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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Study Reveals $1.3 Billion in Texas Water Market Transactions, Highlighting Demand Management's Role in Addressing Water Scarcity  

Study Reveals $1.3 Billion in Texas Water Market Transactions, Highlighting Demand Management's Role in Addressing Water Scarcity  

A groundbreaking study led by UT Geography Alum (2011) Charles Wight, associate professor Eugenio Arima, and their colleagues revealed how active the water market in Texas is. Their research uncovered over $1.3 billion in water trades, involving a massive 4 million acre-feet—enough water to supply almost 15 million US households for a year.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Brenda Boonabaana Partners with Cornell’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab  

Brenda Boonabaana Partners with Cornell’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab  

Brenda Boonabaana is partnering with Cornell's Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (ILCI) on a $25 Million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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Society, Art & Conservation

This Fall semester, the department is piloting a new class concept for GRG 336 National Parks & Protected Areas. From Human wildlife conflicts to the role of woman in conservation, Dr. T Meyer features topics and problems from Botswana while students assess how these issues play out in the United States and other parts of the world. By the use of online lectures, self-recorded videos and life Q&A sessions, we try to bring the world to our campus. This last section was all about the role of science in conservation and it's connection to species conservation in particular. There was a lot to discuss with Dr S. Bourquin, from Crocodiles to what we should be focusing on in conservation, the role of keystone species in the context of ecosystem functioning and last but not least some advice for students. Tsamaya sentle, Good bye, auf Wiedersehen.....Thanks to my students for being such an engaged audience.

Previous videos:
Dr. Meyer talks to Mr. Ona Basimane about his views on tourism in Botswana

Chatting about producing food in challenging environments 

Indigenous people and conservation

Women and natural resource conservation

Dr. Meyer and Valentin Gruener on human-wildlife conflict

Dr. Meyer and Thabo Kgatlwane chatting about the connections between art and conservation