Latin America Nodal Office

Instituto de Ecología Regional (IER)
ignacio.gasparri@gmail.com

+54 381 4255174

Universidad Nacional de Tucumán – CONICET
IER-LIEY
CC 34
4107 Yerba Buena Tucumán
Argentina

Focus on: Latin American land use change in relation to globalization; environmental services in land use frontiers and transitional zone; land use efficiency and conflicts.
The nodal office is hosted by the Instituto de Ecologia Regional (UNT_CONICET)
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Jobs

 

Funded MSc or MA: Smallholder Livelihood Resilience in Commodity Frontiers of the Paraguayan Chaco

McGill University

Apply by:

Thursday, December 1, 2022

The successful applicant will examine how expanding agricultural commodity frontiers influence the ability of smallholders to cope with climatic and hydrological stress in the Paraguayan Chaco, with a focus on the Pilcomayo River basin. Deadline: 1 December 2022, to start September 2023

News

 
September 6, 2022

2023 Whitley Awards now open for leaders of Global South wildlife conservation projects

To be eligible, projects must involve communities at the grassroots level and deliver practical action that is founded on science. Deadline: 31 October

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August 11, 2022

The role of protected areas and land tenure regimes on forest loss in Bolivia: accounting for spatial spillovers

A new paper in Global Environmental Change explores how indigenous territories and protected areas in Bolivia reduce deforestation, but suffer "spillovers" with an increase in deforestation around the areas.

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June 17, 2022

Spatial, Temporal and Ecological Patterns of Peri-Urban Forest Transitions. An Example From Subtropical Argentina

A new article in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change hypothesized that peri-urban forest transitions are driven by processes associated with urban-based economies and functioning, which define spatial characteristics of new forests.

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April 21, 2022

The risk of fake controversies for Brazilian environmental policies

A recent article in Biological Conservation examines fake controversies produced by a small group of active Brazilian researchers that have seriously impacted environmental conservation, particularly in issues related to deforestation and climate change. 

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