Faculty Affiliate John Knox, Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law at Wake Forest University’s School of Law, and his colleague Dr. David R. Boyd, Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Sustainability, at the University of British Columbia, were honored last week for their work […]
Are you passionate about shaping educational futures, mentoring rising scholars, and steering institutional growth? The Sabin Center is on the lookout for a transformative Executive Director to serve at the intersection of leadership, innovation, and development.
Join us for these essential conversations We’re excited to share that our fall conference, “Sustainable, Just, and Abundantly Wild: Effective Action at Every Scale,” will be held here on campus Thursday, November 13. In addition to a keynote from National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler, we’ll have […]
New research led by Sabin Center scholars reveals that tree communities across the Amazon and Andes are not adapting quickly enough to climate change. Lead Author William Farfan-Rios, a Sabin Center Fellow, underscores the study’s implications: “The result is a growing climatic debt that threatens […]
Incident Underscores Links Between Mercury Pollution, Illegal Gold Mining & Organized Crime Last month, Sabin Center Senior Fellow Luis Fernandez assisted Peruvian customs officials authorities in the seizure of a record-breaking 4-ton shipment of illegal mercury on its way to Peru. Hidden in bags of […]
Schang Steps in as Meiburg Retires The Sabin Center welcomes Board Member Scott Schang as Interim Executive Director. Schang, a Professor of Practice and Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Wake’s School of Law, brings decades of nonprofit, corporate, and academic experience, including leadership roles […]
Testing reveals chronic mercury exposure across Peru’s Loreto region Climbing gold prices may mean climbing mercury poisoning rates for the people living in the Peruvian Amazon. According to a June report from our colleagues at CINCIA, widespread mercury exposure has been identified in several […]
The Real World Consequences of Cuts to USAID Programs Earlier this year, the Trump Administration terminated over 6,000 grants as it rapidly dismantled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), before any meaningful review of the programs could take place. When critical scientific funding […]
In the depths of the Amazon rainforest, trees may be quietly recording one of the region’s most persistent environmental threats: mercury pollution from gold mining. A new study in Frontiers in Environmental Science shows, for the first time, that tropical trees can store a […]
With virtually each passing day of the new administration, our nation has seen major shifts in federal governance, and environmental regulation is certainly facing rapid change. Executive Director Stan Meiburg, who capped his 39-year career with the EPA as Acting Deputy Administrator under President Obama, […]