TRI News and Events
New: TRI News was just recently released with the latest updates on TRI. To read a copy of this newsletter, click here.
 
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative
New: A new Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI) program was recently established with the award of a $4.8 million gift from the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund. This program will be jointly coordinated by TRI and the Center for Tropical Forest Science of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The program will focus on the training of field workers in conservation, park managers, officials concerned with energy, infrastructure services and natural resources, and environmental policy makers and community leaders in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
Kristen Welsh was recently hired as the Program Facilitator for the ELTI program; the search for a Program Director is currently in progress.
To read the press release for the establishment of the ELTI program, click here.
 TRI Bulletin Online
New: The 2006 issue of TROPICAL RESOURCES, the Bulletin of the Yale Tropical Resources Institute, volume 25, is now available. Among other features in this year’s Bulletin — including its signature art work — are thirteen illustrated articles by the 2005 TRI Research Fellows.
Go to the TRI Bulletin page for the complete table of contents, to view or download the entire bulletin, or merely to view or download selected articles.
For printed copies of current or past Bulletin issues, email TRI Program Director Amity Doolittle at amity.doolittle@yale.edu.
Latest ALAM working paper
One more title in the Agroforestry in Landscape Mosaics (ALAM) Working Paper Series has been recently added:
Simmonds, Caroline. 2006. Walking Well: The Social Landscape of the Bakili Muluzi Highway, Malawi.
Read and download this and all ALAM working papers in PDF format.
Recent publications by TRI directors
In addition to guiding Yale Forestry students in their environmental education and supporting them in their research quests, the Tropical Resources Institute's director, Lisa Curran, and program director, Amity Doolittle, continue developing their own research interests and producing publications on matters of deep concern in the tropics.
Dr. Curran, who specializes in the structure and dynamics of tropical forests and how they are altered by human activities, was recently part of an eight-member team that studied the ecological effects of logging on the Bornean rainforests during a 16-year period ending in 2001. This project culminated in the publication of a paper in the journal Science in February 2004, entitled “Lowland Forest Loss in Protected Areas of Indonesian Borneo.” A copy of the paper and its supplemental information can be downloaded by clicking here.
 Dr. Doolittle, whose research focuses on how access to natural resources are controlled by society and government, has recently released a publication on the subject in the context of her experiences and research in Southeast Asia. Property & Politics in Sabah, Malaysia: Native Struggles over Land Rights, published in 2005 by University of Washington Press, examines environmental conflicts in that region through the lens of political ecology, which seeks to understanding such issues based on how they relate to place, culture and history. She delves into the root causes of the environmental problems in that area by exposing the underlying political, economic and social forces at work.
For more information on Dr. Doolittle's book and how to obtain a copy, visit the publisher's website at: www.washington.edu/uwpress.
2006 TRI Research Fellows
Twenty-six students received TRI Research Fellowship grants for projects around the world in 2006. Their illustrated abstracts will soon be available. Abstracts of TRI Fellows from past years can either be browsed by world region or accessed from lists of individual fellows, topics, and locations
For information about the TRI fellowship program and how to apply for a research grant, see TRI fellowship grants.
Hands-on GIS in Brazil Rainforest
Iracambi Research Center in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil is offering 19-day hands-on GIS courses.
New Video Editing and Production Center created at TRI
The Class of 1980 awarded a grant for the creation of a video editing and production center at TRI. Included in the grant is a Macintosh G5 computer, video camera and editing software. Students will be able to use the equipment for producing video of field research.
2006-2007 Events
Operation Wallacea Presentation — Sept. 27th at 4 pm, 380 Edwards St. Primatologist Dr. Kathy Slater will speak about Operation Wallacea and potential opportunities for the summer of 2007. Operation Wallacea leads scientific conservation expeditions in Indonesia, Honduras, Egypt, Cuba, South Africa, and Peru. Visit their website at www.opwall.com to find out more information.
Past Events
TRI Lecture Series — Details of the Spring 2003 lecture series are archived online.
TRI Film Series — Details of the Spring 2004 film series are archived online.
Guest Speakers — Highlights from TRI's 20th Anniversary.
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