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Deadline for Registration is Friday, January 15, 2010.
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Agenda
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
– Keene Faculty Center, University of Florida
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5:00pm-7:00pm |
Wine
and Cheese Reception and Conference Registration |
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6:00pm |
UF
African Choir Performance |
Thursday, January 28, 2010
– Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, University of Florida
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8:00am-5:00pm |
Registration Open on 2nd Floor of the
Reitz Union |
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8:00am-8:30am |
Morning Refreshments |
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8:30am-9:30am |
Welcome and Conference
Introduction:
Leonardo Villalón,
Director, Center for African Studies
Brian Child, Center for
African Studies, University of Florida;
Marianne Schmink,
Director, Tropical Conservation and Development
Program, University of Florida
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Changing Contexts |
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9:30am-10:20am |
Session 1: Economic Globalization and the
Environment
James Boyce,
Director, Program on Development, Peacebuilding, and
the Environment, Political Economy Research
Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Gustavo Fonseca,
Team Leader, Natural Resources Global Environment
Facility |
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10:20am-10:35am |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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10:35am-10:55am |
AM Refreshment Break |
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10:55am-11:45am |
Session 2: The Planet's Rapidly Changing Environment
Mercedes Bustamante,
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de
Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília
Sheona Shackleton,
Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science,
Rhodes University |
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11:45am-12:00pm |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch |
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1:30pm-2:20pm |
Session 3: Indigenous and Social Movements
James Murombedzi,
Senior Advisor on Land Tenure and Property Rights to
the Liberian Government
Anthony Bebbington,
ESRC Professorial Research Fellow, IDPM, School of
Environment and Development, University of
Manchester |
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2:20pm-2:35pm |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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2:35pm-3:00pm |
PM Refreshment Break |
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3:00pm-3:50pm |
Session 4: New Communication Modes
Thomas Milliken,
Director, TRAFFIC East/Southern Africa
Marcela Uhart,
Associate Director for Latin America, Global Health
Program, Wildlife Conservation Society |
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3:50pm-4:15pm |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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5:00pm-7:00pm |
Poster Session and Reception |
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6:00pm |
CAPOEIRA Performance |
Friday, January 29, 2010
– Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, University of Florida
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7:30am-12:00pm |
Registration Open on 2nd Floor of the
Reitz Union |
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7:30am-8:30am |
Morning Refreshments |
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8:30am-8:45am |
Recap of Day 1 and Introduction to Day 2 Topics |
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Changing Strategies |
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8:45am-9:35am |
Session 5: Rights-based Approaches
Mary Allegretti,
Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Florida
Patricia Skyer,
Team Leader, conservation Partnerships for
Sustainability in Southern Africa, World Wildlife
Fund, Namibia |
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9:35am-9:50am |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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9:50am-10:15am |
AM Refreshment Break |
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10:15am-11:05am |
Session 6: Market-based Approaches
Maryanne Grieg-Gran,
Acting Programme Director, International Institute
for Environment and Development
Fatima Cardoso, Associate Researcher, Nucleo
de Economia Socioambiental, Universidade de São
Paulo;
-and- Michael E. Conroy, Principal,
Colibri Consulting, Certification for Sustainable
Development |
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11:05am-11:20am |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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11:20am-12:10pm |
Session 7: Multi-scale Landscape Management
Allard Blom,
Managing Director , Endangered Spaces Program,
World Wildlife Fund
Daniel Nepstad,
Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center |
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12:10pm-12:30pm |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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12:30pm-2:00pm |
Lunch |
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2:00pm-3:15pm |
Session 8: Cross-sectoral Partnerships
Constance Campbell,
Amazon Conservation Coordinator, USAID
Jonathan Stacey,
Manager of Rio Tinto, BirdLife Programme, BirdLife
International
Theron Morgan Brown,
PhD Student, School of Natural Resources and the
Environment, University of Florida |
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3:15pm-3:30pm |
Question and Answer/ Discussion |
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3:30pm-3:50pm |
PM Refreshment Break |
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3:50pm-5:00pm |
Small Group Discussion |
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6:00pm |
Dinner in honor of Dr. Marianne Schmink, director of the Tropical Conservation and Development
Program
*Located in Emerson Alumni Hall
Click Here for Campus Map |
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8:30pm-10:00pm |
Reception and dancing following
dinner in honor of
Dr. Marianne Schmink
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
– Smathers Library, Room 1A, University of Florida
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8:00am-8:30am |
Morning Refreshments |
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8:30am-8:45am |
Recap of Day 2 and Introduction to Day 3 Topics |
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Training and Capacity Building |
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8:45am-9:55am |
Session 9: Training and Capacity Building
Suzana Padua,
President, IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas
(Institute for Ecological Research)
Robyn Dalzen,
Executive Manager, Conservation Leadership Program
Gemma Buford,
Co-Director, Aang Serian UK/Global Initiative for
Traditional Systems (GIFTS) of Health
Francisco Rosado-May,
Rector, Universidad Intercultural Maya, Quintana
Roo, Mexico
Ana Luz
Porzecanski,
Associate Director for Capacity Development, Center
for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum
of Natural History
Marianne Schmink,
Director, Tropical Conservation and Development
Program, University of Florida |
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9:55am-10:30am |
Panel Discussion |
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10:30am-11:30am |
Small Group Discussion |
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11:30am-11:50am |
AM Refreshment Break |
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11:50am-12:20pm |
Conference Reflections,
Eva Wollenberg,
The Gund Institute, University of Vermont and
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Systems
Challenge Program, CGIAR |
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12:20pm-12:30pm |
Closing Remarks, Conference Concludes |
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2:00pm |
Luncheon, sponsored by the TCD Student Group at
Marianne Schmink's house (transportation provided) |
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