Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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Special Lecture “Odors, ontologies, and the age of Covid: Ethnobotany for the 21st Century”
Please join us for a Special co-sponsored event by TCD and UF Ethnogarden “Odors, Ontologies, and the Age of COVID: Ethnobotany for the 21st Century” By Dr. Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Goeldi Museum, Brazil Thursday, March 9th, 4:00 – 5:15 PM McCARTY HALL B, Room 2102 Odors represent an important but little studied aspect of indigenous
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TCD alumna and TCD Faculty publish article on gender and forest resources management
Dr. Ana Luiza Violato Espada (SFGSS and TCD alumna) and Dr. Karen A. Kainer recently published a study of women’s participation in seven community-based timber projects within three Brazilian Amazonian extractive reserves. The article Women and timber management: From assigned cook to strategic decision-maker of community land use is free for download until April 8,
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Mahi Puri (WEC/TCD) has been awarded the 2022 M. Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award!
The Tropical Conservation and Development program congratulates Dr. Mahi Puri for being the 2022 recipient of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award. Dr. Puri received her PhD in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in 2021 under the supervision of Drs. Bette Loiselle (Advisor) and Elizabeth Pienaar (Co-Advisor). The outstanding dissertation award was established in 2010 in
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Congratulations to new AAAS Fellow Dr. Emilio Bruna, TCD Core Faculty
Emilio Bruna, Professor in Center for Latin American Studies and Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, was elected as a Fellow into the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences, in recognition of his exceptional impact and achievements in research and teaching. Dr. Bruna joined the University of Florida and the TCD program as a
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HELICOPTER SCIENCE WORKSHOP SERIES – The Fieldwork That We Envision: A Future of Equitable Field Biology and Reciprocity with Local Communities
Next Wednesday (Feb 1) from 1–3 PM in Reitz G-330, Dr. David Blackburn is hosting Dr. Rebecca Tarvin (Integrative Biology; UC-Berkeley) and doctoral student Valeria Ramírez Castañeda (in Becca’s lab a Berkeley) for an event titled “The Fieldwork That We Envision: A Future of Equitable Field Biology and Reciprocity with Local Communities”. There will be
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Generous Gift from Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation to Support Graduate Research in Field Biology
TCD is proud to announce a gift of $10,000 from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation to support graduate student research with a focus on field biology within TCD’s Field Research Grant competition. TCD Field Research Grants support graduate students conducting research on issues of biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and human well-being. Student research projects should make
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