"Living on a Shrinking Planet: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future": A Presentation by Jonathan Foley March 26, 2009

Jonathan Foley is the director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of the Minnesota, where he is also a professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. Foley's work focuses on complex global environmental systems and their interactions with human societies. He and his students have contributed to our understanding of large-scale ecosystem processes, global patterns of land use, the behavior of the planet's climate and water cycles, and the sustainability of our biosphere.

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