Democratizing Science: New Alliances for Addressing Global Problems of Poverty and the Environment
Dr. Fortmann
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2002 at 8:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Dr. Fortmann specializes in forestry and agroforestry, land tenure, community natural resource management, and gender issues. Professor Fortmann and her students study the outcomes of natural resource use and management for individuals and for communities. Her research is located in California and southern Africa, while her students work worldwide. Their combined research addresses four key issues: Gender, Property, Poverty, and Community Control of Natural Resources. Dr. Fortmann is the Rudy Grah Professor of Forestry & Sustainable Development and Chair of the Division of Resource Institutions, Policy and Management in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley
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