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Geography Colloquium: Indigenous Rights at a Crossroads – Land Conflicts, the Inter-American Court, and Liminal Legal Geographies in Paraguay’s Chaco

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Indigenous Rights at a Crossroads: Land Conflicts, the Inter-American Court, and Liminal Legal Geographies in Paraguay’s Chaco Speaker: Dr. Joel Correia Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida Thursday, September 27, 2018 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

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Dr. Robert Walker receives NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences award

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Dr. Robert Walker has received an NSF award from the Geography and Spatial Sciences program, to fund a project entitled “International Trade Agreements, Globalization, Land Change, and Agricultural Food Networks” with a budget of $375,000. The research, to be conducted in Mexico, investigates links between spatial shifts in that country’s forest biomes, and neoliberal reforms […]

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Integrating Research and Practice to Promote More Resilient Family Agriculture

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Geography PhD candidate Mr. David Hanson will be participating in a panel discussion at the “Integrating Research and Practice to Promote More Resilient Family Agriculture” workshop on March 30th. The workshop is a collaboration between the Tropical Conservation & Development Program, the Center for Latin American Studies, and the UF Brazil Institute. The objectives of the workshop are: to […]

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Dr. Robert T. Walker

Dr. Robert T. Walker Professor Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies (LATAM) roberttwalker@ufl.edu Curriculum Vita Focus Areas Focus Area 4: Geopolitics & The Global Economy Focus Area 5: Catastrophes, Conservation, and Conflict Focus Area 6: Sustainability & Global Environmental Change Areas of Specialization Nature-Society Studies Land Change Geospatial Analysis Amazon Educational Background PhD in Regional […]

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