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At CEES, we’ve built a Center based not on the traditional definitions of environmentalism from the last half-century, but rather one that looks forward to the century ahead.

Through synergy and innovation, we influence the future of environmental protection, sustainability and climate change from the jungles of Peru to the campus of Wake Forest University.

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$150,000

Since 2011 CEES has awarded 64 seed grants to faculty and external fellows for a grand total just shy of $150,000. Tell us about your new research endeavors and how we can help you get there.

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130+ Faculty

Our faculty affiliate community is growing. Join 130+ colleagues across the college and professional schools who are performing at the top of their fields.

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$10 million

In 2016 a $10 million grant helped CEES establish CINCIA, the leading research station for biological conservation and environmental restoration in the Peruvian Amazon.

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The scientists restoring a gold-mining disaster zone in the Peruvian Amazon

Isabella Kornitsky2020-05-05T16:48:57-04:00nature | February 4, 2020|

COP25: Self-serving G20 spites youth, humanity, world at climate talks

Isabella Kornitsky2020-04-23T10:05:39-04:00Mongabay | December 17, 2019|

CEES Board Member and Mongabay environmental reporter, Justin Catanoso, provides a breakdown of the 25th annual United Nations climate summit (COP25) in Madrid.

Gold mining leaves heart of Peruvian Amazon a wasteland

Isabella Kornitsky2020-04-23T10:22:18-04:00PBS | September 21, 2019|

A decade of illegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has left thousands of acres of rainforest a wasteland. Unpermitted miners cleared vast sections of trees near Peru's border with Brazil and infused the land with mercury, causing an environmental disaster. But some miners have fled after Peruvian troops moved in. Special correspondent Leo Schwartz reports in the first of a two-part series.

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