Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
Category: Alumni
Saddened by the loss of global conservation leader and UF/TCD alumnus Dr. Gustavo Fonseca
We are deeply saddened by the loss of global conservation leader Dr. Gustavo Fonseca, who passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. At the time of his death, Gustavo was Director of Programs for The Global Environmental Facility. Gustavo was a dear friend, alumnus, colleague, and mentor to the TCD program and countless others. His
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TCD Innovation Awardees organize virtual panels on Environmental governance
These panels are being organized by TCD students and alumni as part of their Schmink Innovation Award in collaboration with the IPDRS- Interaprendizaje. These will happen in Spanish and Portuguese and will take place via the IPDRS facebook page. Paneles Virtuales * Gobernanza ambiental en la Amazonia desde la perspectiva de los pueblos indigenas * Pedagogias
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Congratulations to UF TCD and SNRE alumna Cristina Nuñez Godoy for her new publication “Willingness of private landowners to participate in forest conservation in the Chaco region of Argentina”
Congratulations to UF TCD and SNRE alumna Cristina Nuñez Godoy for her new publication “Willingness of private landowners to participate in forest conservation in the Chaco region of Argentina” in Forest Policy and Economics. This research was part of her PhD dissertation work and is co-authored by Elizabeth Pienaar and Lyn Branch. Great example of
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UF WEC/TCD faculty and TCD alum work with the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program of Guyana on finding solutions to human-wildlife conflict in the Rupununi region o was featured by the IUCN and FAO for World Wildlife Day.
UF WEC/TCD faculty and TCD alum Matt Hallett’s work with the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program of Guyana on finding solutions to human-wildlife conflict in the Rupununi region of Guyana was featured by the IUCN and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for World Wildlife Day. Part of this solution was engaging local
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TCD Alumna Victoria Reyes Garcia interviewed by Marianne Schmink in Latinamericanist Newsletter
“In 1997, Victoria Reyes Garcia was living in Ecuador, working on her master’s thesis, and doing fieldwork in partnership with a newly founded U.S.-based research initiative called MERGE —Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis. This connection would lead her to MERGE’s founder, Marianne Schmink, and eventually to the University of Florida, where she studied
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Maira Irigaray is the 2021 M. Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipient!
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Maíra Irigaray is the 2021 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award from UF’s Tropical Conservation and Development Program. Dr. Irigaray received her PhD in Geography in Fall 2020 under the supervision of Dr. Cynthia Simmons. The outstanding dissertation award was established in 2010 in recognition of
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