Working Forests in the Tropics Program
2006 NSF-IGERT Fellows

Name
Academic
Unit
Major Professor
Research Region
Research Topic
Christie Klimas
cklimas@ufl.edu
School of Forest Resources and Conservation Karen Kainer Acre Andiroba sustainable production (sees X timber) - growth and harvesting models and simulation

Ari Martinez
amartinez@ibifbolivia.org.bo

Zoology Scott Robinson Bolivia
(and Brazilian Amazon ?)
Impact of Logging (and related disturbances) on biodiversity (understory insectivorous birds)

Mason Mathews
mason75@ufl.edu

SNRE Interdisciplinary Ecology Marianne Schmink Amazon Relationship between peasant social movements and NRM policy (Proambiente)

Arika Virapongse
arikavira@yahoo.com

SNRE Interdisciplinary Ecology

Michael Heckenberger

Committee co-chair: Marianne Schmink

Maya Forest (Chiapas) Etnobotany of different Mayan ethnic groups

Dawn Ward
chileward@hotmail.com

SNRE Interdisciplinary Ecology Rick Stepp

Maya Forest
(or Eastern Amazon)

Analysis of Rainforest Alliance coffee certification (socieoeconomic impacts, social and environmental sustainability)