Andrea Baudoin (SNRE/TCD) is the 2020 M. Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipient!

We are pleased to announce that Dr. C. Andrea Baudoin Farah is the 2020 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award from UF’s Tropical Conservation and Development Program. Dr. Baudoin received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology in 2019 from the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) program under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Perz.

Dr. Baudoin’s dissertation entitled “Volver a hablar con la Gente del Agua”: Meanders of indigenous autonomy in the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), Bolivia” exemplifies the interdisciplinary, theoretical and praxis-oriented aspects of the UF TCD Program. In her dissertation Andrea examined how natural resource management was influenced by the politics engulfing infrastructure development and indigenous social movements in Bolivia (click on image below to access the PDF of the complete announcement).

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Baudoin