Prawn vs Snail: Natural Solution to Parasitic Disease

August 20, 2015

Stanford-led research in Senegal, West Africa, finds that freshwater prawns can serve as an effective natural solution in the battle against schistosomiasis, a potentially deadly parasitic disease that infects about 230 million people. The prawns prey on parasite-infected snails, while providing a source of marketable protein-rich food. The researchers will establish a center on disease, ecology, health and development at Stanford.
Learn more:https://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/news/natural-solution-spread-deadly-disease

Integrating Natural Capital Into Decisions

July 9, 2015

In June 2015, the Nature Conservancy and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, in cooperation with their Natural Capital Project partners, the World Wildlife Fund and the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, hosted a public event on Integrating Natural Capital into Decisions. The event featured leading academics and practitioners in the field of ecosystem services as well as experts from the public and non-profit sectors, addressing core sustainability challenges of the 21st century.
For more information, visit: https://woods.stanford.edu/news-events/event/washington-dc-expert-discussion-integrating-natural-capital-decisions

Stanford researchers isolate underlying causes of extreme weather

June 29, 2015

A new study co-authored by Stanford and Princeton University researchers finds that trends in atmospheric circulation patterns can partially explain Earth’s increasingly severe weather. While scientists had previously surmised that the link existed, robust empirical evidence was lacking. Read more: https://stanford.io/1dsRsMu

Interview with Dr. Cary Fowler

May 26, 2015

On May 6, Dr. Cary Fowler of the Global Crop Diversity Trust visited Stanford to give a talk titled "Doomsday Vaults, Genebanks and Plant Breeding in the Age of Climate Change." The talk was part of the ongoing Food and Nutrition Policy Symposium sponsored by the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford. Dr. Fowler sat down with FSE director Rosamond (Roz) Naylor for a brief interview before his talk.

Sylvia Earle (Condensed), Schneider Memorial Lecture

May 7, 2015

Stanford's third annual Stephen H. Schneider Memorial Lecture featured record-breaking underwater explorer, scientist, and ocean advocate, Dr. Sylvia Earle, who spoke on sustainability and oceans.

Lotus Water Project: Drinking Water Solution for Urban Slums

March 24, 2015

For many of the nearly one billion people living in urban slums around the world, finding a safe water supply is impossible. The Lotus Water Project is working to change that equation with a low-cost chlorination device. Unlike decades’ worth of proposed solutions before it, the affordable device would disinfect water at the point of collection, and require no behavior change from users. Read more.

California Drought Panel - Water In The West

March 4, 2015

Introduction to the InVEST Tourism & Recreation Model

January 7, 2015

Spencer Wood, PhD, Senior Scientist with the Natural Capital Project, introduces the InVEST Tourism & Recreation Model.