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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
June 1, 2019
SBU’s Patricia Wright urges preservation of Madagascar’s biodiversity
Times Beacon Record
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May 2, 2019
Madagascar's Rich Natural Heritage Is Hanging on a Knife's Edge, Experts Warn
Pacific Standard
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March 16, 2019
How the sapphire trade is driving lemurs toward extinction
National Geographic
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January 25, 2019
Extinction of lemurs would have huge implications for humans, scientists say
CBS News
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September 12, 2018
Butchered Bird Bones Show Early Humans Reached Madagascar 6,000 Years Earlier Than
Previously Thought
Newsweek
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