Two new opportunities at The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC
1. Senior Associate, Lenfest Ocean Program and Marine Science
2. Associate, Marine Science
*SENIOR ASSOCIATE, LENFEST OCEAN PROGRAM AND MARINE SCIENCE *
*Pew Environment Group *
For the past two decades, the Environment group of The Pew Charitable Trusts
(PCT) has been a major force in driving conservation policy in the United
States, and increasingly internationally. The group?s work is focused on
reducing the scope and severity of three major global environmental
problems:
Dramatic changes to the Earth?s climate brought about by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the planet?s atmosphere;
The erosion of large wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world?s remaining biodiversity; and,
The destruction of the world?s marine environment, with a particular emphasis on global fisheries.
Position Overview
The senior associate will work with the directors of the Lenfest Ocean
Program and the Marine Science Program to provide information, analysis, and
other assistance in designing and implementing specific research projects
that meet the Programs? criteria. Work may also include charting new topics
or lines of inquiry for scientific activities potentially supported by the
Marine Science Program. Approximately two-thirds of the senior associate?s
time is anticipated to be devoted to the Lenfest Ocean Program. This
position reports to the director of the Lenfest Ocean Program, and is
located in Washington, DC.
The ?Marine Science Initiative? is designed as a multi-year project with a
renewal date of June 2010. We anticipate this project will be renewed
pending its success, board approval and additional funding.
Requirements
Graduate degree required and four to eight years of professional experience
in science, environmental issues, and/or public policy. Expertise in marine
issues strongly preferred.
Excellent written and oral communications skills, including an ease in
communicating complex concepts in a clear effective manner for a general
audience.
A detail- and results-oriented style with a focus on process and
achievement. Recognized ability to meet multiple deadlines by maintaining a
high level of organization.
Demonstrated strong analytical skills, including an ability to synthesize
large amounts of information and to focus quickly on the essence of an
issue. A strong commitment to producing measurable results.
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop and manage
productive relationships with consultants, partners, grantees and others who
contribute to the effectiveness of the Programs.
Experience with media and other communications strategies to deliver policy
recommendations and/or scientific findings to policy makers and the public.
Strong political awareness, with a non-partisan perspective and approach.
For more information, visit: http://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/1711/job
To Apply
Candidates are invited to visit the Trusts? Web site at www.pewtrusts.org.
* Associate, Marine Science *
Position Overview
The Marine Science Associate supports the work of the Marine Science
Initiative, including the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation, which
provides annual fellowships to individuals around the world.
This position reports to the Pew Marine Fellows Program Manager and is
located in Washington, DC. The ?Marine Science Initiative? is designed as a
multi-year project with a renewal date of June 2010. We anticipate this
project will be renewed pending its success, board approval and additional
funding.
Responsibilities
Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation
Provide programmatic support to the Pew Marine Fellows Program (PMFP). These
responsibilities include:
Researching international marine science and conservation experts to serve
as program nominators, advisors and annual meeting presenters.
Helping to manage the fellowship process, including nominations,
applications, selection and grant awards.
Reviewing and tracking of grant reports and significant publications,
presentations and projects of Pew Marine Fellows to identify
cross-programmatic or outreach opportunities.
Program planning and production of PMFP Annual Meeting.
Organizing program contacts, content and expert networks through database
management.
Developing content for PMFP website and other outreach and communications
efforts.
Helping to prepare and process program materials, such as reports to the
PMFP Advisory Committee.
For additional information, visit: http://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/1712/job
Application Procedure
Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials
via the Trusts? online application site at www.pewtrusts.org (click on the
careers@pew link on the bottom of the page).
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Climate Symposium and Awards: April 29, 2009
School of International Service Global Environmental Politics Field And the Royal Norwegian Embassy Present
Climate Symposium and Awards
With:
Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S.,
His Excellency Wegger Chr. Strømmen
And:
Special Guest Speaker, Engineer and Explorer Mr. Knut Espen Solberg
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., SIS 203
Join us at this special event where His Excellency Wegger Chr. Strømmen will announce the AU student winners of an essay contest on climate change, sponsored by the Global Environmental Politics Field and the Royal Norwegian Embassy. Mr. Solberg will present a lecture entitled, “The Melting Arctic.” Mr. Solberg has crossed the Atlantic alone, tried to sail the Northwest Passage and published two books based on his experiences as a joint explorer and scientist. In the Northwest Passage he was stopped by the ice and spent nearly 1000 days living with Inuit’s and Greenlanders.
Lunch will be provided!
Climate Symposium and Awards
With:
Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S.,
His Excellency Wegger Chr. Strømmen
And:
Special Guest Speaker, Engineer and Explorer Mr. Knut Espen Solberg
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., SIS 203
Join us at this special event where His Excellency Wegger Chr. Strømmen will announce the AU student winners of an essay contest on climate change, sponsored by the Global Environmental Politics Field and the Royal Norwegian Embassy. Mr. Solberg will present a lecture entitled, “The Melting Arctic.” Mr. Solberg has crossed the Atlantic alone, tried to sail the Northwest Passage and published two books based on his experiences as a joint explorer and scientist. In the Northwest Passage he was stopped by the ice and spent nearly 1000 days living with Inuit’s and Greenlanders.
Lunch will be provided!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a Global World: April 30, 2009
The University of California Washington Center Cordially invites you to:
"Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a Global World: EU, US, California and Comparative Perspectives”
April 30, 2009
University of California Washington Center
1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Please RVSP click: conference@ucdc.edu by Tuesday, April 28th , 2009
For more information, please visit: http://igov.berkeley.edu/
This workshop is the culmination of a two-year project examining the roles that California and the European Union play in defining the forefront of domestic and international environmental policy solutions. The goal of the project is to produce concrete, actionable policy recommendations to further regulatory cooperation between the EU, California and the US on transatlantic environmental issues, including climate change, chemicals policy, biosafety, water regulation, and biodiversity protection. As socioeconomic and environmental issues become increasingly integrated, innovative policy solutions are required to identify and address the complex nexus between society and environment. The project has developed a network of representatives from the US and the EU in academia, industry, the NGO-sector, and government.
Sponsored by
UC Berkeley IGS Center on Institutions and Governance (http://igov.berkeley.edu)
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
University of California Washington Center
The project is funded by the European Commission (DG External Relations) within the framework of the pilot-program on Transatlantic Methods for Handling Global Challenges
Program
9:00-9:20Introductory Remarks
John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the US
Heddy Riss, Director for the IGS Center on Institutions and Governance, UC Berkeley
David Vogel, Solomon P. Lee Distinguished Professorship in Business Ethics, UC Berkeley
Jo Swinnen, Professor of Development Economics, KU Leuven, director of LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
9:20-10:40Christina Hioureas
Transatlantic Environmental Regulation-Making: Co-Strengthening Cooperation between California and the European Union
Authors: Bruce Cain and Christina Hioureas
Chair: Jan Wouters, Leuven Professor of International law, Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven
Discussants:
Dan Pellissier, CAL EPA, Deputy Secretary for Energy Policy Coordination
Andrew Manale, EPA, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation
George Orbelian, San Francisco Global Trade Council
10:40-11:00Break
11:00-12:20Chris Ansell
Transatlantic Perspectives on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Authors: Chris Ansell and Jörg Balsiger
Chair: David Widawsky, Acting Director
National Center for Environmental Innovation
Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation EPA
Discussants:
Joan E. Denton, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Wally Baker, President Greentech Foundation
Nicholas Hanley, EU Commission DG Environment
12:20-1:20Lunch
1:20-2:40David Zilberman
US versus EU Biotechnology Regulations and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Future Conflicts and Trade
Authors: Gal Hochman, Gordon Rausser, and David Zilberman
Chair: Dr. Sarahelen Thompson, Director, Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS
Discussants:
Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst, Center for Food Safety
Daniel Karanja, Senior Fellow, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
Christiane Gerstetter, Researcher Ecologic Legal Ecologic Institute, Berlin
2:40-4:00Gabrielle Bouleau
Rivers of Diversity: Evolving Water Regulation in California and the European Union
Authors: Gabrielle Bouleau and Matt Kondolf
Discussants:
Tam M. Doduc, Chair State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento
Robert C. Wilkinson, Director of the Water Policy Program, UC Santa Barbara
Gerald Secundy, President of the California Council for Environmental & Economic Balance
4:00-4:20Break
4:20-5:40Panel: David Roland-Holst , Michael Hanneman, and Holmes Hummel
Future Areas of Cooperation between EU-California and the US on Climate Change and Adaptation, Energy, Cap-and-Trade
Chair: Steve Decanio, UC Santa Barbara TBC
Discussant:
Jim Gollub, Economy-Energy-Environment Equity
5:40-6:00Closing Remarks
"Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a Global World: EU, US, California and Comparative Perspectives”
April 30, 2009
University of California Washington Center
1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Please RVSP click: conference@ucdc.edu by Tuesday, April 28th , 2009
For more information, please visit: http://igov.berkeley.edu/
This workshop is the culmination of a two-year project examining the roles that California and the European Union play in defining the forefront of domestic and international environmental policy solutions. The goal of the project is to produce concrete, actionable policy recommendations to further regulatory cooperation between the EU, California and the US on transatlantic environmental issues, including climate change, chemicals policy, biosafety, water regulation, and biodiversity protection. As socioeconomic and environmental issues become increasingly integrated, innovative policy solutions are required to identify and address the complex nexus between society and environment. The project has developed a network of representatives from the US and the EU in academia, industry, the NGO-sector, and government.
Sponsored by
UC Berkeley IGS Center on Institutions and Governance (http://igov.berkeley.edu)
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
University of California Washington Center
The project is funded by the European Commission (DG External Relations) within the framework of the pilot-program on Transatlantic Methods for Handling Global Challenges
Program
9:00-9:20Introductory Remarks
John Bruton, EU Ambassador to the US
Heddy Riss, Director for the IGS Center on Institutions and Governance, UC Berkeley
David Vogel, Solomon P. Lee Distinguished Professorship in Business Ethics, UC Berkeley
Jo Swinnen, Professor of Development Economics, KU Leuven, director of LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
9:20-10:40Christina Hioureas
Transatlantic Environmental Regulation-Making: Co-Strengthening Cooperation between California and the European Union
Authors: Bruce Cain and Christina Hioureas
Chair: Jan Wouters, Leuven Professor of International law, Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven
Discussants:
Dan Pellissier, CAL EPA, Deputy Secretary for Energy Policy Coordination
Andrew Manale, EPA, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation
George Orbelian, San Francisco Global Trade Council
10:40-11:00Break
11:00-12:20Chris Ansell
Transatlantic Perspectives on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Authors: Chris Ansell and Jörg Balsiger
Chair: David Widawsky, Acting Director
National Center for Environmental Innovation
Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation EPA
Discussants:
Joan E. Denton, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Wally Baker, President Greentech Foundation
Nicholas Hanley, EU Commission DG Environment
12:20-1:20Lunch
1:20-2:40David Zilberman
US versus EU Biotechnology Regulations and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Future Conflicts and Trade
Authors: Gal Hochman, Gordon Rausser, and David Zilberman
Chair: Dr. Sarahelen Thompson, Director, Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS
Discussants:
Bill Freese, Science Policy Analyst, Center for Food Safety
Daniel Karanja, Senior Fellow, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
Christiane Gerstetter, Researcher Ecologic Legal Ecologic Institute, Berlin
2:40-4:00Gabrielle Bouleau
Rivers of Diversity: Evolving Water Regulation in California and the European Union
Authors: Gabrielle Bouleau and Matt Kondolf
Discussants:
Tam M. Doduc, Chair State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento
Robert C. Wilkinson, Director of the Water Policy Program, UC Santa Barbara
Gerald Secundy, President of the California Council for Environmental & Economic Balance
4:00-4:20Break
4:20-5:40Panel: David Roland-Holst , Michael Hanneman, and Holmes Hummel
Future Areas of Cooperation between EU-California and the US on Climate Change and Adaptation, Energy, Cap-and-Trade
Chair: Steve Decanio, UC Santa Barbara TBC
Discussant:
Jim Gollub, Economy-Energy-Environment Equity
5:40-6:00Closing Remarks
Research Assistant for Lobster Research
Research Assistant | Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Marathon, FL
Salary: $16.00/hour, full time.
Starting date: Mid May 2009. Applications will be accepted immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Closing: Until filled.
Location: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Fish and Wildlife Research Institute; South Florida Regional laboratory; 2796 Oversea Hwy, Suite 119; Marathon, Florida 33050
Responsibilities: A research assistant is needed for an immediate opening to conduct fisheries-based and habitat-based research on spiny lobster with the FWRI/SFRL lobster research program. The successful applicant will coordinate an ongoing research project on the lobster fishery and its affect on coral habitats in the Florida Keys. The individual will conduct underwater assessments of habitat, conduct lobster population surveys, manage databases, conduct analysis, and prepare reports and publications. ?Numerous opportunities for writing publications are available.
Qualifications: Marine or ecological sciences background required, a MS degree preferred. Extensive scientific diving required (dive certification is required, scientific dive experience and AAUS certified diver is preferred). The applicant should be familiar with Caribbean marine flora and fauna. ?The successful candidate should have excellent written and oral skills, be able to work independently, and be proficient in the use of PC software including MS office, graphical, and statistical software. Prior field work experience, including the operation and trailering of small (<25') boats is desirable. Applicants must be able to move equipment ? 50 lbs and possess a valid driver's license. You must be US Citizen or a legal U.S. resident or have a current U.S. Work Visa.
Contact: For more information, contact Tom Matthews. Phone: 305-289-2330
Email Address: Tom.Matthews@MyFWC.com
Please send a detailed CV which includes your educational background and experience, contact information, and two references
Salary: $16.00/hour, full time.
Starting date: Mid May 2009. Applications will be accepted immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Closing: Until filled.
Location: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Fish and Wildlife Research Institute; South Florida Regional laboratory; 2796 Oversea Hwy, Suite 119; Marathon, Florida 33050
Responsibilities: A research assistant is needed for an immediate opening to conduct fisheries-based and habitat-based research on spiny lobster with the FWRI/SFRL lobster research program. The successful applicant will coordinate an ongoing research project on the lobster fishery and its affect on coral habitats in the Florida Keys. The individual will conduct underwater assessments of habitat, conduct lobster population surveys, manage databases, conduct analysis, and prepare reports and publications. ?Numerous opportunities for writing publications are available.
Qualifications: Marine or ecological sciences background required, a MS degree preferred. Extensive scientific diving required (dive certification is required, scientific dive experience and AAUS certified diver is preferred). The applicant should be familiar with Caribbean marine flora and fauna. ?The successful candidate should have excellent written and oral skills, be able to work independently, and be proficient in the use of PC software including MS office, graphical, and statistical software. Prior field work experience, including the operation and trailering of small (<25') boats is desirable. Applicants must be able to move equipment ? 50 lbs and possess a valid driver's license. You must be US Citizen or a legal U.S. resident or have a current U.S. Work Visa.
Contact: For more information, contact Tom Matthews. Phone: 305-289-2330
Email Address: Tom.Matthews@MyFWC.com
Please send a detailed CV which includes your educational background and experience, contact information, and two references
The Value of Environmental Evaluation: June 8-9, 2009
The Value of Environmental Evaluation
Washington, D.C. June 8-9, 2009
Full agenda available online at http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Enviromental_Evaluators_Network&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=12390
What? - The purpose of the Environmental Evaluators Network (EEN) is to advance the field of environmental program and policy evaluation through more systematic and collective learning among evaluators and evaluation users. The 4th annual Environmental Evaluators Networking Forum in Washington, D.C. will provide participants with the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences about the use and significance of evaluation in their respective organizations and disciplines.
