Monthly Archives: April 2020

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Mercury accumulation in tropical bats – new paper in Ecotoxicology

By | April 24th, 2020|Amazon, bats, Peru, SNRE, TCD, WEC, wildlife management|

Gold-mining and large-scale agriculture are becoming increasingly prevalent in Amazon forests of Peru and elsewhere.  With these activities, the possibility of mercury pollution increases, which could and has had serious negative impacts on human and wildlife health.  Dr. Farah Carrasco examined the presence of mercury in tropical bats in a region of Peru where gold-mining [...]

It’s official! Dr. Michael Esbach!

By | April 21st, 2020|Amazon, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, Ecuador, graduate students, interdisciplinary, SNRE, TCD, WEC, wildlife management|

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Esbach - his dissertation "Hunting for Justice: Cofán subsistence, sustainability, and self-determination in the Ecuadorian Amazon" was just accepted by University of Florida Graduate School. Great work! Michael will graduate (virtually) in May 2020 with a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) from the [...]