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David lopez carr implications of urban vs rural fertility rates the case of guatemala
David Lopez-Carr is a Professor of Geography at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he directs the Human-Environment Dynamics Lab and is co-director of the University of California Global Health Institute Planetary Health Center of Expertise (PHCOE). He received a PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in geography and a BA in Hispanic Literature with a minor in geology from Bates College. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has lived, worked, and traveled extensively in Latin America and in over 70 countries worldwide and speaks six languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Q'eqchi Maya.
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- David lopez carr implications of urban vs rural fertility rates the case of guatemala
- Biography
- Professional Appointments
- Selected Awards and Honors
- References
Biography
David Lopez-Carr had a rural upbringing in New Hampshire and Maine that spurred an early fascination with nature and geography. He graduated from Orono (Maine High School) and studies abroad for a year in La Palma del Condado, Huelva, Spain. After attending Bates College (1993), and a brief stint as a Legislative Assistant for former US Senate Majority Leader, George Mitchell, Lopez-Carr worked in Ecuador on a Fulbright Grant. Here his focus on the human impact on the environment became more pronounced as a tour guide in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and as a translator to Spanish and to English of Latin American history, poetry (http://geog.ucsb.edu/~carr/DCarr_Publications/peaton_book.pdf), and environmental law. He went on to become a graduate researcher with the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina, where he earned a PhD in Geography (2002) followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in Biostatistics. A three time cancer survivor, he is married to fellow geographer, and LeSorelle (http://www.lesorelleimports.com) co-owner, Dr. Anna Lopez-Carr, with whom he has a 5 year old son, Xé Aurelio. His current research focuses on links among population, health, rural development, agriculture, and marine and forest resource use and conservation. He has ongoing projects in Latin America, Africa, and Asia and has collaborated extensively with conservation and development organizations, including WWF, CI, TNC, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) . He was a lead author on the “Land” and ‘’Drivers’’ chapters for the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) Global Environmental Outlook (Geo-5) published as the UN’s position statement for the Rio de Janeiro 2012 World Summit.