You can now register for your PhD degree with ATREE
Hello Readers,
Information on the new Ph.D. research programme at ATREE has been uploaded on the ATREE website.
You can download your application form here at http://www.atree.org/phd_desc.html
Do circulate this information to potential students or departments / institutions that you have direct contact with.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the programme.
Best,
Dr Robert John Chandran, ATREE Fellow
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
659, 5th A Main Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, India.
Phone: +91-80-2353 0069 Ext-47
Fax: +91-80-2353 0070
Web: http://www.atree.org/robertjc.html
Friday, April 27, 2007
News Watch
2007 Goldman Prize Award Winners
This year’s Goldman prize winners come from Canada, Zambia, Peru, Mongolia, Ireland and Iceland.
Prize winners include:
Tsetsegee Munkhbayar for protecting Mongolia’s water resources by halting mining.
Julio Cusurichi for saving the rainforests and protecting the rights of the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon.
Hammerskjoeld Simwinga, from Zambia for saving elephants from poaching while also helping the community to become free of poverty.
Willie Corduff for preventing Shell Oil from building an illegal pipeline through Ross Port, Ireland.Sophia Rabliauskas from Manitoba, Canada for stopping destructive logging and hydro-power development
Orri Vigfússon for bringing to a halt commercial salmon fishing in the North Atlantic
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070422/ap_on_re_us/green_nyc_3
To know more about the Goldman prize, check out http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipients/current
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CAG Report of Arunachal Pradesh’s 12 protected areas reveals shocking misuse of resources
Read the full story here at : http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/apr/env-arunacag.htm
Read the full story here at : http://www.indiatogether.org/2007/apr/env-arunacag.htm
Eight British companies on ‘save earth mission’
What do Tesco, insurance company Royal & Sun Alliance, a home improvement retain store chain B&Q, British Gas, Marks and Spencer, Barclaycard and mobile operator O2 share in common?
They are out on a mission to halt climate change by promoting greener lifestyles.
You can read more about this interesting initiative at :
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL2360469720070423?src=042307_1213_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters&pageNumber=2
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What do Tesco, insurance company Royal & Sun Alliance, a home improvement retain store chain B&Q, British Gas, Marks and Spencer, Barclaycard and mobile operator O2 share in common?
They are out on a mission to halt climate change by promoting greener lifestyles.
You can read more about this interesting initiative at :
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL2360469720070423?src=042307_1213_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters&pageNumber=2
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165 000 food crop varieties to be saved by $ 37.5 Million dollar grant
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Government of Norway have donated $ 30 million and $ 7.5 million respectively to the UN Foundation and the Global Crop Diversity Trust to help preserve 165,000 varieties of 21 of the world’s most critical food
crops.
The project will save many rare and endangered varieties of indigenous food crops by renovating gene banks and seed banks in developing and under developed countries.
The Government of Norway too will provide space on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen for the seed banks to be set up.
A major global plant database will pool together the information contained in hundreds of plant gene banks.
Source: http://philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v18/i13/13001001.htm>
You can find out more about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/Agriculture/
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Government of Norway have donated $ 30 million and $ 7.5 million respectively to the UN Foundation and the Global Crop Diversity Trust to help preserve 165,000 varieties of 21 of the world’s most critical food
crops.The project will save many rare and endangered varieties of indigenous food crops by renovating gene banks and seed banks in developing and under developed countries.
The Government of Norway too will provide space on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen for the seed banks to be set up.
A major global plant database will pool together the information contained in hundreds of plant gene banks.
Source: http://philanthropy.com/premium/articles/v18/i13/13001001.htm>
You can find out more about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalDevelopment/Agriculture/
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IPCC Report forecasts gloomy future
The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 4th Assessment Report is out.
Grim forecasts from the report include a rise in poverty and spread of infections like diarrheal diseases and malaria.
A greater risk of deaths due to disease and injury caused by heat waves, floods, storms, fires and droughts has also been predicted.
The report states that, “By 2020, between 75 and 250 million people are projected to be exposed to an increase of water stress due to climate change”. The rep
ort also warns of a huge rise in sea levels due to melting of ice sheets in Greenland and West Antartica that can cause wide spread flooding of coastal zones.
For the Indian sub continent, glacial melting in the Himalayas is the big threat
The report states that, “freshwater availability in Central, South, East and Southeast Asia particularly in large river basins is projected to decrease due to climate change which, along with population growth and increasing demand arising from higher standards of living, could adversely affect more than a billion people by the 2050s”.
