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Glenn-Marie Lange
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Glenn-Marie Lange, a senior research scholar with the Center for Economy, Environment and Society, an affiliate of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, has been awarded a 2006 Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. The Pew Fellowships are the premier award for marine conservation and recognize innovators from around the world who are finding solutions for ocean protection and preservation.
Lange's research examines the interdependence of the environment, economic development and poverty reduction. She has worked extensively in Africa and Asia, where she has focused on building tools to integrate environmental issues into economic policy analysis. During the period of the fellowship, Lange will collaborate with another 2006 Pew Fellow, Dr. Narriman Jiddawi, a marine biologist and senior research fellow at the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, to develop a way to include the value of goods and services provided by marine ecosystems in national income accounts using Zanzibar as a model.
"I'm certainly personally happy for this honor, but it's also an important recognition for the growing field of environmental accounting," said Lange. "The more we acknowledge the important role that the natural world, particularly the marine environment, plays in the well-being and economic development of societies, the better off everyone will be in the long run."
The Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation is part of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science, in partnership with the University of Miami. The Pew Institute for Ocean Science strives to undertake, sponsor, and promote world-class scientific activity aimed at protecting the world's oceans and the species that inhabit them. An international committee of marine specialists selected the Pew Fellows based on their potential to protect ocean environments.
Each Pew Fellow or collaborative team receives $150,000 to conduct a three-year conservation project. Now celebrating its 16th anniversary, the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation has, since its inception, selected 94 Pew Marine Conservation Fellows from more than 20 countries who have completed projects across the globe. The fellowships are funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
"The 2006 Pew Fellows truly represent the global reach of this unique program," said Ellen Pikitch, executive director of the Pew Institute for Ocean Science at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and former Pew Fellow. "These pioneers of marine conservation are discovering new solutions for protecting and preserving our oceans worldwide." |
