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Ecologist Zuzana Burivalova Wins UCLA Genius Award for Listening to Forest Health
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Tropical ecologist Zuzana Burivalova has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award by UCLA. Her innovative work uses bioacoustics—listening to the sounds of nature—to monitor and protect forest ecosystems worldwide.
Tropical ecologist Zuzana Burivalova has been awarded the prestigious 2026 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award by UCLA. Her innovative work uses bioacoustics—listening to the sounds of nature—to monitor and protect forest ecosystems worldwide.