Another dire prediction is a very significant loss of Asia's biodiversity.
Check out the full report at http://www.ipcc.ch/
What must India, Indians and the people of Asia do on a priority basis to minimize the effects of the climate change?
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The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 4th Assessment Report is out.
Grim forecasts from the report include a rise in poverty and spread of infections like diarrheal diseases and malaria.
A greater risk of deaths due to disease and injury caused by heat waves, floods, storms, fires and droughts has also been predicted.
The report states that, “By 2020, between 75 and 250 million people are projected to be exposed to an increase of water stress due to climate change”. The rep
ort also warns of a huge rise in sea levels due to melting of ice sheets in Greenland and West Antartica that can cause wide spread flooding of coastal zones.For the Indian sub continent, glacial melting in the Himalayas is the big threat
The report states that, “freshwater availability in Central, South, East and Southeast Asia particularly in large river basins is projected to decrease due to climate change which, along with population growth and increasing demand arising from higher standards of living, could adversely affect more than a billion people by the 2050s”.
Another dire prediction is a very significant loss of Asia's biodiversity.
Check out the full report at http://www.ipcc.ch/
What must India, Indians and the people of Asia do on a priority basis to minimize the effects of the climate change?
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World map of plants released!
The global plant biodiversity map has been developed by a collaborative research effort involving biologists from the University of California, San Diego and the University of Bonn in Germany.
Source: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/03-07Plant.asp
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The global plant biodiversity map has been developed by a collaborative research effort involving biologists from the University of California, San Diego and the University of Bonn in Germany.
Source: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/03-07Plant.asp
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DST may spend $ 50 million for Indian Envirometer
India may soon have giant atmospheric flux towers installed at strategic locations to monitor levels of carbon dioxide and other environmental variables.
The idea of setting it up has been initiated by Dr Pallaoor Sundareshwar at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology along with a team of environmental scientists.The Department of Science and Technology, India plans to spend $ 50 million to set it up.
If implemented, the flux tower network labeled INDOFLUX may help India have better detection systems for monitoring key parameters like atmospheric gases that reflect the state of India’s environment.
Perhaps renaming INDOFLUX as Indian envirometer may help spell out it's role a bit more clearly.
Source: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070409/full/070409-12.html
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India may soon have giant atmospheric flux towers installed at strategic locations to monitor levels of carbon dioxide and other environmental variables.
The idea of setting it up has been initiated by Dr Pallaoor Sundareshwar at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology along with a team of environmental scientists.The Department of Science and Technology, India plans to spend $ 50 million to set it up.
If implemented, the flux tower network labeled INDOFLUX may help India have better detection systems for monitoring key parameters like atmospheric gases that reflect the state of India’s environment.
Perhaps renaming INDOFLUX as Indian envirometer may help spell out it's role a bit more clearly.
Source: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070409/full/070409-12.html
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Earthling species known by name add up to 1 009 000 plus!
The catalogue of life! an ambitious project to list out every species known has already swept past the million mark.
The six year old, 3000 biologist strong project now has 1 0009 000 species listed out.
You can browse through the Annual Checklist of all the species at : http://www.catalogueoflife.org/info_about_col.php.
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The catalogue of life! an ambitious project to list out every species known has already swept past the million mark.
The six year old, 3000 biologist strong project now has 1 0009 000 species listed out.
You can browse through the Annual Checklist of all the species at : http://www.catalogueoflife.org/info_about_col.php.
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Live Earth Concert: An SOS to 2 billion earthlings
Can a single concert change the fate of our planet and the destiny of many nations? That’s the hope with which this event has been planned.
The event will be held on July 7th 2007 at the following venues :
US: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey- UK: Wembley Stadium, London
- Brazil: Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro
- South Africa: The Cradle of Human Kind, Maropeng near Johannesburg
- Japan: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
- China: (location TBD), Shanghai
- Australia: Aussie Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney
You can buy your ticket online at www.livenation.com/liveearth and by phone at 212-307-7171. If you stay in UK, dial international dialing code +1 212-307-7171
Did you notice that India has not yet worked out a collective community movement at the grassroots level to combat climate change. We cannot be silent spectators to the planet’s agony, can we?
