2009 Scholarships for Doctoral Traineeships in Applied Biodiversity Science at Texas A&M University
Funded NSF-IGERT Doctoral Traineeships in Applied Biodiversity Science at Texas A&M University
Participating faculty in ten departments at Texas A&M University would like to encourage prospective doctoral students to apply to the Integrated Graduate Education and Research (IGERT) Traineeship “Applied Biodiversity Science: Bridging Ecology, [...] Read Full Story
TemasEtUnam From the World Bank:
Brazil: World Bank Approves US$10 Million Grant for Environmental Conservation
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$10 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to Brazil’s Fundação Luiz Eduardo Magalhães to contribute to the preservation, conservation, and sustainable management of the biodiversity of the Caatinga forest in [...] Read Full Story
TemasEtUnam Synopsis in English: The Andean Community (CAN) has signed an agreement (memorandum of understanding - MOU) with the Government of Finland under which the latter will help fund CAN's four-year Regional Biodiversity Program ("BioCAN"). BioCAN was one of the lines of action envisioned in the recently adopted "Environmental Agenda." The Program seeks to improve the capacities of the governments of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to manage their biological resources, set up... Read Full Story
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A group of the critically endangered bamboo lemurs have been located in Madagascar. The newly discovered group is believed to be 30 to 40 in total. Until this discovery the only place were bamboo lemurs were thought too live was in an isolated bamboo forest. The discovery of this group of bamboo lemurs is raising hopes that this species can be saved. Bamboo lemurs are unique animals with distinctive big eyes. It would be absolutely devastating too lose this species. Anyway thanks for... Read Full Story
