Tropical Conservation Development Program UF Center for Latin American Studies

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Web Name: Tropical Conservation Development Program UF Center for Latin American Studies

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Bridging theory and practice to advance biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and human well-being in the tropics and elsewhere Read more Comments Off on GIA Webinar Post-COVID19: a green and inclusive recovery to Latin America Events,featured,News Post-COVID19: a green and inclusive recovery for Latin America According to CEPAL, the effects of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean may include the most severe recession since 1930 and ruthless unemployment, poverty and inequality.As commodity prices and international trade plummet, the crisis is also revealing vulnerabilities of highly fragmented global trade networks. ThereDetails Click here to see the current semester s list of Tropilunch presentations. Tropilunch is a weekly seminar run by graduate students from the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program. It provides a forum for a range of discussions and presentations related to TCD work and research. Students are provided with an opportunity to present and discussDetails Comments Off on Gender, Local Communities, and Natural Ecosystems in Tambopata, Peru Alumni,News The UF Center for Latin American Studies and the Tropical Conservation and Development Program are pleased to announce the release of the sixth MERGE case study, Gender, Local Communities, and Natural Ecosystems in Tambopata, Peru, written by Dr. Avecita Chicchón and Ms. Rosario Lanao. The Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis (MERGE) Case StudiesDetails Alumni,News Check Eduardo Bongiolo and colleagues recent paper from his Masters at UF: Swidden fallow management to increase landscape-level Brazil nut productivity. The journal allowed a 50 days grace access period (no fees or registration required). Use the link here until April 29th to have access to the full paper. Highlights • Data confirm higher densitiesDetails Comments Off on TCD alumna Dr. Amy Duchelle is internationally recognized as one of 16 Women Restoring the Earth Alumni,News Learn more about Dr. Duchelle’s work and the work of other remarkable women across many professions as they devote their careers to creating a better and more sustainable future from the Global Landscape Forum. At CIFOR, Dr. Duchelle leads the climate change team to understand how REDD+, a mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions andDetails Registration is Open, Space is Limited! UF/Latam and TCD faculty and students areinvited to register until March 6, 2020: Under the Tree of Life: Biocultural Stories, Memories and Connections. Workshop: March 20, 2020, 8:30 am – 5 pm, Terrace Room, Norman Hall 1221 SW 5thAve., College of Education, University of Florida. Registration form here.Details News,Student The TCD Fundraising Class has been hard at work preparing their crowdfunding campaigns… and they are now LIVE!Join them as they carry out some fantastic research or work with partner institutions to advance their conservation and development goals. 9 graduate students in the TCD launched their GoFundMe campaigns to support their summer research or professionalDetails News,Partners An International Workshop Marks the Amazon Dams Network Partnership with Bolivia The Amazon Dams Network (ADN) announced the inclusion of Bolivian partners in the network. The international workshop “Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon: Dialogue on research opportunities and impact analysis” marks the beginning of this collaborative effort. This event, held from May 14 toDetails Comments Off on 2019 Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award in Tropical Conservation and Development Alumni,News Our congratulations go to Dr. Myrian Sá Leitão Barboza for being selected the 2019 recipient of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award from UF’s Tropical Conservation and Development Program in the Center for Latin American Studies. Dr. Barboza is the 10th recipient of this prestigious dissertation award that honors Dr. Schmink for her significant andDetails Alumni,News Study shows that flying foxes are crucial for durian pollination, demonstrating the economic importance of bats for durian fruit production in Indonesia. Durian is economically important for local livelihoods in Indonesia. The study investigated the identity of pollinators of semi‐wild durian and subsequently estimated the economic contribution of these pollination services. The researches, including aDetails Events,News The University of Florida’s Tropical Conservation and Development Program is leading an initiative “Governance Infrastructure in the Amazon” (GIA) to create, strengthen, and expand a Community of Practice within four regions of the Amazon: Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru. Together with our partners in the field, we are examining different tools and strategies used toDetails Events,TCD student group The TCD Bingo is an