News
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All global sustainability is local
Published on January 1, 2020
In a Nature cover story, Jianguo "Jack" Liu and CSIS members use groundbreaking methods to discover sustainability, like politics, is local
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Conservation’s hidden costs take bite out of benefits
Published on December 19, 2019
CSIS scientists show that even popular conservation programs can harbor hidden costs, often for vulnerable populations.
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Sustainability scholars honored at commencement
Published on December 13, 2019
Two scholars with ties to MSU's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife will receive honorary degrees Saturday.
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MSU a player in year’s top scientific discoveries
Published on December 3, 2019
Sustainability scholar Jianguo “Jack” Liu and FW assistant professor Andrés Viña were authors for a global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services that ranked as one of the year's top science discoveries.
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MSU fisheries experts publish book of triumphs
Published on October 17, 2019
MSU fisheries experts compile 22 success stories of long-term conservation wins.
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Assigning workers to new networks boosts sustainability
Published on October 17, 2019
Innovation comes from people in different units who have new knowledge, and a new study about conservation organizations suggests encouraging employees to think and act outside network boxes from time to time.
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Modeling habitat that’s just right
Published on October 14, 2019
In this week’s Scientific Reports, Michigan State University researchers offer ways to take the guess work out of parameters.
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What would Jesus do? Quite possibly, recycle
Published on September 23, 2019
A team of social scientists and sustainability scientists worked to peel off the layers of understanding about how Christianity and environmentalism mix.
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Study champions inland fisheries as rural nutrition hero
Published on September 23, 2019
Researchers from MSU and the FAO synthesize new data and assessment methods to show how freshwater fish feed poor rural populations in many areas of the world.
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Look at this data!
Published on September 23, 2019
Two Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability members tied for second place in a campus competition to translate data into a compelling visual.
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Tariffs lead to creative supply chains
Published on August 5, 2019
MSU scholars apply a new, more holistic way to examine global agricultural trade to better understand what’s going on when a country as enormous as China develops a big appetite for soybeans.
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Scientists defend headwater protections
Published on May 30, 2019
Scientists, including MSU's Dana Infante, rally to put science back at the forefront of the nation's revised protections of streams and their valuable ecosystems.
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Study scrutinizes global tourism’s push and pull
Published on May 21, 2019
Tourists have become international jetsetters, bringing the promise of prosperity, threats to the nature they come to experience and lots of questions about how to strike a balance. The key: What drives tourism?
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MSU F&W scientists contributors to UN sustainability report
Published on May 9, 2019
Two MSU sustainability scientists contributed to a landmark United Nations report which finds an unprecedented biodiversity loss, and calls for transformative changes to balance nature conservation and economic development.
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Grading conservation: Which reserves defend forests?
Published on May 7, 2019
Lands that shelter forests have value often readily tallied by developers, but until now it’s been more difficult to prove the success of protecting those forested lands in pursuit of sustainability. That can put conservationists on the defense.
