CICR News
Featured Stories
Featured Researcher: Dr. Jesse Abrams
Jesse Abrams is an Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Policy and Sustainability in a joint appointment between the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Savannah River...
Featured Researcher: Dr. Julie Velásquez Runk
Trained as both an ecologist and an anthropologist and retaught by indigenous Wounaan villagers and scholars, Julie has just over thirty years doing interdisciplinary community-based research and...
Dr. Sarah Hitchner & Dr. Puneet Dwivedi, “Understanding Black Landowner’s Engagement in Forestry in Georgia, United States: a Closer Look”
Congratulations to CICR affiliated faculty members Sarah Hitchner and Puneet Dwivedi on the publication of their article, “Understanding black landowner’s engagement in forestry in Georgia, United...
Dr. Roberta Salmi featured in “Gorillas can tell human voices apart”
Apes react differently to people they know and like than people the don't like, strangers From UGA Today: Many animals recognize the voices of members of their own species, and some can even...
Dr. David Leigh: Distinctive connectivities of near-stream and watershed-wide land uses differentially degrade rural aquatic systems
COURTESY OF UGA’S DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY CICR faculty affiliate and UGA Geography professor David Leigh and a team of researchers review and synthesize spatially extensive studies of...
Dr. John Maerz: Helping turtles find their balance
Written by Kristen Morales, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources The idea began to take shape in CICR faculty affiliate John Maerz’s Animal Behavior class. Lizzy Ashley, an...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2:00-3:00 PM
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Geog/Geol Room 204
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