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SER Opens Search for New Executive Director The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International has opened its search to fill the position of Executive Director. The application deadline is Monday, August 18, 2008. For a complete set of duties and qualifications, please go to http://www.ser.org/pdf/edjobdesc.pdf |
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Get Involved / Community-Based Restoration
Public Input Sought on Herring River Restoration Project
The public is invited to participate in two upcoming meetings to provide input on the Herring River Restoration Project. The first meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 14, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Wellfleet Senior Center, and the second meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the senior center.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/truro/news/x420507502/Public-input-sought-on-Herring-River-Restoration-Project
Coastal Activists Descend on Houma This Week
Don't be surprised if young activists show up on your doorstep this week hoping to talk with you about the importance of wetland restoration. The Gulf Restoration Network, a New Orleans-based environmental group dedicated to maintaining the Gulf of Mexico's health, is sending groups of canvassers door-to-door to promote its new campaign, "Defend Our Wetlands, Defend Ourselves."
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20080804/ARTICLES/808040302&title=Coastal_activists_descend_on_Houma_this_week
ESA to Feature Wide Range of Presentations
The Ecological Society of America will hold its 93rd annual meeting on Aug. 3-8, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wis. The society was founded in 1915 to promote the practice and awareness of ecological science. This year's meeting will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of ecology and linking research with education. A wide range of University of Wisconsin-Madison research will be presented at the meeting, including a number of presentations of interest to environmental reporters. Highlights are included in this tipsheet.
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/543157/
New York: Forest Stewardship Volunteering
Enjoy the outdoors and be a steward of your local natural areas! To assist the ongoing forest restoration project at Conference House Park, we will remove invasive plant species, preventing their spread and encouraging our native plant and animal community to recover. Come and learn while you lend a hand toward a healthy ecosystem!
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events_search.php?id=139032
Alaska: Nine Teens Help Restore Habitat
Nine students from the Upper Susitna Valley took part in corps projects sponsored by the Upper Susitna Soil and Water Conservation District this year. Each year teens in the corps program learn how to build trails, restore habitat and attack invasive weeds, and also develop leadership and job skills, said interim district manager Cynthia Olsen.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/481197.html
Colorado: Volunteers Needed for Wildlands Project near Fort Collins
For the first time, the Canyon Lakes Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest will host a Wildlands Restoration Volunteers' project from Sept. 6-7 near Fort Collins, according to a press release. Those participating will install in-stream drop structures to create plunge pools for trout and other aquatic life. The project benefits boreal toads, trout and species of rare plants, the release stated.
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20080730/NEWS/572286448/1033&parentprofile=-1
Thailand: Citylife Goes Tree Planting
On Sunday 6th July, more than 30 staff of Citylife magazine in Chiang Mai spearheaded a tree planting event in the hills of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park in Ban Mae Sa Mai. More than 250 volunteers from various organisations including Suthep-Pui National Park, FORRU (Chiang Mai University Forest Restoration Unit), Doi Suthep officers and villagers and students from Chiang Mai Technical College joined in.
http://www.chiangmainews.com/forumn/viewtopic.php?id=213
Colorado: Youth Corps Helps Remove Dead Trees Near Dillon
A diverse group of stakeholders has come together to protect a vital water supply from being damaged by pine beetles. The Straight Creek Forest Restoration Project is happening along Interstate 70 on the west side of the Eisenhower Tunnel.
http://cbs4denver.com/local/watershed.dillon.straight.2.784703.html
Draft Revised Recovery Plan for Mojave Population of the Desert Tortoise Released
We, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of a draft revised recovery plan for the Mojave population of the desert tortoise for public review and comment. We must receive any comments on the draft recovery plan on or before November 3, 2008.
