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Geography Colloquium: Maintaining Diverse Wildlife in Africa’s Rapidly Changing Savannas

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Maintaining Diverse Wildlife in Africa’s Rapidly Changing Savannas Speaker: Dr. Robert McCleery  Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation , University of Florida Thursday, November 7, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. With a full complement of large herbivores and predators the wildlife […]

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UF Researchers to Lead NASA Funded GIS Project on Deforestation and City Growth in Ghana

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UF Researchers to Lead NASA Funded GIS Project on Deforestation and City Growth in Ghana

West Africa has experienced significant deforestation over the last several decades. While deforestation in Ghana has slowed in recent years, growing urban populations are contributing to human-driven land use change. A team from the University of Florida – including Geography’s Dr. Olivier Walther – has received funding from SERVIR, a joint venture between NASA and the […]

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Geography Colloquium: Rust Belt Renaissance? The Experience of Refugees from Burma in Buffalo, NY

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Rust Belt Renaissance? The Experience of Refugees from Burma in Buffalo, NY Speaker: Dr. Seth Cavello Visiting Lecturer, University of South Florida Thursday, October 31, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Buffalo receives more refugees for resettlement than any city in New York. While […]

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Geography Colloquium: Technology-Based Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating

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Technology-Based Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Speaker: Dr. Danielle Jake-Schoffman Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Behavior,, University of Florida Thursday, October 16, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Modifiable lifestyle behaviors have immense power to prevent and treat chronic […]

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Geography Colloquium: Drone Mapping for Coastal Seagrass Monitoring and Citizen Science

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Drone Mapping for Coastal Seagrass Monitoring and Citizen Science Speaker: Dr. Bo Yang Citizen Science GIS, University of Central Florida Thursday, October 10, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. High quality multi-spectral observations with fine spatial resolution and frequent temporal coverage are indispensable in seagrass […]

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Geography Colloquium: The Mad Dog Initiative – Identifying and Mitigating Invasive Species Threats in Madagascar

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The Mad Dog Initiative – Identifying and Mitigating Invasive Species Threats in Madagascar Speaker: Dr. Kim Valenta Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida Thursday, October 3, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Since 2013, The Mad Dog Initiative has worked to humanely reduce […]

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West African Border Cities: Growth and Density

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Dr. Olivier Walther and his colleague Dr. Marie Trémolières (OECD) are presenting a talk titled West African Border Cities: Growth and Density at the African Borderlands Research Network annual conference in Lomé, Togo this week. Their presentation is part of a panel on West African border cities that builds on their recent series of West African Papers published […]

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