Theme of the 2009 Forum: The Value of Environmental Evaluation
In the context of the diversity of the environmental community, participants will discuss and document the value and roles of evaluation in achieving environmental goals. The severity of environmental challenges coupled with the growing demand for evidence of what works and what doesn't creates an opportunity to communicate the fundamental importance of evaluation to key audiences. The EEN will distribute outputs of the Forum to diverse audiences (e.g., government agencies, foundations, non-profits, and academic institutions) in an effort to advance the practice, theory and policy of environmental evaluation.
Sponsors: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Who for? - Environmental evaluators and users of environmental evaluation, both domestic and international, in government agencies, foundations, consulting firms, non-profit organizations, academia, and international institutions who are well poised to contribute to the field of environmental evaluation.
Where? - The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
When? - Monday and Tuesday, June 8-9, 2009
The conference is free, including breakfasts and lunches.
For updates and more on the Network and this year's Forum, go to: www.nfwf.org/een. Click here for the 2009 Agenda.
For registration to this year's forum, go here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AEDSkpOf4fOu1Nc5DIJP9w_3d_3d
Washington, D.C. June 8-9, 2009
Full agenda available online at http://www.nfwf.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Enviromental_Evaluators_Network&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=12390
What? - The purpose of the Environmental Evaluators Network (EEN) is to advance the field of environmental program and policy evaluation through more systematic and collective learning among evaluators and evaluation users. The 4th annual Environmental Evaluators Networking Forum in Washington, D.C. will provide participants with the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences about the use and significance of evaluation in their respective organizations and disciplines.
Theme of the 2009 Forum: The Value of Environmental Evaluation
In the context of the diversity of the environmental community, participants will discuss and document the value and roles of evaluation in achieving environmental goals. The severity of environmental challenges coupled with the growing demand for evidence of what works and what doesn't creates an opportunity to communicate the fundamental importance of evaluation to key audiences. The EEN will distribute outputs of the Forum to diverse audiences (e.g., government agencies, foundations, non-profits, and academic institutions) in an effort to advance the practice, theory and policy of environmental evaluation.
Sponsors: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Who for? - Environmental evaluators and users of environmental evaluation, both domestic and international, in government agencies, foundations, consulting firms, non-profit organizations, academia, and international institutions who are well poised to contribute to the field of environmental evaluation.
Where? - The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
When? - Monday and Tuesday, June 8-9, 2009
The conference is free, including breakfasts and lunches.
For updates and more on the Network and this year's Forum, go to: www.nfwf.org/een
For registration to this year's forum, go here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AEDSkpOf4fOu1Nc5DIJP9w_3d_3d
Organic Farming Discussion: May 5, 2009
Please join us for a discussion on "Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food"
with Prof. Pamela Ronald
Professor of Plant Pathology and Chair, Plant Genomics Program
University of California, Davis
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Time: 1:00-3:00 pm
Venue: Partnership Conference Room,
499 S. Capitol Street, S.W. Suite 500B
Washington, D.C. 20003
Limited Space: RSVP required by COB Friday, May 1, 2009 to email: partnership.events@gmail.com.
**Nearest Metro: Capitol South on the Blue & Orange Line
In a new book co-authored with her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer for more than 20 years, Prof. Ronald argues that genetic engineering and organic farming can be complementary and an important means of assuring environmentally sustainable food production. In her presentation, Prof. Ronald will discuss what geneticists and organic farmers actually do, and help readers distinguish between fact and fiction in the debate about crop genetic engineering.
For more information about Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food see: http://indica.ucdavis.edu/news/in-press-tomorrows-table.
with Prof. Pamela Ronald
Professor of Plant Pathology and Chair, Plant Genomics Program
University of California, Davis
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Time: 1:00-3:00 pm
Venue: Partnership Conference Room,
499 S. Capitol Street, S.W. Suite 500B
Washington, D.C. 20003
Limited Space: RSVP required by COB Friday, May 1, 2009 to email: partnership.events@gmail.com.
**Nearest Metro: Capitol South on the Blue & Orange Line
In a new book co-authored with her husband, Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer for more than 20 years, Prof. Ronald argues that genetic engineering and organic farming can be complementary and an important means of assuring environmentally sustainable food production. In her presentation, Prof. Ronald will discuss what geneticists and organic farmers actually do, and help readers distinguish between fact and fiction in the debate about crop genetic engineering.
For more information about Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food see: http://indica.ucdavis.edu/news/in-press-tomorrows-table.
Monday, April 20, 2009
TNC Volunteers opportunities
There are two full-time volunteer postings available at The Nature Conservancy's St. Croix office for May-November, 2009 to work with the St. Croix East End Marine Park as 1) Marine Education and Outreach Specialist, and 2) Marine Biology/Ecology Specialist.
Application deadline is April 24.
Further information and instructions for how to apply is provided at: https://careers.nature.org/ search "Marine" or "US Virgin Islands".
Application deadline is April 24.
Further information and instructions for how to apply is provided at: https://careers.nature.org/ search "Marine" or "US Virgin Islands".
Climate Change and the Norwegian Initiative: April 29, 2009
Melting at the Poles: Climate Change and the Norwegian Initiative
Join us in an event featuring speaker Mr. Knut Espen Solberg, a Climate Scientist and a legendary Arctic explorer, and the Ambassador of Norway, who will announce the student winners of the Embassy of Norway Essay Competition to the Polar Institute.
Time: Apr 29, Wednesday (12:00-2:00)
Venue: SIS 203
Norwegian snacks and refreshments prepared by the chefs at the Norwegian Embassy will be provided!
For questions please send email to Steven Ma at mtj828@yeah.net
Join us in an event featuring speaker Mr. Knut Espen Solberg, a Climate Scientist and a legendary Arctic explorer, and the Ambassador of Norway, who will announce the student winners of the Embassy of Norway Essay Competition to the Polar Institute.
Time: Apr 29, Wednesday (12:00-2:00)
Venue: SIS 203
Norwegian snacks and refreshments prepared by the chefs at the Norwegian Embassy will be provided!
For questions please send email to Steven Ma at mtj828@yeah.net
GW's 3rd Annual Climate Action Conference: April 22, 2009
The George Washington University School of Business
Department of Strategic Management & Public Policy
Institute for Corporate Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability Program
Washington, D.C. 20052
Dear Climate Stakeholder,
You are cordially invited to the George Washington University’s 3rd Annual Climate Action Conference! This Climate Action Conference will feature an impressive array of dynamic speakers on policy, business, economics, energy, food and water, and the built environment. It aims to encourage climate-related action and to provide interested organizational decision-makers, communities, students, and members of the public with a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about climate change-related opportunities, actions, and the local and global effects of our ever-warming world. The conference is a sustainability program organized by our GW Dept. of Strategic Management & Public Policy, the GW Institute for Corporate Responsibility, and our co-sponsors, the Sustainable Business Network of Washington, the Bureau of National Affairs, Green Advantage, Eco-Print and GW Net Impact.
The conference will be held on Wednesday, April 22nd (Earth Day) and Thursday, April 23rd from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. In addition to enthusiastic, action-oriented speakers, we will offer a continental breakfast and buffet lunch both days, and receptions will be held both evenings to encourage action-related networking. Our multi-faceted program can be seen in its entirety at http://www.climateactionconference.org .
Building on the success of our past two conferences, this year’s theme is “Managing for Climate Change: Global to Local Solutions.” Developing action plans to address climate change will require us to manage human activities across diverse sectors and on multiple spatial and temporal scales. This conference will focus on identifying actions that we can take both organizationally and individually to reduce our climate impacts.
This year’s event will be held in the GW Jack Morton Auditorium of the Media and Public Affairs building located at 805 21st St., NW, Washington, DC, on the corner of 21st and H Streets, NW, which is only three blocks from the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro station on the Orange and Blue lines. Parking is available across the street in the Marvin Center parking lot and in the University Parking Garage, the entrance of which is located on 22nd Street between H and Eye streets (two blocks west of the MPA Building).
We expect this year’s conference to be another success and encourage you to register in advance and to attend either or both days. To learn more about the conference or to register, please visit www.climateactionconference.org , contact us at smpp@gwu.edu , or call 202-994-6677.
Looking Forward to Seeing You at Our Climate Action Conference!
Mark Starik, Ph.D.
Professor & Dept. Chair, Strategic Mgmt. & Public Policy
Director, ICR Environmental Sustainability Program
The George Washington School of Business
Department of Strategic Management & Public Policy
Institute for Corporate Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability Program
Washington, D.C. 20052
Dear Climate Stakeholder,
You are cordially invited to the George Washington University’s 3rd Annual Climate Action Conference! This Climate Action Conference will feature an impressive array of dynamic speakers on policy, business, economics, energy, food and water, and the built environment. It aims to encourage climate-related action and to provide interested organizational decision-makers, communities, students, and members of the public with a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about climate change-related opportunities, actions, and the local and global effects of our ever-warming world. The conference is a sustainability program organized by our GW Dept. of Strategic Management & Public Policy, the GW Institute for Corporate Responsibility, and our co-sponsors, the Sustainable Business Network of Washington, the Bureau of National Affairs, Green Advantage, Eco-Print and GW Net Impact.
The conference will be held on Wednesday, April 22nd (Earth Day) and Thursday, April 23rd from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. In addition to enthusiastic, action-oriented speakers, we will offer a continental breakfast and buffet lunch both days, and receptions will be held both evenings to encourage action-related networking. Our multi-faceted program can be seen in its entirety at http://www.climateactionconference.org .
Building on the success of our past two conferences, this year’s theme is “Managing for Climate Change: Global to Local Solutions.” Developing action plans to address climate change will require us to manage human activities across diverse sectors and on multiple spatial and temporal scales. This conference will focus on identifying actions that we can take both organizationally and individually to reduce our climate impacts.
This year’s event will be held in the GW Jack Morton Auditorium of the Media and Public Affairs building located at 805 21st St., NW, Washington, DC, on the corner of 21st and H Streets, NW, which is only three blocks from the Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro station on the Orange and Blue lines. Parking is available across the street in the Marvin Center parking lot and in the University Parking Garage, the entrance of which is located on 22nd Street between H and Eye streets (two blocks west of the MPA Building).
We expect this year’s conference to be another success and encourage you to register in advance and to attend either or both days. To learn more about the conference or to register, please visit www.climateactionconference.org , contact us at smpp@gwu.edu , or call 202-994-6677.
Looking Forward to Seeing You at Our Climate Action Conference!
Mark Starik, Ph.D.
Professor & Dept. Chair, Strategic Mgmt. & Public Policy
Director, ICR Environmental Sustainability Program
The George Washington School of Business
Opportunities at Lama Foundation
Looking for a meaningful experience this summer?
The Lama Foundation, an off-grid, solar-powered intentional community in the mountains of northern New Mexico, is offering two opportunities that may be of interest to those looking to experience life a little deeper.
The first is a workshop to be held August 5-10 for people ages 18-29. This is a special youth camp in which participants will share their life experiences in meaningful and transformative ways in the context of living high up in the mountains amidst a sustainable, spiritual community. The workshop includes hiking, group discussions, various spiritual practices, a Native American sweat-lodge and many other wonderful ways of being together and learning more about oneself.
The second is a chance to be a "summer steward." Summer stewards work with the community in all aspects of mountain life: cooking, building straw-bale solar structures, gardening and making community decisions. Additionally, stewards learn together about and practice various spiritual traditions. It is a real opportunity to step out of the frenetic pace of our lives, settle deeper into ourselves and participate in building a sustainable community. Summer stewards can be at Lama for various time periods throughout the summer. I believe there is a minimum two-week commitment. Most stewards stay at least a month.
Both opportunities are inexpensive and promise to be extremely fulfilling.
Lama is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Summers offer near-perfect weather, stunning views and healthy living.
Please write to Professor Nicholson (simon.nicholson@american.edu) for fliers announcing both programs. You can also check out the Lama Foundation website at: lamafoundation.org.
Professor Wapner, at AU, has taught classes at Lama for the past three years and would be happy to answer any questions you might have: pwapner@american.edu.
The Lama Foundation, an off-grid, solar-powered intentional community in the mountains of northern New Mexico, is offering two opportunities that may be of interest to those looking to experience life a little deeper.
The first is a workshop to be held August 5-10 for people ages 18-29. This is a special youth camp in which participants will share their life experiences in meaningful and transformative ways in the context of living high up in the mountains amidst a sustainable, spiritual community. The workshop includes hiking, group discussions, various spiritual practices, a Native American sweat-lodge and many other wonderful ways of being together and learning more about oneself.
The second is a chance to be a "summer steward." Summer stewards work with the community in all aspects of mountain life: cooking, building straw-bale solar structures, gardening and making community decisions. Additionally, stewards learn together about and practice various spiritual traditions. It is a real opportunity to step out of the frenetic pace of our lives, settle deeper into ourselves and participate in building a sustainable community. Summer stewards can be at Lama for various time periods throughout the summer. I believe there is a minimum two-week commitment. Most stewards stay at least a month.
Both opportunities are inexpensive and promise to be extremely fulfilling.
Lama is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Summers offer near-perfect weather, stunning views and healthy living.
Please write to Professor Nicholson (simon.nicholson@american.edu) for fliers announcing both programs. You can also check out the Lama Foundation website at: lamafoundation.org.
Professor Wapner, at AU, has taught classes at Lama for the past three years and would be happy to answer any questions you might have: pwapner@american.edu.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Conservation Leadership Opportunities
New Conservation Leadership Opportunities throughout U.S.
SCA, the Student Conservation Association, America's #1 conservation service organization, seeks qualified individuals to lead new field projects just approved by Departments of Interior and Agriculture. As a field leader, you could lead high school volunteers in trail building and habitat restoration projects in any one of 100 national parks, forests, refuges, or cities across the US, or lead teams of college students in native plant restoration and environmental education.
Seasonal Employment
For a complete list of these seasonal/summer job opportunities with SCA, visit http://www.thesca. org/employment. You may apply for any or all of the positions using our online application by selecting the position(s)you are interested in, or you can send your cover letter and resume to SCA at leaders@thesca. org, please include your geographic and timing preferences.
SCA, the Student Conservation Association, America's #1 conservation service organization, seeks qualified individuals to lead new field projects just approved by Departments of Interior and Agriculture. As a field leader, you could lead high school volunteers in trail building and habitat restoration projects in any one of 100 national parks, forests, refuges, or cities across the US, or lead teams of college students in native plant restoration and environmental education.
Seasonal Employment
For a complete list of these seasonal/summer job opportunities with SCA, visit http://www.thesca. org/employment. You may apply for any or all of the positions using our online application by selecting the position(s)you are interested in, or you can send your cover letter and resume to SCA at leaders@thesca. org, please include your geographic and timing preferences.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Many Internship Opportunities at Conservation International
Internship Opportunities
April 2009
Conservation International (CI) offers internships for graduate and undergraduate students who will contribute to various projects in conservation science, policy and outreach, sustainable business practices, and environmental stewardship. Required hours are project-dependent and will be negotiated between student and mentor. Most internships are unpaid. If students are interested in receiving credit for their work at CI, they should obtain their academic institution’s requirements and discuss these with their mentor. To apply for an internship, please email a cover letter detailing your interests along with a CV/resume to the point of contact (POC) listed under the internship using the subject line, Internship Application.
Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate change. Ecosystems and the services they contribute to human wellbeing have recently come to the fore as a key research theme in conservation and development. There is, however, currently a dearth of understanding of how climate change may impact individual ecosystems, their component species and the ecological processes that define them. Which ecosystems for example are likely to be most susceptible to climate change, and which face the greatest degree of exposure? Using the subset of Global 200 ecoregions across Africa, the intern will synthesize available information from the scientific and grey literature in order to identify critical biotic and/or abiotic drivers that underlie the stability and function of individual ecosystems (e.g. fire frequency in the Fynbos of South Africa; number of cloud days in the montane forests of the Rift; grazing intensity of large herbivores in the Savanna biome). They will then utilize the latest data on climatic shifts (e.g. “novel” and “disappearing” climates), together with assessments of current ecosystem threat (e.g. percentage of ecoregion already transformed) to evaluate the potential magnitude of climate change impacts on identified drivers. This will allow a unique first-cut assessment of ecoregion vulnerability across Africa and identification of those systems most likely to face potentially catastrophic collapse and consequent loss of critical services. It is envisaged that this work will lead to co-authorship on a peer-reviewed publication.
