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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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Gender, Race and Sexual Positionality in the field Workshop
Join the TCD student group for a very interesting Workshop! Thursday, December 7, 2017 | From 9:00-12:00pm | CSE E221
Tropilunch by Nicholas Dowhaniuk
Join us for the semester’s last Tropilunch! “The Conflict After the War: Conservation, War, and Post-conflict Regrowth in Northern Uganda” By Nicholas Dowhaniuk on Tuesday-December 5th, 2017 from 12:45-1:45pm in Grintell Hall 376.