"Tracing Darwin's Path" students pause for lunch.
In the distance, Robálo Mountain Range...

The TDP classroom experience...

Exploring the Miniature Forests of Cape Horn...

Stream ecology in Southern Chile...

Entrance to Omora Ethnobotanical Park

Tourism with a handlens

Studying birds in Cape Horn

The Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, coordinated by the University of North Texas in the United States and the University of Magallanes and the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity in Chile, works to "link biological and cultural conservation with social well-being from the southernmost end of the Americas." Begun as a local effort at the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in 2000, the program today is an international and interdisciplinary venture, whose partner institutions in the United States and Chile work to integrate the ecological sciences and environmental ethics. As a long-term socio-ecological research, education and conservation program in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, the Omora Alliance is developing innovative ways to address intertwined environmental and social problems such as global ecological change, invasive exotic species, cultural homogenization and sustainable development. *****************************************************************************************************************************      We currently have a search open for a Senior Level Plant Ecologist in the Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems and Biological Conservation Research Cluster. The UNT System position ID#6000569. You must submit a complete on-line application to be considered for the position. ******************************************************************************************************                                         See the news article in Science Daily on the Miniature Forests of Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve; http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071024123233.htm ******************************************************************************************************