Students ICN-UN

PhD students with FP-7 PALMS funding:

Néstor García

Managements of the palms Astrocaryum chambira, Astrocaryum standleyanum, Astrocaryum malybo, and Aphandra natalia, for sustainable fiber extraction.
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Martha Isabel Vallejo

Management of the palm Euterpe oleracea for palm heart extraction.
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Jaime Alberto Navarro Lopéz

Management of the palms Lepidocaryum tenue, Iriartea deltoidea, and Socratea exorrhiza, used for construction in Amazonia.
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María José Sanín

Assessing the loss of genetic diversity in Ceroxylon (Palmae) as a consequence of forest fragmentation. In collaboration with WP2-Ecosystem resilience and limits of functioning and co-supervised by Jean-Christophe Pintaud, IRD
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Carolina Isaza

MSc students with FP-7 PALMS funding:

María Claudia Torres

Harvest impact and management of Copernicia tectorum, a palm used for handicrafts in the Caribbean region of Colombia
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Laura Mesa

Palm ethnobotany in the Colombian Amazon.
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Eva Ledezma

Ethnobotany and economic botany of palms in the Pacific lowlands of Colombia.
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Natalia Valderrama

The contribution of Colombian palm products to national and international markets. In collaboration with WP4-Small Industries and Trade based on Palm Products and co-supervised by Maximilian Weigend, FUB
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