NatuRE Policy Lab

Kiva Oken , Assistant Professor of the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology shared her research on management of marine fisheries. Diversification of fishing portfolios of individuals, vessels, and communities can stabilize interannual variability of income at each level of organization. This portfolio effect is stronger ...

ARE student Kaiwen Wang  shared his research on regulations for trawl fisheries in China. Despite strong evidence of over-fishing, China’s fisheries have maintained a steady rate of growth for decades and become one of the largest producers in the world seafood market. On the other side, most of the marine ...

ARE student Joakim Weill presented his research on natural disasters and insurance take-up.

ESP student Jack Buckner presented his research on kelp forest restoration in California.  Kelp forests large stands of macro-algae that grow in near shore temperate ecosystems around the world...

ARE student François Castonguay presented his research on ecological interventions. Ecological interventions that prevent and manage environmentally transmitted diseases are receiving increasing interest by both researchers and practitioners...