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Get Involved / Community-Based Restoration
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
India: Students Take the Green Pledge
"A bad bush is better than an open place," say the students of Sidhartha High School in Karimnagar town to protect the nature from its degradation for the future generation. Participating in 'Vanamahotsavam' (massive tree plantation programme) in their school premises and also in the adjoining colonies in Mankammathota and Ramnagar, the students stressed on the need for conservation of nature by taking up plantation by each and every person. They also vowed to strive for the growth and protection of plants.
http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/07/stories/2008080750500200.htm
Minnesota: Volunteers Needed for Trout Restoration Project at Hay Creek
Trout Unlimited's (TU) Twin Cities and Hiawatha chapters in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are seeking volunteers to work on a restoration project on Hay Creek. Volunteers will be needed on August 16-17 and 23-24 to assist in making habitat improvements to the stream. Volunteers will assist in the installation of wooden structures that provide cover for trout and help seed and mulch areas alongside of the stream.
http://www.lakeelmoleader.com/articles/index.cfm?id=28600§ion=Outdoors&property_id=23&freebie_check&CFID=68286579&CFTOKEN=15783338&jsessionid=8830cb0bbecc7c284c13
$700,000 Invested in Non-Profit Environmental Education Organization
ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia, a nonprofit community development organization, today announced a $700,000 investment to provide additional opportunities for children and adults to make nature education part of daily life. With the proceeds, Wilderness Awareness School will purchase 20 acres of forestland in Duvall, WA for which they will seek Forest Stewardship Council certification.
http://www.pr-inside.com/invested-in-non-profit-environmental-r745578.htm
Canada: Forest Society Continues Kennedy Flats Restoration
For the 13th season in a row, the Central Westcoast Forest Society is leading a team of partners in a salmon habitat restoration project. Since its inception in 1995, the non-profit society and its partners have restored over 78 kilometres of stream, rehabilitated 66 hectares of riparian habitat, stabilized 48 hectares of landslide area, and deactivated 247 kilometres of forestry road.
http://www.westcoaster.ca/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=4776 |
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People in the News
Thomas Goreau on Coral Restoration with Biorock
He is a pained man on a mission. Dr Thomas J Goreau is sickened with seeing widespread and massive destruction of coral reefs that were once resplendent underwater rainforests, a joy to fishes and fishermen alike. And he has no choice but to act as the value of reefs is immeasurable. "Coral reefs provide most of the marine biodiversity, fisheries, shore protection, and tourism for over 100 countries. All of this depends on having healthy corals. No other organism can do this," says Tom.
http://www.gaiadiscovery.com/latest-people/thomas-goreau-on-coral-restoration-with-biorock.html
Basnight Wins Prestigious Environmental Award
The Conservation Council of North Carolina honored Sen. Marc Basnight as Defender of the Environment at its annual Green Tie Awards held on July 15 in Raleigh. Basnight was given the Defender of the Environment award to acknowledge his commitment and dedication to the environment. As President Pro-Tempore of the Senate has been a long time defender of North Carolina's coast and brings a pragmatic approach to his position in the Senate. He has championed restoration of shellfish habitat, advocated successfully for protection of our endangered waterways, and was the principle force behind the creation of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund.
http://obsentinel.womacknewspapers.com/articles/2008/08/13/features/feats1412.txt |
| New Books & Articles
River Restoration: Managing the Uncertainty in Restoring Physical Habitat
This book will provide a systematic overview of the issues involved in minimizing and coping with uncertainty in river restoration projects. A series of thematic sections will be used to define the various sources of uncertainty in restoration projects and how these show at different points in the life cycle (design, construction and post-construction phases) of restoration projects. The structure of the book will offer a rational theoretical analysis of the problem while providing practical guidance in managing the different sources of uncertainty. A wide range of case studies will be included from Europe, North America and Australasia
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007030210-d.html
Dynamic Aquaria
In its third edition, this praised book demonstrates how the living systems modeling of aquatic ecosystems for ecological, biological and physiological research, and ecosystem restoration can produce answers to very complex ecological questions. This book further offers an understanding developed in 25 years of living ecosystem modeling and discusses how this knowledge has produced methods of efficiently solving many environmental problems.
