Examining Tropical Changes: Resilience in the Context of Disturbance and Transgression

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Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 12:00am to Saturday, February 2, 2019 - 11:30pm
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We are pleased to invite you to the 25th Annual Conference of the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters(ISTF): “Examining Tropical Changes: Resilience in the Context of Disturbance and Transgression.” The conference will take place January 31-February 2, 2019 in New Haven, CT. Register here.

The Yale ISTF Chapter is dedicated to the advancement of tropical forest studies at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The ISTF Conference has been hosted at Yale for 25 years and is the longest-running student-run conference at Yale University, bringing together representatives from governments, nonprofits, academia, and private sector to discuss vital issues related to tropical forests. 

For the 2019 ISTF Conference, we invite academics, practitioners, policy-makers, activists and forest-dwelling peoples to share the challenges and opportunities in tropical forest landscapes and the perseverance of these complex networks in the face of global disturbances and transgressions. As climate change disturbances and human transgressions continue to worsen, actions and solutions must be delivered at a faster pace. The 25th Annual Yale ISTF Conference will demand reflection on past lessons while envisioning the next 25 years of tropical forestry in a rapidly changing world.

We are delighted to announce four confirmed keynote speakers: Frances Seymour (Distinguished Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute), Taufiq Alimi (Vice President, RARE Indonesia), Maria Uriarte (Columbia University), and Leila Salazar-Lopez (Director, Amazon Watch). Follow ISTF on Facebook @yalefesistf or Twitter @YaleISTF for updates as more conference details unfold!

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