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Doctoral Student's Research Featured on NPR
Jennifer Balch is part of a research team using experimental burns to study the effects of fire in the transitional forests of Brazil.
Ecosystem Services, Texas Field Trip
Every other year, Professor Bradford Gentry (profile) co-teaches a course on emerging markets for ecosystem services. This spring, professors Mark Ashton (F&ES, profile), Maureen Burke (Yale School of Management) and Mike Fotos (Trinity College and visiting at Yale Political Science)…Articles and Book Chapters
In review Perception of Volcanic Eruption as Agent of Change on Merapi Volcano, Central Java. For special issue on ‘volcanic risk perception’ of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. In press Nature, Society, and Science in Southeast Asia's Grasslands. In:…SAGE Magazine Volume II, Issue I
This is SAGE's third magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduCreating Binational Peace Parks between Honduras and Nicaragua
Richard Chaves, Director of The Nature Conservancy of Nicaragua and an F&ES Alum will speak on "Creating Binational Peace Parks between Honduras and Nicaragua" The Nature Conservancy at Nicaragua (TNC) is involved in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve that encompasses an…Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Special TUESDAY YFF Lunch April 24, 2007 12:00-1:00 p.m. In Bowers Auditorium José MarÃa Solano Lopez Head of Area, Forest Management and Planning Section, Biodiversity Directorate, Ministry of Environment, Spain "Building a National Forestry Policy: the Spanish Forestry Plan Case"Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
MONDAY in SAGE HALL, ROOM 24 YFF Lunch with Bastiaan Louman Lunch provided "Forest Certification as a Policy Supporting Tool in Latin America" Bastiaan Louman obtained a MSc Degree from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, and is associate…Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Marsh Hall Rotunda Lunch provided. Anthony Marcil President and CEO, Forest Stewardship Council of Canada "Boreal, Caribou and Mountain Pine Beetles - FSC Unites Them All" Antony G. Marcil joined FSC Canada in 2005 bringing a combination of private sector…Reunion 2004
You can visit a photo album of the Class of 1994 at the 10 years reunion. http://www.protierra.com/Reunion2004/EMERGING ISSUES IN GLOBAL FORESTRY
EMERGING ISSUES IN GLOBAL FORESTRY 3 Panel Discussions and Lunch Marsh Hall Rotunda 360 Prospect Street New Haven, Connecticut Free and open to the public Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Faculty Panel I * Forest Health…Master's Research Colloquium
2007 Master’s Student Research Colloquium Schedule 9:00-9:15 OPENING 9:15–10:15 SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL & SPATIAL PATTERNS Tamara Muruetagoiena, Punit Lalbhai, Brandon Berkeley, Charlie Liu, Beth Feingold 10:15–11:15 ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION Maya Cahn, Steven Brady, Kerry Dooley, Sonam Wangchuck, Scott Berendt…Deforestation, Poverty Alleviation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest
A talk by Dr. David Bray Florida International University “Deforestation, Poverty Alleviation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest” Location: Bowers Auditorium Date: April 23, 2007 Time: 4-5:30 pm David’s research interests center on community natural resource management…Climate Change Effects on Sub-Saharan Africa Conference
A conference on the topic of climate change as it relates to Sub-Saharan Africa is taking place June 6-9, 2007 in Coutonou, Benin. Issues covered will range from impacts on agriculture and ecosystems to adaptation strategies. Abstract submission deadline is…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Talbot Trotter Northern Research Station Program, U.S. Forest Service Biological Control of Invasive Species: Efforts to Control The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid With Imported Beetles Talbot Trotter is a Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. His research…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Raphaële Préget Laboratory of Forest Economics, Nancy, France Timber Auctions and Stumpage Appraisal: Some Perspectives from French Public Sales Raphaële Préget is a Researcher at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Laboratory of Forest Economics, Nancy, France, where…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Paul DeClay White Mountain Apache Tribal Forest Manager and Mary Stuever Burn Area Emergency Rehabilitation Coordinator for the White Mountain Apache Tribe Lessons Learned: White Mountain Apache Tribal Forestry and the Rodeo-Chediski Fire Paul DeClay, White Mountain Apache Tribal Forest…Merry Birthday Affair on Linden Street
The snow is beautiful. The cold air is refreshing. But let's be honest: one of the best things about the end of February is -- it's almost March! And the best thing about the beginning of March is that is…SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue II
This is SAGE's second magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.edu
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Dan Perlman Associate Professor of Biology and Chair, Environmental Studies Program, Brandeis University Early Days at the Yale School of Forestry: A Pictorial History of the 1913 and 1914 Field SeasonsAlumni - Where Are They Now?