http://www.netbks.com/science-engineering/dynamic-aquaria-third-edition-building-living-ecosystems_9396.html |
| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
7 Steps to Solve the Global Biodiversity Crisis
The authors continue by arguing that emerging markets for ecosystem services - including carbon sequestration, water filtration and flood control, erosion mitigation, and pollination, among others - will provide to unlock the economic value of forests, wetlands, and other habitats. Such "natural capital" could offer new ways to finance conservation as well as increase the opportunity costs of converting wild lands for short-term exploitation. Ehrlich and Pringle's final three recommendations are to 1) fund restoration and reclamation of degraded and destroyed ecosystems, 2) encourage community involvement in conservation efforts, and 3) promote environmental education worldwide.
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0811-ehrlich.html
Cleanup of Great Lakes Hotspots could Lead to State Economic Recovery
Cleaning up Great Lakes toxic hotspots and restoring damaged fisheries could lay the foundation for Michigan's economic recovery, according to business leaders and environmentalists. That was one of the messages delivered this morning at a Grand Haven press conference for the Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives boat tour. A 60-foot trimaran called The Earth Voyager is visiting 13 cities this summer to promote the benefits of environmental restoration; the vessel is in Grand Haven through Sunday.
http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/08/cleanup_of_great_lakes_hotspot.html |
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Sunday Conversation with Ethnobotanist Steven Bond
Ethnobotanist Steven Bond, 29, of Ada understands the connection between flora and humans, and studies it for the Chickasaw Nation. A trained ecologist, botanist and biologist, Bond studies plants used for traditional foods, remedies and many other purposes. He researches and shares his knowledge of how the Chickasaw, like all cultures, are inextricably bound with plants and how and why they are used.
http://newsok.com/sunday-conversation-with-ethnobotanist-steven-bond/article/3281226/?tm=1218329664
Indigenous Land Management and Western Ecological Science
In the last ten years internationally, traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous management systems have caught the attention of many scientists globally. This is a good trend. We don't know how long this post-deconstructionist window of cultural relativity is going to be open. We're damn glad it's open. We hope it stays open long enough to sneak through and get some of our ideas across about a fundamental difference between the Western scientific-oriented environmental movement, which has many good aspects, but which doesn't fit exactly with indigenous cosmologies and world views. We need then to find out where we can work together.
http://deepgreensources.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/advice-from-the-elders/ |
| Agro-Ecology
Tules and Cattails May Counter Global Warming
On one side of the gravel road are hundreds of acres of corn. On the other is a much different crop that scientists hope will enable farmers to rebuild sinking islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, combat global warming and make a profit at the same time. The alternate field is full of tules and cattails that are being grown by the U.S. Geological Survey on about 15 acres on Twitchell Island, about 5.7 square miles of rich but fragile peat soil 30 miles south of Sacramento.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/08/BA4D126AAR.DTL
Farms can Increase Wildlife Diversity
The researchers showed that non-cropland adjacent to potato fields in central Wisconsin harbors a significant proportion of the state's original pre-agricultural biodiversity, even without ecological management. Active restoration schemes further enhanced the natural ecosystem, the researchers found.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=781371 |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Zoos: Modern Arks
Everyone knows what a zoo is for: first and foremost, its purpose is to show off animals. In the latter half of the twentieth century, however, the institution sought to reinvent itself primarily as a conservation establishment. The salvific tone of zoo rhetoric requires consideration. Until very recently, and perhaps even now, the dream of most progressive zoological conservators has been to return future generations of their presently endangered keep into the circumstance of wilderness, "to take them back to the wild at some future, more relaxed and more enlightened time".
http://www.earthportal.org/?page_id=70
New $27 Million project will Protect Key Pollinators for Food Security and Biodiversity
A new project worth $26.45 million has been launched by the Global Environment Facility to better protect bees, bats and birds that are essential to the world's crop production. The unique five-year project "Conservation & Management of Pollinators for Sustainable Agriculture through an Ecosystem Approach", which will be implemented through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will help ensure food security through the protection of the key pollinator species.