annual event organized by the TCD Student Group. This is a fundraising event that brings together family and friends to build our community and have a great time. The funds go directly to scholarships and other funding sources for TCD students. This year the Bingo will be on Friday, DecemberDetails Comments Off on TCD Alumni lead Gender workshop in Peru and the Women in Conservation Declaration Alumni,News Click here to read the full Declaration in Spanish. Soon to be translated into English and Portuguese. For more information please contact Antonieta Eguren. No Comments News Check Sheherazade s recent paper from her Masters at UF: Contributions of bats to the local economy through durian pollination in Sulawesi, Indonesia . Durian is economically important for local livelihoods in Indonesia. Our study investigated the identity of pollinators of semi‐wild durian and subsequently estimated the economic contribution of these pollination services. We conducted pollinationDetails No Comments News For a week, TCD students Igor Vianna and Ana Luiza Violato Espada, worked with TCD alumna Paula Pinheiro, to prospect new activities related to canoeing, ecotourism, and naturally protected areas in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Every year, since 2017, Igor Vianna and Ana Luiza organize outrigger paddling expeditions in the Amazonian rivers as a strategyDetails No Comments Events A recording of the event will be available on the TCD YouTube channel very soon. Thanks to all that contributed to a great event and discussion. No Comments Alumni,Events Co-management of natural resources in the Lower Juruá Extractive Reserve, Central-West Brazilian Amazon Recording of this talk will be available soon Presentation Summary: Paula’s dissertation examined different perspectives of natural resource governance in the co-management of the Lower Juruá Extractive Reserve, in the central-western Brazilian Amazon, involving the federal government (ICMBio) and local communities. ThroughDetails No Comments Faculty,News The expanding extractive frontier is leading to the rapid deforestation of the Paraguayan Chaco, creating fragmented forests and raising questions about socio-environmental justice. Photo by Joel E. Correia, 2019. TCD LAS Faculty, Joel Correia recently published the article South America’s second-largest forest is also burning – and ‘environmentally friendly’ charcoal is subsidizing its destruction inDetails No Comments Events If you missed Becky William s talk, click here to watch the recording. Thursday, Oct 10 @9:30 am in Grinter 471 The “migration crisis” in the US has governments, development organizations, and the public in an uproar over what is causing the migration, who is at fault, and what should be done about it. In thisDetails No Comments News College or Unit Name UF PhD and TCD student Suman Jumani and her co-authors argue that tropical montane rivers serve as sentinels of regional and global change threatened by infrastructure development, pollution, biodiversity loss, conflict over water use, among other human disturbances. Suman is in UF s Soil and Water Science Department and was part ofDetails No Comments News Last summer with the support of a local grass-root organization, Red AMA, Vanessa Luna organized a 2-day workshop in Chachapoyas, Peru to promote collective discussion on the factors that limit and facilitate the effective management of community-based conservation areas in the northern Peruvian Andes. She brought together leaders from 10 communities and through use ofDetails 1 Comment News It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dr. Wendy Townsend, an alumna of the University of Florida (UF)’s Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and the Center for Latin America’s Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program, passed away on 10 August 2019 after a courageous battle against cancer. For the pastDetails No Comments featured,News Please see below the flyer for an upcoming talk on October 14 from 1:55 2:45 by UF MDP student Ange Asanzi titled A socio-economic analysis of the world s largest planned hydropower project: the Grand Inga Dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo , presented by the Amazon Dams Network and the University of Florida SchoolDetails No Comments News Congratulations to Ben Lowe and co-authors for two recently published articles. Ben s work was supported in part from a TCD Field Research grant! Lowe, B. S., Jacobson, S. K.,Anold, H., Mbonde, A. S., Lorenzen, K. (2019). The neglected role of religion in fisheries management.Fish and Fisheries.