Director's Perspective
The mission of SNRE is to develop knowledge to address the environmental
and natural resource issues facing Florida, the nation and the world. Our
vision is to be a pre-eminent program that provides a stream of interdisciplinary
thinkers, integrative research, and applications for the public to address
major environmental, economic and social concerns. More >>
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Climate Change: A Florida Perspective
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently concluded that "most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations." Dr. Mulkey examines the findings of human-caused climate change and analyzes the impact from a Florida perspective.
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Researchers Study the Effectiveness of Conservation Easements
In recent years, conservation easements (CEs) have become a popular means of protecting lands that might otherwise be paved over for residential or commercial development. Research funded by the SNRE mini-grant program sought to make the process as efficient and effective as possible, investigating landowner perceptions about CEs and the value of easements for the state of Florida. The research was lead by Dr. Janaki Alavalapati, associate professor in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, and resulted in a refereed publication in the journal Forest Policy and Economics, with graduate student Terri Mashour as the lead author.
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SNRE Students Win Big in Business Competition
The winner of the 2006 Howard J. Leonhardt Business Plan Competition, Social Venture Category wasn’t a team of like-minded finance majors or Bill-Gates wannabees. The winners were a group of diverse SNRE graduate students with one airy idea. Four SNRE students took Dr. Robert Buschbacher's spring course, Conservation Entrepreneurship: Business and Management Practices in International Environmental Conservation, as an opportunity to gain an understanding of organizational management and learn how to apply "private sector approaches" to conservation programs in their field. The winning project was AirAware, a non-profit tire inflation service provided to car owners and businesses that promoted the benefits of properly inflated tires. More >>
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UF Considers Land Use Program
Florida is experiencing a progressively unfolding dilemma as a consequence of booming population growth and development in the context of limited natural resources. Urban development, suburban sprawl, reduced acreages of agricultural lands, transportation pressures, coastal densities, habitat fragmentation, water allocation and quality issues will become even more contentious issues than they are today. More >>
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External Advisory Council Offers Insight
Dr. Ronnie Best and
Dr.
Nick
Aumen are two examples of individuals who have contributed greatly
to SNRE program development. Best and Aumen, past and current chairs
respectively of the SNRE External Advisory Council (EAC), have shaped
school programs
and policy since the EAC was founded. They offer their insight into
where
they would like to see SNRE develop in coming years. More >> |
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