http://www.muirnet.net/?p=929 |
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People in the News
The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards
The James Irvine Foundation announced today the recipients of the 2008 Leadership Awards. Now in its third year, the awards celebrate extraordinary leaders for their success tackling some of California's critical challenges and publicize practical solutions that can inform policymaking and better the lives of even more Californians. This year's recipients include 12 extraordinary Californians from six organizations working to improve the health of minority communities, reduce the impact of climate change, rehabilitate gang members, advocate for foster youth and give low-income workers better access to mainstream financial services. Each organization will receive $125,000.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/james-irvine-foundation-leadership-awards/story.aspx?guid=%7B9C8F37B2-A17F-40C2-B85B-2657DC1CBFBE%7D&dist=hppr |
| New Books & Articles
The Emerging Scientific Discipline of Aeroecology
In the history of science and technology, there is an infrequent combination of empirical discoveries, theories and technology developments converge that make it possible to recognize a new discipline. Past examples include marine biology, biomechanics and astrobiology with more recent developments of nanotechnology and bioinformatics - all disciplines that are now well established in the lexicon of modern science and technology. Aeroecology is one such emerging discipline, noted Thomas H. Kunz, Boston University Professor of Biology and Director of the Center of Ecology and Conservation Biology and the lead author of "Aeroecology: probing and modeling the aerosphere," a research report* in Integrative and Comparative Biology, based on a symposium sponsored by the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/bu-tes073108.php
A New History of Point Reyes
A naturalist with a primary research focus on wetland restoration and avian ecology, Evens has lived in West Marin for more than 30 years. He is a research associate with the Point Reyes Bird Observatory Conservation Science and Audubon Canyon Ranch, and founder of Avocet Research Associates. The book could easily have been a straightforward, science-heavy tome. But the author's lyric prose includes many of his own experiences in nature, often with a refreshing sense of both discovery and wonder.
http://www.ptreyeslight.com/cgi/latest_news.pl?record=167 |
| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
Ecuador is First Country to Include Nature's Rights in Constitution!
The recent New Moon update from the Pachamama Alliance announced that just a few weeks ago on July 7th, Ecuador adopted a new constitution which includes the rights of Nature. Ecuador is the first country to recognize the value of ecosystems officially. It's aim is to foster a new model of develop with humanity in harmony with our natural systems.
http://sustainablewealth.blogspot.com/2008/08/ecuador-is-first-country-to-include.html |
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
First Nations have Say in Conservation
Last week's paper ran a letter advocating endangered species legislation. In regards to developing new legislation dealing with the wildlife protection of species at risk, any such law must take into full consideration indigenous traditional knowledge. There are two reasons why this is important. The first is that aboriginal stewardship of the environment and resources is a constitutionally protected right and secondly, it is most likely, the best approach.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/lakecountrycalendar/opinion/26308439.html |
| Agro-Ecology
Washington: WSU Teams Up with Umatillas for Native Plant Restoration
Dozens of species of plants that covered the Mid-Columbia before the landscape gave way to crops and manicured lawns will be grown in a new greenhouse at Washington State University Tri-Cities. "I view this as a new branch of agriculture," said Steven Link, WSU extension ecologist and associate scientist in the school of biological sciences.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/261973.html
Nebraska: Restored Wetland Provides Habitat for Wildlife, Enjoyment for Farm Couple
When you first pull into Max and Regina Leininger's farm just southwest of Sutton, Neb., you know you've arrived somewhere special. Regina's yard is full of beautiful flowers, plants, bird houses and various "lawn art." When you enter their century-old farm house you feel like you've stepped into a museum. Walls are full of unique items too numerous to count. Each one holds its own individual story and is a special treasure to the Leiningers. Another special treasure located just to the south of their house is a 30-acre wetland.
http://www.hpj.com/archives/2008/aug08/aug4/Wetlandbecomesanotherfamily.cfm |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
UK: Traditional Forests Endangered by Climate Change and Disease
Traditional woodlands are facing their biggest upheaval since the last Ice Age as global warming and disease threaten indigenous species that have flourished in Britain for thousands of years.
Experts have predicted that native trees are likely to retreat from the warmer regions in the south of the country leaving forests dominated by imported species that are better adapted to dealing with dry conditions.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2493606/Traditional-forests-endangered-by-climate-change-and-disease.html
DOI Sets New Conservation Mechanism for Threatened and Endangered Species
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said yesterday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has developed an innovative new tool designed to help federal agencies conserve imperiled species on non-federal lands. The recovery crediting system will give federal agencies greater flexibility to offset impacts to threatened and endangered species caused by their actions by undertaking conservation efforts on non-federal lands, with the requirement that there is a net benefit to recovery of the species impacted.
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=82178&cat=1 |
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Colorado: Restoring the Forest Rankles Neighbors
The county, with the blessing of the state Forest Service and researchers at the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University, is embarking on a relatively radical forest restoration project at Bald Mountain Scenic Area, about five miles up Sunshine Canyon. Foresters there are cutting down hundreds of trees in an attempt to return the area to its pre-settlement state.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/aug/04/restoring-forest-rankles-neighbors/ |
| Wetland Restoration
Hawaii: Wetlands Restoration Plan Clogged
The Manabas are trying to be granted an exemption for a Special Management Area (SMA) major permit for the wetlands area where they once bred ogo, shrimp and tilapia. They have been ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on several occasions over the last few years to restore the wetlands by removing soil and other fill on the property that resulted from the creation a new channel for the Keawuni stream while they were leasing land for their farms.
