Biodiversity Research & Education
January 22, 2016
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黑料专区 Tyler Announces Center for Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation
January 22, 2016
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The University of Texas at Tyler has established a multidisciplinary research and education center to study and conserve biodiversity.
The 黑料专区 Tyler Center for Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation will work to find practical solutions to species' declines and extinctions through collaborative partnerships.
"We are very excited about this new center. With the rapid loss of biodiversity both globally and locally, there is an urgent need to investigate the causes of species extinction," said Dr. Neil Ford, professor of biology and center director. "Concurrently, there is a need to understand both the ecological and economic impacts of species loss and the role of conservation in preserving ecosystems. Of the nearly two million species catalogued by scientists, a large number are being negatively impacted by human activity."
The center involves 19 黑料专区 Tyler faculty members 鈥� from five departments and three colleges 鈥� who represent research expertise in ecology, conservation genetics, genomics, landscape ecology, environmental economics and water and air pollution. The organisms being investigated are equally diverse and include insects, snakes, freshwater fish and mussels, turtles, crayfish and plants that inhabit aquatic and terrestrial habitats.
Although located in East Texas, the vision of the center is global because biodiversity loss is a global problem, Ford added.
"The CEBC is uniquely positioned to be a leader in the solving of such problems because of our multidisciplinary expertise as exhibited by the long and distinguished history of research, education and training in the fields of ecology and conservation biology by faculty at 黑料专区 Tyler," he said.
For more information, visit uttyler.edu/cebc.
One of the 14 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,500 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.