Dr. Betsy Beymer-Farris

Director of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program, University of Kentucky

Betsy Beymer-Farris is the director of the environmental and sustainability studies program at the University of Kentucky. She received a doctoral degree in geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has more than 20 years of experience working in Tanzania, where she conducts research on gender, climate change, marine and coastal resource conservation, aquaculture and human rights.

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Oceans of Opportunity: Seaweed, Sustainability and the Blue Economy

As one of the most resource-rich coastal states on the planet, Tanzania faces the unique responsibility of protecting its marine ecosystem while also harnessing its economic potential. Can seaweed aquaculture combat climate change by removing carbon from the water, dampening wave energy and protecting shorelines from erosion? Go beneath the surface as we strive to […]