#  The Future of Biodiversity: Reconciling Nature and Economics 

 



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 **May 7, 2026** 

 04:30PM - 07:00PM EDT 

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As part of [Boston Climate Week](https://go.salatainstitute.harvard.edu/e/1055013/2026-04-15/lsyb4/916276320/h/8hcK11Aea7VkE1nfkcKcLlDugkjdkN-5-dcwW5PVOWY), the Harvard University Biodiversity and Planetary Stewardship Initiative (HUBS), anchored at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, invites you to a panel discussion and networking reception around the Future of Biodiversity.   
  
Featuring panelists [Alexandre Antonelli,](https://go.salatainstitute.harvard.edu/e/1055013/nce-people-alexandre-antonelli/lsyb7/916276320/h/8hcK11Aea7VkE1nfkcKcLlDugkjdkN-5-dcwW5PVOWY) Executive Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Professor of Biodiversity and Systematics at the University of Gothenburg; [Steve Polasky](https://go.salatainstitute.harvard.edu/e/1055013/people-stephen-polasky/lsybb/916276320/h/8hcK11Aea7VkE1nfkcKcLlDugkjdkN-5-dcwW5PVOWY), Regents Professor and Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota; and [Rachel Gallery](https://go.salatainstitute.harvard.edu/e/1055013/person-rachel-e-gallery/lsybf/916276320/h/8hcK11Aea7VkE1nfkcKcLlDugkjdkN-5-dcwW5PVOWY), Thomas Lovejoy Endowed Chair and Professor of Microbial Ecology at the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment.



 

 



 

 

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