Class Schedule (videos of most lectures can be found here)
Introduction
August 24 Introduction; Amazon development history (pdf)
Ecology & History: Background
August 31 Tropical ecology; geological history; climate; biodiversity and forest dynamics: Bette Loiselle (pdf)
September 7 LABOR DAY: NO CLASS
September 14 Prehistoric settlement: Mike Heckenberger (pdf)
September 21 Urbanization: Marianne Schmink (pdf)
September 28 PES/REDD & Climate Change: Jack Putz (pdf) & Thales West (pdf)
Focus on Conservation and Development Challenges
October 5 Deforestation, fragmentation and fire feedbacks: Robert Walker (pdf)
October 12 Mining and oil extraction: Santiago Espinosa (pdf) & Andrea Chaves (pdf)
(GLOBAL CLASSROOM WITH PUC-QUITO)
October 19 Social movements and land struggles: Cynthia Simmons (pdf)
(GLOBAL CLASSROOM WITH UFPA, BELÉM)
October 26 Dams: Carolina Doria (pdf), David Kaplan (pdf) & Dernival Venancio (pdf)
(GLOBAL CLASSROOM WITH UFRO, PUERTO VELHO AND UFT, PALMAS)
November 2 Cultural forests of the Amazon: Nigel Smith (pdf)
November 9 Community forest management: Amy Duchelle (pdf)
November 16 Peasant societies and the expansion of oil palm plantations: green grabbing in the Brazilian Amazon: Sonia Magalhaes (pdf)
(GLOBAL CLASSROOM WITH UFPA, BELÉM)
November 23 Community-based ecotourism: Amanda Stronza (video) & Luiz Filho (pdf)
(GLOBAL CLASSROOM WITH IPÊ, SÃO PAULO)
November 30 Policy roundtable
December 7 Wrap up and evaluation