The Bay Area Tropical Forest Network (BATFN) is an informal social network in the Bay Area broadly interested in tropical forest conservation and ecology. We gather monthly, typically for a happy hour beverage in the Peninsula area. Our goal is to foster peer-to-peer networking in a relaxed atmosphere where ideas, data, and collaboration flow freely! This is a great opportunity to connect with media, scientists, economists, foundations, activists, artists and many others thinking about these issues. Everyone is welcome! Next meeting When: Thursday, June 24, 2010 Time: 6:00-9:00pm Where: Stanford University Address: Ray's on Stanford University Campus; Stanford University 750 Escondido Rd. Stanford, CA. One-year anniversary of Bay Area Tropical Forest Network. BATFN is also pleased to announce a special guest speaker: Brodie Ferguson, a Stanford anthropologist working with Afro-indigenous and Ebera communities to establish a REDD-funded forest conservation project in a former conflict zone in the Colombian Darien. Dr. Ferguson will discuss the realities of implementing a REDD project in a remote and difficult region. The short presentation will be followed by time for Q&A. Rhett Butler of mongabay.com may also provide a short run-through of recent tropical forest developments. Most of the evening will be left open for networking and conversation. Contact Rhett Butler if you have questions about BATFN. History: BATFN 1 (Jun 2009): Stanford University. BATFN 2 (Jul 2009): Stanford University. Presentation: Tropical forest news highlights for June 2009 (Rhett Butler) BATFN 3 (Aug 2009): California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco BATFN 4 (Sep 2009): UC Berkeley. Presentation: What we know and what we still need to find out about deforestation in Brazil (Maria Bowman) BATFN 5 (Oct 2009): UC Berkeley. BATFN 6 (Nov 2009): Stanford University. Presentation: Oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesian Borneo: Tipping points and tradeoffs (Kim Carlson) BATFN 7 (Dec 2009): Stanford University. Presentation: How rainforest shamans heal (Chris Herndon) BATFN 8 (Jan 2010): UC Berkeley. Presentation: An overview of REDD and what happened in Copenhagen (Rhett Butler) BATFN 9 (Feb 2010): RAN-San Francisco. Presentation: Palm oil and plantation forestry in Indonesia (Lafcadio Cortesi) BATFN 10 (Mar 2010): Stanford University. Presentation: Global policies as a framework for effective local action to reduce deforestation (Suzi Kerr) BATFN 11 (Apr 2010): Stanford University. Film: Owners of the Water - Conflict and Collaboration Over Rivers (Laura Graham) BATFN 12 (May 2010): UC Berkeley. The Climate Impacts of Cattle Ranching Intensification in Brazil. (Avery Cohen) BATFN 13 (Jun 2010): Stanford University. Presentation: Tropical forest news highlights for June 2010 (Rhett Butler) The idea for BATFN emerged somewhere between the Stanford campus and nearby walking trails, as Holly Gibbs and Rhett Butler discussed ideas to strengthen the tropical forest community in the Bay Area. Both Rhett and Holly saw a huge potential for community-building around a critical research and communication area. BATFN has been a great success from the start owing to the strong and sociable community surrounding us. { About | Facebook Page | Board | Participants | Supporters | Tropical Forest News }