Qualifications:
Good analytical skills
Use of Web of Science/internet data-mining
Genuine familiarity with GIS
Demonstrated knowledge of climate change issues and impacts
Ability to think outside-the-box
POC: David Hole, dhole@conservation.org
Carbon Mitigation in New Caledonia
The New Caledonian Program seeks French-speaking intern to assist with their carbon mitigation program. Recenser les Standards et Références; avec des exemples concrets et pertinents de projets de Compensation Carbone; Décrire les actions éligibles dans le cadre d’un Plan Carbone provincial (Réduction des émissions dues a la déforestation, séquestration CO2, adaptation au changement climatique…); Réaliser les estimations préliminaires: Stocks de Carbone organique (forets, savanes, récifs): Biblio + Travail SIG, Emissions actuelles et projetées: Biblio + Travail SIG (p/r Feux de brousse) + Interviews (émissions industrielles), Capacité de séquestration de Carbone & de réduction des émissions dues à la déforestation: Travail SIG, Coûts et faisabilité des différentes actions éligibles; Identifier les bases de réflexion pour les implications juridiques, commerciales et foncières & l’évaluation des risques; Participer aux Recommandations pour: Mise en place des opérations pilotes de reboisement, Identification des études complémentaires; Contribuer a la rédaction de l’avant-projet détaillé.
Qualifications:
Master of Science – Proficiency in GIS and CO2 mitigation schemes – French is compulsory
Maitrise d’ArcGIS
Lecture courante de l’anglais et du français
Expérience et goût pour la bibliographie en fonds documentaires et sur internet.
Esprit de synthèse, force de proposition et capacités rédactionnelles
Connaissances en matière de gestion forestière, mécanismes de compensation Carbone, droit de l’environnement et en gestion participative des ressources naturelles.
Permis B
POC: Francois Tron, ftron@conservation.org
Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity in Papua New Guinea
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to provide HQ support for a field project in Papua New Guinea that attempts to measure climate change impacts on biodiversity. HQ-based support of literature research, bibliography-building, compilation and analysis of data coming in from field and of historical datasets of vertebrate distributions along an elevational cline in Papua New Guinea. Objective is to document elevational range shifts of species over time.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate science majors in junior or senior year a minimum; science students either enrolled or graduated from a Masters Program preferred
Must be independent and able to work on the project in absence of mentor
Competent user of EndNote and Access preferred
Interests should include, if possible: tropical ecology, community ecology
POC: Bruce Beehler, bbeehler@conservation.org
Conservation Cost-Benefit Analysis
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with conservation cost-benefit analysis. Systematic conservation planning has developed sophisticated methods for the allocation of effort in protecting important sites. However, these methods also need to be scaled up to preserve landscape level processes in order to allow the persistence of biodiversity overall. Our work aims at developing a framework for optimizing conservation investment across landscapes, as well as sites, to meet explicit targets for the reduction of aggregate extinction risk. The intern would be part of a larger collaboration with Conservation International and researchers at the University of Gent (Belgium) and colleagues, aimed at determining how to lower the extinction risk of threatened, forest-dependent bird species with the lowest overall ratio of costs to benefits. The intern’s role in this work would be determining the optimal network of key biodiversity areas (KBAs) that could be connected into a single network at the lowest economic cost. The work developed as part of the internship would be used later in a peer-reviewed publication that the intern could co-author.
Qualifications:
Strong theoretical foundations in mathematical optimization
Proficiency with optimization software including AMPL/CPLEX, MARXAN or other packages
GIS software (ArcGIS)
POC: Elizabeth Selig, eselig@conservation.org
Conservation Planning for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with conservation planning for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Much research attention has been directed towards developing systematic conservation planning approaches to identify priority areas for conservation of biodiversity. However, our understanding of the extent these priority areas for biodiversity will conflict with or reinforce priorities for ecosystem services is still immature. We’re using data on the global distribution of mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian species; data on selected ecosystem services (i.e. carbon storage, hydrological services) and conservation planning software to explore the potential for synergies and trade-offs between conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Key intern responsibilities will be data preparation, conservation planning analyses (GIS, relevant conservation planning software) and analyzing results; and general collaboration on the broader project, including potential coauthorship of a peer-reviewed publication.
Qualifications:
Strong analytical skills
Demonstrated proficiency with GIS software (ArcGIS) and conservation planning software (e.g. Marxan)
Strong theoretical foundations in systematic conservation planning
POC: Frank Larsen, flarsen@conservation.org
Digital Strategies
The Strategic Marketing + Global Communications Division seeks an intern to work with the team to format and develop the content on conservation.org and enhance conservation.org webpages with links and supporting material. This position will gain an understanding of CI's content management system, search engine optimization, and other digital technology strategies. Opportunities for technical training include Sharepoint, Convio, Google Analytics & Adwords programs, and Omniture Hitbox software. The intern will produce and optimize legacy press releases and feature stories for the new website, ensure link-rich and searchable web content, format and prepare accompanying photo materials, and work with team members to improve web measurements including search functionality and daily traffic on conservation.org. Other opportunities may be available as time and organizational needs allow. Specific tasks include reviewing, editing and formatting web content; optimizing searchability and richness of web pages throughout the site; editing photos and incorporating these photos into conservation.org content via CI's content management system; working with Digital Strategies team to develop and implement an inline linking system and updating links to correspond with new conservation.org content.
Qualifications:
Interest in web development and/or interactive web technologies
Excellent written communication and attention to detail
Experience with Photoshop (preferred)
Knowledge of HTML
POC: Jen Maceyko, webteam@conservation.org
GIS Analysis on Global Opportunity Cost for Timber Products
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with literature review and spatial analysis. Specifically, the intern will gather literature on market price for timber products with a focus on Hotspots and high biodiversity wilderness areas (HBWA), review literature on transportation cost and perform spatial analyses of costs of transportation by roads and rivers.
Qualifications:
Graduate work in conservation biology, economics, forestry
Experience with scientific research
GIS skills
POC: Fabiano Godoy, fgodoy@conservation.org
Global News Media
The Strategic Marketing + Global Communications Division seeks an intern to work with the News Media Team at CI Headquarters to track placements of earned news coverage worldwide, and helping to analyze the news coverage for reports to CI executives. The intern will monitor news coverage and preparing clip books and analysis reports of coverage.
Qualifications:
Will be trained to utilize Vocus software
Good working knowledge of search engines
Ability to use programs that can make attractive documents, such as Adobe Acrobat
POC: Lisa Bowen, lbowen@conservation.org
Global Strategies for Conservation of Evolutionary History
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with global strategies for conservation of evolutionary history. Global conservation prioritization strategies such as biodiversity “hotspots” are derived from data on irreplaceability (for example, numbers of endemic species, often of a single taxon) and vulnerability (for example, proportionate habitat loss). However, it is debated whether such priorities serve as useful surrogates for other taxa, or for evolutionary history, which would maximize their option value and evolutionary potential. We’re using data on the global distribution of 27,767 mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian species and recent randomization and optimization techniques to test how effectively hotspots capture multi-taxon species-level endemism and whether hotspots are useful surrogates for evolutionary history. Key intern responsibilities include completion (~100 species) of a bird distribution database using GIS in consultation with printed distribution maps; analyses in MS Access and Excel; and general collaboration on the broader project, including potential coauthorship of a peer-reviewed publication.
Qualifications:
Strong GIS and analytical skills
Demonstrated proficiency with GIS software
Experience with quantitative analysis in Excel
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with MS Access or other relational database preferred
POC: Will Turner, wturner@conservation.org
Image Library
To help us organize and make better use of our photos, the Strategic Marketing + Global Communications Division (SMGC) is looking for a volunteer photography intern. This position is unpaid and extremely flexible. Depending on the needs of the candidate, it may be a part-time arrangement—days and times to be determined—and it may be short- or long-term. We do request a minimum of a 40 hour commitment to warrant the investment in training on our part. The job responsibilities will include updating CI’s existing digital asset management tool (image library) by maintaining image rights in library, removing duplicates, identifying and correcting inaccurate captions (this will be done with the support of technical editors), adding captions, keywords and copyright information where appropriate and uploading images into the image library. The photography intern will also be asked to provide feedback on the functionality of the image library to be incorporated into future improvements.
Qualifications:
Some digital photography experience required
Fairly high degree of comfort with computers and technology required
Familiarity with Macintosh platform preferred
Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Bridge
Self-starter and team player
POC: Karen Mikosz, kmikosz@conservation.org
IUCN Red List Assessments for Marine Species
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science’s Biodiversity Assessment Unit seeks an intern to work on IUCN Red List assessments for marine species. The primary functions of this internship will be in assisting in literature research of marine species and threats to feed into IUCN Red List assessments which measure threats of extinction. This will involve literature review, and data manipulation within a database. Some work will involve cleaning post-workshop and pre-workshop databases for scientific content. The work may also involve some basic GIS with species distribution shapefiles. Excellent communication skills are needed for corresponding with expert scientists involved in the program. May also be asked to help organize workshops abroad in terms of logistics and so will require excellent organization skills. May involve some administration assistance.
Either have or are currently carrying out a Masters degree in marine biology, zoology or another relevant biological sciences degree. Undergraduate students with required skills will also be considered.
Knowledge of marine species and ecology
Research skills - literature mining
Database management and experience
Computer skills – Access and Excel etc.
GIS skills useful, and good knowledge of global geography
Excellent written and spoken English. Other languages a bonus.
POC: Suzanne Livingstone, slivingstone@conservation.org www.conservation.org 4 of 6
Ornithological Expeditions in New Caledonia
The New Caledonian Program seeks French-speaking intern to assist with forest expeditions to search for potentially extinct species including bird tagging, bird counting, bird next monitoring, pig radio tracking. The Mont Panie Wilderness Reserve management plan identifies the need for further research on potentially extinct species (2 at local level, 2 at global level). Moreover an invasive control program should start in July 2009 for 5 years, with initial assessment of the environment, with emphasis on birds.
Qualifications:
Bird watching
Ability to mountaineering in tropical rainforest
Some French notions is vital
Preferred qualifications include bird tagging, GIS, French fluency, cross-cultural experiences, statistics
POC: Francois Tron, ftron@conservation.org
Primates Projects
The Office of the President seeks an intern to assist with administrative tasks related to primates research. Duties include updating databases and filing of primate research (reprints, journal articles); scanning and uploading primate newsletters and other information to Primate Specialist Group website, tracking new primate species and Top 25 Endangered Primates in the news media and other sources; scanning/labeling/filing primate slides and digital images.
High school graduate; some college preferred
Photoshop, Microsoft Access and Excel
POC: Jill Lucena, jlucena@conservation.org
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) seeks an intern to work on REDD projects. Nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions originate from deforestation. Parties to the UNFCCC are negotiating a mechanism for Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Quantitative economic analysis of REDD reference level design options is critical for designing a REDD mechanism that is effective, efficient, and equitable. The Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD Economics1 has developed a free, transparent and accessible spreadsheet tool to support UNFCCC negotiations on REDD. This tool, the Open Source Impacts of REDD Incentive Spreadsheet (OSIRIS), allows users to compare the emissions reduction and financial impacts of alternative approaches to setting REDD reference levels. More information on OSIRIS can be found at http://www.conservation.org/osiris. Intern will use OSIRIS, a cutting-edge economic model and Excel spreadsheet tool, to provide quantitative input to the UNFCCC negotiations on REDD. Intern will provide research assistance to published articles addressing questions such as: How would different REDD reference level designs contribute to emissions reductions, accounting for deforestation displacement risk (“leakage”)? What are the implications if not all countries are ready to participate in a REDD mechanism immediately? How do design implications differ for a REDD fund of a fixed size rather than a REDD market with a fixed credit price? Additionally, intern will assist in responding to requests from negotiating parties (countries) for quantitative country-specific information on emissions reductions, avoided deforestation, and revenue under alternative REDD mechanism designs.
Qualifications:
Two or more years of university in a quantitative field (math, economics, natural science, engineering)
Experience with MS Excel required
Experience or interest in economics preferred
Interest in forest conservation and international development preferred
Ability to translate short technical documents into Spanish, French, or Portuguese preferred but not necessary
POC: Jonah Busch, jbusch@conservation.org
Threat Status of Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with the threat status of Alliance for Zero Extinction sites. The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a partnership of nearly 70 non-governmental environmental organizations, has identified 595 terrestrial sites that harbor the sole remaining populations of 794 Endangered and Critically Endangered species. We’re using various spatially explicit data sets to understand the threat status of these critical sites. To assess threat we will (depending on data availability) look at deforestation, projected human population, climate change and other factors such as resource extraction. Key intern responsibilities include searching and screening for suitable datasets, GIS analyses and general collaboration on the broader project.
Qualifications:
Demonstrated competence using search engines like the Web of Science and Google Scholar
Strong analytical skills
Demonstrated proficiency with GIS software (ArcGIS)
POC: Frank Larsen, flarsen@conservation.org
Threatened Species, Priority Sites for Conservation
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) seeks an intern to assist with threatened species data. The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) www.zeroextinction.org is an alliance of 63 biodiversity conservation organizations in 22 countries that collectively aim to avoid species extinctions by identifying and protecting the last remaining habitats of Earth’s most endangered species. To date, the Alliance has identified 595 sites worldwide where one or more Endangered or Critically Endangered species, as defined on the IUCN Red List, finds its last known refuge. As a member of the Alliance for Zero Extinction, Conservation International is helping to update the original list of AZE species from 2005 with current data. This internship would be involved with updating the 2005 species data to reflect the current (2008) IUCN Red List data, as well as helping to coordinate expert review and comment on AZE species and sites through e-mail and phone.
Qualifications:
Current graduate student in biology, environmental studies, ecology, or equivalent
Experience with MS Access or other database software, especially building queries
Knowledge of the Alliance for Zero Extinction and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species also useful
GIS knowledge would also be useful, and interest in conservation in the tropics
POC: Matt Foster, mfoster@conservation.org
Water Related Ecosystem Services: Analysis of Risk and Vulnerable Areas
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) seeks an intern to assist in analysis for a research project focusing on ecosystem services, specifically water provision, water quality and flood protection. The specific project is to identify areas that are vulnerable to storms and floods resulting from storms, both currently and using climate change scenarios, and combine this with some population, environmental and economic information to understand areas of growing risk to climate change. The project that the intern would work on will be to identify areas where vulnerable human populations live and would be affected by climate change, using geo-spatial, statistical and analytical methods. The intern will help with the identification, mapping and analysis associated with examining these areas. The intern would have an interest in the human dimensions and water-related effects of climate change, be interested in GIS analysis at a high level and be interested in co-authoring the paper that will result from this analysis.
Qualifications:
High proficiency at GIS software (ArcGIS)
Strong statistical skills—Excel and/or statistical package (SAS or STATA)
Ability to use search engines such as Web of Science, Econlit and social science search engines
POC: Nalini Rao, nrao@conservation.org
April 2009
Conservation International (CI) offers internships for graduate and undergraduate students who will contribute to various projects in conservation science, policy and outreach, sustainable business practices, and environmental stewardship. Required hours are project-dependent and will be negotiated between student and mentor. Most internships are unpaid. If students are interested in receiving credit for their work at CI, they should obtain their academic institution’s requirements and discuss these with their mentor. To apply for an internship, please email a cover letter detailing your interests along with a CV/resume to the point of contact (POC) listed under the internship using the subject line, Internship Application.
