FYI.
Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Date sent: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 14:02:22 -0400
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Subject: Restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest
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The Maryland Institute for Ecological Economics (IEE), the Institute
Pro-Natura (IPN) and the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
(UFRRJ) are pleased to announce the
Restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest as a Watershed Management Tool,
a short graduate field-course in Ecological Economics and Sustainable
Development to be
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 07-21, 2002.
Primary focus of the workshop will be sustainable watershed management
within the endangered Atlantic Forest. Participants will work with
Pro-Natura on their ongoing project focused on "Restoring Atlantic
Forest Corridors in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: A Cost-Effective Way
to Conserve Forest-Based Services and Biodiversity". Participants will
reside for the duration of the workshop at Hotel Fazenda Carrapeta,
Concei��o de Macabu, Northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will travel to
other locations for field trips, data collection and learning exercises.
Detailed information on the workshop profile, faculty, overview and
application is available on
http://iee.umces.edu/brazil/index.htm
The workshop will be offered as a graduate course within the MEES
program at the University of Maryland and also at the Federal Rural
University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), within which arrangements are
being made to define the workshop number of credits/level. Among the
faculty from both institutions is Dr. Herman Daly, Associate Director of
the Institute for Ecological Economics and Professor at PUAF/UMD.
Background readings and assignments (exercises) will be provided via the
Web-based course specifically designed for the workshop and are a
prerequisite for the workshop participation. The workshop will be held
mostly in Portuguese and preference will be given to Portuguese/ Spanish
speakers. English reading is a prerequisite. We expect equal numbers of
participants from Brazil and the US, and will give preference to
students from the sponsoring institutions.
Funding sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
will provide fellowships for selected students to attend. Students
requesting aid should submit a written explanation along with their
application. Applications will be evaluated according to prior
experience, language skills, and commitment to creative and effective
solutions to watershed management, ecosystems protection and biological
diversity conservation. Preference will be given to those with a strong
foundation in ecological economics. We suggest you apply for travel
funds or matching aid from your home institution should it be available.
Please provide documentation of your efforts to procure funding from
other sources. To submit an application (please, see web for required
information), email, fax, or mail IEE at the following addresses:
Attn: Rosimeiry Portela
Institute For Ecological Economics
Box 38
Solomons, MD, 20688
Phone: 001-(410)-326-7263
Fax: 001-(410)-326-7354
Email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
tel: (202) 833-9260
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer
Environmental Management & Design Division
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
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Fax: 64-03-325-3841
Mob: 021 150 2862
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