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University of Hawai`i at Hilo - Master of Science in Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science

On this website you will find information about the overall mission of the program, how you go about applying to the program, the degree requirements once you are in the program and the research and educational interests of the faculty and students in the program. Please contact us if you have any questions.

The Master of Science Program in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science (TCBES) is a well established program involving 30 faculty, 41 affiliated faculty mentoring 50 graduate students. The participating faculty reside in the Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, and Marine Science Departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, and in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management. As a multidisciplinary, multicollege program, TCBES encourages and facilitates sustained collaboration across the research areas of ecological and evolutionary genetics, ecosystems analyses and responses to environmental change, cyberinfrastructure for environmental research and geospatial analyses. The Island of Hawaii offers fantastic opportunities for research in topics related to TCBES. Faculty and students engage in projects in environments that range from marine coastal habitats, tropical rain forests, mesic and dry forests and shrublands, and rivers. A core component of the TCBES Program involves research collaborations between faculty/students and Federal/State agencies on the Island of Hawai`i. These agencies provide stipends and/or research funds for several of our TCBES students.

News & Events

TCBES Seminar  

 Dr. Yvonne Chan

Wed,  8 Oct.
12-1pm
PB 13-2

Next meeting
Thursday 2 Oct
 5:30pm til pau

Leleiwi Park, Keaukaha      

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Natural History & Conservation Seminar 

Evelyn Wight

Tues, 7 Oct,
12–1 p.m. 
US Forest Service

"Why can't we just do what we need to do to protect the forest without telling anyone? "

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