Assessing Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate Change
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with assessing ecosystem vulnerability to climate change. Ecosystems and the services they contribute to human wellbeing have recently come to the fore as a key research theme in conservation and development. There is, however, currently a dearth of understanding of how climate change may impact individual ecosystems, their component species and the ecological processes that define them. Which ecosystems for example are likely to be most susceptible to climate change, and which face the greatest degree of exposure? Using the subset of Global 200 ecoregions across Africa, the intern will synthesize available information from the scientific and grey literature in order to identify critical biotic and/or abiotic drivers that underlie the stability and function of individual ecosystems (e.g. fire frequency in the Fynbos of South Africa; number of cloud days in the montane forests of the Rift; grazing intensity of large herbivores in the Savanna biome). They will then utilize the latest data on climatic shifts (e.g. “novel” and “disappearing” climates), together with assessments of current ecosystem threat (e.g. percentage of ecoregion already transformed) to evaluate the potential magnitude of climate change impacts on identified drivers. This will allow a unique first-cut assessment of ecoregion vulnerability across Africa and identification of those systems most likely to face potentially catastrophic collapse and consequent loss of critical services. It is envisaged that this work will lead to co-authorship on a peer-reviewed publication.
Qualifications:
Good analytical skills
Use of Web of Science/internet data-mining
Genuine familiarity with GIS
Demonstrated knowledge of climate change issues and impacts
Ability to think outside-the-box
POC: David Hole, dhole@conservation.org
Carbon Mitigation in New Caledonia
The New Caledonian Program seeks French-speaking intern to assist with their carbon mitigation program. Recenser les Standards et Références; avec des exemples concrets et pertinents de projets de Compensation Carbone; Décrire les actions éligibles dans le cadre d’un Plan Carbone provincial (Réduction des émissions dues a la déforestation, séquestration CO2, adaptation au changement climatique…); Réaliser les estimations préliminaires: Stocks de Carbone organique (forets, savanes, récifs): Biblio + Travail SIG, Emissions actuelles et projetées: Biblio + Travail SIG (p/r Feux de brousse) + Interviews (émissions industrielles), Capacité de séquestration de Carbone & de réduction des émissions dues à la déforestation: Travail SIG, Coûts et faisabilité des différentes actions éligibles; Identifier les bases de réflexion pour les implications juridiques, commerciales et foncières & l’évaluation des risques; Participer aux Recommandations pour: Mise en place des opérations pilotes de reboisement, Identification des études complémentaires; Contribuer a la rédaction de l’avant-projet détaillé.
Qualifications:
Master of Science – Proficiency in GIS and CO2 mitigation schemes – French is compulsory
Maitrise d’ArcGIS
Lecture courante de l’anglais et du français
Expérience et goût pour la bibliographie en fonds documentaires et sur internet.
Esprit de synthèse, force de proposition et capacités rédactionnelles
Connaissances en matière de gestion forestière, mécanismes de compensation Carbone, droit de l’environnement et en gestion participative des ressources naturelles.
Permis B
POC: Francois Tron, ftron@conservation.org
Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity in Papua New Guinea
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to provide HQ support for a field project in Papua New Guinea that attempts to measure climate change impacts on biodiversity. HQ-based support of literature research, bibliography-building, compilation and analysis of data coming in from field and of historical datasets of vertebrate distributions along an elevational cline in Papua New Guinea. Objective is to document elevational range shifts of species over time.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate science majors in junior or senior year a minimum; science students either enrolled or graduated from a Masters Program preferred
Must be independent and able to work on the project in absence of mentor
Competent user of EndNote and Access preferred
Interests should include, if possible: tropical ecology, community ecology
POC: Bruce Beehler, bbeehler@conservation.org
Conservation Cost-Benefit Analysis
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with conservation cost-benefit analysis. Systematic conservation planning has developed sophisticated methods for the allocation of effort in protecting important sites. However, these methods also need to be scaled up to preserve landscape level processes in order to allow the persistence of biodiversity overall. Our work aims at developing a framework for optimizing conservation investment across landscapes, as well as sites, to meet explicit targets for the reduction of aggregate extinction risk. The intern would be part of a larger collaboration with Conservation International and researchers at the University of Gent (Belgium) and colleagues, aimed at determining how to lower the extinction risk of threatened, forest-dependent bird species with the lowest overall ratio of costs to benefits. The intern’s role in this work would be determining the optimal network of key biodiversity areas (KBAs) that could be connected into a single network at the lowest economic cost. The work developed as part of the internship would be used later in a peer-reviewed publication that the intern could co-author.
Qualifications:
Strong theoretical foundations in mathematical optimization
Proficiency with optimization software including AMPL/CPLEX, MARXAN or other packages
GIS software (ArcGIS)
POC: Elizabeth Selig, eselig@conservation.org
Conservation Planning for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with conservation planning for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Much research attention has been directed towards developing systematic conservation planning approaches to identify priority areas for conservation of biodiversity. However, our understanding of the extent these priority areas for biodiversity will conflict with or reinforce priorities for ecosystem services is still immature. We’re using data on the global distribution of mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian species; data on selected ecosystem services (i.e. carbon storage, hydrological services) and conservation planning software to explore the potential for synergies and trade-offs between conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Key intern responsibilities will be data preparation, conservation planning analyses (GIS, relevant conservation planning software) and analyzing results; and general collaboration on the broader project, including potential coauthorship of a peer-reviewed publication.
Qualifications:
Strong analytical skills
Demonstrated proficiency with GIS software (ArcGIS) and conservation planning software (e.g. Marxan)
Strong theoretical foundations in systematic conservation planning
POC: Frank Larsen, flarsen@conservation.org
Digital Strategies
The Strategic Marketing + Global Communications Division seeks an intern to work with the team to format and develop the content on conservation.org and enhance conservation.org webpages with links and supporting material. This position will gain an understanding of CI's content management system, search engine optimization, and other digital technology strategies. Opportunities for technical training include Sharepoint, Convio, Google Analytics & Adwords programs, and Omniture Hitbox software. The intern will produce and optimize legacy press releases and feature stories for the new website, ensure link-rich and searchable web content, format and prepare accompanying photo materials, and work with team members to improve web measurements including search functionality and daily traffic on conservation.org. Other opportunities may be available as time and organizational needs allow. Specific tasks include reviewing, editing and formatting web content; optimizing searchability and richness of web pages throughout the site; editing photos and incorporating these photos into conservation.org content via CI's content management system; working with Digital Strategies team to develop and implement an inline linking system and updating links to correspond with new conservation.org content.
Qualifications:
Interest in web development and/or interactive web technologies
Excellent written communication and attention to detail
Experience with Photoshop (preferred)
Knowledge of HTML
POC: Jen Maceyko, webteam@conservation.org
GIS Analysis on Global Opportunity Cost for Timber Products
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with literature review and spatial analysis. Specifically, the intern will gather literature on market price for timber products with a focus on Hotspots and high biodiversity wilderness areas (HBWA), review literature on transportation cost and perform spatial analyses of costs of transportation by roads and rivers.
Qualifications:
Graduate work in conservation biology, economics, forestry
Experience with scientific research
GIS skills
POC: Fabiano Godoy, fgodoy@conservation.org
Global News Media
The Strategic Marketing + Global Communications Division seeks an intern to work with the News Media Team at CI Headquarters to track placements of earned news coverage worldwide, and helping to analyze the news coverage for reports to CI executives. The intern will monitor news coverage and preparing clip books and analysis reports of coverage.
Qualifications:
Will be trained to utilize Vocus software
Good working knowledge of search engines
Ability to use programs that can make attractive documents, such as Adobe Acrobat
POC: Lisa Bowen, lbowen@conservation.org
Global Strategies for Conservation of Evolutionary History
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with global strategies for conservation of evolutionary history. Global conservation prioritization strategies such as biodiversity “hotspots” are derived from data on irreplaceability (for example, numbers of endemic species, often of a single taxon) and vulnerability (for example, proportionate habitat loss). However, it is debated whether such priorities serve as useful surrogates for other taxa, or for evolutionary history, which would maximize their option value and evolutionary potential. We’re using data on the global distribution of 27,767 mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian species and recent randomization and optimization techniques to test how effectively hotspots capture multi-taxon species-level endemism and whether hotspots are useful surrogates for evolutionary history. Key intern responsibilities include completion (~100 species) of a bird distribution database using GIS in consultation with printed distribution maps; analyses in MS Access and Excel; and general collaboration on the broader project, including potential coauthorship of a peer-reviewed publication.
Qualifications:
Strong GIS and analytical skills
Demonstrated proficiency with GIS software
Experience with quantitative analysis in Excel
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with MS Access or other relational database preferred
POC: Will Turner, wturner@conservation.org
Image Library
To help us organize and make better use of our photos, the Strategic Marketing + Global Communications Division (SMGC) is looking for a volunteer photography intern. This position is unpaid and extremely flexible. Depending on the needs of the candidate, it may be a part-time arrangement—days and times to be determined—and it may be short- or long-term. We do request a minimum of a 40 hour commitment to warrant the investment in training on our part. The job responsibilities will include updating CI’s existing digital asset management tool (image library) by maintaining image rights in library, removing duplicates, identifying and correcting inaccurate captions (this will be done with the support of technical editors), adding captions, keywords and copyright information where appropriate and uploading images into the image library. The photography intern will also be asked to provide feedback on the functionality of the image library to be incorporated into future improvements.
Qualifications:
Some digital photography experience required
Fairly high degree of comfort with computers and technology required
Familiarity with Macintosh platform preferred
Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Bridge
Self-starter and team player
POC: Karen Mikosz, kmikosz@conservation.org
IUCN Red List Assessments for Marine Species
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science’s Biodiversity Assessment Unit seeks an intern to work on IUCN Red List assessments for marine species. The primary functions of this internship will be in assisting in literature research of marine species and threats to feed into IUCN Red List assessments which measure threats of extinction. This will involve literature review, and data manipulation within a database. Some work will involve cleaning post-workshop and pre-workshop databases for scientific content. The work may also involve some basic GIS with species distribution shapefiles. Excellent communication skills are needed for corresponding with expert scientists involved in the program. May also be asked to help organize workshops abroad in terms of logistics and so will require excellent organization skills. May involve some administration assistance.
Either have or are currently carrying out a Masters degree in marine biology, zoology or another relevant biological sciences degree. Undergraduate students with required skills will also be considered.
Knowledge of marine species and ecology
Research skills - literature mining
Database management and experience
Computer skills – Access and Excel etc.
GIS skills useful, and good knowledge of global geography
Excellent written and spoken English. Other languages a bonus.
POC: Suzanne Livingstone, slivingstone@conservation.org www.conservation.org 4 of 6
Ornithological Expeditions in New Caledonia
The New Caledonian Program seeks French-speaking intern to assist with forest expeditions to search for potentially extinct species including bird tagging, bird counting, bird next monitoring, pig radio tracking. The Mont Panie Wilderness Reserve management plan identifies the need for further research on potentially extinct species (2 at local level, 2 at global level). Moreover an invasive control program should start in July 2009 for 5 years, with initial assessment of the environment, with emphasis on birds.
Qualifications:
Bird watching
Ability to mountaineering in tropical rainforest
Some French notions is vital
Preferred qualifications include bird tagging, GIS, French fluency, cross-cultural experiences, statistics
POC: Francois Tron, ftron@conservation.org
Primates Projects
The Office of the President seeks an intern to assist with administrative tasks related to primates research. Duties include updating databases and filing of primate research (reprints, journal articles); scanning and uploading primate newsletters and other information to Primate Specialist Group website, tracking new primate species and Top 25 Endangered Primates in the news media and other sources; scanning/labeling/filing primate slides and digital images.
High school graduate; some college preferred
Photoshop, Microsoft Access and Excel
POC: Jill Lucena, jlucena@conservation.org
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) seeks an intern to work on REDD projects. Nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions originate from deforestation. Parties to the UNFCCC are negotiating a mechanism for Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). Quantitative economic analysis of REDD reference level design options is critical for designing a REDD mechanism that is effective, efficient, and equitable. The Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD Economics1 has developed a free, transparent and accessible spreadsheet tool to support UNFCCC negotiations on REDD. This tool, the Open Source Impacts of REDD Incentive Spreadsheet (OSIRIS), allows users to compare the emissions reduction and financial impacts of alternative approaches to setting REDD reference levels. More information on OSIRIS can be found at http://www.conservation.org/osiris. Intern will use OSIRIS, a cutting-edge economic model and Excel spreadsheet tool, to provide quantitative input to the UNFCCC negotiations on REDD. Intern will provide research assistance to published articles addressing questions such as: How would different REDD reference level designs contribute to emissions reductions, accounting for deforestation displacement risk (“leakage”)? What are the implications if not all countries are ready to participate in a REDD mechanism immediately? How do design implications differ for a REDD fund of a fixed size rather than a REDD market with a fixed credit price? Additionally, intern will assist in responding to requests from negotiating parties (countries) for quantitative country-specific information on emissions reductions, avoided deforestation, and revenue under alternative REDD mechanism designs.
Qualifications:
Two or more years of university in a quantitative field (math, economics, natural science, engineering)
Experience with MS Excel required
Experience or interest in economics preferred
Interest in forest conservation and international development preferred
Ability to translate short technical documents into Spanish, French, or Portuguese preferred but not necessary
POC: Jonah Busch, jbusch@conservation.org
Threat Status of Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Sciences (CABS) is seeking an intern to assist with the threat status of Alliance for Zero Extinction sites. The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a partnership of nearly 70 non-governmental environmental organizations, has identified 595 terrestrial sites that harbor the sole remaining populations of 794 Endangered and Critically Endangered species. We’re using various spatially explicit data sets to understand the threat status of these critical sites. To assess threat we will (depending on data availability) look at deforestation, projected human population, climate change and other factors such as resource extraction. Key intern responsibilities include searching and screening for suitable datasets, GIS analyses and general collaboration on the broader project.
Qualifications:
Demonstrated competence using search engines like the Web of Science and Google Scholar
Strong analytical skills
Demonstrated proficiency with GIS software (ArcGIS)
POC: Frank Larsen, flarsen@conservation.org
Threatened Species, Priority Sites for Conservation
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) seeks an intern to assist with threatened species data. The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) www.zeroextinction.org is an alliance of 63 biodiversity conservation organizations in 22 countries that collectively aim to avoid species extinctions by identifying and protecting the last remaining habitats of Earth’s most endangered species. To date, the Alliance has identified 595 sites worldwide where one or more Endangered or Critically Endangered species, as defined on the IUCN Red List, finds its last known refuge. As a member of the Alliance for Zero Extinction, Conservation International is helping to update the original list of AZE species from 2005 with current data. This internship would be involved with updating the 2005 species data to reflect the current (2008) IUCN Red List data, as well as helping to coordinate expert review and comment on AZE species and sites through e-mail and phone.
Qualifications:
Current graduate student in biology, environmental studies, ecology, or equivalent
Experience with MS Access or other database software, especially building queries
Knowledge of the Alliance for Zero Extinction and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species also useful
GIS knowledge would also be useful, and interest in conservation in the tropics
POC: Matt Foster, mfoster@conservation.org
Water Related Ecosystem Services: Analysis of Risk and Vulnerable Areas
The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) seeks an intern to assist in analysis for a research project focusing on ecosystem services, specifically water provision, water quality and flood protection. The specific project is to identify areas that are vulnerable to storms and floods resulting from storms, both currently and using climate change scenarios, and combine this with some population, environmental and economic information to understand areas of growing risk to climate change. The project that the intern would work on will be to identify areas where vulnerable human populations live and would be affected by climate change, using geo-spatial, statistical and analytical methods. The intern will help with the identification, mapping and analysis associated with examining these areas. The intern would have an interest in the human dimensions and water-related effects of climate change, be interested in GIS analysis at a high level and be interested in co-authoring the paper that will result from this analysis.
Qualifications:
High proficiency at GIS software (ArcGIS)
Strong statistical skills—Excel and/or statistical package (SAS or STATA)
Ability to use search engines such as Web of Science, Econlit and social science search engines
POC: Nalini Rao, nrao@conservation.org
Environmental Studies Coordinator at Bennington College
Bennington College is looking to fill a position of Environmental Studies Coordinator. The successful applicant will have an advanced degree in a pertinent field, applied experience in some arena of environmental problem-solving, teaching experience, administrative experience and demonstrated success in obtaining outside funding. The coordinator is a full-time, year-round position.
