Territorial Dynamics in the Calakmul Sian Ka'an Corridor
Mexico | Rutgers University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
The project seeks to understand the socio-ecological relationship between both human and of natural disturbances, with a focus on the 2007 landfall of Hurricane Dean, and forest cover in the Yucatán Peninsula.
Environmental Disturbance in the Greater Yucatan
Mexico | Rutgers University, Clark University, The University of Virginia, and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
The project seeks to understand the socio-ecological relationship between both human and of natural disturbances, with a focus on the 2007 landfall of Hurricane Dean, and forest cover in the Yucatán Peninsula.
Colombia | Rutgers University, Universidad Nacional (Bogotá Colombia)
The project examines how alternating periods of war and peace directly effect landscapes, through shifts in natural resource availability, the opening of new frontiers, and access to diverse markets.
The Spontaneous Spread of Silvopastoral Landscapes in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Ecuador | Rutgers University, Clark University, The University of Virginia, and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
this study explores the possibility that small scale cattle ranchers could benefit from payments for environmental services, in particular payments for carbon sequestration in silvopastoral systems