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faf.12388 Lowe, B. S., Jacobson, S. K., Anold, H.,Details No Comments News Improving policies and instruments to address cumulative impacts of small hydropower in the Amazon Authors: Simone Athayde, Carla G. Duarte, Amarilis L. C. F. Gallardo, Evandro M. Moretto, Luisa A. Sangoi, Ana Paula A. Dibo, Juliana Siqueira-Gay, Luis E. Sánchez Summary: In this perspective article, we highlight current policy challenges and options for assessing theDetails No Comments News We want to thank all of you that attended the TCD Fall Orientation / Gathering last week. We would greatly appreciate your feedback on the activities of the day by completing this short survey by September 20, 2019. No Comments News As part of the Amazon Dams Network and the Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon project, the University of Florida in partnership Universidad Amazónica de Pando organized a 3-day workshop in Cobija, Bolivia. This workshop brought together participants from Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and the US to dialogue about infrastructure development in the region, andDetails No Comments News José Alberto Noco Mopi, born in Guayaramerin, Beni, is a biologist by profession, a lover of nature, and a graduate of the Universidad Amazónica de Pando (UAP). In 2018 he participated in a project which monitored the Brazil nut harvest in the Reserva Nacional de Vida Silvestre Amazónica Manuripi. As a student he also studiedDetails No Comments Uncategorized The list of TCD approved courses for FALL 2019 is now available!! You can find more information about the TCD certificate on the TCD webpage. If you have any questions, send us an email. No Comments Uncategorized Dear TCDers,In two weeks (March 30) we will have our great Spring Fundraising Event: TASTE OF THE TROPICS!! Yes, start thinking now about a winning dish to cook and participate in our delicious cooking competition. As you may already know we have 6 categories: Appetizers (Veggie and Non-Veggie), Main dish (Veggie and Non-Veggie), Dessert andDetails No Comments featured For complete info on how to apply, click here TCD Field Research Grants support field research addressing the issues of biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and human well-being in the tropics at Master’s and preliminary doctoral levels (i.e. Doctoral level funding is intended for initial site visits and preliminary research activities only). Grants will averageDetails We want to invite you to join us for an afternoon Coffee after Tropilunch where we can connect and strengthen our TCD student community. The idea is to create a space where we can talk about whatever comes up, like continuing Tropilunch discussions, chat about life as a graduate student, plan future events and etc.Details 1 Comment News We are pleased to announce that Dr. Paula Soares Pinheiro is the 2018 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award from UF s Tropical Conservation and Development Program. Dr. Pinheiro received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology in 2018 from the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) program under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Perz.Details No Comments News Includes information from Agência Acre A meeting to remember and reaffirm Chico Mendes’s legacy was organized by the Brazilian Grassroots Movement Conselho Nacional das Populações Extrativistas (CNS), in the hometown of the union leader, Xapuri, Acre State, during December, 15- 17, 2018. More than 500 people participated in the Meeting Chico Mendes 30 Years: ADetails No Comments News Eben N. Broadbent, SFRC /TCD Faculty, and colleagues had their new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystem can triple conservation gains and halve costs , which presents a novel approach to identify optimal priority areas for restoration, considering multiple criteria such as biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and reduction ofDetails Dr. Cynthia Simmons, UF Geography and Dr. Robert Walker, UF Geography Center for Latin American Studies, together with colleagues, recently published a 21st Century Agenda for Amazon Conservation in Biotropica. They call for developing a system of refugia, advancing ability to predict impacts of infrastructure development, collaborative conservation planning, among other things. This paperDetails No Comments featured A TCD student, Farah Carrasco Rueda, has graciously agreed to share what she learned in a Workshop provided by Rohan Chakravarty (www.greenhumour.com), at the past 2018 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation meeting, with the TCD community. Farah will provide the basics of generating cartoons of your study / favorite organism very informally to thoseDetails No Comments featured Do you want to know more about how coffee transforms from a humble bean, to a delicious drink in your mug? Do you want to know how to taste coffee? Are you curious about the livelihood of coffee farmers?Then come join us for our panel discussion on coffee production from farm to consumption. Our panelDetails What? A take on a Latin American tradition of alternative exchange markets where vendors are more than sellers, they are participants and community members. Bring goods or offer services to exchange and a willingness to connect with others. When? 3:30-5:30 PM- Friday, November 16 Facebook Event Where? Ethnoecology Garden 2799 SW 7th Pl, Gainesville, FLDetails No Comments News Click here to see the video of their Tropilunch s presentation entitled Basket of knowledge”: Weaving networks, connecting multiple ways of knowing and technologies through the creation and use of alternative