Center for Integrative Conservation Research
The Center for Integrative Conservation Research (CICR) inspires new visions for conservation and environmental decision-making.
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Kanchana Chinnannan Balasubramanian presents research looking at female forest landowners
Kanchana presented her research, 'Unveiling Social Perception of Ecosystem Service Bundles and Trade-Offs: Female Forest Landowners in Georgia, United States,' at the 2024 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, held from August 4-9 in Long Beach, California....
New research looks at intersections of national security and environmental governance
ICON and Geography PhD candidate Rachel Arney recently published part of her dissertation titled "From Securing the Border to Securing Nature: Homeland Security as an Emerging Environmental Actor in the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands" in the Annals of the American...
Congratulations to Andrew Paul!
Andrew Paul is the recent recipient of the NSF DDRIG, which will support his collaborative research with Karen communities on the Thailand-Myanmar border in Southeast Asia. This research explores the development of Indigenous landscape conservation governance in the...
Upcoming Events
Arts Collaborative Conversation: Amit Kaushik
"The Gond Art and the Tiger: A Dialogue on Conservation, Displacement, and Environmental Justice"
Friday, October 11, 12-1 pm
Lamar Dodd School of Art, S360
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Rachel Arney ICON Dissertation Defense
“The Politics of Environmental Knowledge Production and Conservation in the U.S. – Mexico Borderlands”
Rachel Arney, Ph.D. Candidate, Integrative Conservation and Geography
Friday, October 18, 2024, 10:30 am EST
Geography Room 147 and via Zoom (contact iconphd@uga.edu)
Committee: Drs. Jennifer Rice (Advisor), Laura German (ICON Representative), Amy Trauger, Steve Holloway, and Jesse Abrams
ICON RA Lab
Career Pathways Conversation with 3 ICON Alumni
Monday, October 28, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Contact talleyv@uga.edu for details; this is open to all ICON students