March 07, 2023 – Intercultural Collaboration: Lessons from Asociación Tandachiridu Inganokuna
Join us at Zoom: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/95254358435?pwd=U21ST0daS3FlcXJJdWtNbGlhZVpVZz09
VOICES FROM THE FOREST: Community-driven strategies and actions for biocultural conservation
On February 22 and 24, 2022, the Center for Latin American Studies and the Tropical Conservation Development Program facilitated a virtual conference “VOICES FROM THE FOREST: Community-driven strategies and actions for biocultural conservation.” The event brought together 27 Indigenous and grassroots voices as presenters and collaborators from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Paraguay, to present…
February 22 and 24 – Voices From The Forest – Agenda
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February 22 and 24 Event – Voices From The Forest: Community-driven strategies and actions for biocultural conservation
On February 22 and February 24, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (EST/Bogota/Quito) / 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm (La Paz/Manaus) / 3:00 to 6:00 pm (Asuncion/Brasilia). The event will be online and consist of panels and discussions in Spanish and Portuguese and will be live-streamed on Youtube with simultaneous translation to English on Zoom. February…
Newsletter #14 July
The Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) Project has created regional and thematic Communities of Practice and Learning (CoP-L). The Upper Madeira CoP-L is the group that has advanced the most, in part because it builds on the previous work of the Amazon Dams Network, but also thanks to the great leadership of Marliz…
Newsletter #13 July
The Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) Project is led by the University of Florida’s Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program and aims to create, strengthen and expand a Community of Practice and Learning (CoP-L) for exchanges of experiences and reflections on the use of tools and strategies for infrastructure governance by conservation and…
GIA Pan-Amazon Workshop: Conceptual Framework
We thank all the GIA partners who participated in the rich discussions over the past weeks. Brief reports and copies of Zoom videos will be available on the GIA web site shortly. A final reminder about the workshop next week. The overall agenda with links to more detailed daily agendas is available here. In preparation…
Newsletter #12 June
The Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) Project is led by the University of Florida’s Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) Program and aims to create, strengthen and expand a Community of Practice and Learning (CoP-L) for exchanges of experiences and reflections on the use of tools and strategies for infrastructure governance by conservation and…
May 20, 2021 – Effectiveness of conservation strategies for infrastructure governance: a comparative analysis of case studies from 4 Amazonian countries
On May 20, 3:00 to 4:00 PM (EST/LA PAZ) / 2:00 to 3:00 PM (LIM/BOG) / 4:00 to 5:00 PM (BRASILIA) Presentation of preliminary results of GIA’s comparative study on the effectiveness of social-environmental strategies in 4 specific cases in Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. Critical insights about the position of the local communities, the strategies that were implemented and their effectiveness, the influence of…
May 13, 2021 – Intercultural Collaboration Strategies – A Cross-Mosaic Discussion
On May 13, 3:00 to 4:30 PM (EST/LA PAZ) / 2:00 to 3:30 PM (LIM/BOG) / 4:00 to 5:30 PM (BRASILIA) This research investigated 3 different types of collaborative relationships between partners of the GIA Community of Practice and Learning in the Colombian Amazon. a) The long-standing relationship between the non-governmental organization ACT and the Inga del Caquetá…
