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Through synthesis research, our working groups make big-picture discoveries in both basic and applied ecology and environmental science. Their big insights advance scientific knowledge and help solve complex questions and challenges about the natural world.

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SNAPP: Identifying common ground among fire researchers studying mixed conifer forests

Principal Investigator(s): Max A. Moritz, Craig D. Allen, Paul F. Hessburg, Penelope Morgan , Dennis C. Odion, Chris Topik, Thomas T. Veblen
Completed
SNAPP: Land-use change and conservation policy in Brazil and the U.S. for biodiversity, ecosystem services and economic returns

Principal Investigator(s): Stephen Polasky, Carlos C. Durigan, Joseph E. Fargione, Derric Pennington, Andrew Plantinga
Completed
SNAPP: Measuring the status of fisheries and factors leading to success

Principal Investigator(s): Ray Hilborn, Caleb McClennen, Ana Maria Parma
Completed
SNAPP: Making ecosystems count in the Sustainable Development Goals

Principal Investigator(s): Fabrice DeClerck, David Cleary
Completed
EarthCube Building Blocks: GeoLink -- leveraging semantics and linked data for data sharing and discovery in the geosciences

Principal Investigator(s): Mark P. Schildhauer, Matthew B. Jones
Completed
Understanding changes in the Coastal Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem: Analysis of Past Dynamics to Improve Prediction of Future Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Change

Principal Investigator(s): Thomas A. Okey, Teresa Klinger, James J. Ruzicka
Completed
Applying portfolio effects to the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem: Did multi-scale diversity buffer against the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

Principal Investigator(s): Kristin N. Marshall, Anne H Beaudreau, Richard E. Brenner, Mary E. Hunsicker, Andrew O. Shelton, Eric J. Ward
Completed
SNAPP: Planning for the impacts of land-uses on coral reef fisheries and livelihoods under different climate scenarios

Principal Investigator(s): Carissa J. Klein, Christopher J. Brown, Hugh P. Possingham
Completed
SNAPP: Forest sharing or sparing for conservation and communities in tropical timber landscapes

Principal Investigator(s): Bronson W. Griscom, Mark Ashton, Francis E. Putz
Completed
SNAPP: Integrating natural defenses into coastal disaster risk reduction

Principal Investigator(s): Michael W. Beck, Jane Carter Ingram
Completed