Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
Category: Events
A farewell to TCD Community from Dr. Bette Loiselle
4 August 2025 Dear TCD Community: For 14 years, I had the distinct honor and pleasure to serve as Director of Tropical Conservation and Development Program in the Center for Latin American Studies at University of Florida. This position was truly my dream job. For almost two decades before joining TCD and UF, I knew
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TCD organized workshop “What makes a network work?” at 2025 ATBC meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico
The workshop, “What Makes a Network Work? Keys for Success in Cross-Border Conservation Networks,” is part of the scientific and collaborative program of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), which will take place in Oaxaca, Mexico, from June 30 to July 5, 2025. This year’s meeting centers on the
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TCDsg Taste of the Tropics is on April 27, 2025
Taste of the Tropics 2025 TCD Student Group Annual Fundraiser When: Sunday, April 27thTime: 4:00-7:00 pm Where: 3440 NW 27th Place, Gainesville FL Home of Bette Loiselle and John Blake Donate a prize and get free entry!! more info in flyer!
UF Distinguished Alumna Talk “Climate change impacts on Indigenous Peoples and local communities”
Please join us for a special talk from UF Distinguished Alumna Dr. Victoria Reyes-Garcia on Wednesday, April 30th at 4 PM in the Keene Faculty Center. After her talk, we celebrate her UF award with a reception to provide additional opportunity to continue the discussion and share together the end of the semester. If you plan
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2025 LAS / TCD / MDP Field Research Festival
The Center for Latin American Studies invites you to our annual Fieldwork Festival Poster Exhibit! Come discover the excellent fieldwork and research ourstudents are conducting. Talk with students while viewing their posters and multimedia work and stay for the awards ceremony! PUBLIC POSTER EXHIBITFriday, March 14 | 1:00-4:00 pmSmathers Rm 100
TCD Conservation and Development Forum on Partnerships in times of change. Exploring trust, power & resilience in the Amazon and beyond.
Join us for this year’s first TCD Conservation and Development Forum! Many of us are engaged in collectively addressing complexproblems that bridge natural & social ecosystems. Although werely on partnerships to shape expected change, we rarely payattention to how collaborative relationships are initiated,sustained or perform. During times of crisis (such as politicalshifts or funding cuts),
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