Conservation & Sustainable Development

MacArthur's conservation grantmaking aims to preserve ecosystems and species and to promote development that respects the environment. Read our strategy

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Interactive database by @BUPardeeCenter and @TuftsUniversity details #China lending in #LatinAmerica: http://t.co/5xYhObLUwD

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Interactive Database Details Chinese Lending in Latin America

China has made more than $87 billion in loan commitments to Latin American countries. In 2010, it committed more than the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and US Export-Import Bank combined. Read More

New @theWCS database reveals biodiversity of mammals in #Bolivia to aid #conservation efforts: http://t.co/j7nhGvHyVO

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Database Project Reveals Diversity of Bolivian Wildlife

The Wildlife Conservation Society has published a large database of mammals in Bolivia, shedding light on the poorly known yet vast wildlife diversity of the South American country. Read More

RT @DMPhilbrick: Julia Stasch's @macfound just called Energy Savers "a precedent for the country"! @CNTenergy

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First-ever Convening Offers Lessons in Fisheries Management

Community managers of coastal areas around the world recently gathered for the first time to exchange experiences in local fisheries management at the MacArthur-supported IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. Read More

Surprise species at risk from #ClimateChange, many receive little conservation attention, @IUCN study finds: http://t.co/4NesDcgU5D #EcoNews

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Surprise Species at Risk From Climate Change

The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, is one of the largest of its kind and assesses all the world's birds, amphibians and corals. Read More

MacArthur Foundation #job opportunity in #Chicago: Program Officer, #Conservation and #Sustainable Development http://t.co/iWrVya19Rf

Staff

Portrait of Barry Lowenkron

Barry Lowenkron

Vice President, International Programs
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Jorgen Thomsen

Director, Conservation & Sustainable Development
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Elizabeth Chadri

Program Officer, Conservation and Sustainable Development (Africa)
Portrait of Stephen E. Cornelius

Stephen E. Cornelius

Program Officer
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Christopher Holtz

Program Officer, Conservation and Sustainable Development
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Kate Barnes

Program Associate, Conservation and Sustainable Development
Portrait of Elsa Gutierrez

Elsa Gutierrez

Program Administrator

Rossi M. Polenica

Program Assistant
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Barbara A. Taylor

Executive Secretary