Tropilunch – Spring 2018

DateName, Position & InstitutionTitleYoutube
Jan 23Danilo Almeida, 
PhD Student,
Department of Forest Sciences - LCF/ESALQ University of Sao Paulo 		Fragmentation effects on the canopy structure of tropical rain forest edges after +20 years of the disturbance using LiDAR remote sensingLink
Jan 30Breton K. Homewood, MDP Student, Peace Corp Campus Recruiter,
University of Florida.
Peace Corp Volunteer from 2012-2016		Agroforestry Systems in ParaguayLink
Feb 6CancelledCancelled
Feb 13Jackie Allegra Curnick, MDP Student,
University of Florida		Environmental Health and Justice in the ArcticUnavailable
Feb 20Maria Margarita Fontecha-Tirado, MDP Student,
University of Florida		A New Hope. Social Capital and Community Capacity Building for Forest Conservation in Caqueta (Colombia), under a post-conflict scenarioUnavailable
Feb 27Meshach Pierre, Consultant,
Iwokrama Internat’l Centre / Panthera / Rupununi Wildlife Research Unit, Guyana		Quantifying Conflict and Assessing Benefits of Black Caiman (Melanosuchus Niger)Link
Mar 6Spring BreakSpring Break
Mar 13Myrian Barboza, PhD. Candidate,
Anthropology program at UF/ Profesor, Anthropology and Archaelogy program, UFOPA (Brazil)		“Every place has an owner!”: Intangible beings and Katukina indigenous people relationship in appropriation, use and sharing of territories (Amazon, Brazil).Link
Mar 20Tania Romero Bautista, MDP Student,
University of Florida		An evidence-based approach to improving the effectiveness of Conservation and Sustainable Development (CSD) Projects in Madre de Dios, PeruUnavailable
Mar 27Carlos Nobre, Science Director, National Institute of S&T for Climate Change
Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute Brazil
Chair, Brazilian Panel on Climate Change		The Amazon Third Way InitiativeLink
April 3Ana Luiza Violato Espada, Natalie Cooper, Karen Kainer, and Eduardo Bongiolo,
SFRC, University of Florida. 		Exchange workshop in Acre, Brazil: "Logging in Protected Areas: communities that flourish can inform those that struggle."Link
April 10Beatriz Lopez Gutierrez, PhD. Student,
University of Florida		Evaluating the Effects of Ecotourism on Terrestrial Vertebrates: The Lapa Rios case in the Osa Peninsula, Costa RicaUnavailable
April 17Diego Juárez-Sánchez, Lab manager at Prof. Romagosa's Lab, WEC, University of Florida.Native Predator Invasive Prey: what we know and what we are looking to know. Insights from Otter poopLink
April 24Russell Anderson,
MDP, Florida Climate Institute, University of Florida		Building a Sustainable 2050: The Multinational and Transdisciplinary Approach to a Better Tomorrow