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Patricia Wright
Distinguished Service Professor
Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
Biography
Patricia C. Wright founded Centre ValBio, a modern research campus in the rainforest of Madagascar where she has combined her research with efforts to preserve the country’s endangered forests and the many species of plants and animals they harbor. She was the driving force behind the creation of Ranomafana National Park, a 106,000-acre World Heritage Site there, which is home to many endangered species, including several species of lemur that she almost certainly saved from extinction.
Education
- PhD, City University of New York,
- BA, Hood College
News Highlights
March 26, 2021
SBU’s Wright looks to virtual tours and fundraising to fill ecotourism gap in Madagascar
Times Beacon Record
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October 30, 2020
Lemurs might never recover from COVID-19 (commentary)
Mongabay
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July 31, 2020
We need a green life support plan (commentary)
South Africa Today
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July 11, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic disrupts fight to save endangered animals and habitats
Fox 5 News
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May 25, 2020
Saving the ghosts of Madagascar, the lemurs
The Hill
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