Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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TCD hosts virtual workshop that brings together NGO, grassroot, academic & government partners from the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) project.
This week, TCD hosts a virtual workshop across 3 days that brings together NGO, grassroot, academic and government partners from the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) project. GIA established a Community of Practice and Learning over the last 2 years with partners from 4 focal mosaics in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The workshop
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Thank you all for coming together and supporting the TCD program on #GatorNationGivingDay
We so greatly appreciate your kindness. Your support means the world to the TCD! It is so wonderful to be part of such a great community! #GatorNationGivingDay #AllForTheGators For more than 30 years TCD has been convening UF students, faculty, alumni and partners in the theoretical and practical advancement of tropical conservation and development through interdisciplinary
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GIA Webinar “Post-COVID19: a green and inclusive recovery to Latin America”
Post-COVID19: a green and inclusive recovery for Latin America According to CEPAL, the effects of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean may include the most severe recession since 1930 and ruthless unemployment, poverty and inequality. As commodity prices and international trade plummet, the crisis is also revealing vulnerabilities of highly fragmented global trade networks. There
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SNRE & Amazon Dams Network (ADN) joint Seminar on the Grand Inga Dam in the DRC
Please see below the flyer for an upcoming talk on October 14 from 1:55 – 2:45 by UF MDP student Ange Asanzi titled ‘A socio-economic analysis of the world’s largest planned hydropower project: the Grand Inga Dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo’, presented by the Amazon Dams Network and the University of Florida School
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Public Forum “Women leading change: Human rights & environmental justice in L. A.”
Please register for this event HERE