With funding provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the WCS Climate Adaptation Fund will provide up to $3.1 million in competitive grants in 2012. Grants will be 1-2 years in length. Awards will be made to non-profit conservation organizations for applied, on-the-ground projects focused on implementing priority conservation actions for climate adaptation at a landscape scale. To apply, submit a pre-proposal application form to Darren Long, dlong@wcs.org, no later than 5:00 p.m. MST on Friday, March 30, 2012. For more information: http://www.wcsnorthamerica.org/ClimateAdaptationFund/tabid/4813/Default.aspx

An extraordinary resource for researchers and NGOs working in conservation and development http://www.terravivagrants.org/

From the Terraviva Grants website:

The Terra Viva Grants Directory develops and manages information about grants for agriculture, energy, environment, and natural resources in the world’s developing countries.

Profiles of Grantmakers: Profiles of over 400 grant makers, with regional coverage for the developing world.

Funding News: Application deadlines by months, subject areas, and forms of grant support.

Links and Resources: A strategic inclusion of information resources for grant seekers.

Visit The Cost of Knowledge and sign the petition.  I am not necessarily in full agreement with the arguments behind the boycott but I strongly support a less greedy model in scientific information access.

From Wiley-Blackwell website:

Edited by Erica Fleishman The December 2011 issue celebrates the journal’s 25th anniversary with two special sections and two additional articles, all free for a limited time. The first special section, edited by Kent Redford, includes nine essays by people outside the traditional community of conservation professionals who examine ways of making conservation efforts more successful in the next 25 years. The second special section, edited by Eric Dinerstein, includes eight essays on diverse topics likely to be emphasized by conservation professionals in the years ahead, and ideas that may change how conservation professionals work. A diversity article by Josh Drew assesses how the historical strengths of natural history institutions can enhance research and engage the public in novel ways, while a Contributed Paper by Murray Rudd explores the extent to which there is consensus among conservation professionals on losses of biological diversity and potential strategies for its conservation.   The Futures of Conservation Click below to read the articles in the issue’s first special section. Introduction Kent H. Redford and Erica Fleishman Conservation Biology through the Lens of a Career in Salmon Conservation Charles Conn Conservation Means Behavior P. Wesley Schultz Indigenous Alliances for Conservation in Bolivia R. L. E. Painter, A. Duran and E. Miro Finding Balance between Human Need and Global Stewardship Jon Waterhouse A Vision of Conservation from School José Antonio López Tercero Caamaño Walking the Path of Environmental Buddhism through Compassion and Emptiness H.H. 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje Competing Cultures of Conservation Rebecca Hardin Cultivating a Constituency for Conservation Lowell Pritchard Reaching the U.S. Public through Their Patriotism, Pastors, and Pockets Paul O’Brien Conservation Science in the Coming Decades Click below to read the articles in the issue’s second special section. Introduction Eric Dinerstein Systemic Conservation, REDD, and the Future of the Amazon Basin Daniel C. Nepstad, David G. Mcgrath and Britaldo Soares-Filho Land, Food, and Biodiversity David W. McLaughlin Biodiversity Offsets and Infrastructure Juan David Quintero and Aradhna Mathur Conservation in Sustainable-Use Tropical Forest Reserves Carlos A. Peres Marine Protected Areas and the Governance of Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries Bonnie J. McCay and Peter J. S. Jones The Future of Payments for Environmental Services Paul J. Ferraro Climate Change, Connectivity, and Conservation Success Lee Hannah Future Human Intervention in Ecosystems and the Critical Role for Evolutionary Biology J. J. Hellmann and M. E. Pfrender   Additional Articles The Role of Natural History Institutions and Bioinformatics in Conservation Biology Joshua Drew Scientists’ Opinions on the Global Status and Management of Biological Diversity Murray A. Rudd

De: Eulogio Chacon Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011 07:07

Estimados colegas y amigos: La presente tiene por finalidad hacer difusión de convocatoria a la nueva cohorte de Maestría en Ecología Tropical a traves de todas las redes, instituciones y contactos nacionales e internacionales que le sea posible. También les informo que en la pagina WEB del ICAE (http://www.ciens.ula.ve/icae/) se encuentra la misma información que les anexo. Por otra parte, toda la informacion del programa de maestría que se encuentra en dicha pagina, seccion POSTGRADO, ha sido actualizada. Así que les invito a visitarla. Saludos cordiales y espero que ayuden activamente a su difusion. Mil gracias de antemano. Atentamente
Dimas Acevedo Novoa Coordinador del PET. –
Eulogio J. Chacón Moreno
Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Ecológicas (ICAE)
Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Los Andes Mérida – Venezuela

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nulibrary/~3/YYN3MGPENTc/Economics%20and%20the%20Challenge%20of%20Global%20Warming

An incredible resource for wildlife watching freely available online: EOL Field Guides. From its website http://fieldguides.eol.org/:  The EOL Field Guide tool is a new way to create customized guides based on authoritative EOL content. Start with a list of species and then choose which text and images to include. You can also edit the text information to suit your own needs.

