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A Visit from Professor Rodolfo Dirzo

January 9th, 2009
Rodolfo Dirzo leads a discussion.

Last week, Professor Rodolfo Dirzo (Stanford, UNAM) joined us in the village of Ixil, Yucatán, to talk about ecology and local biodiversity with a group of Proyecto Itzaes students and mentors from four of our villages. The following day, we explored ejido land surrounding Ixil, including the ruins of a small pyramid and participants learned [...]

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