Bristol University Researcher Discovers World’s Oldest Fossil Rain Forest
What would you do if you walked inside a coal mine and found instead that you’ve just stumbled into a fossil forest with the roots forming a lovely canopy over your head?
Well, that’s what Dr Howard Falcon-Lang, Bristol University researcher along with colleagues discovered in a coalmine in Illinois, USA.
The world’s first and largest tropical fossil rainforest has been just discovered. If you have always been curious to know how life in a rain forest was 300 million years ago, he
re’s your chance to find out.
Want to know what it felt like inside the forest. Hear what Dr Falcon-Lang has to say, “It was an amazing experience. We drove down the mine in an armoured vehicle, until we were a hundred metres below the surface. The fossil forest was rooted on top of the coal seam, so where the coal had been mined away the fossilized forest was visible in the ceiling of the mine.
We walked for miles and miles along pitch-black passages with the fossil forest just above our heads. We were able to make a map of the forest by the light of our miner's lamps."
There you are, rich imagery and vivid details. Perhaps, you would like to plan a trek inside the forest. But first, if you like to know all the details, you can write to Dr Howard Falcon-Lang at howard.falcon-lang@bris.ac.uk and get to know more about his work at http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/admin/personnel/HJFL.html
Source: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2007/5405.html
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What would you do if you walked inside a coal mine and found instead that you’ve just stumbled into a fossil forest with the roots forming a lovely canopy over your head?
Well, that’s what Dr Howard Falcon-Lang, Bristol University researcher along with colleagues discovered in a coalmine in Illinois, USA.
The world’s first and largest tropical fossil rainforest has been just discovered. If you have always been curious to know how life in a rain forest was 300 million years ago, he
re’s your chance to find out.Want to know what it felt like inside the forest. Hear what Dr Falcon-Lang has to say, “It was an amazing experience. We drove down the mine in an armoured vehicle, until we were a hundred metres below the surface. The fossil forest was rooted on top of the coal seam, so where the coal had been mined away the fossilized forest was visible in the ceiling of the mine.
We walked for miles and miles along pitch-black passages with the fossil forest just above our heads. We were able to make a map of the forest by the light of our miner's lamps."
There you are, rich imagery and vivid details. Perhaps, you would like to plan a trek inside the forest. But first, if you like to know all the details, you can write to Dr Howard Falcon-Lang at howard.falcon-lang@bris.ac.uk and get to know more about his work at http://www.gly.bris.ac.uk/www/admin/personnel/HJFL.html
Source: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2007/5405.html
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Selbalgre village in Meghalaya declared a Wildlife Reserve
The people in the tiny village of Selbalgre have made a dream come true for biodiversity conservationists.
The district has been notified by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) as a Wildlife Reserve.
By coming forward to prevent hunting of the Hoolock Gibbon, and declaring their village as a wildlife protection zone, the villagers of Selbalgre have set up a first of its kind in India record for the village.
The successful achievement can be credited to the sustained efforts made by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with support from the British High Commission.
Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/070421/43/6etz2.html
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The people in the tiny village of Selbalgre have made a dream come true for biodiversity conservationists.
The district has been notified by the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) as a Wildlife Reserve.
By coming forward to prevent hunting of the Hoolock Gibbon, and declaring their village as a wildlife protection zone, the villagers of Selbalgre have set up a first of its kind in India record for the village.
The successful achievement can be credited to the sustained efforts made by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) with support from the British High Commission.
Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/070421/43/6etz2.html
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Discovery's new channel is for a green cause
Discovery Communications Inc is starting a 24 hour cable TV channel that's going t
o be all about green lifestyles.
The channel will have lots of programmes on eco-designs, organic foods, green architecture and other related green lifestyle themes.
Let’s hope Discovery Communications Inc's $50 million investment on blowing green lifestyle thoughts to the 50 million plus viewers becomes a huge success.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Business&article=UPI-1-20070405-13201200-bc-us-discovery-green.xml
UPI-1-20070405-13201200-bc-us-discovery-green.xml
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Discovery Communications Inc is starting a 24 hour cable TV channel that's going t
o be all about green lifestyles.The channel will have lots of programmes on eco-designs, organic foods, green architecture and other related green lifestyle themes.
