Category: Water

UF/IFAS study offers critical insights to encourage sustainable agriculture, protect Florida grasslands, wetlands

by Lourdes Mederos
January 31, 2024

The term ‘sustainable agriculture’ involves boosting food production while conserving habitats and natural resources and reducing reliance on pesticides and fertilizers. While experts agree there is still much to learn to support ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Forests, Livestock, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Agroecology, Archbold Biological Station Buck Island Ranch, Climate Change, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Ecosystem Services, Everglades, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Grasslands, Jiangxiao Qiu, Ranch, Sustainable Agricultural, Sustainable Agricultural Intensification, Sustainable Agriculture, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, Wetlands, Yuxi Guo
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Interdisciplinary Ecology graduate students complete project focused on the Amazon

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 27, 2021

An interdisciplinary effort to improve governance and infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA) included expertise from the University of Florida. Several graduate students, including from the UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment's Interdisciplinary ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water, Wildlife
Tags: School Of Natural Resources And Environment, The Amazon

NSF Fellow in SNRE – Ben Lowe

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 2, 2020

By Patrick Farrar Four outstanding graduate students in UF’s School of Natural Resources and Environment have received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards from the National Science Foundation. The highly-competitive ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Archive, Ben Lowe, Inland Fisheries, Interdisciplinary Ecology, National Science Foundation, School Of Natural Resources And Environment

NSF Fellow in SNRE – Adam Searles

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 26, 2020

By Patrick Farrar Four outstanding graduate students in UF’s School of Natural Resources and Environment have received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards from the National Science Foundation. The highly-competitive ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Adam Searles, Archive, Indian River Lagoon, Interdisciplinary Ecology, School Of Natural Resources And Environment, Seagrass
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SNRE graduate student wins ecological Best Talk award

by BLOGS.IFAS
September 18, 2020

Kwan Kim, an Interdisciplinary Ecology graduate student in the UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment, won the Best Student Talk Award from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). The competition was held in August during the ESA’s ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Archive, Community Composition, Ecological Society Of America, Kwan Kim, Oysters, School Of Natural Resources And Environment
two people in a boat fishing with a net.

Research finds inland fisheries key to achieving U.N. goals

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 4, 2020

Interdisciplinary research finds inland fisheries are a key component to enhancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Researchers, including doctoral candidate Gretchen Stokes (UF/IFAS School of Natural Resources and Environment), ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Archive, Gretchen Stokes, Inland Fisheries, School Of Natural Resources And Environment, UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Graduate student’s research focuses on saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 26, 2020

Interdisciplinary Ecology doctoral student Julie Walker recently published research on the saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone. Specifically, the study examined the changing vegetation composition between the two ecosystems. Walker also wanted to know ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Archive, Ecosystems, Julie Walker, Mangroves, Saltmarsh, School Of Natural Resources And Environment

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