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The Amazon is not safe under Brazil’s new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point

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WALKER – The Amazon is not safe under Brazil’s new president – a roads plan could push it past its breaking point Robert Walker Article first published online: 22 March 2023 URL: https://theconversation.com/the-amazon-is-not-safe-under-brazils-new-president-a-roads-plan-could-push-it-past-its-breaking-point-200691 ABSTRACT: Conservationists breathed a sigh of relief when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election in the fall of 2022. His […]

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Geography Colloquium: Flood risk transfer as a consequence of climate change and infrastructure modifications along the San Francisquito Creek, California

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Speaker: Dr. Katy Serafin Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, October 20, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Communities across the nation are deciding how to best prepare for future flood events, while concurrently considering updates to aging infrastructure such as bridges. […]

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Anderson Research Lecture: Reciprocal Relationships Between Forest Management and Regional Landscape Structures

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Reciprocal Relationships Between Forest Management and Regional Landscape Structures Speaker: Dr. Darla Munroe Professor & Department Chair, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University Thursday, 20 February 2020 3:00 PM Turlington Hall 3018 University of Florida Meet & Great reception to follow in Turlington 3018 Maintaining forest cover and function given large-scale changes in population […]

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Spatial Patterns of Frontier Settlement: Balancing Conservation and Development

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SIMMONS, WALKER – Spatial Patterns of Frontier Settlement: Balancing Conservation and Development Cynthia Simmons, Robert Walker, Stephen Perz, Eugenio Arima, Stephen Aldrich, Marcellus Caldas Article first published online: MAR 2016 Journal of Latin American Geography DOI: 10.1353/lag.2016.0011 ABSTRACT: Amazonian deforestation has declined recently, but Brazil’s infrastructure plans continue to target the region. In the interest of […]

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