{"id":3882,"date":"2017-10-30T10:10:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2017-10-30T10:10:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:10:49","slug":"november-23-the-futuragua-project-fostering-regional-drought-resilience-in-northwestern-costa-rica-through-international-collaborative-action-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3882","title":{"rendered":"November 23 \u2013 The FuturAgua project: Fostering regional drought resilience in Northwestern Costa Rica through international collaborative action research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FuturAgua project:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fostering regional drought resilience in Northwestern Costa Rica through international collaborative action research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, November 23, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory Building<\/p>\n

2202 Main Mall, UBC Point Grey Campus<\/p>\n

Vancouver<\/p>\n

Research Seminar<\/strong>: 12:30-1:30pm, AERL Theatre (room 120)<\/p>\n

Poster Session + Lunch<\/strong>: 1:30-2:30pm, AERL Foyer
\nRSVP required for lunch:\u00a0futuraguaproject@gmail.com<\/p>\n

The FuturAgua project is an international, multidisciplinary, action-oriented research program involving three teams of researchers, funded by granting agencies in three countries, all focused on applied research to help build resilience to drought in the dry tropical northwest part of Costa Rica. The project was conceptualized, developed, and carried out in close collaboration with civil society groups and regional agencies that work to address important water questions in the region.<\/p>\n

This presentation will address the context, design, process, and key findings of the research conducted by UBC researchers, with input from the team members at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Andrea Suarez, Director of the Centre for Mesoamerica for Sustainable Development of the Dry Tropics (CEMEDE) at the\u00a0National University of Costa Rica, will provide regional perspectives on the project. The researchers will highlight some of the factors that led to the main successes of the project, and also reflect on some of the challenges of conducting a research project of this kind.<\/p>\n

After the seminar, there will be a poster session to showcase the project\u2019s main research findings. Lunch will be served (RSVP required)<\/p>\n

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim McDaniels<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning<\/p>\n

Douw Steyn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Emeritus, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS)<\/p>\n

Mark Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and EOAS<\/p>\n

Kai Chan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor, IRES<\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL GUEST\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andrea Suarez<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director of the Centre for Mesoamerica for Sustainable Development of the Dry Tropics (CEMEDE), National University of Costa Rica<\/p>\n

RESEARCHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Silja Hund<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD Student EOAS<\/p>\n

Laura Morillas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Research Fellow IRES and EOAS<\/p>\n

Paige Olmsted<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow IRES, Visiting Fellow Copenhagen Business School<\/p>\n

Alejandra Echeverri<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD Student IRES<\/p>\n

Daniel Karp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Killam Postdoctoral Fellow IRES, Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology UC Davis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FuturAgua project:\u00a0 Fostering regional drought resilience in Northwestern Costa Rica through international collaborative action research Thursday, November 23, 2017 Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory Building 2202 Main Mall, UBC Point Grey Campus Vancouver Research Seminar: 12:30-1:30pm, AERL Theatre (room 120) Poster Session + Lunch: 1:30-2:30pm, AERL Foyer RSVP required for lunch:\u00a0futuraguaproject@gmail.com The FuturAgua project is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3883,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions\/3883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}