Special Lecture “Odors, ontologies, and the age of Covid: Ethnobotany for the 21st Century”

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Special Lecture “Odors, ontologies, and the age of Covid: Ethnobotany for the 21st Century”
March 2, 2023 Events,featured Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

Please join us for a Special co-sponsored event by TCD and UF Ethnogarden “Odors, Ontologies, and the Age of COVID: Ethnobotany for the 21st Century” By Dr. Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Goeldi Museum, Brazil Thursday, March 9th, 4:00 – 5:15 PM McCARTY HALL B, Room 2102 Odors represent an important but little studied aspect of indigenous
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TCD alumna and TCD Faculty publish article on gender and forest resources management
February 28, 2023 Alumni,Faculty,featured,News Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

Dr. Ana Luiza Violato Espada (SFGSS and TCD alumna) and Dr. Karen A. Kainer recently published a study of women’s participation in seven community-based timber projects within three Brazilian Amazonian extractive reserves. The article Women and timber management: From assigned cook to strategic decision-maker of community land use is free for download until April 8,
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HELICOPTER SCIENCE WORKSHOP SERIES: Engaging respectfully in international development research collaborations.
February 27, 2023 Events Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

IF WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO “HELICOPTER SCIENCE,” THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO INSTEAD? In this talk, Elizabeth Hoffecker, will share a set of practices that she and her colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) D-Lab have developed for engaging in respectful, mutually-enriching, long-term collaborations with scholars and practitioner-researchers from around the
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Fieldwork Festival and Helicopter Science Workshop series
February 27, 2023 Events Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

Join us for the annual LAS, TCD and MDP Field Research and Practicum poster session in the Fieldwork Festival, at Smathers Library Room 100, Friday, March 10th, from 2-4 pm.

Don’t miss TCD’s event of the year: Taste of the Tropics on April 15, 2023
February 26, 2023 Events Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

The TCD Student Group is organizing the 2023 Taste of the Tropics, our annual fundraiser cooking competition with great prizes that brings together family and friends. The funds go directly to scholarships and other funding sources for TCD students. This year the Taste of the Tropics will be on: Saturday, Apri I 15th5:00-8:00 pm3440 NW
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Mahi Puri (WEC/TCD) has been awarded the 2022 M. Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award!
February 6, 2023 Alumni,featured,News Patricia Delamonica Sampaio

The Tropical Conservation and Development program congratulates Dr. Mahi Puri for being the 2022 recipient of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award.  Dr. Puri received her PhD in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in 2021 under the supervision of Drs. Bette Loiselle (Advisor) and Elizabeth Pienaar (Co-Advisor).  The outstanding dissertation award was established in 2010 in
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