[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]University of Florida[/title][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Marianne Schmink” title=”Professor” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Marianne_Schmink-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”http://www.tcd.ufl.edu/core-faculty/marianne-schmink” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”schmink@latam.ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Marianne Schmink is Professor Emerita and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the UF. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. She served as UF’s Director of the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) program from 1988-2010, and has carried out research and training on issues related to gender, development, and community-based conservation in the Amazon for nearly 40 years. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Bette Loiselle” title=”Professor” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bette-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”http://www.loisellelab.org/” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”loiselleb@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”http://www.twitter.com/@Bette Loiselle” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”betteloiselle” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Bette holds a joint appointment as the Director of the Tropical Conservation in the Center for Latin American Studies and Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology. Her research focuses on understanding the importance of biodiversity in tropical systems, especially the ecological role of animals as seed dispersers, and the potential consequences of global change on distribution of plants and animals. Currently her research is focused in the Amazon of Ecuador and Atlantic forests of Brazil. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Todd Bertwell” title=”MS Student in Forest Resources and Conservation” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/10888398_10205218093519156_7890129462266460339_n-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”tbertwell@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]After growing up in California and studying forestry in Oregon, I sought to learn more about managed forests in other parts of the world by joining University of Florida. I am interested in how people use and manage forests in tropical countries, especially non-timber forest products. My current research focuses on the demography of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) in an extractive reserve in Brazil. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Natalie Cooper” title=”PhD Student, School of Forest Resources and Conservation” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Cooper-750×1024-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”natalieacooper@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”natalie.cooper55″ paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Originally trained in fine arts, I graduated from passively appreciating the natural world to actively working to conserve it in 2009 when I accepted a position with the U.S. Peace Corps (an international development agency run by the U.S. government) in Panama. For more than three and half years I worked with rural communities on various conservation projects. This experience helped pave my way to UF and eventually to the Brazilian Amazon. I completed my master’s research in Acre, Brazil, which focused on local perceptions of a logging project inside the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, a sustainable-use protected area where commercial logging activities are in their incipient stages. I anticipate my PhD research will build on this work.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Trey D. Crouch” title=”Amazon Dams WIGF PhD Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/TreyCouch-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”treycrouch@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Trey received his Bachelor´s and Master´s degrees in Civil Engineering, with emphasis in water resources and hydrology, from the University of Wyoming. His research interests are in ecohydrological modeling, sustainable hydraulic design and adaptive environmental assessment and watershed management. At UF Trey is in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Aghane De Carvalho Antunes” title=”MS Student – Geography” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Aghane-220×300.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”agantunes@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]I have been working as a Communication Specialist and with Environmental, Institutional and Government Affairs, specifically in large-scale infrastructure developments, such as ports and railroads expansions and hydroelectric dam projects in Brazil. I have a bachelor’s degree in Social Communication, with an emphasis in Journalism. I also hold a postgraduate degree (Specialization) in Corporate Communication and a certificate in International Corporate Communication granted from Syracuse University (NY). Currently, I am a Master’s student of the Department of Geography at the University of Florida. My academic interest lies in nature society studies. My research topic is social contention and environmental change linked to hydroelectric dams in Amazonia. I believe my professional background provides me a solid foundation for my graduate studies, since I have acquired valuable first hand knowledge of the de jure processes, and the all too often contentious de facto manner in which they unfold in real life cases. For my master’s thesis I will examine the social and environmental challenges, risks and conflicts involving riverine communities, governments, and investors with a specific focus on hydroelectric dam projects in the Amazon. