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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…
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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The Makings of the Forest: Ecologies of Knowledges in Amazonia
The Makings of the Forest: Ecologies of Knowledges in Amazonia Carlos Fausto (Museu Nacional & Princeton) and Anne McClintock (Princeton) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021 1:30pm Pacific Time /4:30pm Eastern Time…
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National Geographic Society funds research to index global tropical rainforest vulnerability
The National Geographic Society brought together a team of top scientists, including UCLA’s Center for Tropical Research Adjunct Professor Sassan Saatchi and Professor Thomas Smith, to measure tropical rainforest vulnerability…
