Tag: Environmental Studies

“Linking knowledge to action:” the motto for EOI alumna while completing her MS degree

“Linking knowledge to action.” This is the phrase Environmental Observation and Informatics (EOI) graduate Grace Stonecipher says is the embodiment of her time at the Nelson Institute. “The courses really dove into that subject of ‘Great, we can do all this science, but if we’re not using it to actually make decisions, then what’s the …

Manantlán Biosphere Reserve supported by UW-Madison highlighted in Nature

Nelson Institute adjunct professor and Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology alumnus, Eduardo Santana Castellón recently co-authored a letter to the editor titled, Value of Mexican Nature Reserve is More than Monetary in the journal Nature. The letter addresses the United Nations´ new System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), which will help countries establish the monetary …