Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
Category: Faculty
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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Congratulations to Dr. Karen Kainer for receiving UF CALS Graduate Teacher/Advisor of the Year!
Karen, a professor in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation and TCD core faculty, was nominated by her graduate students [Stephanie Cadaval (SFRC) Ana Violato Espada (SFRC), Johanna Depenthal (SFRC), Mabel Baez Schon (SFRC), Yeyetsi Maldonado Caballero (MDP)] for CALS prestigious faculty award. For nearly two decades Karen has been advising graduate students and
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Dr. Marianne Schmink Papers archived at UF Smathers Libraries
We are excited to share this link which provides a “Guide to Marianne Schmink Papers” bringing together her scholarly work over the past decades. Marianne Schmink was one of the founders of the Tropical Conservation and Development Program and instrumental in both the preceding programs, such as the Amazon Research and Training Programs, as well
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TCD Core Faculty Joel Correia receives UF International Award
Joel Correia received the University of Florida International Educator of the Year Award that recognizes extraordinary contributions in international education especially taking into consideration the impact on student learning and engagement with international issues, and the impact on international partners and the UF community as a whole. Joel’s research and teaching focuses on the intersection
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It is not only the Amazon that is burning…
The expanding extractive frontier is leading to the rapid deforestation of the Paraguayan Chaco, creating fragmented forests and raising questions about socio-environmental justice. Photo by Joel E. Correia, 2019. TCD & LAS Faculty, Joel Correia recently published the article “South America’s second-largest forest is also burning – and ‘environmentally friendly’ charcoal is subsidizing its destruction” in
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