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Michael Esbach” title=”PhD Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Michael-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”mesbach@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QFjAAahUKEwiy3fm4lerHAhXJlh4KHWmgA08&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fpub%2Fmichael-esbach%2F27%2F582%2F323&usg=AFQjCNFm0pCKpZX1nMAxwLBBUbdQkgTZDQ&sig2=Izmfb7KvuF0XRL_6GubHUg” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Michael is broadly interested in using interdisciplinary and systems-level approaches to understand resilience in coupled human-natural systems. Supported by a UF Graduate Student Fellowship through SNRE, Michael hopes to explore the role of ecosystems, culture, and values in community responses to environmental pressures in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Prior to graduate study, Michael worked in a variety of settings (Solomon Islands, Ecuador, Kenya, and more) to combine scientific tools with local knowledge and participation to co-develop solutions for sustainable marine and terrestrial management.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Jacy Hyde” title=”PhD Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Jacy-e1440782587847-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”JLHyde@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Jacy Hyde is a first year Water Institute Graduate Fellow in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation. She will work in the labs of Dr. Denis Valle and Dr. Stephanie Bohlman to research the social and ecological consequences of dam infrastructure development in the Amazon, specifically focusing on forest ecology. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Maira Irigaray” title=”PhD student / Brazil Advocacy & Campaign Specialist / Human Rights & Environment Lawyer ” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Irigaray-Copy-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”www.facebook.com/mayirigaray.photoandstyle” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”” facebook=”www.facebook.com/ChipottleFilms” twitter=”http://www.twitter.com/@mayirigaray ” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”https://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US&trk=prof-0-sb-preview-primary-button” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]I am human rights and environmental lawyer, currently working as a Brazil Advocacy & Campaign Specialist and getting a PHD in Geography. I am interested in advancing indigenous peoples rights especially through nonviolent civil resistance; community organizing; the protection of the Amazon Rainforest and its relation to Climate Change. In my spare time I love traveling and working as a free style photographer. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”David Kaplan” title=”Assistant Professor & Guest Lecturer” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DavidKaplan-e1440779077544-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”http://www.watershedecology.org” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”dkaplan@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]David Kaplan is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida and currently serves as the Assistant Director of the H.T. Odum Center for Wetlands at UF. Dr. Kaplan is a hydrologist and environmental engineer with over ten years of experience monitoring and modeling hydrological and ecological systems, with a focus on intersections between watershed and ecosystem processes. http://www.watershedecology.org [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Crisne Lebron” title=”Master’s Student in Latin American Studies” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Crisne-1024×683-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”clebron18@ufl.edu ” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States nine years ago. I’m a second year Master’s student in Latin American studies at the University of Florida with a concentration in development. My Master’s thesis is on the relationship between women’s empowerment and Bolsa Familia in Brazil. My main interest is the intersectionality between development, social policy, gender and race issues. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Percy Peralta” title=”PhD Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Peralta-TCD-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”peralta@ufl.edu” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]I worked in the Peruvian Amazon with indigenous local communities in diverse initiatives such as resource management, conservation and protected areas, land tenure, governance and indigenous rights. My interests are to examine the potential of local communities and migrant small holders to reconcile forest conservation while providing their households and communities with the resources needed for healthy and fulfilling lives. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Shar Siddiqui” title=”Undergraduate Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Shar-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”sharsid94@ufl.edu” facebook=”https://www.facebook.com/shar.siddiqui” twitter=”http://www.twitter.com/@sharsiddiqui” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”https://www.linkedin.com/pub/shar-siddiqui/55/947/16″ blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]I am a third year student studying Biological Engineering. I am also pursuing a minor in International Development and Humanitarian Assistance. My interests are resource management and environmental modeling, as well as human rights and sustainable community development. My current research focuses on the impacts of biofuels on biodiversity.[/person][/one_fourth][separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”” bottom_margin=”” sep_color=”” border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Federal University of Tocantins[/title][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Elineide E. Marques ” title=”Professor” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/elineide-foto-300×200.