Felipe Murtinho, PhD
Professor
Special Assistant to the Provost for Global Engagement
Chair, Department of International Studies
International Studies, Public Affairs and Nonprofit Leadership & Environmental Studies
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Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Community-Based Natural Resource Management
Adaptation to Environmental Change
Payment for Environmental Services
Water, Grasslands and Forest Management
Perceptions on Climate-Water-Ecosystem Relations
Latin America
My research seeks to better understand how rural communities in the Global South impact their environment and how they respond to changes in the natural resource systems that they depend on for their livelihoods. In the context of global climate change, a critical question in local resource management is how communities change their resource use behaviors, both with regards to mitigation (or activities aimed at reducing the problem of CO2 emissions) and adaptation (activities aimed to cope with uncertain environmental variability such as natural hazards). My research aims to contribute to these questions by examining how rural communities in Latin America adapt to environmental variability, and work to mitigate environmental degradation. Specifically, my work focuses on water, paramos (high-altitude grassland) and forest management.
Contact information:
Contact information:
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES and PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP | SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Email: murtinhf@seattleu.edu
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