Danyan Leng
I am currently a Postgraduate Associate at the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, where I focus on analyzing and synthesizing biodiversity and socioeconomic data for global conservation activities.
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I received a Master of Environmental Management (MEM) from the Yale School of the Environment in 2022. Prior to my studies at Yale, I graduated from the University of Washington in 2018 with double majors in economics and environmental science. My previous research projects span studying wildlife-human coexistence, avian foraging ecology, fisheries and marine conservation policy, and sustainable development in U.S., China, and Africa.
Research Interests
I believe wildlife conservation is a field of study that seeks collaboration between natural and social science and needs support from stakeholders that have very different positions and values. I am particularly interested in understanding how to address wildlife-human conflicts in areas experiencing intense land-use modification and/or across geo-political boundaries using interdisciplinary and solution-based approaches.
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Some of my previous research and projects address the topics include:
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Large-scale biodiversity conservation
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Integrating socioeconomic perspectives into conservation practices
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China's policies and subsidization of distant-water fisheries
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Public willingness to pay for wolf-livestock coexistence conservation
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Foraging ecology of Canada jay in Denali National Park
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