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Tom Smith is a speaker at the 2022 Truffle Conference
Professor Tom Smith of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Director of the Center for Tropical Research will be a speaker on the panel “World Heritage…
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eDNA Workshop Kigali Rwanda
Professional Development Workshop June 16-25, 2022 Using Environmental DNA to Guide the Re-wilding of Akagera National Park An essential key to conserving biodiversity is understanding the current and historic composition…
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New project launched to prevent deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
New project launched to prevent deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC (November 10, 2021) –The Ituri Forest in Eastern DRC, anchored by the…
UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor
Support from Bob and Cindy Taylor is helping fund research on the ecology of ebony and rainforest restoration.
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Perspectives from African conservation scientists in the diaspora
Dr. Kevin Njabo, Africa Director of the Center for Tropical Research, coauthored the article, “Challenges encountered when doing research back home: Perspectives from African conservation scientists in the diaspora,” published…
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Tom Smith in World War Zero: The Congo Basin in an Era of Climate Change
World War Zero, a coalition fighting the climate crisis, features an op-ed by CBI’s Founding Co-Executive Director Tom Smith discussing the effects of climate change on Congo Basin biodiversity. “Climate…
