By Alison Mize, ESA Director of Public Affairs I arrived in Yerevan, Armenia, a few days early for the High-Level Policy Segment of COP17, expecting crowds of delegates and a buzzing conference atmosphere. Instead, I found myself in a surprisingly quiet city, accompanied mostly by journalists, security personnel, and the anticipation of a global gathering that had not yet fully…
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ESA is pleased to announce a new award from NSF to support its 4DEE program, ‘Scaling Evidence-Based Multidimensional Teaching in Ecology’.
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Sageland Collaborative connects people, wildlife and landscapes through hands-on restoration activities.
Read More Sep. 16, 2026 update: This expression-of-interest period has closed. ESA is no longer accepting names for COP17 observer badges. ESA is accepting expressions of interest from members to receive an ESA “observer status” badge to attend the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), which will take place Oct. 19–30, 2026, in…
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By Astrid Caldas The crowds came. The Indigenous peoples staked their claims to representation and rights to land. The connection between biodiversity and climate change is a priority topic in this “Amazon COP”, as are synergies across the three Rio Conventions – which together address the interconnected challenges of climate change, desertification and biodiversity loss. The negative biodiversity impacts of…
Earlier this week, I joined nearly 300 participants in Washington, D.C., for the Day of Action to Save NASA Science, organized by the Planetary Society and supported by 20 partner organizations.
This year, ESA’s annual meeting offset donation is going to Baltimore’s only environmental land trust.
ESA staff recently attended an event on Capitol Hill highlighting the importance of federal support for R&D
Don’t miss the exciting lineup of events focused on policymaking, communication and real-world impact at ESA’s Annual Meeting.
Recent actions ESA has taken in the science policy arena.