Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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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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Amazonian Dialogues – a new remote speaker series starts on 1/22/25 on the topic of gender and youth integration, community forestry and Indigenous territorial governance in Bolivia.
Dear TCD Community, We’re thrilled to invite you to “Amazonian Dialogues,” a new remote speaker series that’s part of TCD’s exciting new project on Amazonian Conservation. This semester, we’re hosting engaging presentations by invited speakers every other Wednesday, and these sessions are open to the entire TCD community. Our first session kicks off this Wednesday,
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TCDsg 2024 Bingo fundraising is this Saturday!
fundraising The BINGO is one of the TCD student group fundraising events that happens every year to support TCD students’ small grants or other initiatives. Please Join us this Saturday, December 7 to be part of this traditional and unforgettable evening of excitement, camaraderie, and the thrill of the win at Bingo Games! More info
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UF SACNAS receives Outstanding Chapter Award for Innovative Science
The SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) chapter at the University of Florida received the Outstanding Chapter Award for Innovative Science. Claudia Garnica (PhD Biology and TCD) received the award and shared with the audience that “This recognition celebrates a belief we hold dear: that science is not just for a few but
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