The Conservation and Development Forum (CDF) series are organized by the TCD student group (TCDsg) and/ or others from the TCD community as a mechanism to facilitate discussions focused on pressing issues related to conservation & development, especially in the global south. Speakers and panelists often include graduate students, professors, and visiting scholars at UF, or professionals, practitioners and colleagues that join the forum in person or remotely. This is an irregular series and is organized as topics and opportunities arise. If you have a topic you would like to propose for the CDF series, please contact TCD.
2023 / 2024 Biocultural Conservation Series
December 2023. The role of Biocultural Education in supporting Indigenous-led conservation. (Click here for recorded presentation)
February 2024. The Role of museums in Biocultural Conservation: The Field Museum. (Access these links for the recorded presentation part I and the recorded presentation part II).
March 2024. Biocultural Education. What kind of curriculum is needed to advance biocultural conservation in higher education. (Click here for the recorded presentation).
April 2024. Virtual Panel on Language, knowledge and the Environment: Implications for Biocultural conservation. (Click here for the recorded presentation).
Previous CDFs
Burning Forests in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay: Causes, Responses and the Future.
Community Based Natural Resource Management in Asia: Case studies & perspectives for the future.
Land Tenure Policy and Social Conflict: Drivers of Deforestation in the Amazon