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TCD organized workshop “What makes a network work?” at 2025 ATBC meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico
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TCD organized workshop “What makes a network work?” at 2025 ATBC meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico
The workshop, “What Makes a Network Work? Keys for Success in Cross-Border Conservation Networks,” is part of the scientific and collaborative program of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), which will take place in Oaxaca, Mexico, from June 30 to July 5, 2025. This year’s meeting centers on the
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Message to TCD Students!
Dear TCD Students: We hope that you are winding up this Spring 2025 semester and advancing towards your graduate career goals. We want to thank you for being part of the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) graduate certificate / concentration community and check-in to see if you have any questions or concerns about meeting requirements.
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UF SACNAS receives Outstanding Chapter Award for Innovative Science
The SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) chapter at the University of Florida received the Outstanding Chapter Award for Innovative Science. Claudia Garnica (PhD Biology and TCD) received the award and shared with the audience that “This recognition celebrates a belief we hold dear: that science is not just for a few but
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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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Tropilunch 4/22/25 Weaving Knowledge for Biocultural Conservation. What changes are needed in academic research and education to truly advance biocultural conservation?
Tropilunch presentations are recorded weekly when possible and posted to TCD’s YouTube Channel. Tropilunch is a weekly seminar run by graduate students from the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program. It provides a forum for a range of discussions and presentations related to student and faculty work and research. Students are provided with an opportunity
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TCDsg Taste of the Tropics is on April 27, 2025
Taste of the Tropics 2025 TCD Student Group Annual Fundraiser When: Sunday, April 27thTime: 4:00-7:00 pm Where: 3440 NW 27th Place, Gainesville FL Home of Bette Loiselle and John Blake Donate a prize and get free entry!! more info in flyer!
UF Distinguished Alumna Talk “Climate change impacts on Indigenous Peoples and local communities”
Please join us for a special talk from UF Distinguished Alumna Dr. Victoria Reyes-Garcia on Wednesday, April 30th at 4 PM in the Keene Faculty Center. After her talk, we celebrate her UF award with a reception to provide additional opportunity to continue the discussion and share together the end of the semester. If you plan
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2025 LAS / TCD / MDP Field Research Festival
The Center for Latin American Studies invites you to our annual Fieldwork Festival Poster Exhibit! Come discover the excellent fieldwork and research ourstudents are conducting. Talk with students while viewing their posters and multimedia work and stay for the awards ceremony! PUBLIC POSTER EXHIBITFriday, March 14 | 1:00-4:00 pmSmathers Rm 100
TCD Conservation and Development Forum on Partnerships in times of change. Exploring trust, power & resilience in the Amazon and beyond.
Join us for this year’s first TCD Conservation and Development Forum! Many of us are engaged in collectively addressing complexproblems that bridge natural & social ecosystems. Although werely on partnerships to shape expected change, we rarely payattention to how collaborative relationships are initiated,sustained or perform. During times of crisis (such as politicalshifts or funding cuts),
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