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/37890
Private Equity Firm to Sell Biodiversity Credits from Rainforest Conservation
An investment firm has launched the first tropical biodiversity credits scheme. New Forests, an Australia-based company, has established the Malua Wildlife Habitat Conservation Bank in an attempt to monetize rainforest conservation.
http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0806-malua_new_forests.html |
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Canada: Donations, Grants Clear Way for Local Reforestation Project
Corey Burant's job is to put a forest back together. It's an arboreal puzzle, with pieces scattered around Lake Gibson. Unconnected, small woodlots. A few monoculture reforestation attempts from past decades. It's a big puzzle, easily covering 80 acres. Burant just found the critical piece: almost $200,000 in donated cash to plant new trees all around the man-made Thorold lake. "That's at least 52,000 new trees," said Burant, the environmental project manager for the Niagara Restoration Council.
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1152173
New Zealand: First Opportunity to Explore Restored Forest
Steve Chadwick today officially opened the new 1.7km walking track designed to open up the native bush area above the visitor centre. "The new track, Te Arapiki O Tawhaki, will give more than 30,000 annual visitors to the National Wildlife Centre the opportunity to experience the massive 942 ha native forest," Steve Chadwick said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0808/S00120.htm
Oldest and Largest US Tree Certification Program Endorsed
The American Tree Farm System was first launched in 1941 as a private initiative to address concerns that America?s forests were being cut at unsustainable rates without reforestation. It now represents more than 90,000 family forest owners in 45 states, most of whom manage woodlots of less than 100 acres. ATFS is the largest private forest conservation and forest restoration initiative in the history of the US.
http://www.ihb.de/wood/news/UStreecertificationprogram_17537.html |
| Wetland Restoration
Puerto Rico Will Create Task Force to Improve Wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Puerto Rico Land Authority have reached a settlement that requires the creation of a task force to identify, monitor and protect wetlands in Puerto Rico in order to resolve a 2007 EPA complaint over Clean Water Act violations. According to the settlement, the Puerto Rico Land Authority will pay a $25,000 penalty and set up a $100,000 interest-bearing account, which will be used to establish a wetlands management program.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2008/2008-08-11-092.asp
Nebraska: Restored Wetland Generates a Lot of Attention
Hopps explained that NRCS has the responsibility to ensure the acres restored remain fully functioning as a wetland. Wilhelm still owns the land and controls access to the land, but has agreed to keep it as a wetland. This does not mean that Wilhelm cannot use the wetland. He may use his land for hunting or other forms of recreation. He can also request to hay or graze the wetland to help control vegetation. All of these actions will require NRCS approval through a Compatible Use Agreement.
http://www.hpj.com/archives/2008/aug08/aug11/Restoredwetlandgeneratesalo.cfm?title=Restored%20wetland%20generates%20a%20lot%20of%20attention |
River & Watershed Restoration
Oregon: ODFW Begins Restoration Efforts On Big Elk Creek
Throughout August and September, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will be placing 335 large boulders and 54 whole trees at selected sites in a 3.4 mile stretch of Big Elk Creek near Elk City. Fish habitat biologists have long known that adding trees and boulders to degraded streams can help improve salmon habitat, said Jason Kirchner, ODFW habitat biologist.
http://outdoornewsdaily.com/index.php/archives/4835
Canada: Film to Document Junction Creek Restoration
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. will contribute $50,000 to help the Nickel District Conservation Authority develop an educational film about the successful rehabilitation of Junction Creek, Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci announced today. "A documentary film about a Sudbury environmental success story will help inspire new audiences to take on rehabilitation challenges in their own communities," says Bartolucci.