To apply, please email or mail a letter of interest, CV, and three letters of reference to: hroffice@bennington.edu or Human Resources, Bennington College, One College Drive, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Contact Ron Cohen, rlcohen@bennington.edu with questions.
To apply, please email or mail a letter of interest, CV, and three letters of reference to: hroffice@bennington.edu or Human Resources, Bennington College, One College Drive, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
Contact Ron Cohen, rlcohen@bennington.edu with questions.
Earth Policy Institute Events
UPCOMING EVENTS FEATURING EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE
APRIL 17 and 18, 2009
"On Thin Ice", a one-hour special on PBS
Seventy-five percent of the world's fresh water is stored in glaciers, but scientists predict climate change will cause some of the world's largest glaciers to completely melt by 2030. This will increase global competition for food and water and threaten international security.
In a special one-hour NOW on PBS report (check local listings), Host David Brancaccio travels to the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas and Montana's Glacier National Park to see the melting and to examine the consequences. Brancaccio talks with Lester Brown about the effects of melting glaciers of India’s food supply.
For additional information go to http://www.pbs.org/now/on-thin-ice-preview.html. Show times vary. Please check your local listings.
NOVEMBER 12-14, 2009
2009 State of the World Forum: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Based largely around “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization,” this Forum may turn out to be one of the most important events any of us will have the opportunity to attend. We are in momentous times. We are confronted by the escalating effects of global warming, and thousands of scientists worldwide are saying that if we do not act decisively, and soon, climate change could spiral out of control.
This Forum is bringing together both the understanding of what is taking place and the plans for moving forward. It will not be the usual conference with talking heads, but will be a working conference of leaders from around the world to plan how to save civilization.
For more information go to http://www.worldforum.org/forum.htm
To see where Lester Brown and other Institute speakers will be appearing, go to http://www.earthpolicy.org/Lectures/index.htm
APRIL 17 and 18, 2009
"On Thin Ice", a one-hour special on PBS
Seventy-five percent of the world's fresh water is stored in glaciers, but scientists predict climate change will cause some of the world's largest glaciers to completely melt by 2030. This will increase global competition for food and water and threaten international security.
In a special one-hour NOW on PBS report (check local listings), Host David Brancaccio travels to the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas and Montana's Glacier National Park to see the melting and to examine the consequences. Brancaccio talks with Lester Brown about the effects of melting glaciers of India’s food supply.
For additional information go to http://www.pbs.org/now/on-thin-ice-preview.html. Show times vary. Please check your local listings.
NOVEMBER 12-14, 2009
2009 State of the World Forum: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Based largely around “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization,” this Forum may turn out to be one of the most important events any of us will have the opportunity to attend. We are in momentous times. We are confronted by the escalating effects of global warming, and thousands of scientists worldwide are saying that if we do not act decisively, and soon, climate change could spiral out of control.
This Forum is bringing together both the understanding of what is taking place and the plans for moving forward. It will not be the usual conference with talking heads, but will be a working conference of leaders from around the world to plan how to save civilization.
For more information go to http://www.worldforum.org/forum.htm
To see where Lester Brown and other Institute speakers will be appearing, go to http://www.earthpolicy.org/Lectures/index.htm
New Approaches to Sustainable Fisheries: May 14, 2009
World Wildlife Fund’s Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Seminar Series
Dr. Douglas N. Rader
Chief Ocean Scientist
Environmental Defense Fund
Date: May 14th, 2009
Time: 4:30-5:30pm (lecture); 5:30-6:30pm (reception)
Admission: FREE!!
Registration: http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/fuller/item1816.html
Location: World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
1250 24th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
_____________________________________________________________________________
Abundant Oceans: New Approaches to Sustainable Fisheries
The history of marine conservation is littered with "silver bullets" that lost their "bang" -- ecosystem-based management is perhaps the most recent casualty. The newest star in the lineup is catch shares, a system of fisheries management tools that meet science-based conservation targets by allocating proportional management responsibility to fishermen (or groups of fishermen) and creating incentives to enhance that proportion, like money in the bank. Recent studies in top-level science publications have documented the success of individual transferable quotas and other types of catch shares in fisheries around the world. With the change of administration, an important opportunity exists to assure that catch share systems fulfill their potential in the United States and elsewhere to emplace sustainable commercial fisheries, as a necessary but not sufficient piece of the oceans puzzle. Further challenges loom, including the development of new deepwater fisheries, the meteoric rise of recreational fishing, the awakening of new uses beyond fishing in oceanic waters around the world, and , of course, new threats associated with warming and rising seas, intensifying storms and acidification associated with global warming. However, finally getting fishing right will be a significant down payment on a more robust and resilient future ocean.
Abbreviated Biography
Dr. Douglas Rader advises the leadership of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on the scientific aspects of policies and programs affecting oceans. He works with EDF’s national and regional teams to leverage cutting-edge science in current oceans program projects and emerging ocean issues. Previously, Doug led efforts to protect and restore the marine and estuarine ecosystems of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast and Caribbean. His efforts included stronger fisheries management policies and programs that align conservation with the business of fishing, improved coastal habitat protection programs, and science-based networks of marine protected areas.
Since 1984, Doug has worked to protect wetlands, water quality, and coastal and marine resources in the Southeast. His efforts contributed to the 1997 N.C. Marine Fishery Reform Act. He is currently chair of the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council’s Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory Panel. In addition, Doug is a, co-chair of the Offshore Energy exploration Study Committee of the North Carolina General Assembly and the North Carolina River Herring Advisory Committee. Doug is a member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Marine Protected Area Advisory Panel. He formerly served as the chair of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Standing Advisory Committee Planning and Permits Subcommittee and was a former member of the Warren Wilson Environmental Leadership Center Advisory Council. He worked previously as director of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study, and in the N.C. Division of Environmental Management and the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.
Doug has a Ph.D. in biology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, an M.S. in zoology from the University of Washington, and a B.S. in biology from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Dr. Douglas N. Rader
Chief Ocean Scientist
Environmental Defense Fund
Date: May 14th, 2009
Time: 4:30-5:30pm (lecture); 5:30-6:30pm (reception)
Admission: FREE!!
Registration: http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/fuller/item1816.html
Location: World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
1250 24th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
_____________________________________________________________________________
Abundant Oceans: New Approaches to Sustainable Fisheries
The history of marine conservation is littered with "silver bullets" that lost their "bang" -- ecosystem-based management is perhaps the most recent casualty. The newest star in the lineup is catch shares, a system of fisheries management tools that meet science-based conservation targets by allocating proportional management responsibility to fishermen (or groups of fishermen) and creating incentives to enhance that proportion, like money in the bank. Recent studies in top-level science publications have documented the success of individual transferable quotas and other types of catch shares in fisheries around the world. With the change of administration, an important opportunity exists to assure that catch share systems fulfill their potential in the United States and elsewhere to emplace sustainable commercial fisheries, as a necessary but not sufficient piece of the oceans puzzle. Further challenges loom, including the development of new deepwater fisheries, the meteoric rise of recreational fishing, the awakening of new uses beyond fishing in oceanic waters around the world, and , of course, new threats associated with warming and rising seas, intensifying storms and acidification associated with global warming. However, finally getting fishing right will be a significant down payment on a more robust and resilient future ocean.
Abbreviated Biography
Dr. Douglas Rader advises the leadership of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on the scientific aspects of policies and programs affecting oceans. He works with EDF’s national and regional teams to leverage cutting-edge science in current oceans program projects and emerging ocean issues. Previously, Doug led efforts to protect and restore the marine and estuarine ecosystems of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast and Caribbean. His efforts included stronger fisheries management policies and programs that align conservation with the business of fishing, improved coastal habitat protection programs, and science-based networks of marine protected areas.
Since 1984, Doug has worked to protect wetlands, water quality, and coastal and marine resources in the Southeast. His efforts contributed to the 1997 N.C. Marine Fishery Reform Act. He is currently chair of the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council’s Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory Panel. In addition, Doug is a, co-chair of the Offshore Energy exploration Study Committee of the North Carolina General Assembly and the North Carolina River Herring Advisory Committee. Doug is a member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Marine Protected Area Advisory Panel. He formerly served as the chair of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat and Water Quality Standing Advisory Committee Planning and Permits Subcommittee and was a former member of the Warren Wilson Environmental Leadership Center Advisory Council. He worked previously as director of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study, and in the N.C. Division of Environmental Management and the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.
Doug has a Ph.D. in biology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, an M.S. in zoology from the University of Washington, and a B.S. in biology from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Renewable Fuels Discussion: April 16, 2009
Renewable Fuels: The On-Deck Circle Versus The Batter's Box
Even with gasoline prices down from their highs of last year, renewable fuels are a hot item these days. Whether to reduce emissions, use domestic resources, create jobs, or keep costs under control, the reasons for shifting our vehicle fleet over to renewable fuels are compelling. But major questions remain. How soon can we shift the US fleet to renewable fuels and what will it cost? What about the mandates in EPACT 05 and EISA 07? Can these fuels perform as well as what we use now? What types of vehicles will be the “winners?” At the same time, there are very real industry bottlenecks, like fuel transportation and the development of sufficient refueling stations. Come hear one of the most well-known experts on renewable fuels make the case for the transition to a future where our fuels are predominantly renewable.
Whether you follow renewable fuels or not, we encourage you to forward this invitation to someone else who does. This is an opportunity to hear one of the real "top guns" in the field.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 from 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Farragut Center Building, 1725 Eye St., NW
Washington, DC 20006
Bob Dinneen is the President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), the national trade association for the US ethanol industry. As such, he is the ethanol industry’s lead lobbyist before the Congress and Administration. He joined the RFA in 1988 as Legislative Director and became President in July of 2001. In this capacity he led the association’s effort to build coalitions in order to provide for marketplace growth for the industry. Most recently, these coalitions have resulted in expanding the historic Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to 36 billion gallons by 2022, as well as passage of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). In 2008 he was named one of the top lobbyists by Washington, DC’s The Hill newspaper. He currently serves on the DOE/USDA Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee.
Mr. Dinneen has presented testimony before the Congress and Federal agencies on numerous occasions, and represented the ethanol industry’s interests at state, national and international forums. Prior to joining RFA, he worked on Capitol Hill for various Members of Congress and Congressional committees.
Mr. Dinneen graduated from the Catholic University of America with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science.
To RSVP today, visit www.icfi.com/energybreakfast or call 703.934.3637
Even with gasoline prices down from their highs of last year, renewable fuels are a hot item these days. Whether to reduce emissions, use domestic resources, create jobs, or keep costs under control, the reasons for shifting our vehicle fleet over to renewable fuels are compelling. But major questions remain. How soon can we shift the US fleet to renewable fuels and what will it cost? What about the mandates in EPACT 05 and EISA 07? Can these fuels perform as well as what we use now? What types of vehicles will be the “winners?” At the same time, there are very real industry bottlenecks, like fuel transportation and the development of sufficient refueling stations. Come hear one of the most well-known experts on renewable fuels make the case for the transition to a future where our fuels are predominantly renewable.
Whether you follow renewable fuels or not, we encourage you to forward this invitation to someone else who does. This is an opportunity to hear one of the real "top guns" in the field.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 from 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Farragut Center Building, 1725 Eye St., NW
Washington, DC 20006
Bob Dinneen is the President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), the national trade association for the US ethanol industry. As such, he is the ethanol industry’s lead lobbyist before the Congress and Administration. He joined the RFA in 1988 as Legislative Director and became President in July of 2001. In this capacity he led the association’s effort to build coalitions in order to provide for marketplace growth for the industry. Most recently, these coalitions have resulted in expanding the historic Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to 36 billion gallons by 2022, as well as passage of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC). In 2008 he was named one of the top lobbyists by Washington, DC’s The Hill newspaper. He currently serves on the DOE/USDA Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee.
Mr. Dinneen has presented testimony before the Congress and Federal agencies on numerous occasions, and represented the ethanol industry’s interests at state, national and international forums. Prior to joining RFA, he worked on Capitol Hill for various Members of Congress and Congressional committees.
Mr. Dinneen graduated from the Catholic University of America with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science.
To RSVP today, visit www.icfi.com/energybreakfast or call 703.934.3637
Monday, April 13, 2009
Asian Water Discussions in April and May
Dear China Environment Forum,
Our spring meeting extravaganza is continuing with double meetings in April and May! As usual, all of the meetings are at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC and they will all be webcast.
Our first April meeting is the launch of an exciting water security in Asia report published by Asia Society (April 22). The second April meeting on the 29th will feature Edward Yau—Hong Kong’s Secretary of the Environmental Protection Department—who will discuss new partnerships between Hong Kong and Guangdong on clean energy and cleaner production in the Pearl River Delta. This is a rare treat to have a high-level official from Hong Kong, so hope many of you can attend! Full invites for these two meetings are below and you can RSVP to cef@wilsoncenter.org (remember to note your affiliation).
Please Save the Dates for two May meetings—Promoting Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Air Quality, Environmental Health, and Climate Change (May 12, 9:00-11:00 a.m.); and Animal Investigators: Solving Illegal Wildlife Crimes and Saving Endangered Species in Brazil and China (May 20, 9:00-11:00 a.m.). Full information and RSVP links for these meetings are online and will be emailed out soon.
APRIL MEETINGS
Launch of the Asia Society Leadership Group on Water Security in Asia Report Asia’s Next Challenge: Securing the Region’s Water Future
Date and Time: April 22, 2009 (Wednesday); 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center’s 6th Floor Auditorium
RSVP: cef@wilsoncenter.org
Speakers:
Saleem Ali, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution’s Doha Center; Professor of Environmental Planning & Asian Studies, University of Vermont
Suzanne DiMaggio, Director, Asian Social Issues Program, Asia Society
Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (moderator)
The global demand for fresh water is soaring as supply is becoming more uncertain. Water-related problems are particularly acute in Asia—the world’s most populous continent. As population growth and urbanization rates in Asia continue to rise, stress on the region’s water resources will intensify. Climate change is expected to worsen the situation. Experts project that reduced access to fresh water will lead to a cascading set of consequences, including impaired food production, the loss of livelihood security, large-scale migration within and across borders, and increased geopolitical tensions and instabilities. Over time, these effects will have a profound impact on security throughout the region.
The report of the Asia Society’s Leadership Group on Water Security in Asia considers the security dimensions associated with decreased access to a safe, stable supply of water in Asia and provides a forward-looking agenda aimed at averting a water crisis in the region. Join us as members of the Leadership Group on Water Security discuss the report’s findings and recommendations.
For more information on the report, please visit AsiaSociety.org/water
This meeting is cosponsored by the Asia Society, Columbia Water Center, Asia-Pacific Water Forum and the Woodrow Wilson Center
Greening the Pearl River Delta
Speaker: Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment Department, Hong Kong
Date and Time: April 29, 2009 (Wednesday); 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center’s 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room
RSVP: CEF@wilsoncenter.org
Our spring meeting extravaganza is continuing with double meetings in April and May! As usual, all of the meetings are at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC and they will all be webcast.
Our first April meeting is the launch of an exciting water security in Asia report published by Asia Society (April 22). The second April meeting on the 29th will feature Edward Yau—Hong Kong’s Secretary of the Environmental Protection Department—who will discuss new partnerships between Hong Kong and Guangdong on clean energy and cleaner production in the Pearl River Delta. This is a rare treat to have a high-level official from Hong Kong, so hope many of you can attend! Full invites for these two meetings are below and you can RSVP to cef@wilsoncenter.org (remember to note your affiliation).
