In the beginning of May 2007, one of our ACT graduate students, Doris Navarro was awarded with a research fellowship from the InterAmerican Foundation. This fellowship is directed to PhD. candidates whose research proposals are related to grassroots development in Latin American Countries. Ms. Doris Navarro is interested in understanding the role of community organization on household economy and land use/land cover change in colonization areas of the Lower Brazilian Amazon. Right now she is in Santarem, Para State, conducting her dissertation fieldwork.