http://www.themolokaidispatch.com/node/2335
Florida: New Vegetation Maps Will Improve Everglades Restoration
Map specialists, scientists and vegetation experts at the South Florida Water Management District have created the most detailed vegetation maps ever produced of the southern Everglades, giving water and land managers an additional tool to guide Everglades restoration. The new vegetation maps identify the locations of exotic and native species across several thousand square miles in South Florida, providing a baseline to measure improvements from hydrologic and water quality restoration programs.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2008/2008-07-30-091.asp |
River & Watershed Restoration
Heavy Lifting Involved in King County Habitat Restoration Project on Newaukum Creek
Some fish and wildlife habitat restoration projects are small enough to be done by a handful of volunteers using shovels, pick axes and other hand tools. That's not the case for a new King County restoration that is improving habitat at the confluence of Newaukum Creek and the Green River. Project managers employed a massive Chinook helicopter to bring in an estimated 60 logs weighing thousands of pounds apiece that will form the backbone of an enhanced lower Newaukum Creek - an important tributary to the Green River that supports several salmon and trout species, plus numerous other wildlife species.
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/dnrp/newsroom/newsreleases/2008/august/0805Newaukum-Creek.aspx
New Hampshire: Exeter River Studies Address the Kitchen Sink
Local officials, residents and state agencies are taking a coordinated approach to protect a valuable resource, the Exeter River. Members of the Exeter River Local Advisory Committee, representatives of towns within the watershed and residents gathered Tuesday at the Rockingham County Nursing Home to learn about two new studies that are taking unprecedented approaches in New Hampshire to learn how to better protect and restore the Exeter River.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080803/NEWS/808030342&sfad=1
Colorado: Uncompahgre Plateau Project Awarded Grant for Riparian Buffer
The Umcompahgre Plateau Project in Montrose and Delta counties will receive a $40,000 federal grant to restore and protect 23 miles of riparian buffer along the Gunnison River. The grant was announced July 12 by the National Association of Counties (NACo). NACo has awarded $246,100 in grants through the Five Star Program Partnership to sustain 10 projects in various counties across the country to help implement locally-driven wetland and watershed restoration projects.
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3455:uncompahgre-plateau-project-awarded-grant-for-riparian-buffer&catid=34:delta&Itemid=72 |
| Grassland Restoration
Audio: Return of the Tallgrass Prairie
The largest prairie and wetland restoration project in the nation is taking shape in northwestern Minnesota. When it's completed, the Glacial Ridge project will be a 35,000 acre national wildlife refuge.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/07/31/glacial_ridge_national_wildlife_refuge/
Illinois: Lampe Grassland Regained
The warning from Doug Franks sounded ominous, even in the past tense. "The area we are going to see was once a seriously degraded site," he said before we hiked into far northern reaches of Jubilee College State Park. Degraded might have been the wrong choice of words, though. More accurate would be to term the site's former condition as "typical" or "common." In Illinois you can find countless "natural areas" that are stripped of diversity and bear little resemblance to their original condition. Particularly hard hit are grasslands. About 99 percent of the native Illinois prairie is gone. Even in state parks, there's far too much brome, fescue and other non-imaginative ground covers.
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x478788068/Prairie-regained |
| Lake Restoration
Aral Sea Rescue Plan a 'Partial Success'
One of the 20th century's great ecological disasters has been partly reversed, according to a report that claims the waters are rising once more in part of the Aral sea. The team behind an Aral sea restoration plan claims that the water level in the northern part of the sea in central Asia has risen by 30% in three years because a dyke has been built and leaking irrigation channels mended. As a result the amount of water flowing down the Syr Daria River into the sea has increased.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/01/endangeredhabitats.conservation
Massachusetts: Restoration Plans Change
Plans to scale back the restoration of a heavily polluted lake has environmentalists demanding answers and asking regulators to rethink plans to bury the pollution under a cap of clean sand and soil. When the PCB cleanup settlement was finalized in October 2000, proponents said Silver Lake -- a large pond that sits next to General Electric's 250-acre plant -- would be capped, trapping the pollution under a clean cover. The contaminated fish would be removed and their habitat restored.
