CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Education and Training Program in Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation
The Deadline for Applications is 12 March 2010.
START and the Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, with support from the MacArthur Foundation are pleased to announce the 2010 Education and Training Program on Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation in the Albertine Rift Region of Africa.
Applicants
Applications are invited from early to mid-career conservation researchers and practitioners; masters-level graduate students; and university educators currently teaching courses related to conservation and natural resource management. Applicants must be African nationals; priority will be given to applicants from Albertine Rift countries i.e. Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
Program content
The program will offer interdisciplinary learning through the use of course modules that allow participants to acquire knowledge and skills in assessing climate change risks to ecosystems and biodiversity, and strategies for their conservation, and through field externship projects whereby participants are able to apply what they have learned in the course to actual conservation efforts in the region.
Participants who are university educators will receive focused training in the use and application of distance learning modules on climate change and biodiversity conservation, rather than participating in field externship projects.
Duration
Course modules will be offered at Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam from July 19 September 3, 2010. Externship projects will commence immediately following completion of coursework, and are anticipated to last approximately two months. Training in distance learning modules will commence on 6 September 2010 and last approximately one week.
Deadline
The Deadline for Applications is: March 12, 2010. Program details and application materials are available at:
The International START Secretariat: www.start.org
The Pan-African START Secretariat: http://pass-africa.org
The institute of Resource Assessment: www.ira.udsm.ac.tz
For further enquiries, please contact:
Jyoti Kulkarni
International START Secretariat
Dr. Pius Yanda, Director,
Institute of Resource Assessment
Lauren Gibbons
International START Secretariat
2000 Florida Av. NW Washington, DC 20009
Tel: +1 202 462 2213
Fax: +1 202 457 5859
Email: lgibbons@start.org
Web: http://www.start.org
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