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James F. Reynolds

Professor Emeritus
Environmental Sciences and Policy
Duke Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
130 Science Dr., Biological Sciences Bldg., Rm 137-Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Convergence of Evidence: A Tool to Combat Desertification - Launch of World Atlas on Desertification, 3rd Edition · November 2018 Invited Talk European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Small-scale agricultural production systems on marginal lands: Meeting the challenge of sustainability using integrated assessment models · September 2015 Invited Talk Vietnam Forestry University, Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam
Global Rise in City Slickers: The Heat is on! - ESA Vice Presidents’ Centennial Session: Frontiers in Science, Education, Management, and Policy to Address Pressing Environmental Issues · August 2015 Invited Talk Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD
Understanding Interdependencies of Natural and Human Systems as Nonlinear Agents of Land Degradation - Consortium for Research in East African Tropical Ecosystems · February 2015 Invited Talk Maseno University, Kenya, Kisumu, Kenya

Service to the Profession


Editorial Board - World Atlas of Desertification · 2012 - 2016 Editorial Activities Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) , Ispra, Italy
Editorial Board - Lead Author, "Challenges of the Earth System" · 2012 - 2014 Editorial Activities Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) , Nairobi, Kenya