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The second Call for Proposals for SOS - Save Our Species is now open.
SOS – Save Our Species is a joint initiative of IUCN, the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank supported by Nokia and the Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial (FFEM). Its objective is to ensure the long-term survival of threatened species and their habitats. Since its launch in October 2010 in Nagoya, SOS has already funded 28 projects targeting threatened mammals, birds and amphibians in more than 27 countries.

Applications for Threatened Species Grants will be accepted for the following Strategic Directions:

· Threatened tropical Asian vertebrates
· Threatened small marine mammals
· Threatened cycads
· Threatened freshwater African animals

Detailed information for applicants, including eligibility criteria and application templates are on the SOS website.
www.sospecies.org/sos_projects/apply_for_a_grant/

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is game capture courses still available.i live in n.coast kwazulu-natal

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Funding is needed for this trip to Gabon. This conservation trip has to do with saving and helping the sea turtles endangered by logging.

We invite applications for Oxford University’s Postgraduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice. This eight month full-time course is designed to enhance the skills of conservation practitioners by teaching field, analytical and reporting techniques necessary for effective conservation research and action.

The course focuses on methods commonly used in the study of large mammals, and especially carnivores, in the developing world. The curriculum consists of modules on wildlife ecology and behaviour, monitoring and survey techniques, GIS and habitat assessment, population management, and statistics. Unifying threads running through the course are the global and human dimensions of biodiversity conservation. Students will learn both the theory and practical aspects of field techniques, so that they can confidently adopt them in the future, as well as critically evaluate other projects.


We will accept up to 10 students in 2013, and applications are particularly welcomed from conservationists working in less-developed parts of the world, for whom partial or full sponsorship is possible. Suitable candidates are early-career field conservationists, working with government agencies or NGOs, who will implement and disseminate their skills to their home countries. Candidates without field experience or those interested in a career change will not be considered priority candidates.


The application deadline for the 2013 course (running Feb-Sep 2013) is Friday, 15th June 2012.

For more information on the course, including the curriculum and how to apply, please visit www.wildcru.org/diploma. If you have any questions once consulting the website, please contact the course coordinator at wildcru.diploma@zoo.ox.ac.uk.

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Conservation Strategy Fund is now accepting applications for a course in Economic Tools for Conservation and Infrastructure Planning in the Albertine Rift, from June 11-22, 2012 in Uganda. This course is offered in partnership with the Ugandan National Environmental Management Agency (NEMA) and is made possible through the support of the United States Agency for International Development, the Wildlife Conservation Network, and the Handsel Foundation. We are inviting applications from people who work in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Dates: Monday, 11 June, 2012 - Friday, 22 June, 2012
Duration: 1 week 4 days
Status: Begins in 6 weeks 4 days
Location: Uganda, Africa
Application Deadline: Monday, 30 April 2012

Click Here to Apply

Apply early, as participants will be selected on a rolling basis.

Over the past decade, CSF courses have become recognized as premier applied economics training events for environmental professionals from around the world.

During the comprehensive two-week session, participants will learn to use economics to be more strategic and successful in their planning and development efforts related to infrastructure and the environment. The course will cover economic fundamentals, natural resource economics, environmental valuation methods, environmental policies, communication and negotiation techniques, and hands-on experience with cost-benefit analysis. These skills are crucial at a time when integrating ecosystem conservation and infrastructure development has become an essential component of short- and long-term social and environmental well-being in the Albertine Rift.

PARTICIPANTS
This course is for people at the forefront of challenges related to conservation and infrastructure planning and development in the Albertine Rift. Target countries include Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Tanzania. Representatives from government institutions, NGO’s, CBOs, research institutions, donor agencies, businesses, and other relevant organizations involved in natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, and infrastructure development are invited to apply. This course will be especially beneficial for individuals who are program officers and directors, government officers, district and economic planners, EIA practitioners, field enforcement officers, policy and financial analysts, scientists/researchers, and developers/engineers who are involved in planning and decisions around energy and infrastructure development. Participants can come from a variety of disciplines such as biology, engineering, accounting, business, environmental sciences, forestry, law, anthropology, or economics. Previous training in economics is beneficial, but not necessary. Applicants must be proficient in spoken and written English.

BENEFITS
Participants will gain:
• An essential foundation in basic economic concepts and language.
• Insight into the drivers of environmental problems and over-extraction of natural resources.
• The ability to formulate more effective solutions and policies for infrastructure planning and conservation.
• The ability to incorporate environmental and social costs and benefits into infrastructure development.
• Practice using communication and negotiation techniques to articulate environmental values in a language that communities, businesses, and governments can understand.
• A network of fellow infrastructure planners and environmental professionals.
• Membership in CSF's global alumni network.

Watch the video below for a glimpse into what a typical CSF Economic Tools for Conservation course is like:



COST
Selected course participants will be awarded a full scholarship to participate in the course. This scholarship covers the following:
• Instruction by renowned economic experts.
• All course materials and supplies.
• Access to CSF's online course intranet with course reading and materials.
• 13 nights lodging in the course hotel.
• All meals, coffee and snacks during the course.
• Local transportation to and from the hotel (transport provision or local transport refund).

