Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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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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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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TCD alumna Marcela Marquez wins the Women in Science 2022 award from L’Oreal-UNESCO
TCD has so MANY AMAZING alumni – we are so lucky to have such a distinguished community making impacts around the globe. Today we celebrate Marcela Marquez who won the Women in Science 2022 award from L’Oreal-UNESCO !!! Just a few weeks ago, Marcela joined us at UF as the awardee for the Center for
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Saddened by the loss of global conservation leader and UF/TCD alumnus Dr. Gustavo Fonseca
We are deeply saddened by the loss of global conservation leader Dr. Gustavo Fonseca, who passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. At the time of his death, Gustavo was Director of Programs for The Global Environmental Facility. Gustavo was a dear friend, alumnus, colleague, and mentor to the TCD program and countless others. His
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Congratulations to UF TCD and SNRE alumna Cristina Nuñez Godoy for her new publication “Willingness of private landowners to participate in forest conservation in the Chaco region of Argentina”
Congratulations to UF TCD and SNRE alumna Cristina Nuñez Godoy for her new publication “Willingness of private landowners to participate in forest conservation in the Chaco region of Argentina” in Forest Policy and Economics. This research was part of her PhD dissertation work and is co-authored by Elizabeth Pienaar and Lyn Branch. Great example of
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