As the National Park Service turns 100, a new institute at Duke, led by renowned conservationist Stuart Pimm, is primed to play an important role. “Many of our parks don’t have the financial support we think they deserve,” Pimm says.
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“If politicians think there are tipping points and the world hasn’t collapsed thus far, then it encourages policies that continue to degrade our world. If there isn’t a catastrophe so far, why worry?”
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As the National Park Service prepares to turn 100 in August, our national parks represent a treasure in need of need attention, says Stuart Pimm, a professor of conservation ecology who helped establish the new Park Institute of America, an independent nonprofit located at Duke that’s dedicated to protecting our national parks.
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A new independent institute located at Duke will work to preserve America’s national parks and protected areas through research, education and public outreach. “The benefits of this work will extend far beyond park borders,” says Jeffrey Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management.
