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dinde tree
August 16, 2016
I firmly believe that our landscapes can be managed sustainably: that we can produce nutritious healthy food free of poisonous chemicals while conserving our precious water...
montane forests
August 8, 2016
I came back to Oaxaca to look more closely into answering the questions that emerged when I lived here in 2014 around land use, conservation, and self-determination.
majeed focus group
August 3, 2016
I decided to go back home to Ghana to do my summer research where I investigated women’s practices of handling post-harvest peanuts to minimize aflatoxin ...
sam with elephant
August 3, 2016
I, along with eight strong men and women, hauled the 6 month-old elephant calf into the back of the pickup truck. We were in the process of taking it to the wildlife corridor...
tea estate
August 1, 2016
For my PhD research, I chose to come and work in a tea estate. Situated in the high rainfall forested hills of the Western Ghats of south-west India, it’s a...
Himalaya Summer, India
July 26, 2016
As one of nearly 20 students whose international research projects are being funded this summer by the F&ES-based Tropical Resources Institute (TRI), ...
dinde with wasps
July 25, 2016
During the last month, I have been measuring dinde trees of different ages on farms of the coffee region in Colombia. It hasn’t been easy.