Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability

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  Global food trade research upends assumptions about how biodiversity fares

  Published on May 12, 2022
  Examining the complexities of global food trade and the impacts of biodiversity hotspots.

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  MSU scientist helps craft solutions in United Nations sand crisis report

  Published on April 27, 2022
  Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world after water, but its use is largely ungoverned, a UN report says

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  War devastation stretches across natural world

  Published on April 25, 2022
  The Russia-Ukraine war will affect biodiversity and the environment far beyond the war zones, with implications for sustainability and well-being worldwide.

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  Liu receives highest honor for ecological contributions “of extraordinary merit”

  Published on April 19, 2022
  The Ecology Society of America honors Jianguo "Jack" Liu as an "eminent ecologist."

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  Mexico joins Sri Lanka in sea cucumber crime drama

  Published on April 7, 2022
  The recent collapse of Mexican sea cucumber populations underscores the urgency of damage that can come to wildlife and people when crime engulfs international trade

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  ESPP honors, supports 4 CSIS students

  Published on April 5, 2022
  Four CSIS PhD students are honored for outstanding publications and supported for their research

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  Russia’s action expands what’s defined as “local” in the Arctic

  Published on March 30, 2022
  It’s critical to understand the complexities of tightly bound actions and events of both people and nature, especially in times of crisis – most notably climate change and conflict between Russia and western countries.

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  Evaluating sustainability progress requires broad and long look

  Published on March 24, 2022
  A first look at how striving at the complexities of maki meaningful progress in critically important SDGs

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  Leading conservation scientist 2022 Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecturer

  Published on March 24, 2022
  A world-renowned conservation scientist who focuses on the need for people to be in partnership with nature to change, will deliver the 2022 Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture

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  CSIS student has The Conversation about conservation

  Published on January 6, 2022
  CSIS PhD student Veronica Frans follows up a Methods in Ecology and Evolution paper by discussing broader uses for her new ways to model habitat for creatures returning to a home it will share with people.

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  Taylor receives top honor from the American Fisheries Society

  Published on December 6, 2021
  Bill Taylor has been honored with society's highest award for scientific achievement, cited as a "primary driving force" in inland waters work throughout the world.

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  Red meat trade serves up global health woes

  Published on November 15, 2021
  Red meat is being exported to countries, bringing along increased health problems.

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  Helping smooth New Zealand sea lions’ road home

  Published on November 7, 2021
  PhD student Veronica Frans creates a new way of redefining New Zealand sea lions’ habitat. The work will help take the surprise out of coming across sea lions on a forest hike

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  Ph.D. student takes interdisciplinary approach to fisheries and wildlife

  Published on November 2, 2021
  Kelly Kapsar’s research looks at the relationship between humans and their environment with a focus on wildlife conservation.

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  Thirsty cities need a human/nature infrastructure combo

  Published on October 21, 2021
  MSU sustainability scientists take a holistic approach to find that human construction alone doesn't make urban water ecosystem services sustainable

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  NSF grant supports exploring Arctic’s complex human-nature changes in Bering Strait

  Published on October 20, 2021
  A $1.54 million National Science Foundation grant will support exploring consequences of climate change, natural resource development, shipping, and tourism in the Arctic.

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  Register free for Innovations in Partnerships in Global Fisheries and Aquaculture

  Published on October 8, 2021
  A virtual side event to the Borlaug dialogue examines the role of partnerships in alleviating global hunger and malnutrition in the context of aquatic food systems.

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  MSU group partners to harness the data revolution

  Published on September 28, 2021
  Members of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability will use $1 million to collaborate on a new NSF-funded national initiative to understand climate change and disaster risks and impacts.

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  Two Ph.D. students named for cloud computing fellowships

  Published on September 21, 2021
  CSIS's Veronica Frans and Nan Jia named MSU Cloud Computing Fellows by Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research.

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  Conservation study: Fostering wanderlust benefits pandas

  Published on September 20, 2021
  Research in Conservation Biology shows giant pandas would benefit from some unsuitable habitat across the landscape.