Recent publications by Graduate Students from the Dynamic Amazonia group are getting high Altmetic Exposure. Congratulations to Aghane, Mike, and Dr. Maira! C. S. Simmons, L. Famolare, M. Maceido, R, T. Walker, M. Coe, E. Arima, D. Valle, R. Munoz Carpena, B. Scheffers, C. Fraisee, D. Juhn, M. Diniz (r), M. Diniz (r), C. Szlafsztein, […]
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CARRARA, IRIGARAY, SIMMONS, WALKER – Indigenous people may be the Amazon’s last hope Robert T. Walker, Aline Carrara, Cynthia Simmons, and Maira Irigaray Article first published online: 27 FEB 2020 The Conversation ABSTRACT: Brazil’s divisive President Jair Bolsonaro has taken another step in his bold plans to develop the Amazon rainforest. A bill he is […]
Speaker: Maíra Irigaray Castro PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, February 13, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. The Munduruku Movement Ipereğ Ayũ (MMIA), which in Munduruku translates to “We are strong; We know how to protect ourselves and all We […]
ANTUNES, IRIGARAY CASTRO, SIMMONS, WALKER, WAYLEN – Avoiding Amazonian Catastrophes: Prospects for Conservation in the 21st Century Robert Toovey Walker, Cynthia Simmons, Eugenio Arima, Yankuic Galvan-Miyoshi, Aghane Antunes, Michael Waylen, and Maíra Irigaray Article first published online: 25 OCT 2019 One Earth DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.09.009 ABSTRACT: A new threat now confronts the Amazon in the form […]
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Geo3427 – Lit0109 Plants, Health, & Spirituality Fall 2019 Course Description: Learn about the origin of sacred plants used for healing the spirit and the body; the role of traditional healers, their practices and perspectives within their cultural context and the emerging market for health by the consumption of vegan and organic foods. Semester: Fall 2019 […]
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Geo3437 – Csee222 Plants, Health, & Spirituality Summer B 2019 Course Description: Learn about the origin of sacred plants used for healing the spirit and the body; the role of traditional healers, their practices and perspectives within their cultural context and the emerging market for health by the consumption of vegan and organic foods. Semester: Summer […]
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Associate Professor Dr. Cynthia Simmons and a team of international scholars – including UF Geography’s Dr. Robert Walker, Mike Waylen, and Aghane Antunes – present a strategy for achieving sustainable development in Amazonia, given global climate change and the massive infrastructure program planned for the region, in their latest paper Science in support of Amazonian […]
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The newly created UF Biodiversity Institute (UFBI) awarded a Faculty Interdisciplinary Seed Grant to a joint effort by UF faculty, students and Brazilian collaborators of the Amazon Dams Network (Rede Barragens Amazônicas -ADN/RBA), hosted in the Tropical Conservation and Development Program (TCD) in the Center for Latin American Studies, in partnership with the UF Department […]
WALKER – To Keep a River Running Robert Walker Article first published online: 1 OCT 2016 Earth Island Journal It came in low, guns bristling through the open bay. Such a strange apparition, like a giant insect, almost familiar but for its unnatural sound and fury and the faces staring down at them, striped in the black […]