Let’s hope Discovery Communications Inc's $50 million investment on blowing green lifestyle thoughts to the 50 million plus viewers becomes a huge success.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Business&article=UPI-1-20070405-13201200-bc-us-discovery-green.xml
UPI-1-20070405-13201200-bc-us-discovery-green.xml
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Mosquitoes and fungi adapt to climate change
Mosquitoes are altering their photoperiod genes and fungi are increasing the length of the fruiting periods. These two observations give direct clues to the fact that most organisms on planet earth are busy working out their own survival strategies to combat the effects of climate change.
Recently, a research team from the University of Oregon led by Dr Bradshaw and Dr Holzapfel have been able to track the location of the genes that control photoperiodism in mosquitoes.
Fungal fruiting changes have been happening right from 1974. Researchers from Cardiff University examined over 52 000 fungal fruiting records from m
ore than 1,400 localities in southern England between 1950 – 2005.
The researches found that in the 1950s, average fruiting durations were 33 days while in the millennium decade, it increased to nearly double the duration i.e. 75 days.
Says Professor Lynne Boddy, Cardiff School of Bioscience, "The increase in the overall fruiting period is dramatic, and much higher than equivalent spring data reported for plants, insects or birds."
Sources:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070423130327.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070418132343.htm
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Mosquitoes are altering their photoperiod genes and fungi are increasing the length of the fruiting periods. These two observations give direct clues to the fact that most organisms on planet earth are busy working out their own survival strategies to combat the effects of climate change.
Recently, a research team from the University of Oregon led by Dr Bradshaw and Dr Holzapfel have been able to track the location of the genes that control photoperiodism in mosquitoes.
Fungal fruiting changes have been happening right from 1974. Researchers from Cardiff University examined over 52 000 fungal fruiting records from m
ore than 1,400 localities in southern England between 1950 – 2005.The researches found that in the 1950s, average fruiting durations were 33 days while in the millennium decade, it increased to nearly double the duration i.e. 75 days.
Says Professor Lynne Boddy, Cardiff School of Bioscience, "The increase in the overall fruiting period is dramatic, and much higher than equivalent spring data reported for plants, insects or birds."
Sources:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070423130327.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070418132343.htm
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FT protein: the bloom switch for plants
How do plants know that it’s time to flower? A protein called FT protein (Flowering Locus T Protein) produced in leaves by the FT gene is responsible. The discovery was made by Imperial College researchers. The FT gene in turn is controlled by a gene called CONSTANS that responds to changes in day length.
Dr Colin Turnbull from Imperial College London's Division of Biology, the lead investigator in this study says: "This could be a really important breakthrough in plant science. Since the 1930s when it first became clear that something was communicating the perception of changes in day length in leaves to the shoot apex, and causing flowering, scientists have been trying to work out exactly how this mechanism works.
If you would like to know more about this study, you can write to Danielle Reeves at the Imperial College London press office or email him at: mailto:Danielle.reeves@imperial.ac.uk
How do plants know that it’s time to flower? A protein called FT protein (Flowering Locus T Protein) produced in leaves by the FT gene is responsible. The discovery was made by Imperial College researchers. The FT gene in turn is controlled by a gene called CONSTANS that responds to changes in day length.
Dr Colin Turnbull from Imperial College London's Division of Biology, the lead investigator in this study says: "This could be a really important breakthrough in plant science. Since the 1930s when it first became clear that something was communicating the perception of changes in day length in leaves to the shoot apex, and causing flowering, scientists have been trying to work out exactly how this mechanism works.
If you would like to know more about this study, you can write to Danielle Reeves at the Imperial College London press office or email him at: mailto:Danielle.reeves@imperial.ac.uk
or call him on Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 2198 / Mob: +44 (0) 7803 886248
source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070419140912.htm
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source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070419140912.htm
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Case Study
Agro-biodiversity conservation initiatives: Nepali farmers show the way
Efforts made by Nepali farmers guided by LI-BIRD (Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development) a Pokhara-based NGO makes for an interesting case study in organic farming. The study shows how different local varieties of rice, finger millet, taro, sponge gourd, pigeon pea, and cucumber were successfully crossed with wild types to create improved varieties of food plants.
You can read more about it here at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-110870-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Efforts made by Nepali farmers guided by LI-BIRD (Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development) a Pokhara-based NGO makes for an interesting case study in organic farming. The study shows how different local varieties of rice, finger millet, taro, sponge gourd, pigeon pea, and cucumber were successfully crossed with wild types to create improved varieties of food plants.
You can read more about it here at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-110870-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Have a similar success story to share? Write to us at ecoinfo@atree.org
Modeling Question for the Month
What do you predict would happen if the forests are gone?
