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Forest Transition and Fuzzy Environments in Neoliberal Mexico
April 12, 2023
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Faculty Publication
forest transition
Land Sparing
Mexico
NAFTA
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The Amazon is not safe under Brazil’s new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point
March 23, 2023
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Amazon
Brazil
deforestation
Faculty Publication
infrastructure
The Conversation
Walker
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News
UF team awarded NASA grant to study artisanal mining and charcoal production in Ghana
October 10, 2022
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charcoal
deforestation
drones
GALUP
Ghana
land degradation
mining
NASA
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Walther
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Globalized supply chains: Emergent telecouplings in Mexico’s beef economy and environmental leakages
March 7, 2022
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beef
Borlaug
corn
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Faculty Publication
Graduate Publication
greenhouse gases
Intensification
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Mexico
Simmons
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Walker
Waylen
Publications
Collision Course: Development Pushes Amazonia Toward Its Tipping Point
December 23, 2020
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Amazon Basin
Amazonia
Brazik
deforestation
Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
Faculty Publication
Walker
Publications
Deforestation Trajectories on a Development Frontier in the Brazilian Amazon: 35 Years of Settlement Colonization, Policy and Economic Shifts, and Land Accumulation
September 16, 2020
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agrarian reform
Amazon
Brazil
Carrero
deforestation
deforestation actors
Graduate Publication
land grabbing
land speculation
land use change
tropical forest
Publications
NAFTA’s Cartel Economy
June 25, 2020
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Annals of the American Association of Geographers
cartels
deforestation
Faculty Publication
Mexico
NAFTA
neoliberalism
Walker
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In a time of COVID-19, Dr. Ryan talked about deforestation and viral emergence with WLRN
May 21, 2020
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COVID-19
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MedGeo
Ryan
WLRN
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zoonotic
zoonotic disease
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Examining the relationship between migration and forest cover change in Mexico from 2001 to 2010
May 13, 2020
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deforestation
Faculty Publication
forest cover
forest loss
forest policy
international migration
land use change
Land Use Policy
migration
Ryan
Publications
Agronomic or contentious land change? A longitudinal analysis from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon
January 27, 2020
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agrarian reform
Amazon
Brazil
deforestation
Faculty Publication
land tenure
lawlessness
privatization
Simmons
Walker
Publications
Examining the relationship between migration and forest cover change in Mexico from 2001 to 2010
November 25, 2019
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deforestation
Faculty Publication
land use and land cover change (LUCC)
land use change
Land Use Policy
Mexico
migration
population
Ryan
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Announcing The Navi-Gator, Issue 2!
November 7, 2019
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agriculture
Anderson Award for International Travel
Buffalo
Burma
Cavello
citizen science
David L. Niddrie Excellence Fund
De Carvalho
deforestation
Evan Coe Award in Medical Geography
Gavin
Ghana
GIS
Good
Graduate Student Awards
Jake-Schoffman
John & Fawn Dunkle Award for Graduate Student Travel
Little Family Student Fellowship Award
Madagascar
McCleery
NASA
New York
SERVIR
The Navi-Gator
Top Published Student Research Article
Tulane University.
U.S. Agency for International Development
urbanization
Valenta
Walker
Walther
Wu
Yang
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News
UF Researchers Forecast Accelerated Deforestation and Displacement of Indigenous Peoples in Brazilian Amazon
February 28, 2019
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Amazon
Amazon Basin
Amazonia
Brazil
Brazil Nut Forest (BNF)
deforestation
IIRSA
indigeonous peoples
Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA)
Simmons
The Annals of the American Association of Geographers
Walker
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News
A 21st Century Agenda in Support of Amazonian Conservation
January 23, 2019
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Amazon
Amazonia
Antunes
Biotropica
Brazil
conservation
deforestation
Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA)
Irigaray Castro
Jair Bolsonaro
Munduruku
Para
Patawazal
Simmons
South America
Tapajós Valley
Walker
Waylen
Graduate Publications
Publications
Park isolation in anthropogenic landscapes: land change and livelihoods at park boundaries in the African Albertine Rift
November 14, 2017
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Africa
Albertine Rift
anthropogenic landscapes
biodiversity
biodiversity conservation
deforestation
Dowhaniuk
ecosystem services
Faculty Publication
Goldman
Graduate Publication
Hartter
Landchange
parks
protected areas
Regional Environmental Change
Ryan
Publications
Forest conservation: Remember Gran Chaco
February 3, 2017
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agriculture
Argentia
biodiversity
Bolivia
Brazil
cattle
conservation
deforestation
Faculty Publication
forest
forest loss
Gran Chaco
neotropical
Noss
Paraguay
Science
soybean
subtropical forest
tropical forest
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Geography Colloquium: Contentious Land Change in Amazonia – Implications for Global Environmental Change
January 11, 2017
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Amazon
Amazonia
Brazil
carbon
deforestation
Geography Colloquium
global environmental change
land cover change
land use change
Simmons
UFGC
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To Keep a River Running
November 16, 2016
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Amazon
Amazon Watch
Belo Monte Dam
Brazil
deforestation
Earth Island Journal
Eletrobras
Faculty Publication
hydropower
IBAMA
Irigaray Castro
Mato Grosso State
Munduruku
Pará State
South American Council of Infrastructure and Planning (COSIPLAN)
Tapajós dam project
Tapajós Hydroelectric Complex
Tapajós Valley
Walker
Publications
The hunt for sustainability in African rainforests: bushmeat and hunter-gatherers
November 1, 2016
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Africa
autochthones
biodiversity
bushmeat
Cameroon
Central Africa
Congo
conservation areas
Conservation Biology Newsletter Africa Conservation Telegraph
deforestation
Faculty Publication
Gabon
geospatial science
hunter-gatherers
hunting
Nigeria
Noss
Pygmy
rainforests
South Africa
spatial distribution models
tropical forests
wild meat
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
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Spring Course: GEO4938/GEO6938 Environmental Catastrophes, Tipping Points, and Challenges
November 10, 2015
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Anthropocene
carbon
deforestation
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
Publications
Effects of road infrastructure on forest value across a tri-national Amazonian frontier
August 24, 2015
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Amazon
biodiversity
Biological Conservation
Bolivia
Brazil
carbon
deforestation
Faculty Publication
Marsik
Peru
remote sensing
Southworth
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