Chris: Excuse me if this looks like self-promotion, but I thought you might be interested in an alternative which I have not seen described here.
I spent most of my life working for Peace Corps and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) developing and implementing programs and strategies to promote sustainable agriculture and the conservation of forests and associated natural resources (biodiversity, soil, water, and climate) in Ecuador (possibly the country with the highest concentration of endangered endemic species on earth), Paraguay, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia. I also worked on regional (Latin America and Africa) and international activities to promote natural resource conservation. Following retirement from USAID I worked as a natural resource management consultant in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Lebanon as well as a natural resource management training project for Africa. I also participated in the evaluation of proposals to sequester carbon and/or maintain carbon sinks in Costa Rica, Brazil, Guatemala, and Mexico. I have worked as a volunteer for The Nature Conserva! ncy (re view of the conservation status of Latin american timber species), the Reston community association (environmental advisory committee, watershed management, invasive species control), the Fairfax County Audubon Society (Boy Scout merit badges), and am now volunteering as a docent at the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG). It has been a rewarding and fulfilling career which has provided me the opportunity to influence people's lives and contribute to natural resource conservation in many countries and communities. At the USBG I have the opportunity to share a lifetime of learning with visitors to the USBG as well as to continue learning from the visitors and to continue to visit with many of my old friends from the plant world.. Bob Mowbray Tropical Forest Ecologist Natural Resource Management Specialist From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of > > Christopher Habeck > > Sent: Tue 10/17/2006 8:35 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: academic vs. non-academic jobs > > > > > > > > Does anyone know of any sources or have any thoughts regarding the pros > > and= > > cons of academic versus non-academic jobs in ecology/environmental science= > > ? I am also interested in sources that compare how the two castes view one= > > another. I am aware of the career articles on the ESA website, so please = > > omit those sources when replying. Thanks.Chris Habeck > > Graduate Student > > UW-Madison > > Zoology Department > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! > > http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=3Dweather&FORM=3DWLMTAG= > >
