on July 9, 2013
    CHANS-Net members are reminded to participate in short survey that seeks to elevate awareness of CHANS research in the scientific community. The survey was emailed July 1.The 10-question survey asks respondents to identify the most important research...

  • CHANS-Net Newsletter -- July 2013

    Published on July 1, 2013
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  • CHANS-Net members gear up for AGU again

    Published on July 1, 2013
    A group of CHANS-Net members are soliciting abstract submissions for two  symposium.The Global Environmental Change session “Adaptation of Smallholder Farmers to Climate Variability in the Tropics”
 at the AGU Fall Meeting Dec. 9-13 in San ...

  • A mountain of a scientific confab in Minneapolis

    Published on June 21, 2013
    Three reasons to register now for the Key Contact Workshop of the Mountain Research Initiative, Saturday, Aug. 3.Why should you join the MRI pre-conference workshop for scientists working in mountain regions?

  • 2013 CHANS Fellows follow “sustainable pathways” to network and learn

    Published on June 18, 2013
    Nine outstanding junior scholars studying coupled human and natural systems will have a unique opportunity to interact and network with scientific thought leaders at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in August as part...

  • CHANS-Net in the New York Times

    Published on June 10, 2013
    The New York Times explores human and natural systems in a desperate fight for balance in Cambodia. CHANS-Net principal investigator Jianguo "Jack" Liu and member Lewis Incze are quoted. The article, "Of Fish, Monsoons and the Future -...