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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SIC 2025
Save the date for SIC 2025

The 2025 Symposium on Integrative Conservation (SIC), coordinated by the students in the ICON PhD program, will take place on Friday, February 21st.

The 2025 Symposium on Integrative Conservation (SIC), coordinated by the students in the ICON PhD program, will take place on Friday, February 21st.

The 2025 Symposium on Integrative Conservation (SIC), coordinated by the students in the ICON PhD program, will take place on Friday, February 21st.

Upcoming event
Upcoming Workshop

Creativity in research – Metamapping
Monday, November 4, 3:00-4:30 pm
Building 2130 Room 238

Creativity in research – Metamapping
Monday, November 4, 3:00-4:30 pm
Building 2130 Room 238

Creativity in research – Metamapping
Monday, November 4, 3:00-4:30 pm
Building 2130 Room 238

Student feature
"Homeland Security as an Emerging Environmental Actor in the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands"

New research led by Rachel Arney looks at intersections of national security and environmental governance.

New research led by Rachel Arney looks at intersections of national security and environmental governance.

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News

ICON students take top awards at 2024 Confluence event

ICON students take top awards at 2024 Confluence event

(Photo credit: Olivia Grace Allen, Communications Coordinator, IRIS) ICON students were recognized for their work at the recent River Basin Center water science and policy poster symposium, Confluence, held on October 18, 2024, in the Russell Special Collections...

Wezddy Del Toro Orozco wins Frank Graduate Fellowship

Wezddy Del Toro Orozco wins Frank Graduate Fellowship

Wezddy Del Toro Orozco, a PhD student in the Integrative Conservation (ICON) Program and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been awarded the Beverly Hirsh Frank Graduate Fellowship by the Graduate School at the University of Georgia. This...

Asif Sandeelo receives Wenner-Gren grant

Asif Sandeelo receives Wenner-Gren grant

Asif Ali Sandeelo who is fourth year PhD student at Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology program at UGA has received Dissertation Fieldwork Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for his project titled "The Political Bird: Elite Falconry, Wildlife Laws, and...

Upcoming Events

‘Careers outside academia' Online Panel

Friday, November 22, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grab your lunch and join us online for ‘Careers outside academia,’ a career panel featuring our ICON alumni - Katherine (Katie) Brownson, Emily Horton, and Bryan Bozeman. Contact Kanchana Balasubramanian (Kanchana.CB@uga.edu) for more details.

Corrie Navis ICON Dissertation Defense

Conservation amidst complexity: Strategic approaches to informed decision-making for management of a rare endemic salamander
Corrie Navis, Ph.D. Candidate, Integrative Conservation and Forestry & Natural Resources
Monday, January 6, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Committee: Drs. John Maerz (advisor), Meredith Welch-Devine (ICON rep), Brian Irwin, James Martin, Nik Heynen

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