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Conservation & Ecological RestorationTomasz Falkowski

2017 The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration

Tomasz Falkowski is a PhD candidate in the Environmental and Forest Biology Department at the State University of New York in Syracuse. He studies the application of traditional ecological knowledge in ecosystem restoration management. His research empirically assesses whether Lacandon Maya agroforestry can effectively and sustainably restore ecosystem services in degraded and deforested tropical rainforests in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve region of Chiapas, Mexico. His work demonstrates how Lacandon Maya agroforestry can restore forest cover and fulfill the socioeconomic needs of rural communities. His research will be performed in collaboration with traditional farmers in the Lacandon Maya community of Lacanja Chansayab, Chiapas, Mexico.

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Ecological Restoration

The Garden Club of America (the GCA) offers an annual Fellowship in Ecological Restoration.  Established in 2000 with funds from the John B. Young Charitable Trust as well as GCA members and clubs, the fellowship’s goal is to support research that will advance knowledge and increase the number of scientists in the important field of ecological restoration, the active healing of the land. The $8,000 grant is awarded annually to exceptional graduate students to support specialized study in ecological restoration at an accredited U.S. university. Preference will be given to projects that include field research conducted in the United States. A panel of experts associated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum reviews the applications and makes recommendations to the GCA Scholarship Committee. 

For the purposes of this scholarship, The Garden Club of America agrees to the definition of ecological restoration as stated by the Society of Ecological Restoration (SER).

 

 

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