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Schmink Innovation Awardee develops flipbook tool on gender equity in agroforesty activities in Uganda
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Schmink Innovation Awardee develops flipbook tool on gender equity in agroforesty activities in Uganda
“We Grow Together” is a product developed by UF MDP and TCD alumna Katie Fiorillo Dowhaniuk in collaboration with PANGEA and Kijani Forestry in Uganda. Katie previously worked on women’s empowerment in agroforestry activities with Kijani Forestry as part of her MDP practicum. With funds from the TCD’s Marianne Schmink Innovation Fund, Katie returned to
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TCD Innovation Awardees organize virtual panels on Environmental governance
These panels are being organized by TCD students and alumni as part of their Schmink Innovation Award in collaboration with the IPDRS- Interaprendizaje. These will happen in Spanish and Portuguese and will take place via the IPDRS facebook page. Paneles Virtuales * Gobernanza ambiental en la Amazonia desde la perspectiva de los pueblos indigenas * Pedagogias
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Congratulations to the 2022 Fieldwork Festival Poster Exhibit winners!
Last Friday’s Fieldwork Festival was a success! Students from LAS, TCD, and MDP presented their research projects to judges, shared project advice with the 1st year cohort, and answered questions from the public during the poster exhibit. Congratulations to all! We are really proud that many of the awarded are TCD students that received support
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TCDsg fundraising event Taste of the Tropics is back!!!
The TCD Student Group is organizing the 2022 Taste of the Tropics, a fundraiser cooking competition with great prizes that brings together family and friends to have a good time and share delicious food. The funds go directly to scholarships and other funding sources for TCD students. This year the Taste of the Tropics will
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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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TCD Students get together for a student only retreat to talk about the Program
On the 24th of February, the TCD Student Group organized its first retreat bringing together students and alumni to discuss the TCD Program and the role of students in shaping it. It was a rich dialogue that recognize the value of the TCD community in the experience of being a graduate student working in the
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