Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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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.”
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TCD Field Research Grant application deadline: Monday, March 4, 2019
For complete info on how to apply, click here TCD Field Research Grants support field research addressing the issues of biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and human well-being in the tropics at Master’s and preliminary doctoral levels (i.e. Doctoral level funding is intended for initial site visits and preliminary research activities only). Grants will average
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21st Century Agenda for Amazon Conservation Paper
Dr. Cynthia Simmons, UF Geography and Dr. Robert Walker, UF Geography & Center for Latin American Studies, together with colleagues, recently published a 21st Century Agenda for Amazon Conservation in Biotropica. They call for developing a system of refugia, advancing ability to predict impacts of infrastructure development, collaborative conservation planning, among other things. This paper
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