Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Entrepreneurship as a tool for sustainable international development
11.21.06 | unknown
Interested in entrepreneurship as a tool for sustainable international development? Come learn about The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group with Benny Lee, Education and Outreach Director Wednesday, November 29th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm SOM Room A 46. Pizza provided. Roughly 2 billion...
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Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch
10.26.06 | Barbara Ruth
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;...
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Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch
10.09.06 | Barbara Ruth
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 Brazil, especially the...Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative
09.21.06 | Kristen Welsh
The new Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI) program was recently established, jointly coordinated by the Tropical Resource Institute (TRI) at FES and the Center for Tropical Forest Science of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute based in Panama City, Panama. This...Barriers to Protected Area Plan Implementation/Jon Kohl '97
09.20.06 | Jon Kohl
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 Protected Areas (http://www.elap.uci.ac.cr) in Costa Rica...Introducing myself
08.24.06 | unknown
Dear Friends in the Latin American Network, It is a pleasure to be part of this great group of people. Thanks to all those who helped create this network that holds so much potential. I will take this occasion to tell you a bit about myself. I am Colombian, and a third year MBA/Environmental...Hey alumni, free access to (some) journals
08.15.06 | Oscar Franco
If you have felt the frustrating experience of not being able to access the hundreds of electronic jorunals and databases since leaving FES, you may find some relief in the large number of institutions and journals that have put their documents online for free. Carla Heister, the librarian at FES,...II Latin American Congress of National Parks and Other Protected Areas
08.09.06 | Luisa Fernanda Lema Vélez
Please visit http://www.congresolatinoparques2007.org�, or http://www.rlc.fao.org/redes/parques/congreso� for more information. The first Latin American Congress was held nine years ago, and its quality was amazing. A great place to create partnerships and networks.Welcome everybody! Bienvenidos todos!
08.02.06 | F&ES Latin America and the Caribbean Network
Hola a todos. Este es un posting de bienvenida. La pagina web de FES ha sido remozada y como parte de los cambios, ahora tenemos un espacio de comunicacion para las diferentes comunidades geografico/culturales de la escuela. Latinoamerica y El Caribe es una de ellas, por supuesto, y la pagina de...
Fisheries: Point of No Return
08.02.06 | Oscar Franco
"Evidence is mounting that fish populations won’t necessarily recover even if overfishing stops. Fishing may be such a powerful evolutionary force that we are running up a Darwinian debt for future generations..." This is how this very interesting article, published recenty in Conservation in...2006 TRI Bulletin Latin America articles are here!
08.02.06 | F&ES Latin America and the Caribbean Network
The lastest edition of the Tropical Resources Institute Bulletin brings six interesting articles featuring recent research by FES students in Latin America: Modeling Soil Erosion Risk in Los Maribios Volcanic Chain, Nicaragua by Richard Chávez, MF 2003 Bird Composition in Living Fences:...La Amazonia brasileña gana 2 años de moratoria de los cultivadores de soya
08.02.06 | Oscar Franco
Al fin, parece que hay buenas noticias para la Amazonia. Presionados por la opinion publica, los consumidores europeos y Greenpeace, los mayores comerciantes de soya en Brasil acordaron una noratoria de dos años en lo que se refiere a soya procedente de tierras recientemente deforestadas. Como se...
Andes-Amazon Fellowship from Moore Foundation
08.02.06 | F&ES Latin America and the Caribbean Network
The Moore Foundation and Yale University have partnered to provide a joint MBA / MEM degree from the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies to qualified applicants. Moore fellows will receive funds to cover full tuition and a modest stipend for all...Refereed Articles on Climate Change
06.27.06 | Robert O. Mendelsohn
Kurukulasuriya, P. and R. Mendelsohn. 2006. “A Ricardian Analysis of The Impact of Climate Change on African Cropland” (Submitted to Berkeley Economics Journals) CEEPA Discussion Paper No. 8 Special Series on Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa ISBN 1-920160-01-09 Seo, N., R....SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue I
06.12.06 | SAGE Magazine
This is SAGE's first magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.edu
Galapagos Islands Photos
12.12.05 | Nicole Ardoin
These photos were taken in the Galapagos Islands, one of several ecoregions where I am conducting research.
Herster Barres offsetting CO2 in Costa Rica
08.21.05 | Class of 1958
Herster Barres is working through Reforest the Tropics (RTT) to offset U.S. CO2 emissions in tropical farm restoration.
