Ivette Perfecto Ph.D.

Expertise: Tropical ecology, agroecology, political ecology

Academic Discipline: Natural Resources, Ecology

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment

Phone: (734) 764-1433

E-mail: perfecto@umich.edu

· Biological diversity in managed and natural ecosystems, patterns of biodiversity
· Effects of agricultural transformation, particularly in Central America.
· Political ecology of tropical rain forest transformation, conservation and sustainable development in the Third World -- especially Latin America
· U.S. pesticide regulations and farm workers.