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Veerangana Durgawati Tiger Reserve

Amit Kaushik Receives Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant to Study Caste and Conservation in Central India

Amit Kaushik is a PhD candidate in the Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia.

Tabitha Dentice

Tabitha Dentice receives graduate Joshua Laerm Academic Support Award

The Joshua Laerm Academic Support Award is given to students to support their studies in natural history and is provided by the Georgia Museum of Natural History.

students from lenawa primary school

Kaludiyapokuna Primate Conservation and Research Center hosts 56 students from Lenawa Primary School, Dambulla Sri Lanka

Kaludiyapokuna Primate Conservation and Research Center Long-term project in Sri Lanka with Co-Director Dr. Salmi A few notes from the field:

This week, we had a workshop with 56 students from the Lenawa Primary School (Grades 1–5, ages 5–10), Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

Rhiannon presenting.

PhD Candidate Receives American Society of Primatologists' Primate Welfare Award

Rhiannon Schultz, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, recently presented some of her dissertation research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists.
Three people—an elderly man, a young boy, and another adult man—stand in conversation on a dry, open landscape scattered with low shrubs. They wear traditional light-colored clothing and hold wooden walking sticks. In the background, multiple large wind turbines rise across the horizon under a partly cloudy sky, suggesting a juxtaposition of local community life and renewable energy development. A few goats can be seen grazing in the distance.

PhD Candidate Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Research on Understanding the Interface of Diplomacy, Politics, and Conservation

Asif Ali Sandeelo, a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology program at UGA, has received a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project titled “A Politi