Spring Symposium

TRI Spring Symposium 2024

Returning TRI Fellows present their research to YSE faculty, students and staff in the annual TRI Fellows Spring Symposium.

Date: Friday 26 April 2024

Location: Kroon 319

Schedule

Session 1: Tropical Forests and Plantations

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)

Presenter

Country of Research

Presentation Title

Lachlan Byrnes

Brazil

Examining the impact of non-structural carbohydrate storage on long-term mortality of large trees

Arun Dayanandan

Brazil

Harnessing novel forest successional trajectories of mixed-species forest plantation systems to mitigate climate change impacts

Vincent Haller

Chile

Modelling forest biomass for REDD+ at local scale – a pilot study in evergreen forests of the Chiloe Island

Kumba Jammeh

Ghana

Plantation age and the recruitment of natural regeneration: Assessing the understory dynamics of teak (Tectona grandis) plantations in the transition zone of Ghana

Break: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 2: Forests and Regeneration

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)

Presenter

Country of Research

Presentation Title

Urmila Mallick

Puerto Rico

Effect of hurricanes on the demography of Heliconia caribea

Yeim We

Brazil

Patterns in Soil Carbon with Eucalyptus Reforestation in Mata Atlantica, Brazil

Amaya Sathurusinghe

Brazil

Growth and establishment of native rainforest species under rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations in Bahia, Brazil

Jasmine Gormley

Ecuador

EFNs and herbivory

Break: 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Session 3: Diversity and Development

Time: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)

Presenter

Country of Research

Presentation Title

Violet Low-Beinart

Rwanda

Climate Resilience in Rwanda’s Congo-Nile Divide: Feasibility of Silvopastoral Systems near Gishwati National Park

Md Ashraf

Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Industrial Symbiosis Potentials in the Diversified Industrial Clusters of Some Developing Countries

Bernard Nyanzu

Ghana

Assessing Tree Diversity, Composition, and Carbon Stocks of Forest Fragments within Agriculture Landscapes in Western Ghana

Alice Gerow

Kenya

Street Tree Communities in Selected Residential Areas of Nairobi, Kenya

Lunch Break: 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Session 4: Carnivores and Climate

Time: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)

Presenter

Country of Research

Presentation Title

Jack Markowitz

Chile

Examining Barriers to Environmental Governance through a case study of the 2022 Chilean Constitutional Convention

Germar Gonzalez

Mexico

Assessing mammalian carnivore richness across a management gradient in a Mexican biosphere reserve

Gino Rivera Bulnes

Peru

Human-Fox Interactions amidst Agricultural Development in Ica Valley, Peru

Break: 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Session 5: Agribusiness and Agriculture

Time: 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)

Presenter

Country of Research

Presentation Title

Xiyao Fu

China

Following the Seeds Savers: Biocultural Conservation by Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China

Lu Parra Arce

Rwanda

Empowering Conservation and Restoration through Ecotourism for Thriving Communities in Gishwati National Park, Rwanda

Eliana Stone

Brazil

Assessing Agribusiness Influence on Local Elections and Public Health in Brazil

Anika Reynar

Mexico

Mennonites, Maya, and (Agri)Cultural Negotiations: A Case Study in Hoplechén, Mexico