Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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FLMNH Faculty and TCD affiliate receives X-Prize for work on improvement of Biodiversity surveys
So excited to share the news from Florida Museum of Natural History where Dr. Rob Guralnick (FLMNH curator) was part of a diverse team that won this year’s X-Prize. The team Limelight competed to innovate technology “to improve the speed and precision of biodiversity surveys in support of global conservation efforts”. Rob is a faculty
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Recent published paper by TCD’s Marianne Schmink; alum Danny Pinedo and collaborators on Transformative change for Amazonian socio-bioeconomies.
Access the article “Transformative changes are needed to support socio-bioeconomy’s for people and ecosystems in the Amazon” here. Current social-technical and political conditions threaten the integrity of the Amazon biome. Overcoming these lock-ins requires structural transformations away from conventional economies towards ‘socio-bioeconomies’ (SBEs). SBEs are economies based on the sustainable use and restoration of Amazonian
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Transdisciplinary Research in the Amazon Program Fieldwork
Updates from Bolivia by Program Coordinator Marliz Arteaga. The time has come for our five research teams to head into the field. They consist of 5 UAP students, 3 UF researchers, 5 academic mentors, 2 field mentors, and 1 program coordinator. They are set to spend the next two weeks in the Alto Madeira watershed.
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Mini workshop “Sorting cards in social-environmental research: Sharing experiences about Q methodology”
Q Methodology combines qualitative and quantitative techniques to study ‘subjectivity’. Using Q techniques researchers are able to uncover and interpret shared views, perspectives, opinions, values and beliefs. Those shared viewpoints can then be described in rich detail. Let’s learn about experiences from UF graduate research. Opening by Dr. Catherine Tucker and discussion by Dr. Vanessa
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Biocultural Conservation Working Group planning meeting
We are a group of faculty and students affiliated to the TCD Program at UF who are interested in integrating a Biocultural approach to conservation in Tropical regions through collaborations among academia, practitioners, community leaders, and funders. We are going to have special guests for this upcoming meeting for in depth discussions about the theme:
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Special event on Socio-environmental Governance & Justice in Latin America.
Please join us for a special TCD event! A debate on Current challenges and achievements for threatened socio-environmental landscapes in Latin America. Participants:Dr. Catherine Tucker, UF LAS & Anthropology; Dr. Stephen Perz, UF Sociology; and invited guest Dr. Joel Correia, Colorado State University. MONDAY, MARCH 18TH 2024 @ 4-6 pmUF BIODIVERSITYINSTITUTE AUDITORIUM432 NEWELL DRIVE, CISEBLDG
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