South America

At the XPRIZE Rainforest awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Marina Gatto, an Indigenous scientist from Aldeia Inhãa-Bé and a member of Team ETH BiodivX speaks on behalf of the team, which won the $250,000 Bonus Prize. From left are Kim Puremana, a representative from Aldeia Inhãa-Bé; Kamila Camilo, a team member from Instituto Oyá; Clark Geography Professor Florencia Sangermano, the only U.S. team member; and Kevin Njavo, one of several judges for the competition.

XPRIZE award honors work of Clark geographer, research team in the Amazon

student at computer with GIS software

Steinbrecher Fellow spends summer with ‘keepers of the pastures’

Florencia Sangermano attaching a recorder to a raft

72 hours in the Amazon

Geography Professor Florencia Sangermano conducts research in a forest

Clark geographer applies ecoacoustic research to assessment of the Amazon

Illustration by Melinda Beck featuring stylized community vignettes interwoven into a tree motif

Bogotá Dreams

woman standing

‘Language is a verb’

Fire in the rainforest

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest: a bellwether for human health

Red-winged blackbird on stalk in field

What can birds tell us about the health of habitats?

Coal mining in England

A deep dig into the extractives industry

two poets sitting on bench

‘Poetry is proof of the humanity we all share’