Fellow Story

Switzer Fellows Quoted in Scientific American on Payments for Ecosystem Services

Fellow(s): Nicole Gross-Camp, Josh Donlan

An international symposium on Payments for Ecosystem Services ("PES") organized by 2007 Fellow Nicole Gross-Camp, conservation biologist at the University of East Anglia in England, received attention in a recent article on PES in the journal, Scientific American.  Nicole organized the symposium which was attended by scientists from around the world.  Nicole spoke with Scientific American about her project, ReDirect Rwanda, an experimental project focused on examining the potential of PES to achieve both conservation and development objectives in the Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda.  Also quoted in the article is 1998 Fellow Josh Donlan on his work with conservation mortgages as a method for reducing habitat destruction.

Meet the Fellows in this Story

Nicole Gross-Camp

Nicole Gross-Camp

2007 Fellow
Nicole is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist whose work focuses on the intersections of biodiversity conservation, governance, and human wellbeing. She focuses particularly on East African conservation with an emphasis on...
C. Josh Donlan

Josh Donlan

1998 Fellow
Josh leads the organization by building interdisciplinary teams to tackle problems in novel ways. Trained as a scientist, Josh holds a PhD from Cornell University and an MA from University of California. He has worked on environmental...