University of Vermont and State Agricultural College/ Universidad Anáhuac de Xalapa
Country:
Mexico
Award Date:
2005
Award Amount:
$490,692.00
Cost Share:
$520,931.00
Other Partners:
Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Quintana Roo, Universidad Anáhuac Oaxaca, Universidad Anáhuac Cancún, Universidad Anáhuac Mérida.
The UVM/UAX partnership will collaborate to develop a research and training process to transfer research technology, tools and methodologies in integral management of watershed regions from the U.S. to Mexico. The research training process will entail gathering theoretical information (tools, methodologies, best practices, expertise), developing an integrated major case study in the watershed region of Antigua, and disseminating trans-disciplinary knowledge, findings, and results through publications and local stakeholder workshops in several states in Mexico. Partnership activities will include master’s degree training in natural resources or business administration combined with a certificate in ecological economics, trans-disciplinary regional research with students and faculty in Mexico on watershed management, environmental mitigation strategies, public policy, and local market opportunities in concordance with environmental conservation criteria. Partners will also facilitate community workshops to apply research findings and develop an Ecological Economic Center, housed at the Universidad Anáhuac de Xalapa and expanded to satellite centers, in an effort to enhance interdisciplinary education and research and to provide stakeholder services through workshops and strategic planning on environmental management and economic regional and community development.