University of New Mexico, Albuquerque/Universidad de Quintana Roo
Country:
Mexico
Award Date:
2002
Award Amount:
$188,902.00
Cost Share:
$139,113.00
Other Partners:
University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center; Dirección de Zona Federal Marítimo Terrestre de la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales; Colegio de Biólogos del Tecnológico de Chetumal; Amigos del Manatí; Amigos de Sian Ka’an; University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute
The objective of this collaboration is to build the institutional capacity of Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO) to provide high-quality applied scholarship and teaching in Southeast Mexico in order to influence critical planning and policy decisions on managing natural resources in economic development. The partnership awarded fellowships to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to two UQROO students, who will complete master’s degrees in community and regional planning and then join the UQROO faculty. By educating mid-career and young practitioners at UQROO’s new Programa Postgrado de Planeación, the partnership is supporting community-based decision making in the region in natural resource management and planning. Also, through short scholarly exchanges between UNM and UQROO faculty, the partnership is generating research-based scholarship to inform policy decisions. The TIES collaboration provides a critical service to the state of Quintana Roo at a time of political and economic opportunity and challenge.