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1145731
Washington: Experts Try to Restore Ailing Skokomish River
"This is a watershed in need of a lot of help and repair," said Kathy O'Halloran, natural-resources officer for Olympic National Forest, during an inspection of work under way this summer. O'Halloran credits an array of organizations, working together as the Skokomish Watershed Action Team, for keeping the restoration effort on track.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008104764_skokomish11.html |
| Grassland Restoration
Kankakee Sands Project - Preserving the Last of Indiana's Prairie Ecosystem
Restoration of this savanna/prairie in the 21st century is tricky business. A yet undetermined amount of grazing and burning is required to maintain an ecosystem that requires a "tricky" combination of trees and grasslands to be at their best. Researchers are carefully using the Kankakee sands and its surrounding areas to perfect the much needed art of ecosystem restoration.
http://mythologicalcrossroads.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/kankakee-sands-project-preserving-the-last-of-indianas-prairie/
Minnesota: Three Years into a Prairie Restoration Project
A prairie in progress. For the first time in generations, the wildflowers are in bloom in a little-known southeastern corner of Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan. The restored Star Pond Savanna is awash in black-eyed and brown-eyed Susans, with streaks of purple, white and orange from other native species. The comeback is no accident. Dakota County began large-scale prairie restoration projects three years ago, and the 50-acre Star Pond Savanna, along 120th Street, is the farthest along at Lebanon Hills.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_10144980?source=most_emailed |
| Lake Restoration
New Zealand: 28 Years Until Lake Rotorua is Safe for Swimming
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| Coastal & Marine Restoration
Florida: Mangrove Restoration Project Moves Forward
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Rookery Bay National Estuarine Reserve is working to fulfill a mangrove restoration project at the corner of Collier Boulevard (SR 951) and Capri Boulevard, between Naples and Marco Island. Funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Community-based Restoration Program, the project will restore and enhance approximately two acres of mangrove habitat and is scheduled to commence Sept. 1.
http://www.marconews.com/news/2008/aug/12/mangrove-restoration-project-moves-forward/
Washington: Estuary Restoration Effort is Under Way
Restoration of 762 acres of the Nisqually estuary is under way in a project that will re-create almost the entire estuary by returning diked areas back to tidal influence. Construction on a new exterior dike began in July, with work expected to last three to four years.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/373632_birdside07.html
California: Small-scale Dredging of Bolinas Lagoon Urged
Bolinas Lagoon needs limited dredging, the removal of invasive plants and the long-term transformation of the surrounding area into wetlands to avoid filling in with silt, a new study concludes. The recommendations by the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary follow a year of discussions by a group that included local residents, federal and state officials, scientists and environmental groups on the fate of the 1,100-acre tidal estuary separating Bolinas and Stinson Beach.
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_10154854
Massachusetts: Salt Marsh Study Seeks Data for Restoration Projects
Counting the blades of grass in a salt marsh may seem like the equivalent of pondering how many grains of sand make a beach or how many angels dance on the head of a pin. But it is serious science, and Tara Nye, staff biologist for Association to Preserve Cape Cod, doesn't count them anyhow; she estimates the percentage cover.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/brewster/news/x2087535732/Salt-marsh-study-seeks-data-for-restoration-projects
California: Huntington Beach Wetland Restoration OK'd
The California Coastal Commission this morning gave the Huntington Beach Wetland Conservancy the last permit they need to start restoration of 140 acres of marshes along Pacific Coast Highway. "Basically that just clears all the hurdles for us," said project planner Gary Goreman. After 25 years of gathering permits, planning and raising money, the conservancy plans to begin construction at the end of September. The first phase of the $10 million project will restore the Brookhurst and Talbert marshes, home of two endangered birds and other wildlife.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/huntington-conservancy-beach-2117319-project-money |
Wildlife Restoration
Reclaiming an Ecosystem: a California Success Story
