Peter Kareiva
Peter Kareiva
Overview
As The Nature Conservancy’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Peter Kareiva is responsible for: reporting to the board of directors on the state of science in the Conservancy; mentoring its scientists; identifying opportunities and shortcomings that warrant science attention if the Conservancy is to fulfill its mission; advising leadership on emerging conservation challenges; and serving as one of several external spokespeople for science at the Conservancy. Kareiva's scientific research at the Conservancy focuses on two areas: first, projects aimed at asking whether conservation strategies are indeed delivering what they promise to deliver ("measures of success"); and second, developing credible tools that allow routine consideration of nature's assets (or ecosystem services, such as clean water and flood control) in a way that informs the Conservancy's business choices and how people around the world choose to live everyday.
