{"id":968,"date":"2022-01-17T18:20:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/?p=968"},"modified":"2022-01-17T18:20:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:20:52","slug":"nau-partner-institutions-selected-for-international-sustainability-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/2022\/01\/17\/nau-partner-institutions-selected-for-international-sustainability-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU, partner institutions selected for international sustainability award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"886\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/undp_crop-886x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/undp_crop-886x1024.png 886w, https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/undp_crop-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/undp_crop-768x887.png 768w, https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/undp_crop.png 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Extent of forests with >25% tree cover (in yellow), forests with diverse canopy structure (in brown), and forests with high ecological integrity (in green). \u00a0Protected areas across Colombia are outlined in black. \u00a0Source: \u00a0Hansen et al. 2019\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-019-0214-3\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-019-0214-3<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Arizona University is a key partner in a project that has been recognized for its work in achieving one of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Sustainable Development Goals, which are designed to protect and sustain all life on Earth amid a changing climate. &nbsp;NAU\u2019s contribution to this effort comes in the form of new satellite-derived datasets and indicators on high-integrity forest fragmentation and the extent and condition of riparian forests in Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. GEODE lab members include&nbsp;<strong>Patrick Jantz<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Ivan Gonzalez<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Patrick Burns&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Scott Goetz<\/strong>. &nbsp;Gonzalez&nbsp;coordinates activities with UNDP country offices and environment ministries in the three countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about it&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.nau.edu\/un-sdg-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, including quotes from NAU&#8217;s President Cruz and the&nbsp;executive director of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO)&nbsp;Initiative on&nbsp;Sustainable Development Goals. The award ceremony was held the week 22 November 2021. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Arizona University is a key partner in a project that has been recognized for its work in achieving one of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Sustainable Development Goals, which are designed to protect and sustain all life on Earth amid a changing climate. &nbsp;NAU\u2019s contribution to this effort comes in the form of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/2022\/01\/17\/nau-partner-institutions-selected-for-international-sustainability-award\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NAU, partner institutions selected for international sustainability award&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goetzlab.rc.nau.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}