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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: 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. |