Jonathan leads the Conservancy's global science and indicators program, an international team of scientists specializing in broad-scale, spatially explicit analyses of biodiversity, habitat condition, and threats to the world's freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems. We use our data and analyses to identify critical conservation gaps and priorities, develop indicators that can inform policy and funding decisions, and to support practical conservation strategies. Jonathan's current research interests include return-on-investment analyses that help determine cost-efficient conservation priorities, "solution-mapping" that integrates socio-political information with conventional biodiversity and threat data to evaluate the likelihood that conservation strategies will succeed or fail, and large-scale mapping of ecosystem services. Jonathan earned his Ph.D in Zoology from the University of Washington where his research focused on how local variation in habitat quality influences population and evolutionary dynamics.

Advancing Conservation in a Globalized World    28:14 min.

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The species and ecosystems we seek to conserve are increasingly threatened by distant forces that play out on global scales - e.g., international trade, climate change. Commensurate global conservation approaches are essential for connecting causes and consequences, and for helping to coordinate interventions at strategic leverage points. As an example, I will describe The Nature Conservancy's global habitat assessments - a compilation of global data and information about biodiversity, habitat condition and threats to the world's terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. I will then share some ideas about how global science can be applied to influence policies and decisions with potentially far-reaching impacts on conservation around the world. Written Summaries of Presentation Author's pre-conference summary of the presentation Goodwin-Niering Center Certificate student's summary of presentation.
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