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  • A new museum built on an idea we know well

    National Geographic’s Museum of Exploration opened June 26 in Washington, and it makes a hopeful case for the work we do at ASU…

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  • A close-up, front-facing shot of a jaguar's face against a blurred green background.

    ASU is training conservation leaders for a fast-growing nature economy

    The Conservation Futures Academy has launched an online certificate that prepares field scientists and managers to lead the finance, GIS mapping and partnership…

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  • Man in forest

    A new course prepares professionals to evaluate credible forest carbon projects

    As carbon markets mature, organizations need people who can judge whether a forest carbon project holds up. Conservation Futures Academy’s newest course builds…

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  • A young woman with blonde hair, wearing overalls and a black t-shirt, smiles while holding a clipboard in a classroom or office. In the foreground, a man wearing an Arizona State Sun Devils t-shirt is partially visible, while another woman works in the blurred background near a window.

    What the 2026 529 expansion signals about how we finance learning

    A federal law just widened a savings vehicle most families still think of as a college account. The change is small in dollars…

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  • Training the people who make tourism protect nature

    A Conservation Futures Academy course trains tourism leaders to protect ecosystems while funding conservation. Read how ASU is building skills the field needs.

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  • A 4x4 safari and field research vehicle drives along a muddy dirt track through a vast, green African savanna under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. A prominent acacia tree stands to the left, and the open grassland extends to the horizon, illustrating the remote and expansive natural environments where conservationists conduct wildlife tracking and GIS habitat mapping.

    Conservation runs on spatial data. How ASU is helping the workforce keep up.

    The maps that drive conservation decisions are only as sound as the judgment behind them. ASU’s Conservation Futures Academy is building the workforce…

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