(Note: graduates who have additions or changes to their listings here should send them to Yuliya Shmidt at yuliya.shmidt@yale.edu) Dr. Dove's Former Advisees: Master's Graduates 2000 Djalins, Upikwira: Cornell U., Doctoral program in Development Sociology Kostishack, Peter: Amazon Alliance, Washington…Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries
Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries Anthropology: Dictionary Entries Dove, Michael R., Tammy Castleforte, and Marilyn Li. 1997. Augury (p.32), Chayanov Slope (pp.54-55), Gardens or Homegardens (p.216), Longhouses (pp.295-96), Natural Disasters (p.340), Swidden (pp.458-59). In: The Dictionary of Anthropology, T. J. Barfield…Newspaper article on Peace Corps assignment in Senegal
George Washington Univeristy Newspaper Article: Ditching the Office to Promote Peace Abroad
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Please join the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry for our weekly Yale Forest Forum Lunch. Food and Beverages Provided. Michael Virga Acting Executive Director, Forestry Sector, American Forest & Paper Association "Global Forest Policy: An Industry Perspective" As Acting Executive…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Please join the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry for our weekly Yale Forest Forum Lunch. Food and Beverages Provided. Brett Butler Research Forester with the Forest Inventory & Analysis Unit of the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station "Understanding and…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Please join the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry for our weekly Yale Forest Forum Lunch. Food and Beverages Provided. Lars Gulbrandsen Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard’s Center for International Development and Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Please join the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry for our first ever Yale Forest Forum Lunch Videoconference. Food and Beverages Provided. Franck Lecocq Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Forestry Economics, Nancy, France. "The Clean Development Mechanism: Status and Prospects,…Index Ranks Yale Forestry Program Best in Research Productivity
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has the best forestry program in the United States based on the research productivity of its faculty, according to a recently released index. “For a hundred years, this school has been a…
The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch January 18, 2007 Marsh Hall Rotunda 360 Prospect St. Food and Beverages Provided. Bill Banzahf President, Sustainable Forestry Board speaking on "The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective" Bill…The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective
Marsh Hall Rotunda 360 Prospect St. Food and Beverages Provided. Speaker: Bill Banzhaf President, Sustainable Forestry Board speaking on \"The State of Forest Certification in North America from an SFI Perspective\" Bill Banzahf is President of the Sustainable Forestry Board,…Gift from Alumnus Provides Scholarships to Students from Puerto Rico
New Haven, Conn.–Two Yale graduate students from Puerto Rico have received the Victor Luis Gonzalez Scholarship to study forest management and environmental education at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The scholarship recipients are Jorge Figueroa, a native of…
Global Forests Focus of Yale Executive Education Program
An executive education program that will focus on the condition and dynamics of global forests will be offered in the spring of 2007 by Yale University’s Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry. The program, which will consist of two week-long courses…
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
Sandra Anagnostakis Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Chestnuts in this Century Sandra Anagnostakis has been working on chestnut blight disease since 1968. After completing basic studies with the fungus she imported virus-containing strains of…Resource Inventory Notes
The contents of all 45 issues of Info – Resource Inventory Notes (1975-1976), Resource Inventory Notes (1976-1980), and Resources Evaluation Newsletter (1980-1981) have been scanned into pdf documents and are available for public downloading below. Resource Inventory Notes 1975-1976 |…Bibliographies
Bibliographies in three areas: statistics, sampling, forestry & ecology. All are downloadable pdf documents.