Selected applicants are responsible for seeking their own funding from employers, government, sponsors or other sources to cover international travel expenses to Kampala.

COURSE IMPACT
Year after year, participants give CSF’s courses the highest marks in terms of content, instructors, staff and the overall course experience. Our courses also create significant and lasting impacts. Alumni from our Economic Tools for Conservation course report that:
• The course influenced how I approach my conservation work – 95%
• The training was one of the most useful short courses I have attended – 92%
• I continue to benefit from my CSF training – 90%

"I expected to gain new skills in economic analysis and feel that I got much more than that; it was more like a fundamental paradigm shift in the way I examine environmental issues." –Leah Wahlberg, Canada

"The course gave me a broad vision of the tools of economics. We received enough knowledge to understand all the valuation and cost benefit analysis done in the 'real' world. I got all that I expected and much, much more! Coming to the CSF Course and mingling with the community and my colleagues was such a pleasant and motivating experience I can't find a way to thank you all!"

POISED FOR SUCCESS
The majority of our graduates report that their CSF Training has helped them achieve a specific conservation or sustainable development success. Here is what some of our alumni say about how how CSF's training has transformed their work and led to real conservation impact:

"When talking to local government in the Amazon, you can only make the case for conservation areas by talking about monetary values and that’s exactly what the CSF course taught me to do. It enabled me to present a more sophisticated version of my ’romantic‘ arguments about the importance of parks and reserves." –Clarice Bassi, Brazil

"The course helped me to carry out a survey on the bushmeat trade and consumption in Eastern DR Congo. Results were used by the Congolese Wildlife Authority to implement an antipoaching program." –Chifundera Kusamba, DRC

"I truly believe that I have received one, if not the best piece of schooling since my University days in the UK. Perhaps my way of appreciating the excellent multi-cultural training we received is to use it, and sure like rain we are using it!" –Peter Mbile, Cameroon (CSF International Course Graduate)

PROGRAM
Microeconomics
• Market theory: Supply, demand, market equilibrium, opportunity cost and competition.
• Externalities, market failures and public goods: Why markets are inefficient when it comes to environmental protection.
• Welfare economics.

Natural Resource Economics
• Capital theory: The time value of money, interest rates and how they influence the use of natural resources.
• Public and private goods, common pool resources, property rights, management and incentives.
• Non-renewable resources: Oil and mining.
• Renewable resource extraction: Forest economics, optimal harvesting and policy options.
• Exercises and instruction focused on policy negotiation skills.

Environmental Policy
• An overview of the need for environmental policies and institutions to correct problems of externalities, market failures, and weak property rights.
• Criteria for evaluating policies
• The role of environmental policies such as command and control legislation versus economic instruments for conservation such as taxes, subsidies, and tradable permit systems.
• An overview of infrastructure planning and development policy, including financial mechanisms related to mitigation, compensation and offsets.

Environmental Valuation
• Environmental values, Total Economic Value
• Valuation methods, case studies and examples, and how these methods are best used in various countries.
• Payments for ecosystem services

Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Principles and methodologies.
• Financial, economic and distributive analysis.
• Case studies evaluating the economic feasibility of small-scale and large-scale infrastructure projects, including incorporation of externalities and sensitivity analysis.
• Analysis Tools for hydroelectric dams and road projects.

Communication
• Effective strategies for presenting economic analysis results.

INSTRUCTORS
Economic Tools for Ecosystem Conservation and Infrastructure Planning will be taught by experts in environmental economics and cost-benefit analysis who also have extensive field experience and understand real-world conservation and infrastructure planning challenges. They are drawn from Makerere University, University of Cape Town, University of Lompopo, and CSF staff, as well as from other leading academic and international institutions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Participants should also budget for the following expenses:
• International travel expenses to Entebbe Airport.
• Ugandan visa fees.
• Accommodation prior to Sunday June 10th or after Friday August 22nd. We can provide suggestions for any early arrivals or late stays.

How to register:
Fill out the Application Form

The Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) aims to build a dynamic and highly qualified corps of conservation leaders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Established in 1994, EFN is dedicated to Russell E. Train, World Wildlife Fund's founding trustee, past president, former chairman of the board, and current chairman emeritus.

Opportunity:SCHOLARSHIPS for certificate, diploma, postgraduate, or technical degree programs
Description:Thanks to continued support from the Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, EFN announces a new competition for scholarships for qualified female conservationists working in the Congo Basin.
Eligibility Criteria:Applicants must be (1) a citizen or legal resident of a participating country; (2) have at least one year work experience in conservation; (3) be admitted, currently enrolled, or have applied to an institution; and (4) begin their studies by December 2012. For full criteria, please visit the website listed below.
Participating Countries:EFN is now accepting applications from citizens or legal residents of: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Republic of Congo.
Funding:Grants may cover registration and tuition costs, travel, local transportation, books and materials, and living expenses related to the training. The scholarships cover a one-year program up to US$10,000.
Deadline:April 15, 2012 for scholarships
Link to Guidlines and Application:
www.worldwildlife.org/efn/women