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”emarques@mail.uft.edu.br” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Elineide E. Marques is Biologist and Professor at the Universidade Federal do Tocantins. She has experience in Environmental Sciences, especially Ecology, with emphasis on management and conservation of fish and fisheries in inland waters. Elineide’s research focuses on the following themes: fish biology, ecology of reservoirs, environmental and socioeconomic impacts of hydropower projects in the Amazon.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Dernival Venancio Ramos ” title=”Professor” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dernival.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”dernivaljunior@gmail.com” facebook=”http://www.facebook.com/dernival.venancioramosjunior” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Professor in the Departament of History and in the Program of Culture and Territory studies at the Tocantins Federal University, Araguaina Campus. Dr. Dernival’s research interests are on displacement and resettlement related to development projects, traditional communities, and traditional knowledge.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Ellen Amaral” title=”PhD Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ellenamaral-230×300.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”ellenamaral@hotmail.com” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Ellen has a Master’s degree in Management of Natural Resources. Currently, she is a PhD student the Department of Environmental Sciences at the Federal University of Tocantins and an exchange student at the University of Florida. She has 10 years experience working with fisheries management in the Amazon Forest and has also worked with public policy for fisheries and aquaculture in Tocantins state.[/person][/one_fourth][separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”” bottom_margin=”” sep_color=”” border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Federal University of Rondônia[/title][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Carolina Rodrigues de Costa Doria” title=”Professor” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/doria.png” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”carolinarcdoria@uol.com.br” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Doria is originally a Biologist with a PhD in Socio-environmental Science – Interdisciplinary with a concentration in Sustainable Development of Humid Tropics in the Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos – NAEA, University Federal do Pará – Brazil. Since 1998, Carolina has been a professor in the Biology Department, Rondônia Federal University, coordinating the Icthiology and Fisheries Laboratory and a member of the Ação Ecológica Guaporé (ECOPORÉ), a Brazilian NGO. She has worked for ~15 years in the fields of environmental conservation and development of the Amazonian regions in Brazil. Her research interests include ichthyology and fisheries management, community-based management of natural resources, impacts of dams, governance and resilience of socio-ecological systems in the Amazon.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Mariluce Paes de Souza” title=”Professor” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Mariluce-300×225.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”mariluce@unir.br” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Mariluce Paes de Souza has a BSc degree in Management with a PhD degree in Social-Environmental Sciences with concentration in Sustainable Development of the Humid Tropic in the Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos – NAEA, at the Federal University of Pará – Brazil. She is a professor at the Business School of the Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR) since 1995, coordinating the Interdisciplinary Center for Studies of Sustainable Development of the Amazon (CEDSA). She is a CNPq researcher and has worked for 16 years in the field of sustainability and development of the Brazilian Amazon. Her research interests include sustainable development, community management, productive chains of natural resources, environmental governance and sustainable local clusters of socio-ecological systems in the Amazon.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Renato Almeida de Oliviera” title=”MS Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Renato.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”renatoadeoliveira@uol.com.br” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Renato graduated with a degree in System Analysis at Brazilian Lutheran University – CEULJI/ULBRA (2005). He has a specialization in Project Management (2011) and Information Technology and Communication Governance (2013) from Getúlio Vargas Foundation – FGV . He has worked as technician in telecommunication in ALCATEL and Brasil Telecom (2000-2007). Currently Renato works for Eletrobras Distribution in Rondônia as Chief of Information Office – CIO (2007 to this date) and is a student in the master business program of Federal University of Rondônia. His research is in public policies and their impact in municipalities using data mining to discover patterns in government databases. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Fabiano Costa” title=”MS Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Fabiano-225×300.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”fabianomcosta@gmail.com” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Fabiano is a Civil Engineer. He is currently working for the Electricity Company of Rondonia.He is also a teacher at UNIR in the area of transport planning. His particular areas of interest include infrastructure construction in the Amazon, especially dams and roads, and their effects on local people.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Maria Alice Leite Lima” title=”PhD Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AliceLima-300×240.