Preserving Cameroon’s treasures
The Los Angeles Times published an op-ed by Center for Tropical Research Director Tom Smith about the country's conservation challenges and actions needed to protect the region's natural resources.
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Elephant poaching
The Guardian published a letter to the editor from Center for Tropical Research Director Tom Smith about biodiversity loss resulting from this illegal practice.
UCLA professor leads effort to protect Africa’s rainforests from ravages of climate change
Article on an international research project investigating the effect of climate change on biodiversity in Central Africa’s rainforests. The project is headed by CTR Director Thomas Smith under a $4.95…
Building the Capacity to Control Animal-Borne Influenza in Cameroon and Egypt
By Kevin Njabo, Ph.D., Associate Director of Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
Center for Tropical Research November 2012 Newsletter
CTR researchers report on a study exploring cryptic diversity with Indian and Pacific Ocean Big Fin Reef Squids and workshops held focused on building the capacity to control animal-borne influenza in Cameroon and Egypt.
Growing threats to biodiversity ‘arks’
Article on a study on averting biodiversity collapse in protected tropical areas which Center for Tropical Research director Tom Smith participated in. The study itself is published in the journal…
Avoiding Biodiversity Collapse in Tropical Protected Areas
Featuring William F. Laurance, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, James Cook University, Australia Many of the world’s leading tropical protected areas are now fragments or man‐made islands surrounded by drastically modified…
Rainforest Hero Leaves Brazil for Los Angeles
Article on Hilton Oyamaguchi’s talk at the G2 Gallery’s Young Environmentalists Symposium. The talk features his efforts to protect tree frogs and preserve transitional savannah between patches of dense vegetation.
UCLA’s Dr. Thomas Smith trains students to tackle Earth-changing issues
Part Four in the Mother Nature Network series on the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Marine Biology Researchers Promotes Awareness for the Coral Triangle through Billy Joel Songng
Students from UCLA’s ecology and evolutionary biology department explain their research in Professor Paul Barber’s laboratory. Their tune to Billy Joel’s “For the Longest Time” promotes awareness of the evolution…
Connecting the Wintering and Breeding Sites of Migratory Songbirds Using New Isotopic and Genetic Methods
by Kristen Ruegg, Ph.D., Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
With high-tech system, Egypt hopes to avoid possible pandemic
Report on the workshop on avian influenza conducted by researchers from CTR for Egyptian researchers, veterinarians, and ecologists.