Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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Meet the Speakers! The Power of Connections: Harvesting Lessons and Strengthening Coalitions for Amazonian Conservation February 22-27, 2026
Click here to learn all about the Speakers at the UF Center for LAS 2026 Annual Conference!
Tropilunch 3.10.2026 – Deciphering the Evolutionary History of African Florathrough the lens of Monopsis (Campanulaceae)
Tropilunch is a weekly seminar run by graduate students from the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program. It provides a forum for discussions and presentations related to TCD student and faculty work and research. Students are provided an opportunity to present and discuss their research projects with peers and faculty. In addition, discussion sessions on
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Tropilunch 2/3/2026 *Alumni series*: “Challenges and solutions for integrated fire management in Brazil”
Tropilunch is a weekly seminar run by graduate students from the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program. It provides a forum for discussions and presentations related to TCD student and faculty work and research. Students are provided an opportunity to present and discuss their research projects with peers and faculty. In addition, discussion sessions on
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2026 Center for LAS / TCD Field Work Festival
The Center for Latin American Studies invites you to our annual Fieldwork Festival poster exhibit. Join us to learn about the excellent field work our students are conducting. Talk with them about their poster presentation and research and stay for the Awards ceremony. Monday February 2, 2026 at 2-4 pm in Smathers room 100
TCD co-sponsored special lecture “Forest Restoration and Ethnoecology: A Dual Lens on Tropical Landscapes”
By Dr. Prasit Wangpakapattanawong, Professor of Biology at Chiang Mai University Friday, December 5, 202511:00am – 12:30pm in Grinter hall 376Or via zoom https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92254194426 Dr. Prasit Wangpakapattanawong is a 2025 Ful-bright Thai Visiting Scholar at University of Mary-land, College Park and an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Chiang Mai Univer-sity, Thailand. His
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TCD students received best poster presentation award at the 2025 SNRE Research Symposium
Please join us in congratulating the following TCD Ph.D Students, winners for best poster presentations at the 2025 SNRE Research Symposium: Hernan Alvarez (Advisor: Dr. Jessica Kahler, Sociology and Criminology & Law) Carolina Simon Pardo (Advisors: Dr. Yue Li, Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences and Dr. Julie Brown, Teaching and Learning) Lydia Soifer (Advisor: Dr.
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