Please Save the Dates for two May meetings—Promoting Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Air Quality, Environmental Health, and Climate Change (May 12, 9:00-11:00 a.m.); and Animal Investigators: Solving Illegal Wildlife Crimes and Saving Endangered Species in Brazil and China (May 20, 9:00-11:00 a.m.). Full information and RSVP links for these meetings are online and will be emailed out soon.
APRIL MEETINGS
Launch of the Asia Society Leadership Group on Water Security in Asia Report Asia’s Next Challenge: Securing the Region’s Water Future
Date and Time: April 22, 2009 (Wednesday); 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center’s 6th Floor Auditorium
RSVP: cef@wilsoncenter.org
Speakers:
Saleem Ali, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution’s Doha Center; Professor of Environmental Planning & Asian Studies, University of Vermont
Suzanne DiMaggio, Director, Asian Social Issues Program, Asia Society
Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (moderator)
The global demand for fresh water is soaring as supply is becoming more uncertain. Water-related problems are particularly acute in Asia—the world’s most populous continent. As population growth and urbanization rates in Asia continue to rise, stress on the region’s water resources will intensify. Climate change is expected to worsen the situation. Experts project that reduced access to fresh water will lead to a cascading set of consequences, including impaired food production, the loss of livelihood security, large-scale migration within and across borders, and increased geopolitical tensions and instabilities. Over time, these effects will have a profound impact on security throughout the region.
The report of the Asia Society’s Leadership Group on Water Security in Asia considers the security dimensions associated with decreased access to a safe, stable supply of water in Asia and provides a forward-looking agenda aimed at averting a water crisis in the region. Join us as members of the Leadership Group on Water Security discuss the report’s findings and recommendations.
For more information on the report, please visit AsiaSociety.org/water
This meeting is cosponsored by the Asia Society, Columbia Water Center, Asia-Pacific Water Forum and the Woodrow Wilson Center
Greening the Pearl River Delta
Speaker: Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment Department, Hong Kong
Date and Time: April 29, 2009 (Wednesday); 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center’s 6th Floor Moynihan Board Room
RSVP: CEF@wilsoncenter.org
EPA Office of Water Job Fair: April 21, 2009
WHO: Entry-level candidates (GS–05/07/09 grade level)
WHAT: Positions for Biologist, Environmental Engineer, Environmental Protection Specialist, Economist, Financial Analyst, Information Management Specialist, Information Technology Specialist, Microbiologist, Physical Scientist, Program Analyst, Statistician
WHEN: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m
WHERE: The Polaris Room, Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (metro stop: Federal Triangle).
For more information on the positions currently available in OW, see http://www.epa.gov/ow/careers.
Interviews will be held on-site.
Please bring: 2 copies of your resume and valid photo identification.
If you need directions, see www.itcdc.com.
U.S. citizenship is required. EPA is an equal opportunity employer.
WHAT: Positions for Biologist, Environmental Engineer, Environmental Protection Specialist, Economist, Financial Analyst, Information Management Specialist, Information Technology Specialist, Microbiologist, Physical Scientist, Program Analyst, Statistician
WHEN: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m
WHERE: The Polaris Room, Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (metro stop: Federal Triangle).
For more information on the positions currently available in OW, see http://www.epa.gov/ow/careers.
Interviews will be held on-site.
Please bring: 2 copies of your resume and valid photo identification.
If you need directions, see www.itcdc.com.
U.S. citizenship is required. EPA is an equal opportunity employer.
Lecture on Development: April 15, 2009
IDP & SID invite you to the IDP’s 35th Anniversary Lecture on Development
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala*
Managing Director, World Bank Former Finance and Foreign Minister of Nigeria will speak on “The Global Crisis, the G20 & Impacts on Development.”
The Speaker will focus on the current global financial crisis, the recent G20 meeting in London, and their impacts on emerging markets and low income countries
Location: Kay Spiritual Center, AU Campus
April 15 2009, 6:00pm to 7:30 pm
Followed by a Reception
Enquiries: Crystal Wright at 202 885 1657
or idpsis@american.edu
------------
* Speaker's Background (From Wikipedia)
Education Dr Okonjo-Iweala was educated at Harvard University (A.B. Magna Cum Laude 1977) and earned her Ph.D. in regional economics and development from the MIT.
Career Prior to her ministerial career in Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala was vice-president and corporate secretary of the World Bank. She left it in 2003 after she was appointed to President Obasanjo's cabinet as Finance Minister on 15 July.
In October 2005, she led the Nigerian team that struck a deal with the Paris Club, a group of bilateral creditors, to pay a portion of Nigeria's external debt (US $12 billion) in return for an $18 billion debt write-off. Prior to the partial debt payment and write-off, Nigeria spent roughly U.S. $1 billion every year on debt servicing, without making a dent in the principal owed.
Okonjo-Iweala also introduced the practice of publishing each state’s monthly financial allocation from the federal government in the newspapers. She was instrumental in helping Nigeria obtain its first ever sovereign credit rating (of BB minus) from Fitch and Standard & Poor's. Nigeria is considered to have defaulted on its sovereign debt in 1983 (debt rescheduling is considered a type of default by rating agencies).
She resigned as Nigeria's Foreign Minister in August 2006 following her sudden removal as head of Nigeria's Economic Intelligence team by President Olusegun Abasanjo. She left office at the end of August 2006.
In October 2007 World Bank President Robert Zoellick appointed her to the post of Managing Director, effective December 2007.
Non-profit work She is a fellow at the Brookings Institution. Okonjo-Iweala also serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Financial Integrity Program and on the Board of Directors of the World Resources Institute.
Honors and awards
• Time Europe Hero 2004
• This Day Nigeria Minister of the Year 2004
• Euromoney Magazine Global Finance Minister of the year 2005
• Financial Times/The Banker African Finance Minister 2005
• Nigerian of the Year 2006.
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala*
Managing Director, World Bank Former Finance and Foreign Minister of Nigeria will speak on “The Global Crisis, the G20 & Impacts on Development.”
The Speaker will focus on the current global financial crisis, the recent G20 meeting in London, and their impacts on emerging markets and low income countries
Location: Kay Spiritual Center, AU Campus
April 15 2009, 6:00pm to 7:30 pm
Followed by a Reception
Enquiries: Crystal Wright at 202 885 1657
or idpsis@american.edu
------------
* Speaker's Background (From Wikipedia)
Education Dr Okonjo-Iweala was educated at Harvard University (A.B. Magna Cum Laude 1977) and earned her Ph.D. in regional economics and development from the MIT.
Career Prior to her ministerial career in Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala was vice-president and corporate secretary of the World Bank. She left it in 2003 after she was appointed to President Obasanjo's cabinet as Finance Minister on 15 July.
In October 2005, she led the Nigerian team that struck a deal with the Paris Club, a group of bilateral creditors, to pay a portion of Nigeria's external debt (US $12 billion) in return for an $18 billion debt write-off. Prior to the partial debt payment and write-off, Nigeria spent roughly U.S. $1 billion every year on debt servicing, without making a dent in the principal owed.
Okonjo-Iweala also introduced the practice of publishing each state’s monthly financial allocation from the federal government in the newspapers. She was instrumental in helping Nigeria obtain its first ever sovereign credit rating (of BB minus) from Fitch and Standard & Poor's. Nigeria is considered to have defaulted on its sovereign debt in 1983 (debt rescheduling is considered a type of default by rating agencies).
She resigned as Nigeria's Foreign Minister in August 2006 following her sudden removal as head of Nigeria's Economic Intelligence team by President Olusegun Abasanjo. She left office at the end of August 2006.
In October 2007 World Bank President Robert Zoellick appointed her to the post of Managing Director, effective December 2007.
Non-profit work She is a fellow at the Brookings Institution. Okonjo-Iweala also serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Financial Integrity Program and on the Board of Directors of the World Resources Institute.
Honors and awards
• Time Europe Hero 2004
• This Day Nigeria Minister of the Year 2004
• Euromoney Magazine Global Finance Minister of the year 2005
• Financial Times/The Banker African Finance Minister 2005
• Nigerian of the Year 2006.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Classroom in the Wild: April 14, 2009
CLASSROOM IN THE WILD IN FLORIDA
With Prof. Chris Palmer and Students
On Tuesday, April 14 at 7 pm in the Wechsler Theater
Learn how 14 students survived the wilds of Florida for a week over spring break. Chris Palmer and his students will lead a presentation that will include videos and photos.
3rd Floor, Mary Graydon Center, American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8017
Directions and Parking: http://www.american.edu/maps/
REFRESHMENTS!
FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NO RESERVATION NEEDED
With Prof. Chris Palmer and Students
On Tuesday, April 14 at 7 pm in the Wechsler Theater
Learn how 14 students survived the wilds of Florida for a week over spring break. Chris Palmer and his students will lead a presentation that will include videos and photos.
3rd Floor, Mary Graydon Center, American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8017
Directions and Parking: http://www.american.edu/maps/
REFRESHMENTS!
FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NO RESERVATION NEEDED
Friday, April 10, 2009
"When Nature's Forces Meet Degraded Environments": April 14, 2009
"When Nature's Forces Meet Degraded Environments" Panel Discussion: Wangari Maathai, Bruce Babbitt, and Thomas Friedman
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
2:00 PM
IFC Auditorium
PRESENTER
Wangari Maathai
Founder, The Greenbelt Movement & 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Ms. Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in
2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace. Ms.
Maathai, who was born in Nyeri, Kenya, is the first woman in East and Central
Africa to earn a doctorate degree. She was active in the National Council of
Women of Kenya in 1976-87 and was its chairman in 1981-87. It was while she
served in the National Council of Women that she introduced the idea of planting
trees with the people in 1976 and continued to develop it into a broad-based,
grassroots organization, whose main focus is the planting of trees with women
groups in order to conserve the environment and improve their quality of life.
Through her work with the Green Belt Movement, she has assisted these groups in
planting more than 20 million trees on their farms, schools, and church
compounds. Her new book, The Challenge for Africa, will be released in April
2009.
DISCUSSANTS
Bruce Babbitt
Chairman of the Board, World Wildlife Fund
Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona
Mr. Babbitt is Chairman of the Board at the World Wildlife Fund. He formerly
served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1993 to 2001, leading the country
in landmark efforts, including the creation of a forest plan for the Pacific
Northwest, restoration of the Florida Everglades, passage of the California
Desert Protection Act, and legislation for the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Before President Clinton appointed him to national service, Mr. Babbitt served
as Governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987 and as Attorney General of the state
from 1975 to 1978. He wrote Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use
in America (2005), where he lays out a new vision of land use in America,
addressing a breadth of issues from protection of the Everglades to restoration
of tall grass prairie in Iowa to water development in Arizona, wolf restoration
in Yellowstone, grazing rights in the Southwest, and dam removal across the
country.
Thomas Friedman
Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times
Mr. Friedman, a world-renowned author and journalist, joined The New York Times
in 1981. He won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, his third Pulitzer for
The New York Times. He has reported on the Middle East conflict, the end of the
cold war, U.S. domestic politics, foreign policy and international economics. He
has authored a number of books, including The Lexus and the Olive Tree:
Understanding Globalization (1999) and The World is Flat: A Brief History of the
Twenty-first Century (2005). His latest book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We
Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America (2008), brings a fresh
outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for
energy.
MODERATOR
Apurva Sanghi
Senior Economist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank
Mr. Sanghi is leading the ongoing World Bank?UN Assessment on the Economics of
Disaster Risk Reduction. This event is part of a distinguished seminar series
designed to contribute ideas by individuals such as Kenneth Arrow, Freeman
Dyson, Daniel Kahneman, Howard Kunreuther, William Nordhaus, Richard Posner,
Thomas Schelling, Martin Weitzman, and others on selected themes of the World
Bank?UN Assessment. The next speaker is Edward Prescott, the 2004 Economics
Nobel Laureate, on April 24. For more information about the Assessment, please
contact Mr. Sanghi at asanghi@worldbank.org.
About The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
GFDRR is a partnership of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(ISDR) system to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
(HFA). The HFA, endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution
60/195, is the primary international agreement for disaster reduction. One
hundred sixty-eight (168) countries and multilateral organizations including the
World Bank and the United Nations (UN) system participated in the UN World
Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan in January 2005. The
principal strategic goal of the HFA is to effectively integrate, in a coherent
manner, disaster risk considerations into sustainable development policies,
planning, programming, and financing at all levels of government.
For more information, visit GFDRR.org.
About The InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a
forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted
many internationally recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama,
Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, Senator Hagel, and
Carly Fiorina. The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible space at
headquarters and provides internal and external audiences with over 10,000
titles published by the World Bank, international organizations, and other
publishers on development issues.
For more information, visit www.worldbank.org/infoshop
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
2:00 PM
IFC Auditorium
PRESENTER
Wangari Maathai
Founder, The Greenbelt Movement & 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Ms. Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in
2004 for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace. Ms.
Maathai, who was born in Nyeri, Kenya, is the first woman in East and Central
Africa to earn a doctorate degree. She was active in the National Council of
Women of Kenya in 1976-87 and was its chairman in 1981-87. It was while she
served in the National Council of Women that she introduced the idea of planting
trees with the people in 1976 and continued to develop it into a broad-based,
grassroots organization, whose main focus is the planting of trees with women
groups in order to conserve the environment and improve their quality of life.
Through her work with the Green Belt Movement, she has assisted these groups in
planting more than 20 million trees on their farms, schools, and church
compounds. Her new book, The Challenge for Africa, will be released in April
2009.
DISCUSSANTS
Bruce Babbitt
Chairman of the Board, World Wildlife Fund
Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona
Mr. Babbitt is Chairman of the Board at the World Wildlife Fund. He formerly
served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1993 to 2001, leading the country
in landmark efforts, including the creation of a forest plan for the Pacific
Northwest, restoration of the Florida Everglades, passage of the California
Desert Protection Act, and legislation for the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Before President Clinton appointed him to national service, Mr. Babbitt served
as Governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987 and as Attorney General of the state
from 1975 to 1978. He wrote Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use
in America (2005), where he lays out a new vision of land use in America,
addressing a breadth of issues from protection of the Everglades to restoration
of tall grass prairie in Iowa to water development in Arizona, wolf restoration
in Yellowstone, grazing rights in the Southwest, and dam removal across the
country.
Thomas Friedman
Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times
Mr. Friedman, a world-renowned author and journalist, joined The New York Times
in 1981. He won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, his third Pulitzer for
The New York Times. He has reported on the Middle East conflict, the end of the
cold war, U.S. domestic politics, foreign policy and international economics. He
has authored a number of books, including The Lexus and the Olive Tree:
Understanding Globalization (1999) and The World is Flat: A Brief History of the
Twenty-first Century (2005). His latest book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We
Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America (2008), brings a fresh
outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for
energy.
MODERATOR
Apurva Sanghi
Senior Economist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank
Mr. Sanghi is leading the ongoing World Bank?UN Assessment on the Economics of
Disaster Risk Reduction. This event is part of a distinguished seminar series
designed to contribute ideas by individuals such as Kenneth Arrow, Freeman
Dyson, Daniel Kahneman, Howard Kunreuther, William Nordhaus, Richard Posner,
Thomas Schelling, Martin Weitzman, and others on selected themes of the World
Bank?UN Assessment. The next speaker is Edward Prescott, the 2004 Economics
Nobel Laureate, on April 24. For more information about the Assessment, please
contact Mr. Sanghi at asanghi@worldbank.org.
About The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
GFDRR is a partnership of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(ISDR) system to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
(HFA). The HFA, endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution
60/195, is the primary international agreement for disaster reduction. One
hundred sixty-eight (168) countries and multilateral organizations including the
World Bank and the United Nations (UN) system participated in the UN World
Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan in January 2005. The
principal strategic goal of the HFA is to effectively integrate, in a coherent
manner, disaster risk considerations into sustainable development policies,
planning, programming, and financing at all levels of government.
For more information, visit GFDRR.org.
About The InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a
forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted
many internationally recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama,
Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, Senator Hagel, and
Carly Fiorina. The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible space at
headquarters and provides internal and external audiences with over 10,000
titles published by the World Bank, international organizations, and other
publishers on development issues.
