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Fieldwork Festival
The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies cordially invites you to participate in a Fieldwork Festival. February 9, 2018. || 1:00 – 4:30pm || Reitz Union (rooms 3315 & 3320) The festival begins with an interactive workshop designed to build on and develop fieldwork skills and strategies for research, practicum and internship projects. Following,
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Women’s workshops at the 12th Gender Summit
Women’s workshops at the 12th Gender Summit 2017 After 3 workshops developed in Gainesville (Florida, USA), Quito (Ecuador) and Puerto Iguazú (Argentina), the organizing team of the workshops “Women in Environmental Sciences and Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges in Latin America” was invited to participate in a round table at the 12th Gender Summit (and the
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TCD members publish PLOS Biology paper
“As science becomes more international, scientific editorial boards lag behind” UF TCD PhD Candidate Johanna Espin, UF TCD Faculty Emilio Bruna and others report lack of diversity in editors of major scientific journals. Read article here. Press Release
Special Seminar – Dr. Fonseca
Global Environment Facility, the International Multilateral Environmental Agreements Architecture, and My Experience in it. by Dr. Gustavo Fonseca, Global Environment Facility. Friday, December 15 | 3:30-4:30 pm | 112 Newins-Ziegler Hall. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was created at the eve of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio to become the first financial mechanism to assist developing
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Primatology at UF – Dec 5-6, 2017
Two visiting primatologists, Dr. Tara Stoinski & Prof. David Watts, will share their research and conservation efforts on mountain gorillas in a series of events: Primatology researchers speak on Mountain Gorilla Conservation By Dr. Tara Stoinski & Professor David Watts Wednesday, December 6, 2017 | 12:00-3:00 pm Smathers Library (East) Room 100 Informal Workshop: Protecting Mountain Gorillas
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Report – UF Amazon Workshop
Join us to the Report Back and Analysis from TCD students! The event is to present and discuss with the TCD community the class project from LAS 6920: Knowledge, Governance and Land Use Dynamics in the Tropics, where students participated in the Workshop on Tools and Strategies for Conservation and Development in the Amazon: Lessons
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