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”alicelima.lima@gmail.com” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Alice Lima has a degree in Biological Sciences with a Masters in Fishery Sciences at the Federal University of Amazonas. Since 2003 she has been conducting research on fish biology and ecology and fisheries management. She is a research collaborator in the Ichthyology and Fisheries Laboratory of the Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR) and also a member of the Ação Ecológica Guaporé (Brazilian NGO). She is currently a PhD student in the Graduate Program of Regional Development and Environment of UNIR. Her research interests include fish ecology, ecosystem modeling, and integrative analysis of environmental and social impacts of dams and fisheries management in the Amazon.[/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Denise Ton Tiussi” title=”MS Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Denise-Ton-Tiussi.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”ton.tiussi@gmail.com” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Denise graduated with a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Paraná in 2009 and obtained a specialization in Teaching for Undergraduate Education in 2011. She has worked as a teacher of Economics, Accounting and Management in Integrated College Cacoal (2011 and 2012). Denise has experience in the area of public budgeting and has worked as an analyst in economics at the Rondônia’s Parquet between August 2012 and February 2014. She is currently a teacher at the Rondônia’s Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology and a student in the master business program of Federal University of Rondônia. Her research is in online technology for participatory public budgeting. [/person][/one_fourth][separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”” bottom_margin=”” sep_color=”” border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]IPÊ – Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas [/title][one_fourth last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Claudio Valladares-Padua” title=”Vice-President & Co-Founder” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Claudio-PPB5690x460-300×200.jpg” pic_link=”http://www.ipe.org.br/” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”cpadua@ipe.org.br” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]Claudio Valladares-Padua has bachelors’ degree in Business Administration and Biology and a master’s and PhD from the University of Florida. Claudio is a co-founder and Vice-President of the Board of IPÊ – Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (Institute for Ecological Research) in Brazil and sits on the board of numerous NGOs and private companies that have a social and environmental innovation profile. In 2003 Claudio, together with his wife Suzana were recognized as conservation heroes of the planet by Time Magazine and in 2009 the couple was selected Social Entrepreneurs of the year by Folha de São Paulo and Schwab Foundation (World Economic Forum). Between 1998 and 2014 his work toward the protection of endangered species and their habitats, and for training young conservationists was instrumental in receiving the Henry Ford Award for Conservation, the Whitley Continuation Award of the Royal Geographic Society, the Society for Conservation Biology Achievement Award and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the University of Florida. Claudio has co-authored or edited four books and has more than 40 articles published in national and international journals. [/person][/one_fourth][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”” title=”” picture=”” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”dropshadow” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””][/person][/one_fourth][separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”” bottom_margin=”” sep_color=”” border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador-PUCE[/title][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Santiago Espinosa” title=”Associate Professor” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Santiago-Espinosa-300×282.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”none” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”santiagoea@gmail.com” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]I am a wildlife ecologist and conservationist. My interests are centered on the study of wildlife populations, particularly mammals, and the effects of human activities on these organisms. In my research, I try to integrate multiple scales of analysis that can explain cascading effects on natural landscapes. Some specific topics that interest me are: human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife use and sustainability, and the effects of road networks on wildlife populations and functionality of natural ecosystems. [/person][/one_fourth][separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”” bottom_margin=”” sep_color=”” border_size=”” icon=”” icon_circle=”” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]Federal University of Para[/title][one_fourth last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][person name=”Natalia Monge” title=”MS Student” picture=”http://www.loisellelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Natalia-e1445633191902-225×300.jpg” pic_link=”” linktarget=”_self” pic_style=”none” pic_style_color=”” pic_bordersize=”0″ pic_bordercolor=”” pic_borderradius=”0″ social_icon_boxed=”” social_icon_boxed_radius=”4px” social_icon_colors=”” social_icon_boxed_colors=”” social_icon_tooltip=” ” email=”natymonz@gmail.com” facebook=”” twitter=”” instagram=”” dribbble=”” google=”” linkedin=”” blogger=”” tumblr=”” reddit=”” yahoo=”” deviantart=”” vimeo=”” youtube=”” pinterest=”” rss=”” digg=”” flickr=”” forrst=”” myspace=”” skype=”natimonzu” paypal=”” dropbox=”” soundcloud=”” vk=”” class=”” id=””]I graduated from the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) in 2012 with a degree in agronomy. I am co-founder of the Agroecology Student Group (GAE) at UCR and have worked with heirloom seeds, Community Supported Agriculture Systems (CSA), Farmers’ Markets and Indigenous Resources in rural areas in Costa Rica. Currently I am working towards a master’s degree in the Programa de Mestrado em Agriculturas Familiares e Desenvolvimento Sustentável at the Federal University of Para.[/person][/one_fourth]