"Redistribution of Rainfall in Space and Time by Forest Canopies"
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch
Presented by: Richard Keim School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Richard Keim is an Assistant Professor in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University. His research interests include hydrology of forested wetlands and watersheds; management of…
Redistribution of Rainfall in Space and Time by Forest Canopies
Presented by: Richard Keim, Ph.D. School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Richard Keim is an Assistant Professor in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University. His research interests include hydrology of forested wetlands and watersheds; management…
Botanical Research and Conservation in the Coastal Forests of Bahia, Brazil
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch
Presented by: Wayt Thomas, Ph.D. Elizabeth G. Britton Curator of Botany, The New York Botanical Garden Dr. Thomas' research is focused on plants of the American tropics, especially Brazil. His three primary interests are the plant diversity of Atlantic coastal…
Chimpanzee Ecology and Forest Conservation in Kibale National Park, Uganda
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch
Presented by: David Watts, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology, Yale University David P. Watts is a Professor of Anthropology whose research speciality is the behavior and ecology of nonhuman primates. He has done fieldwork in Panama (behavior of white-faced capuchin monkeys),…Sustainability of Louisiana Coastal Wetland Forests
Dr. Richard F. Keim, Assistant Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University. Changing hydrological conditions in deltaic swamp forests have resulted from flood control measures on the Mississippi River. The result is degradation of productivity and regeneration problems…Barriers to Protected Area Plan Implementation/Jon Kohl '97
Why do so many park plans end up completely or partially unimplemented? What are the barriers beyond the conventional wisdom response of "we need more money"? Jon Kohl, who was just named adjunct professor at the Latin American School for…
Lisa Curran Wins MacArthur "Genius" Grant
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named Yale professor Lisa Curran a MacArthur Fellow and has awarded her $500,000 for her research on deforestation and its environmental impact.
Weaving Bamboo, A Bhutanese Everything-Fiber
2006 Student Internship Rachelle Gould Internship Host: Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Lamegompa, Bhutan Of all of the items that Bhutanese people extract from the forests that surround them, bamboo may be the most commonly used and…
The Search for Cordyceps Sinensis
2006 Student Internship Rachelle Gould Internship Host: Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Lamegompa, Bhutan When one kilogram of a freely available natural resource is worth over US$2,000, local people won't miss a chance to collect, even if…
Not For Opium ... For Medicine
2006 Student Internship Rachelle Gould Internship Host: Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Lamegompa, Bhutan The Blue Poppy, with its delicate and surreally blue blossom, is not only Bhutan's National Flower; it is also one of many (over…
Participatory Approaches to Ecological Restoration Projects in Rural Communities: Case Studies from Mexico and Argentina
A forum exploring participatory approaches to restoration and rural development in tropical lands, that actively engage local farmers from the beginning to ensure their long-term commitment to the project. Thursday, September 28, 2006 Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. New Haven,…
Impact of Forest Certification in Developing Countries Examined
A market-based system intended to protect global forests is struggling to take root in developing countries, according to a recently published Yale book. Confronting Sustainability: Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries, published by the Yale School of Forestry &…
Confronting Sustainability: Forest Certification in Developing and Transitioning Countries
Benjamin Cashore et al., eds. Order a print copy
Forest Stand Dynamics Course
An intensive one-week, mid-career course examining how forest stands grow, from individual tree architecture and growth, to how stands respond to disturbances and silvicultural manipulations. Application of stand dynamics to silvicultural practices and prescriptions will be viewed through studies of…Recent Student Awards