Then he opened his palm and released her back to Rush Creek, a major tributary to Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra, the focus of an agonizingly complex and decades-long effort to heal a vast wilderness devastated by Los Angeles' insatiable thirst. Now, 14 years after the city was ordered to reduce the quantity of tributary water it had been diverting into the Los Angeles aqueduct since 1941, Rush Creek has among the highest concentrations of yellow warblers in California - roughly three pairs per 2 1/2 acres. "Restrict grazing and bring back the water and things really start hopping," McCreedy said.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.warbler10aug10,0,3840293.story
As Spotted Owl's Numbers Keep Falling, Some Fear It's Doomed
The northern spotted owl - an endangered icon that spurred a rescue effort so sweeping it brought old-growth logging to a virtual standstill in the Northwest - is now closer than ever to extinction. Fourteen years after old-growth logging was banned on most federal lands to protect the owls, their numbers are falling year after year.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008109742_spottedowl13m.html |
| Extractive Industries
Florida: Fragile Peace River Wetlands Full of Precious, Precious Phosphate
A coalition of local environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in attempts to defend the Peace River from the destructive consequences of phosphate mining, attempts that the government agencies assigned to the river have postponed or declined altogether. Last week, Sierra Club, Manasota-88, Gulf Restoration Network and People for Protecting Peace River filed suit against the Army Corps of Engineers, alleging that the Corps issued a mining permit to Mosaic, Co. without due consideration to the impacts on local wetlands and drinking water.
http://sarasota.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/mine_kampf/Content?oid=183542
Pennsylvania: Restoration Planned for South Beaver Twp. Strip Mine
The state Department of Environmental Protection plans to restore a 26-acre abandoned strip mine in South Beaver Township. The site, near Routes 251 and 168, includes a highwall - or steep cliff - that's about 70 feet high and Miskita Lake Far Southwest, a 1.7-acre pool of water. Both are dangerous to the public, according to Tom Rathbun, a spokesman for the DEP, which says 18 people have died at abandoned mines and quarries in Pennsylvania since 2003.
http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/08/07/news/doc489bac0d27efd564604482.txt
Amazon Rainforest Threatened by New Wave of Oil and Gas Exploration
Vast swathes of the western Amazon are to be opened up for oil and gas exploration, putting some of the planet's most pristine and biodiverse forests at risk, conservationists have warned.
A survey of land earmarked for exploration by energy companies revealed a steep rise in recent years, to around 180 zones, which together cover an area of 688,000 sq km, almost equivalent to the size of Texas.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/13/conservation.forests |
| Invasive Species
Pacific Shellfish Ready To Invade Atlantic
As the Arctic Ocean warms this century, shellfish, snails and other animals from the Pacific Ocean will resume an invasion of the northern Atlantic that was interrupted by cooling conditions three million years ago, predict Geerat Vermeij, professor of geology at the University of California, Davis, and Peter Roopnarine at the California Academy of Sciences.
Climate models predict a nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean by 2050. That will restore conditions that last existed during the mid-Pliocene era around three to 3.5 million years ago. Several north Pacific species have relatives in the north Atlantic, and the fossil record shows a lot of invasion from the Pacific to the Atlantic at that time, Vermeij said.
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/37892 |
| Urban Restoration
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| Recreation & Tourism
Audio: Recreation Threatens Ecosystem In Arkansas Park
Buffalo River National Park in north central Arkansas is a favorite destination for hikers, paddlers and cavers. But recreational development threatens the park's fragile ecosystem. So the Arkansas Nature Conservancy staked a claim on the headwaters, at a place called Smith Creek Preserve.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93420272&ft=1&f=1025 |
| Funding Opportunities
US: New Forest-Health Grant Cycle Begins - Closes October 10, 2008
With $1 million federal funding boost, the Colorado State Forest Service has up to $2 million available for forest restoration proposals that protect critical water supplies and address related forest health challenges such as wildfire risk reduction, community protection, ecological restoration and woody biomass utilization. Grant applications are due by 4 p.m., Oct. 10 and awards will be announced in early November.
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080810/NEWS/372732661/1078&ParentProfile=1055
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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