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

Posted on September 27, 2019

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 […]

Comment on African Borders: Putting Paid to a Myth

Posted on September 25, 2019

WALTHER – Comment on African Borders: Putting Paid to a Myth Olivier J. Walther Article first published online: 25 SEP 2019 Journal of Borderlands Studies DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2019.1671211 Read the full publication at Journal of Borderlands Studies

West African Border Cities: Growth and Density

Posted on September 18, 2019

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 […]

Fruitful Collaborations for Dr. Waylen and Dr. Bunting

Posted on September 11, 2019

Dr. Peter Waylen saw the first fruits of a collaboration with Dr. Chris Annear (Anthropology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY) in a paper entitled Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia, which appeared during the summer in the Journal of Political Ecology. Chris is a young Anthropologist […]

Geography Colloquium: Writing a Book That Crosses Boundaries Between Academia and Practice

Posted on August 29, 2019

Writing a Book That Crosses Boundaries Between Academia and Practice Speaker: Dr. Brian Child Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, August 29, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Interannual Hydroclimatic Variability of the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia

Posted on August 29, 2019

BUNTING, WAYLEN – Interannual Hydroclimatic Variability of the Lake Mweru Basin, Zambia Peter Waylen, Christopher Annear, and Erin Bunting Article first published online: 29 AUG 2019 Water DOI: 10.3390/w11091801 ABSTRACT: Annual precipitation inputs to the Lake Mweru basin, Zambia, were computed from historic data and recent gridded data sets to determine historic (1925–2013) changes in […]

Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia

Posted on August 23, 2019

WAYLEN – Socializing the rain: human adaptation to ecological variability in a fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia Christopher M. Annear, Peter R. Waylen Article first published online: 23 AUG 2019 Journal of Political Ecology DOI: 10.2458/v26i1.23246 ABSTRACT: Rainfall drives fishery fertility in Mweru-Luapula, thus rainfall variability contributes to frequent changes in fishing catches. Fishers and traders have […]

Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes

Posted on August 7, 2019

BUNTING, CHILD, HERRERO, SOUTHWORTH – Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes Hannah Victoria Herrero, Jane Southworth, Erin Bunting, Romer Ryan Kohlhaas, and Brian Child Article first published online: 07 AUG 2019 Sensors DOI: 10.3390/s19163456 ABSTRACT: Southern African savannas are an important dryland ecosystem, as […]

Geography Colloquium: Remote Sensing Analysis of Savanna Vegetation Change in African Parks – From Local to Regional Scale

Posted on February 28, 2019

Remote Sensing Analysis of Savanna Vegetation Change in African Parks: From Local to Regional Scale Speaker: Ms. Hannah Herrero PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, March 14, 2019 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Geography Colloquium: Sustainable Governance of Wildlife in Africa

Posted on October 23, 2018

Sustainable Governance of Wildlife in Africa Speaker: Dr. Brian Child Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 25, 2018 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

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