TRI Spring Symposium 2025
Returning TRI Fellows present their research to YSE faculty, students and staff in the annual TRI Fellows Spring Symposium.
Date: Friday 25 April 2024
Location: Kroon 319
Schedule
Session 1: Conservation and Governance
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)
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Presenter |
Country of Research |
Presentation Title |
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Mario Caller Castro |
Peru |
Indigenous people and protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon |
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Tara Hoda |
Liberia |
Determinants of Extractive Forest-Use Behaviors in Rural Liberia |
|
Ky Miller |
Mexico |
In defense of territory, in defense of life: Maya cultural survival and resistance to the Maya Train mega-project |
|
Ananya Rao |
India |
Fragmented forests, governance, and rights to land in Karnataka, India |
Break: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Session 2: People and Environment
Time: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)
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Presenter |
Country of Research |
Presentation Title |
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Emma Barrett |
Malawi |
Investigating barriers to implementing sustainable agriculture practices in Malawi: The case of Gowa |
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Anjuri Kakar |
India |
Understanding the role of the forest-incorporated education institute in students' well-being and climate change concerns: A case study from Woodstock School |
|
Reni Chng |
Sri Lanka |
Scraps of the Sun: Energy Narratives and Solar Ecology in Singapore |
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Nicole Israel-Meyer |
Panama, USA |
Using the Conservation Standards to Strengthen Strategic Planning: A Case Study on ELTI's Organizational Strategy |
Break: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 3: Forests and Function
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)
|
Presenter |
Country of Research |
Presentation Title |
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Baboucarr Joof |
Ghana |
Natural regeneration in exotic (Teak) and native (Terminalia) tree species plantations in Ghana |
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Alma Trujillo Miranda |
Ecuador |
Biotic and abiotic drivers of palm regeneration in a human-modified tropical landscape |
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Sofi Montalvo Yanez |
Brazil |
How do cabrucas function? Tree growth, biomass, herbivory and functional traits in the Cacao agroforestry systems of Bahía, Brazil |
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Manny Flores |
Brazil | Investigating differences in edge effects between planted forest and pastureland on secondary forest in Brazil |
Lunch Break: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Session 4: Society and Ecology
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)
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Presenter |
Country of Research |
Presentation Title |
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Olivia Brinks |
Brazil |
Embedding social science in NGO-led conservation projects: A case study of successes and challenges with the Institute for Ecological Research (IPE), Brazil |
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Sophie Roberts |
Ecuador |
Diversity in Agroforestry: Aligning Social and Ecological Values in Coastal Ecuador |
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Dominik Juling |
India |
The local impacts of environmental and climatic changes on culture and social cooperation: A case study of Varanasi, India |
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Brandon Lewis |
Ghana |
Indoor air pollution in the Accra metropolis: Household exposure and characteristics |
Break: 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Session 5: Crops and Carbon
Time: 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Presentations: (Approx. 10-15 mins each)
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Presenter |
Country of Research |
Presentation Title |
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Skye Hellenkamp |
Brazil |
Understanding the role of temperature in forest edges: a multi-scale remote sensing approach |
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Jorge Forero Fajardo |
Rwanda |
Conservation and Restoration Strategies around Gishwati Forest, Rwanda |
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Thomas Harris |
Brazil |
Assessing vegetation and carbon stocks in less frequent cover types of Mata Atlantica, Brazil |
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Odatha Kotagama |
USA |
Variation of Soil Properties in Secondary Forest Fragments Embedded in Eucalyptus Plantations |