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Musicians and audience at cultural celebration in Colombia
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Colombia

Celebrating and Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Colombia

Participants in a design prototyping activity in Brazil
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Kenya, Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea (Republic of), Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Viet Nam

American Spaces Reassessment and Design Project

Scientists using hammers and chisels to uncover fossils in Panama
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Panama

Panama Canal Project: Fossils and Global Change

Photo courtesy of GMTO.
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Chile

The Giant Magellan Telescope

Shade-grown coffee plantation in forested mountains
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Peru, Colombia, Ethiopia, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Mexico

Bird Friendly® Coffee Program

Two conservators work on mural
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Haiti

Haiti Cultural Recovery Project

Research boat lowering manned submersible into water
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Curaçao (The Netherlands)

Deep Reef Observation Project (DROP)

Underwater marine biologist studying fish and coral reef
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Belize

Reef Recovery Initiative

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Photo by María Angélica Rodríguez Ibáñez.

Olivia Cadaval

Curator, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Olivia Cadaval is Curator and Chair of Cultural Research and Education at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Since joining the Center in 1988, she has curated numerous Smithsonian Folklife Festival programs including El Rio (2000), México (2010), Colombia: The Nature of Culture (2011), and PERÚ: Pachamama (2015).

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Aldo Rincon

Doctoral Candidate, University of Florida

Aldo Rincon is a geologist and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Florida studying the origins and evolution of New World Tropics terrestrial biodiversity.

Catalina in the field. Photo courtesy of Catalina Hernandez.

Catalina Pimiento Hernandez

Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Catalina Pimiento Hernandez is a University of Zurich Post-Doctoral Fellow investigating ancient marine predators.

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Carlos Jaramillo

Paleobotanist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Carlos Jaramillo studies patterns of plant diversity and investigates their relations to climate change. As a paleobotanist (someone who studies ancient plants) at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, his research focuses on the evolution of tropical landscapes and its biota throughout geological history.

Photo credit D.L. Narango.

Mike Hallworth

Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Mike Hallworth is a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center (SMBC). He studies migratory connectivity, the connection between breeding and non-breeding areas of migratory organisms and population ecology of migratory songbirds.

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Amy Homma

Director of Digital Learning, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Amy Homma is the Director of Digital Learning at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Ecologist teaching students outdoors in Belize

Ilka Feller (Candy)

Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Candy Feller is an insect and plant ecologist studying the effects of extra nutrients from fertilizer run-off on mangrove systems over time.

Photo credit STRI.

Robert Stallard

Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Robert Stallard is a Smithsonian Scientist and Research Hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey who studies how climate change and land cover affect water flow.

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