Poster Directory

Working Forests in the Tropics:
Partnering Research with Practice for Conservation and Development

October 5-7, 2008

POSTER DIRECTORY

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To view poster abstracts, click on the hyperlinked poster number in the first column.

Poster Number

First Name

Last Name

Organization

City

ST

Country

Poster Title

1

Diana

Alvira

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

From Researcher to Facilitator of Cooperative Learning: Donning Different Hats for More Effective Problem-Solving Research in Tropical Conservation and Development 

2

Paulo

Amaral

Imazon

Belém

 

Brazil

Bridging the Divide: A Consortium Approach to the Multi-Scale and Multi-Dimensional Challenges of Sustainable Community Forest Management in the Brazilian Amazon

3

Simone

Athayde

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Developing Scientific Research through Collaboration in Community-based Projects Among Two Indigenous Peoples in the Brazilian Amazon

4

Ana Carolina

Barbosa de Lima

Entropix Engenharia

Piracicaba

  

Brazil

Forest Certification Impacts on Community Forest Management in Brazil's Western Amazon

5

Wendy-lin

Bartels

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Supporting Learning Platforms for Participatory Land Use Planning and Management Among Participants of PROAMBIENTE 

6

Simone

Bauch

Imazon

Belém

 

Brazil

Harnessing Rural Radio Networks for Working Forests

7

Omaira

Bolanos

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Identity and Land: The Twofold Dimension of Indigenous Peoples' Struggles to Contain Pressures on the Amazon Forest in Santarem, Brazil

8

Jay

Bost

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Participatory Native Fruit Tree Improvement

9

John

Browder

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg

VA

USA

Rebuilding the Brazilian Rainforest

10

Renee

Bullock

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

An Analysis of Community Based Forest Management in the East Usambaras, Tanzania

11

Alicia

Calle

Yale University

New Haven

CT

USA

Changing Attitudes: The Key to Promoting the Adoption of Silvopastoral Systems in Quindío, Colombia

12

Andrea B

Chavez

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Land Conversion in Southeastern Peru: A Socio-Spatial Study of Land Use Land Cover Change

13

Pedro

Constantino

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Indigenous Collaborative Research for Wildlife Management in Amazonia: The Case of the Kaxinawá, Acre, Brazil

14

Rosa

Cossío

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Forest Management by Private Small-Medium Forest Enterprises in the Peruvian Amazon

15

Maria

DiGiano

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Predicting the Fate of Community Forest Management in the Face of Disaster: Reorganization and Resilience Within Forest Communities in Southeastern Mexico 

31

Amy

Duchelle

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Building Capacity for Tropical Biology and Conservation as Graduate Students Build Their Own 

30

Edem

Ekpe

University of Central Florida

Orlando

FL

USA

Crop-raiding by Wildlife in Ghana, The Important Role of Uncharismatic Wildlife Species

18

David

Elliott

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Connectivity, Resources and Governance in the Southwest Amazon: Can Communities Take Advantage of New Opportunities While Avoiding the Pitfalls?

19

Edward

Ellis

Universidad Veracruzana

Xalapa

  

Mexico

Is Community Forestry More Effective than Protected Areas?  A Comparison of Land Use/Land Cover Change in Two Neighboring Study Areas of the Central Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

20

Jean-Gael

Emptaz-Collomb

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Maximizing the Relationship Between Researchers and Community Based Organizations

21

Lucas

Fortini

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Watershed Modeling of Smallholder Timber Management in the Amazon Estuary

22

Gregory

Frey

NC State University

Raleigh

NC

USA

Perceptions of Silvopasture Systems in Northeastern Argentina

23

Gregory

Frey

NC State University

Raleigh

NC

USA

Relative Technical Efficiency of Silvopasture, Pasture and Forestry Systems

24

Timothy

Fullman

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Impact of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) on Trees in Chobe National Park, Botswana: A Spatial Analysis

49

Juanita

Garcia-Saqui

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Are Community Based Natural Resource Management Programs Influencing Attitudinal Changes Towards Wildlife and the National Parks in Namibia and Botswana?  

64

Daisy

Gomez-Silva

Fundação de Tecnologia do Estado do Acre-FUNTAC

Rio Branco

 

Brazil

Extractivism and Technology – A Factory in the Rainforest 

25

Jaclyn

Hall

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Does Forest Cover Mean a Forest? Floristic Comparison of Protected and Cardamom Agroforests in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.

26

Shoana

Humphries

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Are Community-Based Forest Enterprises Economically Viable?  Combined Training and Participatory Research to Analyze Costs and Benefits for Two Cases in the Brazilian Amazon

27

William

Kanapaux

University of Florida

Gainesville

FL

USA

Livelihood Security and Natural Resource Management on Namibia's Kwando River

28

Christie

Klimas