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Gretchen Daily
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment
Director, Center for Conservation Biology
Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
Chair, The Natural Capital Project
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| gdaily@stanford.edu |
| [Biographical Sketch] [Publications] |
My work is oriented around three broad questions. First, assuming that human impacts intensify along the lines currently projected, what kinds of species and ecosystems will exist over the coming decades and centuries? Second, what sorts most merit protection and what is the scientific basis for deciding? And third, what strategies would most effectively serve the goals established in answer to the second question?
To address these, I am developing the field of countryside biogeography to forecast changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services in human-dominated landscapes, using both theoretical and empirical approaches, including remote sensing. I am also developing a scientific framework for characterizing ecosystem services and incorporating their value into decision-making. Finally, to investigate new conservation finance mechanisms and policy options, I am collaborating extensively with economists, legal scholars, mathematicians, and leaders non-government organizations and in the public and private sectors.
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