Randy Kramer Research Group

3/9/2025 In the Heart of Vanilla Country, Farmers on the Climate Frontlines Struggle to Adapt

Randall Kramer

4/9/2025

As erratic weather upends the seasonal rhythms that crops depend on, farmers in the island nation of Madagascar are feeling the effects but struggle to adapt to the new normal. […]

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2/19/2025 Do Protected Areas Contribute to Social Welfare?

Randall Kramer

3/4/2025

(from Duke Environment Digest) Conserving biodiversity has long been recognized as a global good whose success depends on improving local livelihoods. However, little evidence shows that protected areas have had […]

05/23/2024 New CITES Publication Calls for Mobilizing Sustainable Finance for African Elephant Conservation

Randall Kramer

1/28/2025

The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) announces a publication titled “Mobilizing Sustainable Finance for African Elephant Conservation“. Commissioned by […]

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11/13/2023 – Community Collaboration Takes Aim at Failing Septic Systems and Environmental Injustice

Randall Kramer

10/22/2024

DURHAM, N.C.—A new paper by a team of Duke researchers examines longstanding environmental justice issues in Lowndes County, Alabama, and presents key findings from an innovative, multi-year collaboration with the […]

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11/16/2022 – Kramer Presents at Elephant Conservation Workshop

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12/9/2022

Randy Kramer presented a talk, “Mobilizing Sustainable Finance for African Elephant Conservation,” at a workshop organized by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) […]

6/17/2021 – Tales From Two of DGHI’s Pioneers

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7/2/2021

As they prepare for retirement, John Bartlett and Randy Kramer reflect on memorable moments from the institute’s early days and its impact on their work View full story

7/6/2020 – New reports on agriculture and health in the SAVA region of Madagascar

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7/6/2020

As part of several research projects exploring the connections between human health and the environment, the Kramer research group conducted agricultural and health surveys in several villages in the SAVA […]

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5/8/2020 – Bass Connections: Social-Ecological Networks and Zoonotic Disease in Rural Madagascar (2019-2020)

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5/19/2020

Bass Connections Showcase Research has documented conflicting associations between land use change and infectious disease risk, with some studies finding that deforestation increases disease risk for humans, while other studies […]

4/30/2020 – Undergraduate Miranda Metz Receives Leadership Award

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4/30/2020

Miranda Metz is the recipient of the 2020 Michael Merson Undergraduate Student Leadership Award in Global Health. Bestowed by the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), the award recognizes students who […]

01/14/2020 – Duke Team Wins NIH Grant on Disease Ecology, Conservation and Global Health in Madagascar

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1/12/2020

An interdisciplinary research team recently launched an NIH-supported project aimed at investigating infectious diseases at the human-animal interface in Northeastern Madagascar. The team will model disease transmission within and across […]

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10/16/2019 – Research Presentation at the Triangle Global Health Annual Conference

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10/16/2019

The theme for the 2019 Triangle Global Health Annual Conference was One Health: Creating our Shared Future – Humans, Animals, and the Environment. Michelle Pender presented on Biodiversity, Land Use […]

10/18/2018 – Ivonne Higuero Named Secretary-General of CITES

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10/18/2018

Ivonne Higuero, a graduate of Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has been named to a highly prestigious and influential leadership position in biodiversity conservation — secretary-general of the […]

2/20/2018 – Kramer Research Group Students Publish Master’s Project

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2/20/2018

Three former Nicholas School of the Environment students have turned the findings of their 2016 Master’s Project, on regional differences in what motivates homeowners to implement energy-efficiency upgrades, into their […]

12/29/2015 Importance of Coordination in Fighting Malaria

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12/29/2015

Randy Kramer highlights the importance of a two-prong approach of prevention and treatment in fighting malaria and the need for global coordination between organizations to eradicate the disease. View full […]

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