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Welcome to the TROPICALFORESTS homepage at the University of Florida.
This website serves as a portal to a vast set of learning opportunities.
Follow the links to learn more about our programs, projects, fellowships, courses,
and partners.
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Programs
The University of Florida is home to several interdisciplinary programs
that focus on research and training, along with applied conservation,
management, and policy in tropical forests.
Center for Subtropical Agroforestry
Program for Studies in
Tropical Conservation
Tropical Conservation and
Development
Working Forests in the
Tropics
Makerere University
Biological Field Station Kibale, Uganda
ACLI - Amazon Conservation Leadership Initiative
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Projects
University of Florida research projects investigate a full range of
biophysical, economic, political, and social issues in tropical forests.
Only those with active websites are listed here. For more information
contact individual faculty.
Project Manflora
LBA Database Interface
Use guest account if you do not have an account:
username:guest
password:guest
Guest account has ONLY SEARCH PRIVILAGES. If you need full access
email Rahul at arahul2@ufl.edu
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Conferences
Periodic University of Florida conferences focus on tropical forest
issues:
Working Forests in the
Tropics: Conservation through Sustainable Management (February 2002)
LATAM/TCD CONFERENCES
OTHERS
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Scholarship
Opportunities
In addition to departmental assistantships, and the university-wide
Alumni and Presidential Fellowships, there are two funding sources that
specifically support graduate students working in neotropical forests. Both
masters and doctoral students are eligible for Tropical Conservation and
Development fellowships; the Working Forests in the Tropics Fellowships are
restricted to doctoral students only.
Alumni and Presidential
Fellowships
Departmental Assistantships and other
funds
Tropical
Conservation and Development Fellowships
Working
Forests in the Tropics Fellowships
Other Funding Sources
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Courses
The University of Florida offers many courses
on tropical forest issues, in subjects ranging from Anthropology to
Zoology.
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Partners
The University of Florida has formal partnerships with numerous
institutions in tropical forest countries. Visit them online to learn more.
Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias
do Pará (Brazil)
Forest Management Trust
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