TCD hosts virtual workshop that brings together NGO, grassroot, academic & government partners from the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) project.

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TCD hosts virtual workshop that brings together NGO, grassroot, academic & government partners from the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) project.
May 24, 2021 Events,featured Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

This week, TCD hosts a virtual workshop across 3 days that brings together NGO, grassroot, academic and government partners from the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) project.  GIA established a Community of Practice and Learning over the last 2 years with partners from 4  focal mosaics in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.   The workshop
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TCD Working Group publication on effectiveness of environmental governance in the Amazon
May 17, 2021 News,Student Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

Hot off the Press!  Check out this May 17th publication in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change by TCD working group. This study evaluates effectiveness of environmental governance in the Amazon. By using comparative analysis of case studies and an integrated framework, these authors identify broader lessons learned regarding how to improve governance of natural resources
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TCD Alum Germain Mavah helping to improve wildlife conservation and food security in the Republic of the Congo
April 21, 2021 Events Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

Germain Mavah has long been interested in the inter-relationships between wildlife, protected areas, rural people livelihoods, and natural resource governance in the Congo.  Working with Dr. Brian Child from UF’s Geography Dept. and the Center for African Studies, Germain received his PhD degree in Interdisciplinary Ecology (SNRE) and a TCD graduate certificate in 2015.  His dissertation examined
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Center for LAS 69th annual conference – Indigenous Rights, Environmental Change, and Development in South America’s Chaco
April 6, 2021 Events Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

The two-day event brings frontline actors and academics to roundtable discussions and presentations on April 15-16, 2021 The UF Center for Latin American Studies will host the 69th Annual Conference, a virtual two-day program titled “Indigenous Rights, Environmental Change, and Development in South America’s Chaco,” on April 15-16, 2021. The conference will bring together frontline
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PhD student in TCD & FFGS awarded prestigious ITTO fellowship for the second time
April 5, 2021 News,Student Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

Felipe Veluk Gutierrez, PhD student in School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatic Sciences, and leader in TCD’s Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon project awarded prestigious ITTO fellowship for the second time!  Felipe talks about his journey from Brazil through Central America, the Caribbean, and then University of Florida and back to Brazil for his
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MDP & TCD student Ange Asanzi’s defense presentation is now available. Congratulations!
March 12, 2021 Student Patricia Delamonica Sampaio