Archives for 2014

Congrats to Aaron Groth on his new publication! Walker RS, Hamilton MJ, Groth AA. 2014. Remote sensing and conservation of isolated indigenous villages in Amazonia. Royal Society Open Science 1: 140246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140246 The vast forests on the border between Brazil and Peru harbour a number of indigenous groups that have… read more 

November 7-9, 2014 Congrats to current UT Geography Master’s student, Amy McCullough on the recent premier of her movie, Beast Lover! Although McCullough and crew originally made the movie with the intention to showing it to just a few close friends, the film premiered at Zed Fest  and won awards for Outstanding… read more 

October 23-25, 2014 Aaron Groth represented the UT Geography community at the SWAAG (South West Association of American Geographers) conference this October. For the conference, Aaron presented on his Master’s Thesis, “Social and Environmental Impacts of Big-Leaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) Logging on Peruvian Indigenous Communities”. Overall, Aaron said he received positive… read more