In this Issue: Programme Manager's Message Diary Dates Latest News News From the Field Programme Alumni: Where are they now? Final Reports Received Project Websites |
Welcome to the September issue of the CLP newsletter, and it is an edition bursting with more news than ever! This edition is a little later than usual as we have had so much going on, it has been hard to get it all down!
Firstly, we launched our new website at www.ConservationLeadershipProgramme.org. A few areas are still under development, but we hope it will eventually be much more user friendly for you, and its much easier for us to keep up to date!
In August, Stuart Paterson joined the Programme as our Fauna & Flora International (FFI) programme co-ordinator, taking over from Paul Herbertson who moved into another job at FFI. Stu is responsible for putting together this e-newsletter, will look after our website, and will be involved in the range of capacity building activities the CLP is engaged is with. He comes with a wealth of experience having already been working at FFI for several years in the development team, and he speaks fluent Spanish.
Robyn and I are currently in Buenos Aires for the BirdLife World Conference. This is a gathering of the 108 national conservation organisations that make up the BirdLife International Network, plus their existing and potential collaborators and supporters. Afterwards, we will go to Misiones to visit the Green Corridor team supported by the first ever Kate Stokes Memorial Award, together with Kates family. We are looking forward to seeing how the agroecology visitor centre is developing and will be there for the official opening of Kates Trail on the site.
Also important to note here is our upcoming awards deadline 6th November 2008. We are offering Conservation Awards to applicants from Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey and Venezuela. Click here for more information.
Marianne Carter |
Team Awards are granted to teams of three or more individuals who are undertaking high-priority conservation projects. The awards are arranged in a tiered system to allow for progression and include the Future Conservationist Award, Conservation Follow-up Award and Conservation Leadership Award.
Read about how CLP award-winning teams are getting on with their projects around the world.
UPDATES FROM AFRICA
UPDATES FROM ASIA/ PACIFIC
UPDATES FROM EURASIA
UPDATES FROM LATIN AMERICA
WCS Research Fellowship Program
The aim of the Research Fellowship Program (RFP) is to provide promising young individual conservationists with an opportunity to conduct advanced and applied biodiversity conservation research to develop key research and associated skills (planning, problem-solving, communication) necessary for conservation practitioners.
CLP Internship Programme
The aim of CLP internships is to provide future conservation leaders with on-the-job training and exposure to day-to-day workings of conservation NGOs, whilst providing programme partners with talented individuals. Interns are selected by and work with program partners in their respective organisations.
2008 CLP Interns
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Programme Alumni: Where are they now?
It was a week of firsts for Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) alumnus, Veronica Zambrana: her first time to travel outside of her home country, her first time to attend an international conference, her first time meeting conservationists from India, Egypt, and China. You might ask where one can have such an amazing week of firsts. Why, at the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Annual Meeting, of course!
To read more about Veronica and her research work on giant river otters in Bolivia click here
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These recently concluded projects have had some exciting results. For a copy of the full report, send an email request to clp@birdlife.org. |
Check out project websites for updated news and images from award winning teams in the field:
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