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Tales from local scales: life on the landscape after conservation decisions
February 7, 2024
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Ryan
UFGC
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Alumni Adventures: Dr. Krithi K. Karanth
November 30, 2020
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Conservation in the maelstrom of COVID-19 – a call to action to solve the challenges, exploit opportunities and prepare for the next pandemic
May 5, 2020
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An Evaluation of Vegetation Health in and around Southern African National Parks during the 21st Century (2000–2016)
March 30, 2020
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Child
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Herrero
Khatami
Muir
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Southern Africa
Southworth
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A Healthy Park Needs Healthy Vegetation – The Story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century
February 3, 2020
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Africa
Child
conservation
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Gorongosa
Gorongosa National Park
Herrero
Khatami
NDVI
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savannas
Southworth
vegetation dynamics
vegetation persistence
Waylen
Yang
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Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes
August 7, 2019
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Africa
BBST
Bunting
Child
conservation
dryland
Faculty Publication
Graduate Publication
Herrero
MODIS
NDVI
savanna ecosystems
Sensors
South Luangwa National Park
Southern Africa
Southworth
Zambia
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Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro
January 30, 2019
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Amazon
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Brazil
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The Conversation
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Xingu River
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A 21st Century Agenda in Support of Amazonian Conservation
January 23, 2019
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Amazon
Amazonia
Antunes
Biotropica
Brazil
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Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA)
Irigaray Castro
Jair Bolsonaro
Munduruku
Para
Patawazal
Simmons
South America
Tapajós Valley
Walker
Waylen
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Science in support of Amazonian conservation in the 21st century: the case of Brazil
November 14, 2018
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Amazon
Antunes
Biotropica
Brazil
conservation
Faculty Publication
Graduate Publication
Simmons
Tapajós Valley
Walker
Waylen
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Conservation Conundrum and Amphibian Disease
August 20, 2018
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amphibians
Boersch-Supan
conservation
EcoHealth
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frogs
MedGeo
New York
Open Access
ranavirus
restoration
Ryan
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
vernal pools
wetlands
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Environmental Drivers of Ranavirus in Free-Living Amphibians in Constructed Ponds
August 9, 2018
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amphibian
amphibian ranavirus
biodiversity conservation
Boersch-Supan
conservation
conservation areas
constructed wetlands
EcoHealth
Faculty Publication
frog virus 3
MedGeo
ranavirus
Ryan
vernal pools
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Endangered Amazon – An Indigenous Tribe Fights Back Against Hydropower Development in the Tapajós Valley
February 28, 2018
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Amazon
Brazil
conservation
hydropower
IIRSA
Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America
Madeira River
Munduruku
Simmons
Tapajós Valley
UNASUR
Union of South American Nations
Walker
Xingu River
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Endangered Amazon: An Indigenous Tribe Fights Back Against Hydropower Development in the Tapajós Valley
February 28, 2018
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Amazon
Brazil
conservation
Faculty Publication
hydropower
IIRSA
Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America
Madeira River
Munduruku
Simmons
Tapajós Valley
UNASUR
Union of South American Nations
Walker
Xingu River
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UF in South Africa: People, Parks, & Conservation in Africa
February 23, 2018
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Africa
conservation
South Africa
study abroad
Swaziland
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Geography Colloquium: The Center for Landscape Conservation Planning and the Florida Strategic Plan for Sustaining Military Readiness through Conservation Partnerships Project
November 15, 2017
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Center for Landscape Conservation Planning
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conservation partnerships
Department of Landscape Architecture
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Hoctor
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UFGC
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Using Repeat Photography to Observe Vegetation Change Over Time in Gorongosa National Park
June 26, 2017
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Africa
African Studies Quarterly
Bunting
Child
conservation
ecosystem dynamics
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Gorongosa National Park
Graduate Publication
Herrero
managed protected area
Mozambique
park landscape
repeat photography
Southern Africa
Southworth
vegetation
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Amazon Dams Network, Geography Department, TCD Program & UF Law School Awarded a Faculty Interdisciplinary Seed Grant from the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute
March 17, 2017
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Amazon
Amazon Dams Network
biodiversity
Biodiversity Institute
Brazil
Brazilian Judges and Prosecutors Training Program
conservation
Irigaray Castro
LATAM
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NSF
Simmons
sustainability
Tropical Conservation and Development Program
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Forest conservation: Remember Gran Chaco
February 3, 2017
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agriculture
Argentia
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Bolivia
Brazil
cattle
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forest
forest loss
Gran Chaco
neotropical
Noss
Paraguay
Science
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subtropical forest
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Geography Colloquium: Learning-By-Doing or ‘Experimentalist Governance’ in Wildlife Conservation in Southern Africa
October 13, 2016
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Africa
Child
conservation
Geography Colloquium
UFGC
wildlife
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Assessing welfare of captive elephant populations
July 14, 2016
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Africa
Asia
conservation
elephants
MedGeo
North America
PLoS ONE
preserves
Ryan
wildlife
zoos
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African farmers contend with baboons when the big cats are gone
April 11, 2016
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Africa
baboons
biodiversity
conservation
fragmentation
mesopredators
Ryan
trophic cascade
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Perceptions of risk in communities near parks in an African biodiversity hotspot
March 28, 2016
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Africa
Ambio
biodiversity
conservation
Faculty Publication
forest loss
health
MedGeo
parks
population change
poverty
risk
Ryan
Uganda
Publications
Spatial Patterns of Frontier Settlement: Balancing Conservation and Development
March 15, 2016
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Amazon
biodiversity
Brazil
conservation
corridors
deforestation
ecology
Faculty Publication
infrastructure
Journal of Latin American Geography
landscape ecology
planning
roads
Simmons
Walker
Publications
Response to Corridors for people, corridors for nature
February 3, 2016
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Amazon
Amazonia
biodiversity
Brazil
conservation
ecology
environmental degradation
Faculty Publication
roads
Science
transportation
Walker
News
Publications
Land-cover change within and around protected areas in a biodiversity hotspot
September 24, 2015
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Africa
agriculture
Binford
biodiversity
conservation
deforestation
Faculty Publication
Land Use Science
Landchange
Landsat
South Africa
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News
Geography Colloquium: Cecil the Lion – Issues in Wildlife Conservation in Africa
September 1, 2015
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Africa
Child
conservation
Geography Colloquium
hunting
poaching
wildlife
Publications
Reflecting on Access to Common Property Coastal Resources via a Case Study along Connecticut’s Shoreline
April 4, 2015
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2015 graduate publication
accesibility
coastline
commons
Connecticut
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Environment Space Place
Graduate Publication
McKay
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property
recreation
tourism
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