Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Summer Internship: La Minga
La minga, or "community service", is a cornerstone in rural areas of Ecuador in which communities work together to construct sanitation systems, build houses, improve community green spaces,Creating Binational Peace Parks between Honduras and Nicaragua
Richard Chaves, Director of The Nature Conservancy of Nicaragua and an F&ES Alum will speak on "Creating Binational Peace Parks between Honduras and Nicaragua" The Nature Conservancy at Nicaragua (TNC) is involved in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve that encompasses an extensive part of...Yale Forest Forum Leadership Lunch Seminar
MONDAY in SAGE HALL, ROOM 24 YFF Lunch with Bastiaan Louman Lunch provided "Forest Certification as a Policy Supporting Tool in Latin America" Bastiaan Louman obtained a MSc Degree from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, and is associate researcher at CATIE in Costa...Gift from Alumnus Provides Scholarships to Students from Puerto Rico
New Haven, Conn.—Two Yale graduate students from Puerto Rico have received the Victor Luis Gonzalez Scholarship to study forest management and environmental education at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The scholarship recipients are Jorge Figueroa, a native of...
Agroecología y la Lucha para la Soberanía Alimentaria en las Américas
Order a print copy This is the Spanish language version of a book published in two languages. Go to this title in EnglishDeveloping World Gaining Access to Environmental Research
A collaborative initiative to help reduce great disparities in scientific resources between developed and developing nations.
Interested in biodiversity conservation in the Andes-Amazon region?
Moore fellows will receive funds to cover full tuition and a modest stipend for all three years of the program. In addition, they will receive funds for at least one summer internship to be carried out with a Moore Foundation grantee organization in the Andes-Amazon region.
Rhizophora
2006 Student Internship: Diagnostic of community fishing groups in the Mesoamerican Reef Region for the establishment of Community Management of Marine Resources: Models and Methodology Valentina Giannini Internship Host: Mesoamerican Reef Fund, Guatemala My host organization allowed me to...
Cleaner Stoves for Traditional Mexican Cooking
2006 Student Internship Each year, indoor smoke kills almost 2 million people worldwide - more than malaria. Yet, in rural Mexico, most families still use indoor, open wood fires for cooking. Researchers at the Grupo Interdisciplinario de Tecnologia Rural Apropriada (GIRA) have combined...
Participatory Approaches to Ecological Restoration Projects in Rural Communities: Case Studies from Mexico and Argentina
A forum exploring participatory approaches to restoration and rural development in tropical lands, that actively engage local farmers from the beginning to ensure their long-term commitment to the project. Thursday, September 28, 2006 Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. New Haven, Connecticut 4:00...
Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas
Order a Print Copy This is the English language version of a book published in two languages. > en Espanol
F&ES Latin America and the Caribbean Network
Welcome to the network for F&ES alumni and alumnae, faculty and current students with professional ties to Latin America and the Caribbean! People & Organizations | Alumni/ae | Events | Posts People & Organizations Everybody in the F&ES community is free to join the network. If you want...Prestigious Yale Prize Awarded to Recent Graduate
John Tuxill, who received a Ph.D. from Yale's environment school last December, has been awarded Yale’s prestigious John Addison Porter Prize for his dissertation, “Agrarian Change and Crop Diversity in Mayan Milpas of Yucatan, Mexico: Implications for In Situ Conservation.” ...Yale Program to Give Developing World Access to Global Scientific Research
Paul-Bendiks Walberg has had the “brain-drain migration” on his mind. This phenomenon – when the best and brightest of a nation or region are compelled to travel abroad for education, research and job opportunities, never to return home– is a direct result of what scientists around the...Gift to Yale to Promote Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Forests
New Haven, Conn.—An environmental leadership and training program to promote biodiversity conservation in tropical forests in Asia and Central and South America has been established at Yale University with a $4.8 million gift from the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund. “Worldwide...
The Ecotourism Equation: Measuring the Impacts
Section II: What Are the Parameters of Ecotourism Success?
Local Heritage in the Changing Tropics
Greg Dicum, Editor Order a print copy
Aldeafeliz Ecovillage
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ALDEAFELIZ ECOVILLAGE: Finding happy ways to live sustainably Why an ecovillage? You might have dreamed of a lifestyle where you are closer to nature, and live as a community, where the values of respect for people, nature, and self are promoted. You might also want to live in an...SAGE Magazine Volume II, Issue I
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This is SAGE's third magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduDeforestation, Poverty Alleviation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest
| Kimberly Carlson
A talk by Dr. David Bray Florida International University “Deforestation, Poverty Alleviation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest” Location: Bowers Auditorium Date: April 23, 2007 Time: 4-5:30 pm David’s research interests center on community natural...
Valuing Nature
| Saleem Ali
Economists have successfully branded themselves as scientists with mathematical exactitude who can artfully negotiate the vagaries of human consumption patterns through pricing mechanisms. Yet the life support systems that sustain the planet have eluded their grasp, and have often been relegated...SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue II
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This is SAGE's second magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduResearch and Internship Opportunities in Latin America
| Teresa Sarroca
The Latin American SIG is hosting an informal discussion with peers that have spent time doing environmental work in Latin America or are natives of the area in Sage 32 this Wednesday Nov 29th at 12pmNOON. Find out about fascinating, understudied dynamics happening in Latin America that no...Water & Sanitation Symposium meeting
| Kara DiFrancesco
Please join us for the discussion on the development of a FES Water and Sanitation Symposium for Spring 2007. Janine M.H. Selendy, Chairman and President, Horizon International, Yale University, will lead and present ideas for the proposed symposium which will be discussed and developed...
