Dr. Justin Brashares

Biography

Justin Brashares is a professor and the G.R. & W.M. Goertz Chair at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. His research focuses on the pressing issues of catastrophic global biodiversity decline and its biological, economic, and social consequences. His work investigates how the consumption of wild animals and the conversion of natural habitats affect the dynamics of animal communities and the persistence of their populations. Through interdisciplinary approaches, his research aims to integrate economic, political, and cultural factors into wildlife conservation efforts. Specific areas of focus include community and population ecology, the ecological consequences of wildlife utilization, and landscape planning and monitoring for wildlife conservation. Brashares emphasizes empirically-based strategies in his collaborative research to propose effective biodiversity conservation methods.

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