Be prepared!
Don’t get shocked when you see what Dr Ken Caldeira ‘s modeling efforts reveal, just get active and create your own new model.
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070409/full/070409-2.html
Be prepared!
Don’t get shocked when you see what Dr Ken Caldeira ‘s modeling efforts reveal, just get active and create your own new model.
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070409/full/070409-2.html
Events Watch
High-Level Panel of a Special Session on "Global Environment and International Environmental Conventions"
Venue: Montreux, Switzerland
Date: 23 - 27 April 2007
Organized by: European Space Agency
Contact person: Mr. Diego Fernández Prieto
EO Science & applications Department
Phone: +39 06 94180 676 Fax: +39 06 94180 552
20th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG)
Venue: Rome, Italy
Date: 25 - 28 April 2007
Organized by: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO
Phone: +39 0657051 Fax: +39 0657053
Ninth session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III
Venue: Bangkok, Thailand
Date : 30 April - 3 May 2007
Organized by: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Contact person: Ms. Renate Christ, Secretary to the IPCC
Phone: 41 22 730 8208, 8254 Fax: 41 22 730 8025, 8013
Advisory Group for the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Venue: Montreal, Canada
Date: 30 April - 3 May 2007
Organized by: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact person: Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary
Phone: +1 514 288 2220 Fax: +1 514 288 6588
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15)
Venue: New York, United States of America
Date: 30 April - 11 May 2007
Organized by: United Nations - UN
Contact person: Mr. Zehra Aydin
Phone: 1 212 963 8811 Fax: 1 212 963 1267
Eco-Minds 2007
Venue: Mahidol University, Bangkok
Date: May 31 - June 3, 2007.
http://www.eco-minds.bayer.com/Program___Activity.aspx
International Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources
Date: Apr. 25-28, 2007
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
International BioEnergy Forum for South East Europe
Date: Apr. 25-28, 2007
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
mailto: tel.%20+359%2032%20/945%20459%20;%20960%20011%20 email:%20office@viaexpo.com http://www.viaexpo.com/
EPTEE 2007 - The 8th China International Environmental Protection Exhibition.
Date: April 27-29, 2007. Venue: Intex Shanghai / Shanghai Mart, Chinahttp://www.eptee.com/en/
Shanghai Zhongmao Exhibition Service Co., Ltd.A/10, Hua Ding Tower, No.2368Zhongshan Road West, Shanghai, 200235 ChinaTel: 86-21-54592323Fax: 86-21-54253480E mail: http://www.environmental-expert.com/storefrontemailformbd.asp?codi=20634&company=EPTEE%202007&emailcompany=eptee@zhongmao.com.cn
Venue: Montreux, Switzerland
Date: 23 - 27 April 2007
Organized by: European Space Agency
Contact person: Mr. Diego Fernández Prieto
EO Science & applications Department
Phone: +39 06 94180 676 Fax: +39 06 94180 552
20th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG)
Venue: Rome, Italy
Date: 25 - 28 April 2007
Organized by: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO
Phone: +39 0657051 Fax: +39 0657053
Ninth session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III
Venue: Bangkok, Thailand
Date : 30 April - 3 May 2007
Organized by: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Contact person: Ms. Renate Christ, Secretary to the IPCC
Phone: 41 22 730 8208, 8254 Fax: 41 22 730 8025, 8013
Advisory Group for the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Venue: Montreal, Canada
Date: 30 April - 3 May 2007
Organized by: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Contact person: Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary
Phone: +1 514 288 2220 Fax: +1 514 288 6588
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15)
Venue: New York, United States of America
Date: 30 April - 11 May 2007
Organized by: United Nations - UN
Contact person: Mr. Zehra Aydin
Phone: 1 212 963 8811 Fax: 1 212 963 1267
Eco-Minds 2007
Venue: Mahidol University, Bangkok
Date: May 31 - June 3, 2007.
http://www.eco-minds.bayer.com/Program___Activity.aspx
International Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources
Date: Apr. 25-28, 2007
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
International BioEnergy Forum for South East Europe
Date: Apr. 25-28, 2007
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
mailto: tel.%20+359%2032%20/945%20459%20;%20960%20011%20 email:%20office@viaexpo.com http://www.viaexpo.com/
EPTEE 2007 - The 8th China International Environmental Protection Exhibition.
Date: April 27-29, 2007. