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TCD Faculty and collegues published study on cost/benefit of spatial intelligence use and nature restoration
Eben N. Broadbent, SFRC /TCD Faculty, and colleagues had their new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution “Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystem can triple conservation gains and halve costs”, which presents a novel approach to identify optimal priority areas for restoration, considering multiple criteria such as biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and reduction of
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2017 Schmink Innovation Award winners present their work on cross-cultural learning and indigenous pedagogy
Click here to see the video of their Tropilunch’s presentation entitled “Basket of knowledge”: Weaving networks, connecting multiple ways of knowing and technologies through the creation and use of alternative didactic kits in indigenous pedagogy in Amazonas, Brazil
TCD alumna publishes research on Evaluating biodiversity workshops & promoting conservation in Chile
Hot off the press! “Evaluating biodiversity workshops in Chile: are farmers responding with conservation action? just published in Environmental Education Research. #MarcelaMarquez received her PhD from UF IFAS Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and is part of the @TCD_UF community – in fact former President of the TCDsg ! Congratulations Marcela, Susan and Olga! Marcela Marquez,
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TCD co-organizes Workshop “Peoples of the Forest” as part of the Belém+30 Congress
Indigenous and traditional peoples share innovative juridical and technological tools for territorial management in the Belém+30 Congress For more information and access to the Workshop’s report, visit the event’s website or watch the event’s video. Last month, in an unprecedented collective effort, the Workshop Peoples of the Forest: Connections and Self-determination – Juridical and Technological Tools
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TCD students and faculty publish on how biases may influence conservation science
Mongabay has recently highlighted a study by TCD students Johanna Espin, Alyssa Cho & others and TCD Faculty Emilio Bruna on how “implicit gender, racial biases may lead to preventing a diversity of perspectives from being heard, and lessen chances of solving pressing conservation problems.
TCD Alumni publish paper on Conservation in the Southern Cone
TCD Alumni from Southern Cone Conservation Leadership Initiative just published a paper discussing the challenges and opportunities to advancing conservation in the Southern Cone; reporting out from multi-stakeholder group working together to find solutions.