Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
TCD offers interdisciplinary core courses in three categories: concepts, skills, and methods. An additional possible core course is the TCD Practicum (see below). A list of TCD course offerings for the current and previous semesters can be found HERE. Course Requirements PhD students must take 3 courses totaling 9 credits as per scheme below: Master’s students from
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MERGE Book (unpublished) “Learning to MERGE”. Edited by Marianne Schmink, Susan Paulson, and Elena Bastidas, 2002 Learning to MERGE Conceptual Framework for Gender and Community-Based Conservation Mutual Learning in Action: Facilitating Field Courses for Conservation Practitioners Institutionalizing Learning about Gender, Participation, and Natural Resource Management Space MERGE Case Studies 1. “Conceptual Framework for Gender and Community-Based
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In collaboration with Brazilian scholars, conservation professionals from NGOs and government agencies, and local resource users we have been exploring the relevance and applicability of resilience concepts for land use management on the Amazon frontier since 2009. Activities include: Field courses and research in northern Mato Grosso, Brazil; Seminar and reading group at UF; and
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ProfessorCenter for Latin American StudiesDepartment of Geography313 Grinter HallGainesville, FL 32611-5530Email: roberttwalker@ufl.eduTel: 352-392-0494 Research Interests Nature-society studies; land change; land reform and conflict, Amazon Geographic Expertise Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Amazonia Background During summers in high school, I worked as a mate on a fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico, and it was here that I
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TCD ASSISTANTS Ana Luiza Violato Espada Ph.D. candidate in Forest Resources and Conservation, School of Forest Resources and Conservation; M.S. in Natural Resource Management and Local Development in the Amazon from the Federal University of Pará; B.S. in Forest Engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Ana is a TCD member and PhD Candidate
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The Master of Sustainable Development Practice (MDP) Program at the University of Florida is a professional, interdisciplinary program designed for individuals aspiring to pursue work in sustainable development, internationally as well as in the United States. Sustainable development has a broad connotation, spanning all dimensions of wellbeing and environmental stewardship for present and future generations.
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