Tropical Conservation & Development Program
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Meet the new TCD Student Group officers for 21/22
We are so excited to announce the new TCD student group officers for the 2021-2022 academic year: President- Susana Ruiz Diaz VP- Vanessa Luna Celio Treasurer- Alejandro Sanchez MoralesSecretary- Viviana Rojas Bonzi Communications- Jennifer Johnson Tropilunch Coordinators- Medha Prakash & AJ Hart Regional representatives: Asia- Hermudandato; Africa- Metolo Foyet; Latin America- Omar Hernandez If you
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TCD Working Group publication on effectiveness of environmental governance in the Amazon
Hot off the Press! Check out this May 17th publication in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change by TCD working group. This study evaluates effectiveness of environmental governance in the Amazon. By using comparative analysis of case studies and an integrated framework, these authors identify broader lessons learned regarding how to improve governance of natural resources
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PhD student in TCD & FFGS awarded prestigious ITTO fellowship for the second time
Felipe Veluk Gutierrez, PhD student in School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatic Sciences, and leader in TCD’s Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon project awarded prestigious ITTO fellowship for the second time! Felipe talks about his journey from Brazil through Central America, the Caribbean, and then University of Florida and back to Brazil for his
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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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Congratulations to Dr. Karen Kainer for receiving UF CALS Graduate Teacher/Advisor of the Year!
Karen, a professor in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation and TCD core faculty, was nominated by her graduate students [Stephanie Cadaval (SFRC) Ana Violato Espada (SFRC), Johanna Depenthal (SFRC), Mabel Baez Schon (SFRC), Yeyetsi Maldonado Caballero (MDP)] for CALS prestigious faculty award. For nearly two decades Karen has been advising graduate students and
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Dr. Marianne Schmink Papers archived at UF Smathers Libraries
We are excited to share this link which provides a “Guide to Marianne Schmink Papers” bringing together her scholarly work over the past decades. Marianne Schmink was one of the founders of the Tropical Conservation and Development Program and instrumental in both the preceding programs, such as the Amazon Research and Training Programs, as well
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