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Gretchen C. Daily (born October 19, 1964 Washington D.C.) is the Bing Professor of Environmental Science at Stanford University, the director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford, and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Her main research interests include biogeography, conservation biology and ecology. Daily is also a co-founder of the Natural Capital Project, a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20004880.html )〕 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/alphalist.pdf )〕 and the American Philosophical Society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=American Philosophical Society )〕 Daily is a board member at the Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics and the Nature Conservancy.〔 ==Education and career== Daily received her B.S. in biological sciences from Stanford University in 1986. She then went on to earn her M.S. in biological sciences at Stanford University in 1987 and received her Ph.D. in biological sciences from Stanford University in 1992. In 1992 Daily was awarded the Winslow/Heinz Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group. In 1995 Daily became a Bing Interdisciplinary Research Scientist in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University.〔 During her time as a research scientist, Daily served as the editor for ''Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems'', which provides examples of the benefits that ecosystems can provide for societies and ideas for how to quantify the value of these services. The Heinz Foundation noted that ''Nature's Services'' "has served as a model for ecosystems regulation in several regions of the world and was a catalyst for the U.N.'s Millennium Ecosystem Assessment."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/gretchen-daily )〕 After 7 years as a research scientist, Daily was appointed as an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and as a senior fellow at the Institute of International Studies (both at Stanford University) in 2002.〔 In 2002, Daily also co-wrote the book ''The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable'' with Katherine Ellison.〔 In 2005, Daily was appointed as the Bing Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and was made the director of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University.〔 As of 2013, Daily still holds all three of these positions.〔〔 In 2005 Daily (the project leader from Stanford), along with partners at The Nature Conservancy, the University of Minnesota, and the World Wildlife Fund, established the Natural Capital Project. The organization's stated goal is to "improve the state of biodiversity and human well-being by motivating greater and more cost-effective investments in both."〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/about.html#mission )〕 As one of the directors of the Natural Capital Project, Daily "serves as (organization's ) chief emissary to financial and government leaders."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/people.html#directors )〕 In 2006, Daily became a member of the board of directors of the Nature Conservancy. Daily served as the inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Sustainability Studies at the University of Cambridge in 2013. Daily has received numerous awards and honors throughout her academic career, including the 21st Century Scientist Award (2000), The Sophie Prize (2008), The International Cosmos Prize (2009), The Heinz Award (2010), the Midori Prize (2010) and the Volvo Environment Prize (2012).〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.volvogroup.com/group/global/en-gb/investors/_layouts/CWP.Internet.VolvoCom/NewsItem.aspx?News.ItemId=129904&News.Language=en-gb )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gretchen Daily」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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