John Tuxill, who received a Ph.D. from F&ES last December, has been awarded Yale’s prestigious John Addison Porter Prize for his dissertation, “Agrarian Change and Crop Diversity in Mayan Milpas of Yucatan, Mexico: Implications for In Situ Conservation.” Tuxill’s dissertation…Masters Student Supervision
Recent Students: Lisa Bassani, 2006: “Negotiating State Boundaries and the State ‘Domain’: A Case Study in Conservation and Development in Panama” Emily Hicks, 2006: “The Indian Ocean Tsunami: Exploring its Impact Beyond the Waves” Alder Keleman, 2006: "Crop Diversity in…Doctoral Student Supervision
Yale University: chairing or co-chairing a cumulative total of twenty-one doctoral student committees (thirteen to completion, eight underway), coordinating program of joint degrees between F&ES and Anthropology, supervising three post-doctoral appointments. University of Hawaii/East-West Center: served as member on eleven…Current Research
Title: Social and Community Forestry of Pakistan Countries / Regions: Pakistan/South Asia Summary Description: Study of social and community forestry in Pakistan. Detailed Description: Professor Dove is analyzing and publishing on the interface between farmer land management, state policy, and…Courses
FES 747a/ANTHRO 581a Society and Environment: Introduction to Theory and Method COURSE DESCRIPTION This is an introductory course on the scope of social scientific contributions to environmental and natural resource issues. It is designed to be the first course for…SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue I
This is SAGE's first magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduCourse Descriptions - Forestry
Courses offered by the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies are described below. The letters “a” and “b” following the course numbers indicate fall- and spring-term courses respectively. Bracketed courses will not be offered during the academic year. Project courses…Gift to Yale to Promote Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Forests
New Haven, Conn.–An environmental leadership and training program to promote biodiversity conservation in tropical forests in Asia and Central and South America has been established at Yale University with a $4.8 million gift from the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund. “Worldwide…
Model Shows Amazon Conservation Strategies Inadequate
Simulations of future Amazon deforestation show that current conservation strategies focusing on protected areas are insufficient, according to a report published March 22 in the journal Nature. Researchers at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Woods Hole Research Center, Instituto…
Journal of Sustainable Forestry
Journal of Sustainable Forestry
Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry
The institute's mission is to integrate, strengthen, and redirect the school's forestry research, education, and outreach to address the needs of the 21st century and a globalized environment. The Global Institute fosters leadership through innovative programs, activities, and research to…
Local Heritage in the Changing Tropics
Greg Dicum, Editor Order a print copyForestry, Forest Science, and the Management of Forests for Conservation and Development
The Forest and Forestry faculty group embraces a new, more holistic, and more practical concept of forest management. The group recognizes that forests worldwide produce multiple products and services from timber supply to water to wildlife habitat. Forestry seeks to…Selected Publications
“International Investment Law and Renewable Energy,” with J. Ronk, chapter in the report of the Renewable Energy and International Law Project (forthcoming) “Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Panama,” co-editor with S. Anisfeld, D. Newcomer, M. Fotos, Special Issue…
Books
In Progress In Progress Complicating Conservation: Beyond the Sacred Forest. Co-editor with P.E. Sajise & A.A. Doolittle. Durham (NC): Duke U. Press. The Banana Tree at the Gate: The History of Marginal Peoples and Global Markets in Borneo. New Haven:…Reviews/Comments
2007 Foreword to: Land and Longhouse: Agrarian Transformation in the Uplands of Sarawak, by R. A. Cramb. Leiden: NIAS Press. ------Comment on: "Agricultural Deskilling and the Spread of Genetically Modified Cotton in Warangal" by Glenn Davis Stone. Current Anthropology48(1):89-90 2005…
Species and Ecosystem Conservation
Timothy W. Clark, Michael J. Stevenson, Kim Ziegelmayer, Murray B. Rutherford, Editors Order a print copy
