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"Halting deforestation in Brazil: lessons from the blacklist policy" by Paulo Massoca, SPEA

Friday, October 19, 2018, 12:30 p.m.—Friday, October 19, 2018, 1:30 p.m.

Paulo will discuss the preliminary results of his research project looking at the response of local actors and decision-makers from different municipalities to an environmental policy to halt deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.

Institutional challenges of forest preservation within Brazilian private properties

Friday, November 16, 2018, 12:30 p.m.—Friday, November 16, 2018, 1:30 p.m.

Laura Meneghel dos Santos will share a portion of her dissertation research.

Herd of cattle in cleared Amazon forest area.

Screening of "Grazing the Amazon" (2018, 48min)

Friday, November 30, 2018, 12:30 p.m.—Friday, November 30, 2018, 1:30 p.m.

For each person living in the Brazilian Amazon, there are three cows grazing today an area that was once forest. Join us for a screening of "Grazing the Amazon" to learn more.

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on eastern hemlock. From photo by Scott M. Salom, Virginia Tech in USDA report FHTET-2014-05, revised June 2016)

“Using Landsat time series to evaluate Hemlock Woolly Adelgid infestation over Southern Appalachian Mountains” by Mahsa Khodaee

Friday, December 07, 2018, 12:30 p.m.—Friday, December 07, 2018, 1:30 p.m.

Mahsa Khodaee discusses using multi-temporal Landsat satellite images to investigate the performance of Tasseled Cap Transformation (TCT) indices in capturing spatial and temporal trajectory of HWA-induced hemlock mortality and following sub-canopy regeneration.

Dissertation defense: Ancient settlement patterns and land-use dynamics in Quiechapa, Oaxaca, Mexico

Friday, January 18, 2019, 2:30 p.m.—Friday, January 18, 2019, 3 p.m.

All faculty and graduate students are invited to attend the short public portion of Alex Badillo's dissertation defense: Ancient settlement patterns and land-use dynamics in Quiechapa, Oaxaca, Mexico.

CASEL roundtable discussion

Friday, February 08, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, February 08, 2019, 1 p.m.

CASEL seminar: Amazon developments: the impacts of public policy on rural social organization in Brazil's Amazon estuary by Matthew Abel

Friday, March 08, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, March 08, 2019, 1 p.m.

Visiting researcher Matthew Abel will discuss the impacts of civic associations in the lower Amazon during his seminar "Amazon developments: the impacts of public policy on rural social organization in Brazil's Amazon estuary."

CASEL seminar: How migration impacts common property institutions in the Lake Victoria region of Africa by Godfrey Ssekajja

Friday, March 29, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, March 29, 2019, 1 p.m.

CASEL seminar by Abigail Sullivan

Friday, April 05, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, April 05, 2019, 1 p.m.

CASEL seminar: Life at the margins: Invisibility & climatic shocks in Amazonia by Luke Parry, Lancaster University, UK

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 12:30 p.m.—Thursday, April 18, 2019, 1:30 p.m.

Senior Lecturer Luke Parry from Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK, will discuss his research examining vulnerability in Amazonia from different disciplinary perspectives.

CASEL seminar Cultural heritage management in Oaxaca: public archaeology, commons, cultural governance, and ethics issues by Jorge Luis Rios Allier

Friday, April 19, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, April 19, 2019, 1 p.m.

Jorge Luis Rios Allier will present his doctoral research project on cultural heritage management in Oacaxa, Mexico. Jorge is pursuing his Ph.D. in the Archeology and Social Context program in the IU Department of Anthropology.

Seminar: A maize is life: A staple in South Africa by Jordan Blekking

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 4:30 p.m.—Thursday, April 25, 2019, 5:30 p.m.

Jordan Blekking, a doctoral student in the IU Department of Geography, discusses maize, the most important crop in Southern Africa, both in terms of agricultural productivity and food security.

CASEL seminar: On-going changes in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil by Gabriela Silva Santa Rosa Macedo

Friday, April 26, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, April 26, 2019, 1 p.m.

Gabriela Santa Rosa, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Campinas (Brazil), will present her work on on-going changes in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil—specifically in relation to social movements enacted to protect areas of the forest.

CASEL seminar by Monique Bruna Silva do Carmo

Friday, May 03, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, May 03, 2019, 1 p.m.

Science Cafe Bloomington: “Beyond counting monarchs: Assessing biodiversity worldwide and what it means to society.”

Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 7 p.m.—Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 8:30 p.m.

Eduardo Brondízio, director of IU CASEL and an IU distinguished professor of anthropology, will provide an overview of the process and some of the key findings of IPCC for biodiversity.

CASEL seminar: Amazon on fire by Sacha Siani, Indiana University

Friday, September 20, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, September 20, 2019, 1 p.m.

Doctoral student Sacha Siana will present "Amazon on fire," followed by discussion.

BSA talk: Amazon on fire by Sacha Siani, Indiana University

Friday, September 27, 2019, 3 p.m.—Friday, September 27, 2019, 4 p.m.

The IU Brazilian Student Association presents 'Amazon on fire," a talk by Sacha Siani.

CASEL Seminar: Contested infrastructure development in the Bolivian Amazon by Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, University of Helsinki

Friday, October 25, 2019, 12 p.m.—Friday, October 25, 2019, 1 p.m.

Join us to hear Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares from the University of Helsinki (Finland) talk about a high-profile social-environmental conflict in Bolivia: the planned construction of a controversial road that would bisect the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park.

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