UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department and Autonomous Regional Corporation of the Atlantic Forge Partnership for Environmental Research and Conservation
Between March 11-14, the Autonomous Regional Corporation of the Atlantic – Corporación Autonoma Regional del Atlántico (CRA), from Barranquilla, Colombia, visited the Environmental Horticulture Department (ENH) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UF for collaborative research. The group was comprised of Dr. Jesus León Insignares, Director of CRA; Mrs. Ayari Rojano, Subdirector of Climate Change and Risk Management, Dr. Eduardo Verano de la Rosa, Governor of the Atlantic State in Colombia and two secretaries from the governor’s office. The group visited the laboratories of Dr. Kevin Begcy, Dr. Hector Perez, and Dr. Wagner Vendrame of the UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture. The group also had the opportunity to tour the HyperGator facilities and attend a field visit to Sweetwater State Park accompanied by Dr. Carrie Adams of the UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture and Dr. Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar of Family Youth and Community Services.
The goal of this MOU is to establish collaborative research in the areas of propagation and conservation of plants, including seed technology, wetlands management and conservation, coastal erosion, micropropagation, and socio-economic impacts.
We have established a similar and successful MOU with the CVC – Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca, from Cali, Colombia and this new MOU with CRA expands our international collaborative efforts in the Environmental Horticulture Department.
