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A Yale symposium being held on Jan. 24 will bring together academics studying the science of urban ecosystem services and the practitioners who are using this emerging field to improve the environmental health of their communities.

While much of the discussion about renewable energy is focused on solar, wind, and hydroelectric sources, any climate action must include heightened discussion around wood, which accounts for 87 percent of the world's renewable energy use. The Forest Dialogue is helping to catalyze that discussion.

The architects of the Yale Environmental Performance Index (EPI) hope a new interactive map to crowdsource expert feedback will help refine and improve this important indicator of both ecosystem and human health — and they need your help.

The Yale Landscape Lab on Yale’s West Campus and the F&ES-based Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative have partnered for GrassX, an Experimental Grassland Competition that invites Yale students to explore ideas to promote grassland management systems, native pollinators, and local ecosystems.

The Forests Dialogue, a Yale-based program that promotes multi-stakeholder discussions on forest issues, recently brought together 60 people from 15 countries to discuss how the concept of deforestation-free supply chains could be applied in western and central Africa.

A message from Dean Peter Crane about the fire at Yale Myers Forest

’15 M.E.M. and the staff of the Urban Resources Initiative (URI) with Certificates of Outstanding Recognition in appreciation for their contributions to sustainability at Yale during the 2014-15 academic year.

aims to advance our understanding of life cycle environmental and natural resource implications of energy efficiency technologies.

A decade ago, the Forests Dialogue, an F&ES-based initiative that promotes dialogue between stakeholders in forest regions, ventured into a region of northwest Russia. In the years since, the Komi Dialogue has developed into an ongoing, multi-stakeholder platform that has served as a powerful convening tool.

Thomas Easley, the assistant dean of community and inclusion at F&ES will receive the Diversity Leadership Award from the Society of American Foresters (SAF) during its annual meeting. 

A new guide published by the Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively (TELE) program will help natural resources professionals better engage family landowners in conservation and responsible land stewardship.

On June 4, the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) will issue its 12th biennial ranking of 180 countries on how they are performing in terms of environmental health and ecosystem vitality. In an interview, Dan Esty discusses how over the past two decades the EPI has offered a roadmap for sustainability policy.

A community partnership including the Yale-based Urban Resources Initiative (URI) that has helped the city of New Haven tackle the challenge of stormwater runoff has received a prestigious award from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies recently named Sean Bogle the new assistant dean for student affairs.

Andrés Fernández Álvarez has been named the new assistant dean for student affairs at the Yale School of the Environment and will assume his new role on June 28.