Potential research areas and topics include

• biotechnology  

• carbon dynamics and modeling     

• climatic impact on tropical vegetation systems

• conservation biology

• crop and forest genetics

• design and planning of agroforestry systems

• ecophysiological studies  

• eco-tourism and protected area management   

• entomology

• GIS/remote sensing  

• integrated pest management

• land-use planning and evaluation  

• molecular biology and genetic engineering

• organic farming

• plant pathology

• restoration ecology  

• socio-economic aspects of water and land resources

• semiochemical research

• tree-food crop interactions

• tropical forest ecology

• tropical plantation management

• tropical soils

• watershed management

For more detail on scientists, publications,
and research programs, see:

For more information, email:

Dr. Sanford Eigenbrode, Program Director

Dr. Glenn Galoway , Dean, Graduate School, CATIE

Dr. John Hammel, Dean, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Dr. Alton Campbell, Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources