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Understanding how and why some forests are fragmented, degraded, and losing species, while other forests are in good condition and even regrowing and expanding, is a puzzle to any thoughtful observer of the environment.
In a world which is experiencing unprecedented degrees of environmental change and degradation at a global scale, one sees evidence of restoration, suggesting that under certain conditions, people can self-organize and stem the steady loss of the ecological systems that sustain us.
At the Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC) we are dedicated to understanding these processes and sharing this knowledge with the scientific community and the public.
What's New at CIPEC
May 2, 2012: Harini Nagendra, Tom Evans, and Elinor Ostrom receive PEER grant on the "Institutional Dynamics of Adaptation to Climate Change and Urbanization: Analysis of Rain Fed Agricultural-Urban Lake Systems in Bangalore, India"
April 18, 2012: IU professor Elinor Ostrom named to Time’s list of 100 most influential people
Time magazine has named Indiana University faculty member Elinor Ostrom to the 2012 Time 100, the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