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2467416.html |
| Coastal & Marine Restoration
Audio: Along Gulf Coast, Talk Of Restoring Wetlands
Researchers working along the Gulf Coast are proposing the restoration of the region's wetlands, which act as a natural speed bump for storms. The plan is part of discussions of how best to protect against another hurricane.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93313791&ft=1&f=1025
California: Endangered Sensitive Plants Given New Life
Senior biologist Mark Dodero and his environmental team are nearly finished with two major restoration projects of one endangered plant and one highly sensitive plant at Otay Ranch in Chula Vista. The 10-year conservation project was directed by RECON, a San Diego-based environmental consulting firm.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080802-9999-1sz2otay.html
The Ocean Foundation and Seagrass Recovery Come Together
The Ocean Foundation and Seagrass Recovery today announced the launch of the Restore-A-Scar program aimed at restoring seagrass scars found off the coasts of Florida, New York, California and Washington. Seagrass meadows sustain the most damage from boat propellers, anchors and vessel groundings that rip seagrass from the sea floor and leave scars that are vulnerable to further erosion and, left unchecked, can eventually destroy the whole seagrass bed. It is estimated that 70 percent of all marine life in the ocean is directly dependent upon seagrass.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/ocean-foundation-seagrass-recovery-come/story.aspx?guid=%7BB58A3259-43D6-413C-8C4D-551558CB9CCF%7D&dist=hppr
Connecticut: Mitchell College Preparing To Restore Its Beach
Lester and Kimberly Blake, also an associate professor of life sciences and mathematics at the college, are overseeing a project to restore the beach by fencing off the shrinking dunes, closing off all but one of the foot paths from the parking lot to the beach, replanting native beach grasses that hold the dunes in place, building a boardwalk and installing handicapped accessibility equipment. The five-year, $50,000 project will also entail removing the vast thickets of oriental bittersweet, mugwort, Japanese knotweed, tree-of-heaven and other nonnative, invasive plants that have crowded out the native grasses and shrubs that should be growing there.
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=c8da375d-b388-4141-978b-eede5aff9f3f
Louisiana: Grant will Help Plant Cypress in Wetlands
The Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs will receive a $23,800 federal grant to restore and protect 10,560 feet of buffer along the banks of the Bayou Segnette Waterway.
http://www.nola.com/picayunes/t-p/wbpicayunes/index.ssf?/base//news-15/1217482485154890.xml&coll=1
Hawaii: $500K Devoted to Waikiki Beach Restoration
The state has released $500,000 for planning and design work to restore and improve sections of Waikiki Beach and ensure that the beach continues to serve as a dynamic ecosystem that can buffer the effects of storm waves and high tides.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080731/BREAKING01/80731060/-1/LOCALNEWSFRONT
California: Island Restoration Continues in Spurts
Restoration of Inner Bair Island is proceeding sporadically, but officials are optimistic the work will be completed by the 2011 target date. Since the effort to raise the level of the 3,000-acre island began about a year ago, almost 180,000 cubic yards of dirt has been trucked onto the site - enough to cover 28 football fields a yard deep, officials said.
http://www.theburlingamedailynews.com/article/2008-8-3-dredging |
| Extractive Industries
$30m World Bank Loan to Improve Argentine Mining Environmental Remediation
The World Bank will give a $30 million loan to Argentina's Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA) to remediate closed uranium mines; a step the bank hopes will improve the nation's ability to manage environmental risks in the mining sector as a whole. The bank's Mining Environmental Restoration Program will finance the Argentina Mining Environmental Restoration Project including remediation of the closed uranium processing site in close proximity to the municipality of Maralgüe, where 15,000 residents could be directly affected by potential impacts from the site.
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page68?oid=58653&sn=Detail |
| Invasive Species
Australia Bans Exotic Cat Breed
Australia has banned imports of an exotic breed of cat, calling it an extreme risk to the country's native wildlife, a minister said Sunday. So-called "Savannah" cats are a cross between domestic cats and an African wildcat known as the serval. They tend to be spotted with slightly larger ears than other cats and have become popular with some cat-lovers.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5joR9StjuU8MmpTfTRJSu-8U0Pglw |
| Urban Restoration
Connecting Fragments
Patterns in the new global urban landscape-cities that have received the influx of economic refugees from the surrounding rural edge and further away-are becoming a rich and complex combination of form, pattern and use. The underlying dynamic ecology, be it estuaries and wetlands or deserts and mountains, and the personal memory landscapes brought by the new-city working class (be it Tibetan monks in New York or Bangladeshi boatmen in Dubai) provide a new way to perceive and design urban landscapes based on natural systems and personal recollection. These new exotic landscapes are more than the juxtaposition of dissonant objects and spaces on speculative real estate, like Disneyland on Florida marsh, Pyramids in Nevada and Islands in the Dubai sand. They represent the connection of fragments-nature and memory- jarring visuals systems based on ecological processes and cultural needs.
