Laura Lopez-Hoffman
University of Arizona, AZ·Ecology & Evolution
Migratory birds and bats travel long distances across countries with different laws and policies, and many of these species are declining. What people do in one place can affect wildlife and societies far away.
- Fields
Ecology & Evolution
Social Science
Earth & Environmental Science
- Topics
telecoupling
telecoupled systems
social-environmental systems
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jan 2027
What they work on
- Identify the social and ecological conditions that lead to telecoupled governance, in which management in one place responds to effects in distant places, for migratory birds and bats crossing international borders.
- Evaluate whether and when telecoupled governance produces more ecologically sustainable and socially equitable outcomes, using surveys, interviews, focus groups and panels with stakeholders and resource managers.
- Develop practical design principles for incorporating equity and sustainability into migratory species conservation with governmental and nongovernmental partners, culminating in a stakeholder workshop in Mexico City.
More about the research
These long-distance links are called telecouplings. A historical example: in the late 1800s, Italian farmers drained wetlands used by migrating waterfowl, which hurt hunting in Austria. Science can now measure such connections. The harder problem is governing them, because the places involved may lie in different countries. This project asks how governance can link what happens in one location with management in another, which the grant calls telecoupled governance.
Why it matters
Declining migratory birds and bats depend on habitats spread across several countries. Design principles for governance that links distant places could help wildlife agencies, conservation groups and policymakers protect these species while sharing costs and benefits fairly among the communities involved.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
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The school
University of Arizona: 36 labs on PI Pages, $1.0B a year on research, 487 research doctorates a year.
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