didactic kits in indigenous pedagogy in Amazonas, Brazil  No Comments featured We are pleased to announce that Dr. Thaissa Sobreiro, the 2017 winner of the Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award will be in Gainesville to present her dissertation Indigenous mobilization and multi-local livelihood strategies in the Middle Rio Negro, northwestern Brazilian Amazon” during a Special Tropilunch in October. Dr. Sobreiro received her PhD in Interdisciplinary EcologyDetails No Comments featured Would you like to take a break and let nature inspire your creativity in a different way than to study for courses, read papers and write grants? TCD is offering two activities for you to choose from: Mandala coloring (from UF counseling and Wellness Center) and rubber stamp carving for printmaking (see images and descriptionsDetails No Comments News Hot off the press! Evaluating biodiversity workshops in Chile: are farmers responding with conservation action? just published in Environmental Education Research. #MarcelaMarquez received her PhD from UF IFAS Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and is part of the @TCD_UF community in fact former President of the TCDsg ! Congratulations Marcela, Susan and Olga!  Marcela Marquez,Details No Comments News Indigenous and traditional peoples share innovative juridical and technological tools for territorial management in the Belém+30 Congress For more information and access to the Workshop’s report, visit the event’s website or watch the event s video. Last month, in an unprecedented collective effort, the Workshop Peoples of the Forest: Connections and Self-determination Juridical and Technological ToolsDetails No Comments News Mongabay has recently highlighted a study by TCD students Johanna Espin, Alyssa Cho others and TCD Faculty Emilio Bruna on how implicit gender, racial biases may lead to preventing a diversity of perspectives from being heard, and lessen chances of solving pressing conservation problems. No Comments featured Friday, August 31, 12:30 – 4:30 w/ lunch Terrace Room, UF Norman Hall *New venue* WHO * Everyone is welcome to attend! Any student and faculty member with interest in ‘conservation and development’ whether they are pursuing a TCD certificate or not. * If you already consider yourself a TCD student, please invite others thatDetails No Comments News TCD Alumni from Southern Cone Conservation Leadership Initiative just published a paper discussing the challenges and opportunities to advancing conservation in the Southern Cone; reporting out from multi-stakeholder group working together to find solutions. Amazon Workshop Report The workshop on Tools and Strategies for Conservation and Development in the Amazon: Lessons Learned and Future Pathways took place in Gainesville, Florida on October 3-5, 2017. In a collective learning process of reflection and dialogue, the workshop participants analyzed lessons learned from a wide range of experiences and contexts in order 
toDetails The Center for Latin American Studies and the Tropical Conservation and Development Program wish you a great summer and a successful fieldwork. No Comments News Congratulations to Bette Loiselle!! Dr. Loiselle is the recipient of the 2018 Brewster Award from the American Ornithological Society. The William Brewster Memorial Award is given annually to the author or co-authors of the most meritorious body of work (book, monograph, or series of related papers) on birds of the Western Hemisphere published during the past tenDetails No Comments News Participation as a virtual guest speaker in a K-12 classroom The Outreach Office of the Center for Latin American Studies has a special request for your participation as a virtual guest in a K-12 classroom. The Virtual Guest Speaker Initiative through the Center’s Outreach Office is designed to bring an international or national expert intoDetails No Comments News Lectures by guest speaker, Dr Carlos Nobre The Center for Latin American Studies, the Tropical Conservation and Development Program, Department of Geography, Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute, and UF Biodiversity Institute welcome Dr. Carlos Nobre to the University of Florida from 26-30 March 2018. Dr. Nobre will give two talks and be involved in several informal discussions during the week, andDetails Nominations Open for TCDsg Officers: President Vice-president Secretary Treasurer Tropilunch Coordinator Regional Representatives (Asia, Africa, Latin America) Nominees should be current UF students who participate in TCD. Nomination Deadline: 23 March, 2018. Email nominations (name and role) to: benlowe@ufl.edu President: Initiate and preside over TCDsg meetings and events Serve as an authorizedDetails No Comments News Taste of the Tropics Mark your calendars for Saturday March 31st at 6:00 pm. Our famous cooking competition will take place at Bette Loiselle John Blake s house (3440 NW 27th Place, Gainesville FL.). The objective of the event is to raise funds that will be used for scholarships for TCD students. Please sign up hereDetails No Comments News UF Faculty describe the struggle facing an indigenous tribe living alongside