For more information, visit www.worldbank.org/infoshop
Demography, Environment, and Conflict in Indonesia and India: April 21, 2009
Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program for
Demography, Environment, and Conflict in Indonesia and India
featuring
Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War,
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
Steve Rhee, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow (2007-9)
(Please note corrected affiliation.)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC, USA 20004
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org
Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Several recent country-level studies have found only moderate support
for the idea that population pressure and resource scarcity can lead to
political violence. This finding challenges much of the case-study
literature in the field, as well as widely held popular perceptions. But
the level of analysis may partly explain the discrepancy.
Sub-national empirical studies in India and Indonesia conducted by
Henrik Urdal of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
(PRIO), provide more support for the resource scarcity and conflict
scenario than most cross-national studies. Urdal will present these case
studies and discuss the relationship between population, resource
scarcity, conflict, and governance. AAAS Science and Technology Policy
Fellow Steve Rhee will discuss his extensive work on forest and
land-tenure conflicts involving villagers, timber companies, and the
government in Kalimantan, Indonesia. His presentation will be based on
fieldwork he conducted in Indonesia from 1999-2004 as part of his Ph.D.
at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune in
to the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast
will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You
will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the
free player, visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th
Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at
www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Photo identification is required
to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through
security.
Demography, Environment, and Conflict in Indonesia and India
featuring
Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War,
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
Steve Rhee, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow (2007-9)
(Please note corrected affiliation.)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC, USA 20004
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org
Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Several recent country-level studies have found only moderate support
for the idea that population pressure and resource scarcity can lead to
political violence. This finding challenges much of the case-study
literature in the field, as well as widely held popular perceptions. But
the level of analysis may partly explain the discrepancy.
Sub-national empirical studies in India and Indonesia conducted by
Henrik Urdal of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
(PRIO), provide more support for the resource scarcity and conflict
scenario than most cross-national studies. Urdal will present these case
studies and discuss the relationship between population, resource
scarcity, conflict, and governance. AAAS Science and Technology Policy
Fellow Steve Rhee will discuss his extensive work on forest and
land-tenure conflicts involving villagers, timber companies, and the
government in Kalimantan, Indonesia. His presentation will be based on
fieldwork he conducted in Indonesia from 1999-2004 as part of his Ph.D.
at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune in
to the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast
will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You
will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the
free player, visit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th
Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at
www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Photo identification is required
to enter the building. Please allow additional time to pass through
security.
A Conversation with Bill McKibben: April 14, 2009
A Conversation with Bill McKibben
Climate Change, Global Transformation, and Youth Activism at the Center for American Progress
When?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Where?
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Please join us for a conversation with Bill McKibben, environmentalist, best-selling author, and a scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College. Ever since the 1989 publication of The End of Nature, Bill McKibben has been in the top tier of public ambassadors on the science, policy, ethics, and urgency of climate change.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
RSVP for this event: http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2009/04/mckibben.html/rsvp
Sponsored by Campus Progress, the Center for American Progress, and Middlebury College
For more information on these events, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.
Climate Change, Global Transformation, and Youth Activism at the Center for American Progress
When?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Where?
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Please join us for a conversation with Bill McKibben, environmentalist, best-selling author, and a scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College. Ever since the 1989 publication of The End of Nature, Bill McKibben has been in the top tier of public ambassadors on the science, policy, ethics, and urgency of climate change.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
RSVP for this event: http://www.americanprogress.org/events/2009/04/mckibben.html/rsvp
Sponsored by Campus Progress, the Center for American Progress, and Middlebury College
For more information on these events, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Hydropower Dams on the Mekong River: April 22, 2009
The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an Asia Pacific Security Seminar:
Hydropower Dams on the Mekong River:
A Threat to the River, People, and Regional Stability
Featuring:
Dr. Richard P. Cronin
Director of the Southeast Asia Program, Henry L. Stimson Center
The construction of hydropower dams on the Mekong River promises needed economic development for China and five Southeast Asian countries that share the "Mother of Rivers" but at a high cost to millions of people whose livelihoods depend on its rich fisheries and seasonal floods. China's development of 8 to 15 dams in Yunnan and plans for 9 to 12 dams on the Lower Mekong in Laos and Cambodia will severely affect critical migratory fisheries and Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Stimson's Mekong Hydropower Transparency Project seeks to promote better decision-making by regional countries by combining sophisticated Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and animation to bridge the science-policy gap. Dr. Richard P. Cronin, director of Stimson's Southeast Asia Program, will share some of the project's animation work and discuss the environmental and socioeconomic implications, as well as the potential threat to regional stability, of the current uncoordinated rush to build hydropower dams on the Mekong's mainstream.
Wednesday, April 22
12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Luncheon will be served at 12:30 P.M.
East-West Center in Washington
1819 L Street NW, Washington, D.C., 2nd Floor Conference Room
This event is free and open to the public.
Please RSVP to Alison Hazell by email (RSVPDC@EastWestCenter.org), fax (202) 293-1402, or telephone (202) 327-9752.
Please include your name, title, organization, address, phone number, email, and country of citizenship. All personal information is for East-West Center use ONLY and is not circulated. Please note that seating for this event is limited.
Dr. Richard P. Cronin is a senior associate and head of the Southeast Asia program at the Henry L. Stimson Center. Currently, he is working issues concerning the Mekong Basin, China-Southeast Asian relations, US-ASEAN relations, and the regional impact of the global economic crisis. Dr. Cronin joined the Stimson Center after a long career as senior Asian affairs specialist at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress, where his research and research management responsibilities spanned the entire range of U.S.-Asia policy issues. Cronin has taught comparative political economy of Asia at Washington area universities and in Tokyo, and lectured extensively on Asian political and security issues at the National Defense University, the Foreign Service Institute, and in more than a dozen Asia-Pacific countries.
Hydropower Dams on the Mekong River:
A Threat to the River, People, and Regional Stability
Featuring:
Dr. Richard P. Cronin
Director of the Southeast Asia Program, Henry L. Stimson Center
The construction of hydropower dams on the Mekong River promises needed economic development for China and five Southeast Asian countries that share the "Mother of Rivers" but at a high cost to millions of people whose livelihoods depend on its rich fisheries and seasonal floods. China's development of 8 to 15 dams in Yunnan and plans for 9 to 12 dams on the Lower Mekong in Laos and Cambodia will severely affect critical migratory fisheries and Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Stimson's Mekong Hydropower Transparency Project seeks to promote better decision-making by regional countries by combining sophisticated Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and animation to bridge the science-policy gap. Dr. Richard P. Cronin, director of Stimson's Southeast Asia Program, will share some of the project's animation work and discuss the environmental and socioeconomic implications, as well as the potential threat to regional stability, of the current uncoordinated rush to build hydropower dams on the Mekong's mainstream.
Wednesday, April 22
12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Luncheon will be served at 12:30 P.M.
East-West Center in Washington
1819 L Street NW, Washington, D.C., 2nd Floor Conference Room
This event is free and open to the public.
Please RSVP to Alison Hazell by email (RSVPDC@EastWestCenter.org), fax (202) 293-1402, or telephone (202) 327-9752.
Please include your name, title, organization, address, phone number, email, and country of citizenship. All personal information is for East-West Center use ONLY and is not circulated. Please note that seating for this event is limited.
Dr. Richard P. Cronin is a senior associate and head of the Southeast Asia program at the Henry L. Stimson Center. Currently, he is working issues concerning the Mekong Basin, China-Southeast Asian relations, US-ASEAN relations, and the regional impact of the global economic crisis. Dr. Cronin joined the Stimson Center after a long career as senior Asian affairs specialist at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress, where his research and research management responsibilities spanned the entire range of U.S.-Asia policy issues. Cronin has taught comparative political economy of Asia at Washington area universities and in Tokyo, and lectured extensively on Asian political and security issues at the National Defense University, the Foreign Service Institute, and in more than a dozen Asia-Pacific countries.
Student Research Opportunity: Conservation Communication
The Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Management Network and Forum (CaMPAM) would like to invite one, or a team, of your students to conduct a practical research project to evaluate the effectiveness of CaMPAM's network communication tools and activities based on the opinions of our membership.
CaMPAM was established in 1997 by 50 marine protected area (MPA) managers from 22 countries. Coordinated by UNEP-CEP since its inception, CaMPAM has increased its membership to ca. 300 members, and is working in partnership with key institutions in the region, namely the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), NOAA's National Sanctuary and Coral Reef Conservation Programs and its International Office, The Nature Conservancy, Bucoo Reef Trust, etc. Our mission is: "the enhancement of marine and coastal area management in the Wider Caribbean Region through sharing and collaboration to strengthen our national and regional systems of existing and future marine and coastal protected areas".
CaMPAM serves as the only professional platform for MPA practitioners in the Wider Caribbean region. Our membership is drawn from MPA practitioners including MPA managers, scientists and policy-makers. We seek to meet the needs of the Caribbean MPA community with an ever-expanding resource base, innovative approaches to communication and effective tools for networking. In an effort to better meet the changing needs of our membership, we would like to determine our members' views on issues such as:
How effective are CaMPAM's communications tools at bringing together and sharing information that is of interest and practical use to MPA practitioners?
How useful are the information resources that CaMPAM makes available to our membership?
How might we improve the network and the tools we use so as to more effectively share information and encourage our membership to act upon the knowledge they gain?
We don't have any funding available for this work, but we can provide the student(s) conducting this research with the relevant contact information for our membership, with data drawn from CaMPAM's archives and reports, and with quality guidance by an experienced academic supervisor. The student or the group, should be able to interview and gather information from both Spanish and English-speaking MPA practitioners.
We encourage you to share this invitation with your students, and would ask that they reply to us by May 15th, with any queries or to indicate your/their interest in taking up this opportunity.
Georgina Bustamante, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Caribbean Marine Protected Area Managers Network and Forum
"A social network for enhancing MPA effectiveness in the Wider Caribbean through communication and capacity building tools"
Hollywood, Florida
Tel./fax (request) +1 (954) 963-3626
Mobile +1 (305) 297-6995
email: gbustamante@bellsouth.net
skype: yoyibustamante
CaMPAM web sites:
http://www.gcfi.org/campam/CaMPAM.htm
http://cep.unep.org/about-cep/spaw/campam-network-and-forum
CaMPAM was established in 1997 by 50 marine protected area (MPA) managers from 22 countries. Coordinated by UNEP-CEP since its inception, CaMPAM has increased its membership to ca. 300 members, and is working in partnership with key institutions in the region, namely the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), NOAA's National Sanctuary and Coral Reef Conservation Programs and its International Office, The Nature Conservancy, Bucoo Reef Trust, etc. Our mission is: "the enhancement of marine and coastal area management in the Wider Caribbean Region through sharing and collaboration to strengthen our national and regional systems of existing and future marine and coastal protected areas".
CaMPAM serves as the only professional platform for MPA practitioners in the Wider Caribbean region. Our membership is drawn from MPA practitioners including MPA managers, scientists and policy-makers. We seek to meet the needs of the Caribbean MPA community with an ever-expanding resource base, innovative approaches to communication and effective tools for networking. In an effort to better meet the changing needs of our membership, we would like to determine our members' views on issues such as:
How effective are CaMPAM's communications tools at bringing together and sharing information that is of interest and practical use to MPA practitioners?
How useful are the information resources that CaMPAM makes available to our membership?
How might we improve the network and the tools we use so as to more effectively share information and encourage our membership to act upon the knowledge they gain?
We don't have any funding available for this work, but we can provide the student(s) conducting this research with the relevant contact information for our membership, with data drawn from CaMPAM's archives and reports, and with quality guidance by an experienced academic supervisor. The student or the group, should be able to interview and gather information from both Spanish and English-speaking MPA practitioners.
We encourage you to share this invitation with your students, and would ask that they reply to us by May 15th, with any queries or to indicate your/their interest in taking up this opportunity.
Georgina Bustamante, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Caribbean Marine Protected Area Managers Network and Forum
"A social network for enhancing MPA effectiveness in the Wider Caribbean through communication and capacity building tools"
Hollywood, Florida
Tel./fax (request) +1 (954) 963-3626
Mobile +1 (305) 297-6995
email: gbustamante@bellsouth.net
skype: yoyibustamante
CaMPAM web sites:
http://www.gcfi.org/campam/CaMPAM.htm
http://cep.unep.org/about-cep/spaw/campam-network-and-forum
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Building a Whole Earth Economy: April 15, 2009
The Global Environmental Politics Program in SIS invites you to its last talk of the semester. Please join us as Peter Brown launches his new book at SIS.
"Building A Whole Earth Economy: Economics Without Ecocide "
Wednesday, April 15, 6-8pm, SIS Lounge
Featuring:
Dr. Peter Brown
Dr. Peter Brown is a professor in the School of Environment at McGill University in Montreal. Previously, at the University of Maryland, he founded the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, the School of Public Policy, and the School's Environmental Policy Programs. He is the author of two books, "Restoring the Public Trust: A Fresh Vision for Progressive Government in America" (Beacon Press, 1994), and "The Commonwealth of Life: Economics for a Flourishing Earth, Second Edition" (Black Rose Books, 2008). He is actively involved in conservation efforts in the James Bay and Southern regions of Quebec, and in Maryland.
The event is sponsored by the Global Environmental Politics Field, SIS. Pizza and drinks will be served.
For more information please contact: Paul Wapner (pwapner@american.edu)
"Building A Whole Earth Economy: Economics Without Ecocide "
Wednesday, April 15, 6-8pm, SIS Lounge
Featuring:
Dr. Peter Brown
Dr. Peter Brown is a professor in the School of Environment at McGill University in Montreal. Previously, at the University of Maryland, he founded the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, the School of Public Policy, and the School's Environmental Policy Programs. He is the author of two books, "Restoring the Public Trust: A Fresh Vision for Progressive Government in America" (Beacon Press, 1994), and "The Commonwealth of Life: Economics for a Flourishing Earth, Second Edition" (Black Rose Books, 2008). He is actively involved in conservation efforts in the James Bay and Southern regions of Quebec, and in Maryland.
The event is sponsored by the Global Environmental Politics Field, SIS. Pizza and drinks will be served.
For more information please contact: Paul Wapner (pwapner@american.edu)
Monday, April 6, 2009
Internships at the EPA
Internship Program Opportunities
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
Washington, D.C.
Project # EPA Water 2009-127
Climate Ready Estuaries Team Internship
An internship is available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW), Ocean and Coastal Protection Division (OCPD).
About the Program: Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) is an EPA program working to build capacity in the National Estuary Programs (NEPs) for local leadership and expertise to adapt to the effects of climate change through a joint effort with the NEPs and EPA. The national program includes two major efforts: 1) a toolkit of information products, data, tools, webinars, workshops and technical assistance available to all NEPs and other coastal managers on techniques for climate vulnerability assessment, local decision making, and adaptation; and 2) targeted support to several NEPs (six pilots in 2008, with more added in following years) to further identify vulnerabilities, develop adaptation plans, and begin to implement these plans. Upon completion of these adaptation plans, EPA will recognize the NEPs and other coastal communities as “climate ready,” allowing the coastal leaders to implement climate adaptation and market their needs and actions to public and private interests.
Project Description: OCPD is looking for an individual who is interested in coastal environmental science and issues and, in particular, strategies and techniques to respond to expected impacts to coastal areas from climate change. The individual will experience, first hand, the analytical evaluation that goes into the development of a voluntary program as well as direct involvement with local estuary programs and their stakeholders. Also, the intern will have the opportunity to help the EPA team to develop, shape, and promote program tools and innovative approaches for coastal adaptation.