http://the-landscape.blogspot.com/2008/08/connecting-fragments.html
Oregon: Restoration Due for Historic Springfield Millrace
For 25 years, city leaders tried to bring it back to life, but there was no money. Now the project has $1.2 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. That and other funding will mean a new look for the millrace after work begins next summer. Millraces were built before electricity to detour river water to turn power wheels to run sawmills and gristmills. Springfield's ran 3.5 miles from the Middle Fork of the Willamette through Springfield to the river's main branch.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/08/restoration_due_for_historic_s.html |
| Recreation & Tourism
Idaho: Lion's Park Restoration Nearly Complete
Workers have wrapped up one of the last phases of a project to clean up years of trash accumulation and restore damaged wetlands at Lion's Park west of Hailey. The site is a former landfill that was abandoned decades ago and contained large amounts of rubbish buried underground until this summer. Spearheaded by the Hailey-based Wood River Land Trust, the project seeks to restore the area adjacent to the Big Wood River to create a larger, more naturally functioning wetland and riparian area, the group's project coordinator Kathryn Goldman said in early July.
http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005121919
California: 41-acre Park to Open along Cache Creek
A new open-space park is set to open Thursday morning north of Cache Creek in Yolo County.
The 41-acre Capay Open Space Park is located on County Road 95 and features more than two miles of walking trails, picnic tables, paved parking lots, public restrooms and future ramp access to Cache Creek, states a county news release. The park has undergone extensive habitat restoration and is home to more than 40 types of vegetation and wildlife native to California.
http://www.sacbee.com/102/story/1126086.html |
| Funding Opportunities
US Fish & Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals for 2009 Endangered Species Grants
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking proposals from States and U.S. Territories interested in obtaining federal grant assistance to acquire land or conduct planning for endangered species conservation efforts. For fiscal year 2009, the President's budget request for the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (the Fund) would provide approximately $75.5 million in grant funding for conservation planning activities and habitat acquisition for federally protected species. Proposals must be submitted to the California and Nevada Regional Office by September 22, 2008. They can be sent to: USFWS Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W-2606, Sacramento, Calif., 95825.
http://www.outdoorcentral.com/outdoor_recreation/other/service-seeks-proposals-for-2009-endangered-species-grants
Iowa: Watershed Restoration Funding Closes August 22
Under this program, $4.2 million is available to support the protection and restoration of the country's water resources through a holistic watershed approach. This program is designed to encourage successful community-based approaches and techniques to protect water resources throughout the country. Governor Culver can nominate an unlimited number of meritorious projects for funding consideration by EPA. Successful applicants will be eligible for funding of $100,000 to $1 million.
http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=209602
Grant Workshops Scheduled For Nearshore Restoration Project Sponsors
A series of six workshops will be held this month and next for individuals and organizations interested in sponsoring nearshore habitat restoration and preservation projects in the Puget Sound area. The workshops, hosted by the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), will be held at various sites throughout the region.
http://outdoornewsdaily.com/index.php/archives/4222
New Zealand: Apply Now for an Environment Enhancement Grant
Landowners or groups working to protect and enhance native biodiversity in Canterbury have until the end of August to apply for contestable grants of up to $5,000 through Environment Canterbury's Environment Enhancement Fund. Financial assistance can be granted for any project that contributes to the region's indigenous biodiversity and usually involves the protection or enhancement of waterways, wetlands, coastal dunes and native vegetation. Applicants may apply more than once.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0806/S00102.htm
Fulbright Scholar Program for US Faculty and Professionals Closes August 1, 2008
The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering 109 lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in environmental science during the 2009-2010 academic year. Awards range from two months to an academic year. Faculty and professionals in environmental science may apply for awards specifically in their field or for one of the many "All Discipline" awards open to any field. The application deadline for Fulbright traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide is August 1, 2008. U.S. citizenship is required. For other eligibility requirements, detailed award descriptions, and an application, visit our website at www.cies.org, or send a request for materials to apprequest@cies.iie.org.
Fulbright Awards in Agriculture or Fisheries
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for academic year 2009-10 offers various awards for American academics and professionals in the fields of agricultural economy. The Philippines ( http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2009/award/Agr9161.htm)offers a six-months Lecturing/Research combination grant to help the development of young scholars and practitioners as well as to consult the country's Department of Agriculture. Kazakhstan ( http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2009/award/Env9494.htm ) offers awards for 4 to 10 months in environmental sciences or environmental law to lecture or lecturing/research combination. Turkmenistan ( http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2009/award/All9513.htm ) seeks for applicants in agricultural studies and water resources management; and so does Uzbekistan ( http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2009/award/All9515.htm ) Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Program Officer Mamiko Hada (mhada@cies.iie.org) with most up-to-date CV. | |
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