Tropical Resources Institute

The Tropical Resources Institute, or TRI, is an interdisciplinary, non-degree-granting center located within the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The mission of TRI is to support interdisciplinary, problem-oriented student research on the most complex challenges confronting the conservation and management of tropical environments and natural resources worldwide. TRI also sponsors and promotes educational initiatives throughout the academic year that focus on timely conservation and development issues in the global tropics.

TRI administers both the TRI Endowment Fellowship, which supports Masters and Doctoral level research in the tropics each year, as well as the Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellowship, which provides tuition and post-graduate support to exceptional students from developing countries.

Director: Carol Carpenter, Senior Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist in Natural Resource Social Science and Adjunct Lecturer in Anthropology

Program Manager: Philip Marshall

Current TRI Student Research in the Tropics (by region)

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News

New Publication Features TRI-Funded Student Research

TRI is proud to announce the publication of the 31^st volume of Tropical Resources, an annual journal of student research funded by The Tropical Resources Institute (TRI). Click here to download the latest volume.

Yale ISTF Chapter Announces Call for Abstracts

The Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters announced its call for abstracts for their 2013 conference,"Food and Forests: Cultivating Resilient Landscapes". Read more ...

Yvonne Baki, Secretary of State for Yasuni-ITT Initiative, To Visit Yale

A former president of the Andean parliament will discuss an initiative to keep millions of barrels of oil buried in the Ecuadorian Amazon on Monday, Oct. 8, at noon in Rudolph Hall at the Yale School of Architecture. The event is a collaborative effort between the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Architecture, and is being co-hosted by the Tropical Resources Institute. Read more...

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