GEOSTAT is where statistical computing meets geographical analysis

Recently H. Gyde Lund posted a very interesting entry in the APPLIED-GIS-RS mail list.  You can review the archives here http://listes.ulaval.ca/listserv/archives/applied-gis-rs.html but I feel Gyde’s post deserves its own entry in this blog. (Please find Gyde Lund contact details at the end of the post. He deserves all the credit.

*2011-08-07**NRMGIS: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING/GIS/RS ITEMS OF INTEREST *
This Issue: */How to Write a Research Proposal /*
*HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH PROPOSAL*– Recently we had an inquiry about ’how to write a research proposal’. Here are some sites that may be of interest. If you know of others, please contact Hafiz Umair Masood Awanat awan48@gmail.com

*Hints on Preparing Research Proposals*. - http://aas.org/grants/hints.php

*How to write a research paper
proposal.*http://www.ehow.com/how_2002069_write-research-proposal.html__

*How to Write a Research Project Grant Application*-
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/write_grant_doc.htm__

*How to write a thesis proposal -
*http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/%7Emartins/sen_res/how_to_thesis_proposal.html

*How to Write Good Research Proposal Examples
*http://thesisblog.com/proposal-writing/how-to-write-good-research-proposal-examples

*How to Write Research Proposal — Integrating Essays to Research
Papers*-
http://essay-blog.com/college-essays/how-to-write-research-proposal—-integrating-essays-to-research-papers

IPPF. 2002. *Guide for Designing Results-Oriented Projects and Writing
Successful Proposals.* 44 p.
http://www.eldtraining.com/docs/IPPF%20PROPOSAL%20WRITING%20GUIDE.pdf

Jones. Simon Peyton; Bundy, Alan. *Writing a good grant proposal*.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/Proposal.html__

Levine, S. Joseph. *Guide for writing a funding proposal*.
http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/__

McGranaghan, Matthew *Guidelines on writing a research proposal.
*http://www2.hawaii.edu/~matt/proposal.html

Pajares, Frank. *The elements of a proposal*.
http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/proposal.html__

*Proposal writing: stages and strategies with examples*-
http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~ebrown/infobr3.htm

*Research Proposal Guide*- http://researchproposalguide.com/__

*Research-Proposal Writing
-*http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/tse-portal/proposal/dan-ryan-proposal/propweb.htm__

*Sample Research Paper Proposal
(ANNOTATED)*http://www.essaybay.com/sample-research-paper-proposal.php__

*Write Good Research Proposal Examples*-
http://dissertationblog.com/dissertation/write-good-research-proposal-examples/__

*Writing a Research Proposal*-
http://faculty.smu.edu/swegren/writing_a_research_proposal.htm,
http://www.eastchance.com/howto/res_prop.asp ,
http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Write-Research-Proposal/153857,
http://www.isos.salford.ac.uk/how_to_write_a_research_proposal.php,
http://labtransportumy.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/how-to-write-a-research-proposal/
http://www.essaytown.com/writing/write-research-proposal, and
http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/research_proposal.html__

*Writing a research proposal*-
http://www.education.monash.edu.au/students/current/study-resources/proposalwriting.html__

*Writing the Research Proposal*-
http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/~tcwritingcenter/Forms_of_Writing/ResearchProposal.htm

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H. Gyde Lund
Forest Information Services
6238 Settlers Trail Place
Gainesville, VA 20155-1374 USA
Tel: +1-703-743-1755
Email: gyde<at>comcast.net
URL: http://www.forestinfoservices.com
CV: http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/cv.html.
Publications: http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/lundpub.htm.
Skype: forestgyde

La Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica (ACCA) en convenio con Amazon Conservation Asociation (ACA) y con el financiamiento de la Fundación Klorfine, convocan al concurso para “Becas de investigación para estudiantes universitarios y tesistas”. Se otorgaran dos becas de investigacion este 2011, el plazo limite para presentar las propuestas es el 20 de Agosto, se daran los resultados el 30 de Agosto. La investigacion se debera llevar a cabo como maximo hasta el dia 15 de Diciembre del 2011.

Más información: Gabriela Nunez gnunez@conservacamazonica.org