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New paper on black caimans by Robin Botero-Arias and colleagues

Brazil, graduate students, research, wildlife management

New paper on black caimans by Robin Botero-Arias and colleagues

By loiselleb@gmail.com| 2022-01-13T19:37:12+00:00 January 13th, 2022|Brazil, graduate students, research, wildlife management|

Hot off the press: "Assessment of local community perspective about caiman management in the Mamiraua Reserve, Brazil" was just published in Volume 13 of International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (DOI: 10.4018/IJSESD.287884) by Robinson Botero-Arias and colleagues Diogo de Lima Franco, Rodolfo Araújo Moraes Filho and Tales Wanderley Vital. The study reports on a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, [...]

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Mercury accumulation in tropical bats – new paper in Ecotoxicology

Amazon, bats, Peru, SNRE, TCD, WEC, wildlife management

Mercury accumulation in tropical bats – new paper in Ecotoxicology

By loiselleb@gmail.com| 2020-04-24T16:13:50+00:00 April 24th, 2020|Amazon, bats, Peru, SNRE, TCD, WEC, wildlife management|

Gold-mining and large-scale agriculture are becoming increasingly prevalent in Amazon forests of Peru and elsewhere. With these activities, the possibility of mercury pollution increases, which could and has had serious negative impacts on human and wildlife health. Dr. Farah Carrasco examined the presence of mercury in tropical bats in a region of Peru where gold-mining [...]

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It’s official! Dr. Michael Esbach!

Amazon, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, Ecuador, graduate students, interdisciplinary, SNRE, TCD, WEC, wildlife management

It’s official! Dr. Michael Esbach!

By loiselleb@gmail.com| 2020-04-21T13:54:09+00:00 April 21st, 2020|Amazon, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, Ecuador, graduate students, interdisciplinary, SNRE, TCD, WEC, wildlife management|

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Esbach - his dissertation "Hunting for Justice: Cofán subsistence, sustainability, and self-determination in the Ecuadorian Amazon" was just accepted by University of Florida Graduate School. Great work! Michael will graduate (virtually) in May 2020 with a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) from the [...]

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What did you do on Thanksgiving Break? Training Course for Brazilian Government Technicians!

Amazon, Brazil, conservation, ecology, graduate students, wildlife management

What did you do on Thanksgiving Break? Training Course for Brazilian Government Technicians!

By loiselleb@gmail.com| 2019-12-04T14:24:22+00:00 December 4th, 2019|Amazon, Brazil, conservation, ecology, graduate students, wildlife management|

Robinson (Robin) Botero-Arias, PhD candidate in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation went to the Brazilian Amazon and led a training course for black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) management for government technicians over UF's Thanksgiving break. Robin is a crocodilian specialist and has been working with Amazonian caimans for nearly 20 years and serves as [...]

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