Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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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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Happy Holidays from TCD!
Wishing the TCD community, family and friends a joyful holiday season and a New Year of peace, health and prosperity. See you in 2023!
GIA2 Working Group on Biocultural Conservation: Envisioning academia’s role with NGO and community partners
The UF/TCD GIA project — a learning network of UF students and faculty with conservation practitioners from NGOs, community organizations and regional universities – concluded with a call for a biocultural approach that integrates conservation of tropical forests and rivers with the well-being of Indigenous and traditional communities. We invite interested students and faculty
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Check out the new interactive map of the TCD community
We are working on building an interactive map of the worldwide TCD community. We have started to populate it with info about our current TCD students and hope by the beginning of the new year to have both Faculty and Alumni information updated as well. This map will illustrate the geographic and thematic diversity of
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