People, Palm Trees, and Survival

Tarek E. Milleron

April 29, 2014

People, Palm Trees, and Survival

Event Description

Humans rely heavily on palm trees for food and fiber. Tarek Milleron focuses on wild palm fruit harvests in northern South America, where long traditions of climbing have given way to cutting down whole trees, wiping out the resource in local areas.

Speaker

Tarek E. Milleron, Ph.D., is a forest ecologist who has worked on wild palm fruit harvests in Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela.

More Information

Read "People, Palm Trees, and Survival," Ana Galvis-Martínez and León Ávila's article on Tarek E. Milleron's findings for the Spring 2014 Berkeley Review