Specific Tasks: The intern will be mentored by an EPA team that is involved in coordinating the program. The intern will be involved in the interpretation and distillation of information and the production of tools and analysis to improve coastal communities’ efforts to select and implement actions to adapt to the effects of climate change. Tasks of the EPA team members could include, but not be limited to, monitoring and analyzing national and international adaptation approaches and technologies, meeting directly with coastal communities to prepare adaptation plans and strategies, assisting in preparing program outreach or training materials; assisting with program implementation and evaluation; drafting briefing materials for administration officials; and attending meetings with principals in EPA, other federal and state agencies and others to advance the science of coastal climate change adaptation.
Expected Results: The intern will gain practical skills and knowledge in the area of estuary protection and restoration, coastal effects of climate change and adaptation for those effects as well as experience in the operation of public-private partnerships, literature review and technical analysis, conveying information to the scientific and resource manager community, federal program development and program evaluation. He/she will also gain insight into federal government processes and contribute to the development of a variety of tools and materials to provide better information and guidance to the public on the benefits of adaptation to climate change.
Intern Qualifications and Skills: The applicant should have received a master’s degree in marine or coastal science or policy, marine and coastal ecosystem dynamics, marine or coastal resource management, coastal environmental engineering, or a related field within four years of the desired starting date. The intern should have an interest in the area of coastal resource protection and restoration and analytic support for decision making. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. The intern should have experience in a variety of computer applications. Knowledge of GIS applications and modeling is a plus.
The program is open to all qualified individuals without regard to race, sex, religion, color, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, national origin, or status as a Vietnam era or disabled veteran. U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status is preferred (but can also hold an appropriate visa status, however, an H1B visa is not appropriate). The intern must show proof of health and medical insurance. The intern does not become an EPA employee.
Stipend and Length of Appointment: The appointment will initially be full time for one-year and may be renewed for an additional two years depending on the availability of funding. The annual stipend will be up to $60,706 depending on education and experience. No travel or relocation expenses will be paid.
The EPA mentor for this project is John W. Wilson. He can be contacted at (202) 566-1158 or at wilson.john@epa.gov.
The Internship Program for EPA Water is administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Please reference Project # EPA Water 2009-127 when calling or writing for information. For additional information and application material contact: Internship Program – EPA Water, Attn: Betty Bowling, MS 36, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 Phone: (865) 576-8503 Fax: (865) 241-5219 e-mail: betty.bowling@orau.org.
Sam Bryant serves as the EPA Office of Water internship program coordinator. His e-mail address is bryant.samuel@epa.gov.
An application can be found at http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/EPA/app-gugrgpd.pdf.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
Washington, D.C.
Project # EPA Water 2009-127
Climate Ready Estuaries Team Internship
An internship is available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW), Ocean and Coastal Protection Division (OCPD).
About the Program: Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) is an EPA program working to build capacity in the National Estuary Programs (NEPs) for local leadership and expertise to adapt to the effects of climate change through a joint effort with the NEPs and EPA. The national program includes two major efforts: 1) a toolkit of information products, data, tools, webinars, workshops and technical assistance available to all NEPs and other coastal managers on techniques for climate vulnerability assessment, local decision making, and adaptation; and 2) targeted support to several NEPs (six pilots in 2008, with more added in following years) to further identify vulnerabilities, develop adaptation plans, and begin to implement these plans. Upon completion of these adaptation plans, EPA will recognize the NEPs and other coastal communities as “climate ready,” allowing the coastal leaders to implement climate adaptation and market their needs and actions to public and private interests.
Project Description: OCPD is looking for an individual who is interested in coastal environmental science and issues and, in particular, strategies and techniques to respond to expected impacts to coastal areas from climate change. The individual will experience, first hand, the analytical evaluation that goes into the development of a voluntary program as well as direct involvement with local estuary programs and their stakeholders. Also, the intern will have the opportunity to help the EPA team to develop, shape, and promote program tools and innovative approaches for coastal adaptation.
Specific Tasks: The intern will be mentored by an EPA team that is involved in coordinating the program. The intern will be involved in the interpretation and distillation of information and the production of tools and analysis to improve coastal communities’ efforts to select and implement actions to adapt to the effects of climate change. Tasks of the EPA team members could include, but not be limited to, monitoring and analyzing national and international adaptation approaches and technologies, meeting directly with coastal communities to prepare adaptation plans and strategies, assisting in preparing program outreach or training materials; assisting with program implementation and evaluation; drafting briefing materials for administration officials; and attending meetings with principals in EPA, other federal and state agencies and others to advance the science of coastal climate change adaptation.
Expected Results: The intern will gain practical skills and knowledge in the area of estuary protection and restoration, coastal effects of climate change and adaptation for those effects as well as experience in the operation of public-private partnerships, literature review and technical analysis, conveying information to the scientific and resource manager community, federal program development and program evaluation. He/she will also gain insight into federal government processes and contribute to the development of a variety of tools and materials to provide better information and guidance to the public on the benefits of adaptation to climate change.
Intern Qualifications and Skills: The applicant should have received a master’s degree in marine or coastal science or policy, marine and coastal ecosystem dynamics, marine or coastal resource management, coastal environmental engineering, or a related field within four years of the desired starting date. The intern should have an interest in the area of coastal resource protection and restoration and analytic support for decision making. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. The intern should have experience in a variety of computer applications. Knowledge of GIS applications and modeling is a plus.
The program is open to all qualified individuals without regard to race, sex, religion, color, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, national origin, or status as a Vietnam era or disabled veteran. U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status is preferred (but can also hold an appropriate visa status, however, an H1B visa is not appropriate). The intern must show proof of health and medical insurance. The intern does not become an EPA employee.
Stipend and Length of Appointment: The appointment will initially be full time for one-year and may be renewed for an additional two years depending on the availability of funding. The annual stipend will be up to $60,706 depending on education and experience. No travel or relocation expenses will be paid.
The EPA mentor for this project is John W. Wilson. He can be contacted at (202) 566-1158 or at wilson.john@epa.gov.
The Internship Program for EPA Water is administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Please reference Project # EPA Water 2009-127 when calling or writing for information. For additional information and application material contact: Internship Program – EPA Water, Attn: Betty Bowling, MS 36, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 Phone: (865) 576-8503 Fax: (865) 241-5219 e-mail: betty.bowling@orau.org.
Sam Bryant serves as the EPA Office of Water internship program coordinator. His e-mail address is bryant.samuel@epa.gov.
An application can be found at http://www.orau.gov/orise/edu/EPA/app-gugrgpd.pdf.
Internships at Toyota
TWO INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE AT TOYOTA
Note: candidates MUST be fluent in Japanese and English. Applications close April 12.
Detailed internship fliers (in Japanese) are in the mail slot on my door: Hurst 206K.
Both Gov Affairs and Envi Affairs departments are looking for two summer interns.
Requirement Outline;
Candidates must have
-Outstanding language skills in both Japanese and English. (Native level Japanese writing and reading skills are essencial.)
-Basic Exel and Word skills.
-High communication ability with others.
-Academic majors in environment, science, or engineering are prefered but not required (Candidates for Environment Department Only.)
Duties:
- Daily check on status of climate change discussion in congress and government. Then analyze the policy and direction of the new administration and congress
- Searching th latest analysis (reports, papers) of traffic improvement for CO2 reduction
- Gathering and analyzing public data to reduce CO2 from transportation
- Making the periodical report(monthly)covering the above
Thank you!!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Yutaka Oyabu
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Government & Industry Affairs
601 Thirteenth St., N.W., Suite 910 South
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: 202-463-6968, Fax: 202-822-0928
E-mail: Yutaka_Oyabu@tma.toyota.com
Note: candidates MUST be fluent in Japanese and English. Applications close April 12.
Detailed internship fliers (in Japanese) are in the mail slot on my door: Hurst 206K.
Both Gov Affairs and Envi Affairs departments are looking for two summer interns.
Requirement Outline;
Candidates must have
-Outstanding language skills in both Japanese and English. (Native level Japanese writing and reading skills are essencial.)
-Basic Exel and Word skills.
-High communication ability with others.
-Academic majors in environment, science, or engineering are prefered but not required (Candidates for Environment Department Only.)
Duties:
- Daily check on status of climate change discussion in congress and government. Then analyze the policy and direction of the new administration and congress
- Searching th latest analysis (reports, papers) of traffic improvement for CO2 reduction
- Gathering and analyzing public data to reduce CO2 from transportation
- Making the periodical report(monthly)covering the above
Thank you!!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Yutaka Oyabu
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Government & Industry Affairs
601 Thirteenth St., N.W., Suite 910 South
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: 202-463-6968, Fax: 202-822-0928
E-mail: Yutaka_Oyabu@tma.toyota.com
connect2earth.org
Dear all,
Today, we are launching a new service on connect2earth.org, the green online community where young people can upload photos, videos and comments about environmental issues. The site now links young people directly with some of the world’s top experts to talk about pressing issues such as climate change, renewable energy and the species extinction crisis. The first topic discussed is Power, starring Nadine McCormick from the IUCN Energy and Biodiversity Initiative!
► watch connect2earth presentation video
► watch Nadine’s interview on energy issues
► read web story
New competition to win a trip to the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen!
Every 6 months, a jury of green experts selects a Grand Prize winner from the top 10 contributors to the site. At the end of the first 6-month period, the Grand Prize winner elected will win the chance to attend the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 as part of an official IUCN or WWF delegation. The next Grand Prize winner elected at the end of the second period will win a trip to a WWF or IUCN environmental project.
And at the end of each topic featured (every 2 months approximately), one Topic Prize winner selected by the topic expert among the 10 most popular members for this topic, will receive a clever and environmentally-friendly mobile phone solar charger.
How can you participate?
►take 1 minute to sign up (click on register at the top of the webpage)
►comment on the energy issues Nadine raises in the text and/or video (click on ‘join the discussion’ button in the middle of the page). Your contribution will encourage other users to post interesting and clever comments!
►encourage young people you know to participate
“connect2earth is a great way for young people to engage with environmentalists, but also for us to learn from young people. They are the future of our planet and they need a voice in the global debate – in both the corridors of power and on the ground.” Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General.
About connect2earth
With the support of Nokia, IUCN and WWF launched www.connect2earth.org in 2008 as an online community for young people to have their say on the environment by uploading videos, pictures and comments.
The website drew three million visits from 190 countries in its first year.
One lucky winner traveled to the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008 to speak directly to world environmental leaders after her submission was chosen among the 3,500 videos, photos and stories posted on the website.
The connect2earth team
Gaëlle Cuillerot
Marketing Officer - Global Communications Unit
Corporate Communications
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland (Switzerland)
tel. ++41 22 999 0181; fax ++41 22 999 0020; www.iucn.org
Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter Conservation Made Clear
Today, we are launching a new service on connect2earth.org, the green online community where young people can upload photos, videos and comments about environmental issues. The site now links young people directly with some of the world’s top experts to talk about pressing issues such as climate change, renewable energy and the species extinction crisis. The first topic discussed is Power, starring Nadine McCormick from the IUCN Energy and Biodiversity Initiative!
► watch connect2earth presentation video
► watch Nadine’s interview on energy issues
► read web story
New competition to win a trip to the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen!
Every 6 months, a jury of green experts selects a Grand Prize winner from the top 10 contributors to the site. At the end of the first 6-month period, the Grand Prize winner elected will win the chance to attend the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 as part of an official IUCN or WWF delegation. The next Grand Prize winner elected at the end of the second period will win a trip to a WWF or IUCN environmental project.
And at the end of each topic featured (every 2 months approximately), one Topic Prize winner selected by the topic expert among the 10 most popular members for this topic, will receive a clever and environmentally-friendly mobile phone solar charger.
How can you participate?
►take 1 minute to sign up (click on register at the top of the webpage)
►comment on the energy issues Nadine raises in the text and/or video (click on ‘join the discussion’ button in the middle of the page). Your contribution will encourage other users to post interesting and clever comments!
►encourage young people you know to participate
“connect2earth is a great way for young people to engage with environmentalists, but also for us to learn from young people. They are the future of our planet and they need a voice in the global debate – in both the corridors of power and on the ground.” Julia Marton-Lefèvre, IUCN Director General.
About connect2earth
With the support of Nokia, IUCN and WWF launched www.connect2earth.org in 2008 as an online community for young people to have their say on the environment by uploading videos, pictures and comments.
The website drew three million visits from 190 countries in its first year.
One lucky winner traveled to the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008 to speak directly to world environmental leaders after her submission was chosen among the 3,500 videos, photos and stories posted on the website.
The connect2earth team
Gaëlle Cuillerot
Marketing Officer - Global Communications Unit
Corporate Communications
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland (Switzerland)
tel. ++41 22 999 0181; fax ++41 22 999 0020; www.iucn.org
Subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter Conservation Made Clear
Friday, April 3, 2009
The Challenge for Africa: April 13, 2009
Please join the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program and Africa Program for a book launch of
The Challenge for Africa
featuring
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder, Green Belt Movement
Monday, April 13, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Atrium Hall, Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org
Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Africa faces severe and wide-ranging challenges, from Darfur to HIV/AIDS, massive debt to election fraud, cross-border conflicts to environmental degradation. Yet the portrait of Africa painted in the media-poverty-stricken, desolate, and desperate-frequently ignores the intricacies of the issues. In The Challenge for Africa, Wangari Maathai analyzes roadblocks to development, including: population pressures and enduring hunger; the absence of peace and security; the lack of technological development; and the dearth of genuine political and economic leadership.
Maathai stresses the need for Africans to invent and implement their own solutions, rather than relying on foreign aid and Western visions of change. As she writes, “At both the top and the bottom, all Africans must believe in themselves again; that they are capable of walking their own path and forging their own identity, that they have a right to be governed with justice, accountability and transparency, that they can honor and practice their cultures and make them relevant to today’s needs, and that they no longer need to be indebted-financially, intellectually, and spiritually-to those who once governed them. They must rise up and walk.”
Wangari Muta Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, has planted more than 30 million trees across Kenya since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya’s parliament in the first free elections in a generation, and in 2003 was appointed Assistant Minister for Environment, Natural Resources, and Wildlife. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 2004, she is the author of Unbowed: A Memoir. She lives in Nairobi, Kenya.
On April 14, PBS will air the acclaimed documentary Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, an Independent Lens presentation. For more information, visit http://takingrootfilm.com.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), Atrium Hall. A map to the venue is available at http://itcdc.com/interactiveMap.html. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
The Challenge for Africa
featuring
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Founder, Green Belt Movement
Monday, April 13, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Atrium Hall, Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org
Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.
Africa faces severe and wide-ranging challenges, from Darfur to HIV/AIDS, massive debt to election fraud, cross-border conflicts to environmental degradation. Yet the portrait of Africa painted in the media-poverty-stricken, desolate, and desperate-frequently ignores the intricacies of the issues. In The Challenge for Africa, Wangari Maathai analyzes roadblocks to development, including: population pressures and enduring hunger; the absence of peace and security; the lack of technological development; and the dearth of genuine political and economic leadership.
Maathai stresses the need for Africans to invent and implement their own solutions, rather than relying on foreign aid and Western visions of change. As she writes, “At both the top and the bottom, all Africans must believe in themselves again; that they are capable of walking their own path and forging their own identity, that they have a right to be governed with justice, accountability and transparency, that they can honor and practice their cultures and make them relevant to today’s needs, and that they no longer need to be indebted-financially, intellectually, and spiritually-to those who once governed them. They must rise up and walk.”
Wangari Muta Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, has planted more than 30 million trees across Kenya since 1977. In 2002, she was elected to Kenya’s parliament in the first free elections in a generation, and in 2003 was appointed Assistant Minister for Environment, Natural Resources, and Wildlife. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 2004, she is the author of Unbowed: A Memoir. She lives in Nairobi, Kenya.
On April 14, PBS will air the acclaimed documentary Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, an Independent Lens presentation. For more information, visit http://takingrootfilm.com.
If you are interested, but unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the webcast. To download the free player, visit: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download.
Location: Ronald Reagan Building: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), Atrium Hall. A map to the venue is available at http://itcdc.com/interactiveMap.html. Note: Due to heightened security, entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)