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Joe Fargione
Joe Fargione
Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, North America Region
Joe Fargione is lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Region. Joe’s research investigates energy production, land use, and valuing nature’s benefits to people. His studies have addressed the appropriate siting of new energy development, the ecological impacts of biofuels, and new sources for conservation funding including mitigation payments, carbon offsets, and creating markets that value nature’s benefits.
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Studies by Joe
Is Nature in Trouble in the United States?
A new study from Nature Conservancy scientists ups the ante for funding conservation efforts.
Win-Win for Wind and Wildlife
Authored by Conservancy Scientists Kiesecker, Fargione and Evans, in addition to a handful of others, the ‘Win-Win for Wind’ report could serve as a road-map for renewable energy development.
Articles by Joe
Ask the Conservationist
Is Organic Better for the Environment?
Ask the Conservationist
Can Trash Solve Our Energy Problems?
How to Kill Off the Gulf’s Dead-Zone Zombie
According to a new NOAA report, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico currently covers 6,765 square miles, exceeding the size of Connecticut. But what is the “dead zone,” exactly? Why should we care? What can we do about it?
Agriculture: The Other Global Change Agent
Joe Fargione responds to the Food and Agriculture Organization's report titled “How to Feed the World in 2050."
Nature Brains: Why Wasting Food Wastes Nature
A new report finds that globally, roughly one-third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted. But why is that bad news — and potentially good news — for nature?
Joe in the News
Studies
Is Nature in Trouble in the United States?
A new study from Nature Conservancy scientists ups the ante for funding conservation efforts.
Win-Win for Wind and Wildlife
Authored by Conservancy Scientists Kiesecker, Fargione and Evans, in addition to a handful of others, the ‘Win-Win for Wind’ report could serve as a road-map for renewable energy development.
New Study Shows Converting Land for Biofuels May Worsen Global Warming
More Carbon Lost than Gained When Converting Land for Biofuels Crops; Findings Have Major Implications for Climate Change Policy
Joe Fargione
Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, North America Region
Joe Fargione
Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy, North America Region
Joe Fargione is lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Region. Joe’s research investigates energy production, land use, and valuing nature’s benefits to people. His studies have addressed the appropriate siting of new energy development, the ecological impacts of biofuels, and new sources for conservation funding including mitigation payments, carbon offsets, and creating markets that value nature’s benefits.
Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, Joe received his Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Minnesota and held faculty positions at the University of New Mexico and Purdue University. Joe’s dozens of scientific publications have been cited over a thousand times in the scientific literature and have received widespread coverage in national print, radio and television media. Joe resides in Minneapolis with his wife and two children. In his free time he enjoys cross country skiing, canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and ultimate frisbee.
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Areas of Expertise
- Energy production
- Land use
- Valuing nature’s benefits