The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) officially formed its Neotropical chapter at the 2018 Annual meeting in Kuching, Malaysia. This chapter will complement the two active chapters of the organization (Asia-Pacific and Africa).

The goal of the chapter is to build an active cohort of stakeholders that will expand the reach and presence of ATBC in the Neotropical region. Based on extensive prior surveys and feedback from the ATBC community, there is a lot of interest in this chapter and several proposed activities and events have been suggested.

 

Executive Board

Edwin Lebrija-Trejos
CHAIR
2023-2025

Catarina Jakokac
SECRETARY
2023-2025

Mark Shepherd
TREASURER
2023-2025

Regional Representatives

 

Neotropical Chapter Webinars

 

The ATBC Neotropical Chapter inaugural activity for 2019 was the Webinar series: Bridging Academia and Conservation. This series featured five prominent speakers who stand out by their contributions to the field of Tropical Biology and Conservation: Brigitte Baptiste (Colombia), Robin Chazdon (USA), Rodolfo Dirzo (Mexico, USA), Lúcia Lohmann (Brazil), and Yadvinder Malhi (UK) (see flyer below). Click here for speakers bios. During this Webinar, our speakers presented their research and shared their personal experience in working beyond academia to impact environmental conservation and society. Click here for talk recordings.

In 2020, the Neotropical Chapter held a special webinar in conjunction with the ESA Latin American Chapter entitled "The Future of Biodiversity in Latin America & the Caribbean”. Further details from this webinar can be viewed here and recordings can be watched here.