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GIA2 Working Group on Biocultural Conservation: Envisioning academia’s role with NGO and community partners
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GIA2 Working Group on Biocultural Conservation: Envisioning academia’s role with NGO and community partners
The UF/TCD GIA project — a learning network of UF students and faculty with conservation practitioners from NGOs, community organizations and regional universities – concluded with a call for a biocultural approach that integrates conservation of tropical forests and rivers with the well-being of Indigenous and traditional communities. We invite interested students and faculty
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Check out the new interactive map of the TCD community
We are working on building an interactive map of the worldwide TCD community. We have started to populate it with info about our current TCD students and hope by the beginning of the new year to have both Faculty and Alumni information updated as well. This map will illustrate the geographic and thematic diversity of
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TCD alumna Marcela Marquez wins the Women in Science 2022 award from L’Oreal-UNESCO
TCD has so MANY AMAZING alumni – we are so lucky to have such a distinguished community making impacts around the globe. Today we celebrate Marcela Marquez who won the Women in Science 2022 award from L’Oreal-UNESCO !!! Just a few weeks ago, Marcela joined us at UF as the awardee for the Center for
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TCD Halloween Party on November 5, 2022
Costume contest, pumpkin carving & More! More info coming soon, including Potluck and carpool sign up links.
TCD Conservation & Development Forum: “Practical Guidance for working with Indigenous communities”
Join us on Thursday, October 13, 2022 from 4:30-6:30 pm in Newins-Ziegler Hall Room 376. Snacks provided, followed by an informal social at Cypress and Grove Brewery. Bio: Fernando Li Mr. Fernando Li hails from Yupukari Village, Region 9, Guyana. He has been working with research, conservation, tourism, and documentary film crews for much of
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Helicopter Science Event: Concepts, Practices and International Collaborations
We hope that you might attend this event which will be the first of several to focus on how one can engage in long-lasting, mutually beneficial, international collaborative research or partnerships that are inclusive and equitable. Complete info on flyer. If you have any questions, please contact TCD! It’s an opportunity to practice your TCD
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