{"id":137189,"date":"2025-09-12T00:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/?p=137189"},"modified":"2025-09-12T01:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:12:07","slug":"trobica-talks-advancing-forestry-research-through-smartpls-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/trobica-talks-advancing-forestry-research-through-smartpls-training\/","title":{"rendered":"TroBiCA Talks: Advancing Forestry Research through SmartPLS Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The <\/span>Center for Tropical Biodiversity, Conservation, and Agroecosystem (TroBiCA)<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu, is pleased to convene the upcoming session of <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TroBiCA Talks<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2014an intellectual forum dedicated to strengthening research capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This edition features <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Afda Refani, S.Hut., M.Si.<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, an esteemed young academic from the Department of Forestry, University of Bengkulu, who will deliver a specialized lecture on the application of <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SmartPLS in forestry<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The event is scheduled as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \ud83d\udcc5 <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Friday, 12 September 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \ud83d\udd51 <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">14.00\u201316.00 WIB<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \ud83d\udccd <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Department of Forestry, University of Bengkulu<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SmartPLS (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Partial Least Squares \u2013 Structural Equation Modeling<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">) has emerged as a robust analytical tool widely adopted in the social sciences, economics, and environmental studies. Within forestry research, its methodological strength lies in modeling complex causal relationships\u2014ranging from the institutional dynamics of social forestry and community livelihood practices, to the sustainability of agroforestry systems and socio-ecological interactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Through this session, participants will gain a theoretical understanding of SmartPLS and practical insights into its research applications, thereby equipping students, scholars, and practitioners with advanced competencies in contemporary quantitative methodologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This academic forum is open to students, reearchers, faculty members, and the broader scientific community committed to advancing interdisciplinary forestry research.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Tropical Biodiversity, Conservation, and Agroecosystem (TroBiCA) at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu, is pleased to convene the upcoming session of TroBiCA Talks\u2014an intellectual forum dedicated to strengthening research capacity. This edition features Afda Refani, S.Hut., M.Si., an esteemed young academic from the Department of Forestry, University of Bengkulu, who will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":137199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137189"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137197,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137189\/revisions\/137197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.unib.ac.id\/trobica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}