Professor Dr. Sara Diamond

Biography

Sara Diamond holds a Ph.D. and currently works at the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Geography and the Environment. Her research focuses on the drivers of natural resource use governance strategies in rural communities within the Peruvian Amazon. Specifically, she examines the gendered aspects of resource governance, management priority setting, climate change adaptation, and participation in formal resource policy processes. Additionally, she is a faculty member of the Dragons semester abroad program focusing on the Andes and Amazon. Sara also serves as a research consultant for the Center for International Forestry Research, where she investigates multi-scalar resource governance and climate change adaptation strategies in the Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Communal Conservation Area in Loreto, Peru. Previously, she has worked with various organizations, including the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-Peru), Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental de Amazônia (IPAM) in Brazil, Amazon Conservation Association in Peru, Green Science Policy Institute, Women's Earth Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity, and Amazon Watch.

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