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Dr. Layne Coppock

Dr. Layne Coppock
Associate Professor (Range Ecology and Management, International Development, Systems Analysis)
Department: Ecology Center, Environment & Society
Departmental Role: Environment & Society Faculty
Status: Faculty
Location:  NR 140
Office Phone:  435.797.1262
Fax:  435.797.4048
Utah State University
College of Natural Resources
5215 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-5215

Courses:
ENVS 3330- Environment and Society 
ENVS 4950/6900- ST: Study Abroad (Kenya, Ethiopia)
ENVS 6000/7000- Theoretical Foundations in Human Dimensions
ENVS 6700/7700- Approaches in Human Dimensions

Graduate Students:
Yared Fubusa - Ph.D.-Human Dimensions

Other Departmental and Program Affiliations:
Principal Investigator, the Pastoral Risk Management (PARIMA) project
Collaborator, Gombe School of Environment & Society (GOSESO- Tanzania)
Principal Investigator, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Institute for Outdoor Recreation & Tourism
Ecology Center

 
Biography:
My students, colleagues, and I primarily investigate ways to promote sustainable livelihoods via risk management and poverty reduction among people inhabiting rangelands and smallholder farming systems around the world.  Our main research locations have been in eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania) as well as throughout rural Utah.  We look for cost-effective interventions often involving livlihood diversification, education, and improved management of natural resources.  Examples of recent projects include: (1) Collective action among pastoral women in southern Ethiopia; (2) drought coping strategies among Utah ranchers; (3) adoption of soil and water conservation practices among farmers in Rift Valley watershed of central Kenya; and (4) the role of education in promoting wealth creation and wildlife conservation among farmers in the Kigoma Region of western Tanzania.