About this Event
Florida is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, especially when it comes to reptiles. From invasive pythons to native crocodilians, learn what is what and where to find it. Ask professors from UF/IFAS how to ethically document wildlife for social platforms like instagram without endangering habitat or giving away locations to poachers. As human suburbs move into the Everglades, more of these animal encounters are likely to happen and locals should have the tools to properly handle them. Want to see more wildlife in your nieghborhood or yard? Find out how to create inviting environments for native species to thrive with you.
Resources will be provided for volunteer opportunities with University research projects as well as future guided hands-on walks to apply the skills learned during the event.
Hosted by Taylor Francis of Latino Outdoors Miami
Main Speakers:
Eric Suarez has a master’s degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida. For the past 15 years, has conducted research and management throughout Florida with freshwater turtles, invasive species, imperiled species, and in habitat management.
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Sergio A. Balaguera-Reina Ph.D. is a Colombian marine biologist specialized in conservation biology. Specifically, his lab focusses on understanding how ecological processes are influenced by spatiotemporal attributes and how those affect phylogeographic relationships among species in an anthropogenic world. To answer these questions, Dr. Balaguera-Reina uses a combination of methods and technologies derived from fields such as ecology, molecular biology, systematics, statistics, and geosciences, to get an integrative view of effects, causes, and patterns. His current research interests include using crocodylians (crocodiles and alligators) as ecological indicators in the Greater Everglades linking population parameters and environmental attributes in a spatiotemporal frame as well as developing conservation and management research of crocodylian populations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Taylor Francis is a program coordinator and outings leader for Latino Outdoors. After studying enviromental journalism at the University of Miami shes been working alongside animals as an educator, tour guide, wildlife control technician, and falconer.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kendale Lakes Branch Library, 15205 Southwest 88th Street, Miami, United States
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