Center for Integrative Conservation Research
The Center for Integrative Conservation Research (CICR) inspires new visions for conservation and environmental decision-making.
In Focus
Five students defended their Integrative Conservation dissertations this year!
Five students defended their Integrative Conservation dissertations this year!
New research by Wezddy Del Toro Orozco and colleagues in the Community of Practice in Human-Wildlife Coexistence consider how social science research is used (or not) within biodiversity conservation.
New research by Wezddy Del Toro Orozco and colleagues in the Community of Practice in Human-Wildlife Coexistence consider how social science research is used (or not) within biodiversity conservation.
In the US South, wood-based bioenergy schemes are being promoted and implemented through a powerful vision merging social, environmental, and economic benefits for rural, forest-dependent communities. Forests as Fuel draws on extensive multi-sited ethnography to ground the story of wood-based bioenergy in the biophysical, economic, political, social, and cultural landscape of this region.
The planning grant is a collaboration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service and TERC.
News
Research by Wezddy Del Toro Orozco & colleagues looks at the use of social science research in conservation practice
ICON Student Wezddy Del Toro Orozco collaborated with other members of the Community of Practice in Human-Wildlife Coexistence (CoPCoex) on a recent paper that explores how social science research is used (or not) within biodiversity conservation. In the publication,...
CICR celebrates the 2023-24 ICON graduates
Congratulations to the following students on defending their ICON dissertations this year: Behnoosh Abbasnezhad (PhD, ICON & Forestry and Natural Resources, Major Professor: Jesse Abrams): "Conservation Planning As a Transdisciplinary Process: Integrating Social...
ICON students and alum receive Graduate School honors
Two current ICON students and one recent ICON graduate were among the select few to be recognized during the 2024 Graduate School Honors Luncheon (pictured L to R): Katie Foster (PhD in ICON & Anthropology, 2023): Graduate School's Excellence in Research Award for...
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ICON PhD Fall Orientation & Welcome Reception
Annual event to welcome our new ICON students
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 10:00 AM - 1:00 pm
Warnell Building 1, Room 304
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