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  IMPACT: Liu, Viña 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.

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  Grading conservation: Which reserves defend forests?

  Published on May 6, 2019
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• New book applies telecoupling framework to land-use change

  Published on May 5, 2019
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  Diving deep into water and energy trade-offs

  Published on April 30, 2019
  Two papers by Michigan State University (MSU) scientists begin challenging a more simplistic, input/output view of natural resources in favor of a way that better reflected how the world really works.

• Sustainability celebrates research revolution birthday

  Published on March 27, 2019
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• Energy stealthily hitches ride in global trade

  Published on March 21, 2019
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• Quiles Delgado, Kapsar, win conservation support

  Published on February 14, 2019
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  Keeping SDGs from being a zero-sum game

  Published on February 4, 2019
  MSU scientists suggest new ways to tackle unexpected or unintended consequences cropping up on the way to the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting.

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  Keeping SDGs from being a zero-sum game

  Published on February 1, 2019
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  Sustainable science amplifies the global of local

  Published on December 18, 2018
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  Liu named among most highly cited in global list

  Published on November 29, 2018
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  MSU science communicator honored by AAAS

  Published on November 21, 2018
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  Biodiversity draws the ecotourism crowd

  Published on November 7, 2018
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  Sustainable hydropower in the 21st century

  Published on November 4, 2018
  Better ways to generate hydropower for industry and livelihoods may be key for developing nations, according to new research from five MSU scientists.

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  Hydropower, innovations and avoiding international dam shame

  Published on November 4, 2018
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  Amazon rainforest conservation victories spill losses to neighbors

  Published on October 4, 2018
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  Amazon rainforest conservation victories spill losses to neighbors

  Published on October 4, 2018
  New research suggests that protecting the Amazon rainforest from deforestation may just be shifting the damage to a less renowned neighbor. The unintended consequences are profound.

• Nature journal's blogosphere elevates CSIS

  Published on September 24, 2018
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  Sustainability without borders – new ways to integrate sciences

  Published on September 14, 2018
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