the Tapajos River in the Brazilian Amazon Robert Walker and Cynthia Simmons published in the Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development journal an article entitled Amazonia threatened: an indigenous tribe fights against the development of the hydroelectric plant in the Tapajós Valley . Editors selectedDetails No Comments News Research Grant Recipients Three University of Guyana students receive research grants for natural resource management. The University of Guyana in collaboration with the University of Florida and the World Wildlife Fund-Guianas is proud to announce that three students, Ms. Wilda Hungito, Mr. Mark Ram, and Ms. Nadia Hunte, will receive research awards in support ofDetails No Comments News TCD and The Center for Latin American Studies would like to invite you to the 2016 Marianne Schmink Dissertation Awardee special seminar Tourism consumption of biodiversity: Thatch huts tropical forest management By Dr. José Antonio Sierra Huelsz 2016 Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Awardee* Wednesday, February 28, 2018  11:30 am — 12:30 pm Grinter Hall RoomDetails No Comments News Working with acoustic data is a challenge that can be paralyzing due to the volumes of data generated that needs to be processed. Dr. Bruce Miller, a bat acoustics expert, took us on an exciting journey during the workshop Bats Equal BIG DATA Challenges at the University of Florida on 1 February 2018 in collaboration withDetails No Comments featured PhD student presents work supported by TCD Program Ana Luiza Violato Espada, a 2nd-year PhD student of School of Forest Resources and Conservation with concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development at University of Florida (UF) is participating in the 24th Annual International Society of Tropical Foresters Conference at Yale University, New Haven, February 1-3, 2018.Details We are hosting our first party for the semester and Karen Bailey is hosting the party this year, thank you! When: January, Friday 26th Time: 8pm Where: 3709 SW 15th St. We will have beer and wine and request $ 5 for cover charges. This will allow us to cover our costs. Please bring cashDetails 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,Details No Comments featured 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 theDetails No Comments featured 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 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 developingDetails No Comments featured 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 GorillasDetails 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: LessonsDetails Join the TCD student group for a very interesting Workshop! Thursday, December 7, 2017 | From 9:00-12:00pm | CSE E221 No Comments featured 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. Snakes, Crocodiles, and Markets: conservation, livelihoods, and wildlife trade on Cambodia s Tonlé Sap By Dr. Edward Allison on Tuesday-November 7th, 2017 from 12:45-1:45pm in Grintell Hall 376. Free grad student pizza luncheon with Dr. Allison on Wed, Nov 8, 12-2pm, in 185 Frazier Rogers Hall (just across Museum Road from NZH). RSVP to benlowe@ufl.edu The Bingo event is almost here!! The TCD Bingo is an annual fundraiser that brings together family and friends to have a good time. The funds go directly to scholarships and other funding sources for TCD students. This year the Bingo will be on  Friday November 3, 2017 from 6:30 to 10:30 pm at Patricia Details No Comments featured We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website We hope you like the fresh new look to the website that will allow you to find the information you need more quickly and easily. Our new site offers simplified menu options and navigation, direct access to the information you need, and color-blinded colors. WeDetails Congratulations to Bette Loiselle!! Dr. Loiselle is the recipient of the 2018 Brewster Award from the American Ornithological Society. The William Brewster Memorial Award is given annually to the author or co-authors of the most meritorious body of work (book, monograph, or series of related papers) on birds of the Western Hemisphere published during the past tenDetails Make a Gift to TCD! Make a gift The Tropical Conservation and Development program at UF, affectionately called TCD, has for more than two decades played a central role in convening UF students, faculty, and partners in the theoretical and practical advancement of tropical conservation and development. Our aim is for the university to effectively contribute to conservation and development in tropical regions. We do this by crossing disciplines, linking academics to practitioners, and working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders. TCD is recognized internationally as a key university program training leaders in this field. Your gift to TCD will be important to enable TCD to maintain its innovative learning-action approach that better prepare its students to work across disciplines and scales to advance biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and human well-being.

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