Colorado Mesa University’s resident pika expert, also recently part of a CMU-led rainforest science project that won an international competition, is participating in yet another global-scale event Dec. 8-12 as a delegate at the United Nations Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

Johanna Varner, an associate professor of biology, has been invited to attend the event as a delegate for the Citizen Science Global Partnership, which she said is advocating for the use of citizen/participatory science as a tool for achieving U.N. sustainable development goals.

“The goal is also to sort of drum up some support, either financial support or in-kind support, for some of these global environmental monitoring programs that engage the public,” she said.

She is one of five people selected as a d

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