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The Yale Tropical Resources Institute (TRI) supports interdisciplinary, problem-oriented student research on the most complex challenges confronting the conservation and management of tropical environments and natural resources worldwide. 

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Call for Proposals 2020

January 24, 2020
Yale Tropical Resources Institute is pleased to invite proposals for research projects to be conducted during the the summer of 2020

Announcing our 2017 Fellows

April 25, 2017
The TRI staff and Advisory Board are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Endowment Fellowship.
Bill Burch

Expert Q&A with TRI Founder Bill Burch

April 5, 2017
Bill Burch has been referred to as a pioneer of urban and community forestry. He has founded and directed multiple interdisciplinary programs including TRI.
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TRI Fellow Profiles

2019 TRI Fellow Jasmine Liu studies rarity and plant biodiversity in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

June 1, 2020
1. Where did you go for your fellowship? I spent the summer in Yasuní National Park, a lowland tropical rain forest in the western Amazon but on the Eastern side of Ecuador....
2019

2019 TRI Fellow Seth Inman explores bird biodiversity and forest fragmentation in Gishwati Forest, Rwanda.

April 27, 2020
2019 TRI Fellow Seth Inman travelled to the Gishwati forest of Gishwati-Mukura National Park (GMNP) in northwest Rwanda to study changes in forest bird population. Inman was...
2019

2018 TRI Fellow Megan Sullivan discusses her research on logging and forest ecology in Gabon

April 20, 2020
TRI recently sat down with 2018 TRI Fellow, and Yale F&ES doctoral student, Megan Sullivan to learn more about her research in Gabon. 1. Where did you go for your...
2018
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