Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
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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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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UF WEC/TCD faculty and TCD alum Matt Hallett’s work with the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program of Guyana on finding solutions to human-wildlife conflict in the Rupununi region of Guyana was featured by the IUCN and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for World Wildlife Day. Part of this solution was engaging local
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Our TCD sg President and VP, Susana Ruiz Diaz and Vanessa Luna were invited as panelists in an event celebrating the Month of Women and Girls in Science. The discussion panel was hosted by UF SACNAS Chapter and was held virtually and in-person on February 28th, 2022. During the event, panelists and participants from different
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The event will be online and consist of panels and discussions in Spanish and Portuguese and will be live-streamed on YouTube with simultaneous translation to English on Zoom. February 22 and February 241:00 pm to 4:00 pm (EST/Bogota/Quito)2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (La Paz/Manaus)3:00 – 6:00 pm (Asuncion/Brasilia) Event Agenda available HERE February 22, 2022https://ufl.zoom.us/j/91080801075?pwd=U0txRTh4bDJsWkduMzZyY2xuOWRWZz09
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From all of us at TCD THANK YOU so very much for your contributions and support on 2022 UF Giving Day! We cannot do this without you!! A very special thanks to Jennifer Johnson, Omar Hernandez, Vanessa Luna and the TCD Student Group for their amazing behind the scenes support. https://bit.ly/TCDGivingDayhttps://bit.ly/TCDInnovationGivingDay