Training Scholarships Available for Students in Developing Countries to Attend SCB Section Meetings

A new opportunity is available for students in developing countries to boost their training in conservation science and attend an SCB Section meeting this July/August.

Scholarships of up to $2,000 USD are available for qualifying students to attend a pre-congress short course or workshop along with an SCB regional meeting in Fiji, Malaysia, Scotland, and Montana.

Follow this link for details on the scholarship and the application process: http://www.conbio.org/2014-scb-training-scholarships

Eligibility Requirements

–       Applicant must be a student enrolled in a postsecondary institution

–       Applicant must be a citizen of a qualifying developing country

–       Applicant must be a member of SCB

The deadline to apply for a scholarship is Sunday, 25 May 2014.

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The Organizing Committee of the 9th Biannual TAWIRI Scientific Conference would like to inform you that, the 9th TAWIRI Scientific Conference will be held from 4th-6th December 2013 in Arusha at Snow Crest Hotel. Theme: Sustaining Wildlife Conservation in Growing Socio-economic Demands. Continue reading ‘Tawiri arranges the 9th Tawiri Scientific Conference’ »

Howard Frederick has put together a draft CITES-MIKE forensic materials site! It is intended as a resource for the forensic investigation of elephant carcasses by patrol staff who are gathering data on elephant mortality for the MIKE programme. Howard explains that  the great majority of the information is from savannah elephant carcasses and we are looking for more information on forest elephant issues (some information on forest elephant carcasses is highlighted in green).

Read more on the website http://forensic.citesmike.org/wp/

PacMARA will be holding workshops on Marxan (a conservation planning tool), in Nairobi May 13-15. From their announcement:

This two-day hands-on technical course will provide participants with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to use Marxan in a marine conservation planning exercise. The following topics are covered in the Introduction to Marxan:

• Key concepts in systematic conservation planning
• Creating planning units
• Creating the essential Marxan input files
• Parameter setting in Marxan
• Understanding and using Marxan results
• Zonae Cogito (front-end software to support Marxan)
• A brief introduction to Marxan with Zones

We will be holding an Introduction to Marxan Course on 13-14 May and a Marxan for Managers Workshop on 15 May in Nairobi, Kenya at the office of the African Wildlife Foundation. Please register here: http://pacmara.org/events-workshops or contact us at info@pacmara.org or 778-300-1801 for more information or to suggest future courses. More information on the course and workshop is provided below.

ESRI Eastern Africa is arranging GIS training in Nairobi from the 25-26th of April 2013. They suggest the following particiants: Managers, Technicians and specialists in Land Planning, Survey, Adjudication, GIS, GPS, IT, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Land Ministries, Directorate of Lands and the Department of Defence.

Says Esri Eastern Africa: “National Mapping Agencies (NMAs) are bestowed with the sole authority of creation and distribution of maps to both the government and the public sectors. With continuous demands on land related issues, the NMAs are in continuous production to meet the ever increasing planning, survey, adjudication, mapping, cartographic and information systems demands. The seminar will enable NMAs to improve their working efficiencies, improve quality, reduce production time and increase service delivery.”

Read more about the training here.

Other agencies providing GIS related training are encouraged to post information about their activities on the Tanzania GIS User Group website or mailing list.