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CMU prof attending U.N. Environmental Assembly
- Johanna Varner, a CMU biology associate professor, is attending the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi as a delegate.
- The assembly, December 8–12, will explore global environmental governance and climate issues with delegates from many countries.
- Varner’s citizen-science work, including the Cascades Pika Watch, helped secure her delegation seat.
- The Citizen Science Global Partnership plans air-quality monitoring and bioblitz activities for delegates in Nairobi.
- Varner aims to bring back insights on global environmental governance to CMU students and the campus community.
- Varner has long worked with pika citizen-science projects in Oregon and Colorado.
- Her delegation role represents the American Association of Participatory Sciences within the partnership.
- The XPRIZE Rainforest project and indigenous collaboration augmented her credentials for the assembly.
- Varner expects to learn about global environmental governance and share that knowledge internationally.
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