Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
Author: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
TCD student group Birdwatching activity In Sweetwater Park
Everyone is invited to join the TCD student group for a welcome back to UF event. Watch some birds, spot some gators, make some friends! TCD Gators go Birdwatching! Where: Sweetwater Wetlands ParkWhen: Saturday, January 21stTime: 7:45 a.m. We will have a limited number of binoculars available. Please bring your own if possible.To enhance your experience, download
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Generous Gift from Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation to Support Graduate Research in Field Biology
TCD is proud to announce a gift of $10,000 from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation to support graduate student research with a focus on field biology within TCD’s Field Research Grant competition. TCD Field Research Grants support graduate students conducting research on issues of biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and human well-being. Student research projects should make
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2023 Field Research Grant PRE-Award Info session
This session is for any student in the master or PhD program who may be interested in conducting field research during summer 2023. We’ll be going over some tips to get you prepared and to stay ahead of the game by discussing some important points, including: • IRB process to get approval to conduct research•
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Happy Holidays from TCD!
Wishing the TCD community, family and friends a joyful holiday season and a New Year of peace, health and prosperity. See you in 2023!
GIA2 Working Group on Biocultural Conservation: Envisioning academia’s role with NGO and community partners
The UF/TCD GIA project — a learning network of UF students and faculty with conservation practitioners from NGOs, community organizations and regional universities – concluded with a call for a biocultural approach that integrates conservation of tropical forests and rivers with the well-being of Indigenous and traditional communities. We invite interested students and faculty
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TCD alumna Marcela Marquez wins the Women in Science 2022 award from L’Oreal-UNESCO
TCD has so MANY AMAZING alumni – we are so lucky to have such a distinguished community making impacts around the globe. Today we celebrate Marcela Marquez who won the Women in Science 2022 award from L’Oreal-UNESCO !!! Just a few weeks ago, Marcela joined us at UF as the awardee for the Center for
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