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Headshots of Jeffrey Hoelle and Danny Pinedo

Bren Seminar

Anthropological Perspectives on Gold Mining and Cattle Raising in Amazonia

Jeffery Hoelle, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UCSB; and Danny Pinedo, Associate Professor, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Headshot of Briana Abrahms

Bren Seminar

Whales and Scales: Towards Understanding and Conserving the Drivers of Megafauna Migration across Scales

Briana Abrahms, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology & Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, University of Washington

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Headshot of Rachel Torres

PhD Defense

Beyond the Drought: Modeling eco-hydrologic dynamics between urban tree resilience and water conservation in a Mediterranean climate

PhD Dissertation Defense, Rachel Torres

| 10:00 am PT

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Stephen Whitaker in the field

PhD Defense

Assessing Decline and Recovery of Rocky Intertidal Foundation Species Using Long-Term Data

PhD Dissertation Defense, Stephen Whitaker

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Anastasia Quintana is a professional researcher at UCSB studying the human dimensions of small-scale fisheries management and coastal conservation in Latin America and worldwide.

Bren Seminar

Compliance and Governance in Small-Scale Fisheries

Anastasia Quintana, Assistant Research Faculty, Marine Science Institute, UCSB

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Cheryl Harrison on a beach at sunset

Bren Seminar

Towards Estimating Marine Ecosystem Impacts of Climate Intervention

Cheryl S. Harrison, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Headshot of Mark New

Bren Seminar

Using Climate Change Impacts Attribution to Inform Adaptation Action

Mark New, Professor, African Climate and Development Initiative & Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Headshot of Alissa Kendall

Bren Seminar

Industrial Ecology Approaches for Better Decarbonization of the Transport Sector

Alissa Kendall, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Headshot of Jen Burney

Bren Seminar

Food Security in a Changing Hydroclimate

Jennifer Burney, Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Troy Magney stands on a platform in the snow

Bren Seminar

Waking Before the Snow Melts? Insights into the Seasonal Patterns of Photosynthesis in Evergreen Forests

Troy Magney, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Students show a poster at the symposium

Community Event

Mantell Symposium in Environmental Justice and Conservation Innovation 2023

Please join us for a special event that will catalyze the Bren School's efforts to advance environmental justice and conservation innovation.

| 1:00pm PST

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Headshot of Paolo D'Odorico

Bren Seminar

Access to Water in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Paolo D'Odorico, Thomas J. Graff Professor of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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A small yellow bird perches on a bush

Community Event

Bird Conservation around the World and in Our Own Backyards: From Awe to Action

Join us for a special event featuring Lynn Scarlett of the Department of the Interior and The Nature Conservancy speaking on pathways to bird conservation.

| 7:30pm PT

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Laura Grant poses in ski gear on a snowy slope

Bren Seminar

The Critical Roles of Water-related Nonprofit Groups in the US

Laura Grant, Associate Professor, Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, Claremont McKenna College

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Headshot of Nicol Parker

PhD Defense

Rapid and Spatially Explicit Assessment of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Data Limited Watersheds

PhD Dissertation Defense, Nicol Parker

| 9:30 am PDT

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Headshot of Richard Taylor

Bren Seminar

Nature-based Solutions to Sustaining Water Supplies under the Amplification of Climate Extremes

Richard Taylor, Professor of Hydrogeology, University College London

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT