Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Kainer Lab
Led by Karen Kainer · Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
What we study
The Kainer Lab studies tropical forests in the Amazon and Mexico, focusing on community-based conservation and sustainable forest management. They combine ecological research with social science methods to understand cultural and economic factors in forest use.
What working here is like
- Plants
- Papers
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Recent papers, explained
- ‘Bleeding’ Brazil nut trees: Impacts of a local practice on fruit production
2026 · Trees Forests and People
Checks if cutting Brazil nut trees to bleed sap increases their fruit yield.
- Amazonian forest conservation through sustainable use: evidence based on Brazil nut life histories linked to human occupation
2025 · Environmental Conservation
Explores how farming affects Brazil nut trees and conservation policies.
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- Drivers of spatial and temporal patterns of non-timber forest product extraction in Southern India
2025 · Global Ecology and Conservation
Identifies why people in India harvest forest products differently.
- What affects the sustainability of a non-timber forest product value chain? A case study of an endemic palm harvested by local communities in Brazil
2025 · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Studies how a palm tree’s value chain supports local livelihoods in Brazil.
- Community‐based timber comanagement and the boundaries of people‐centered conservation in Brazil
2025 · Conservation Biology
Looks at how communities manage timber in Brazilian protected areas.
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How to reach out
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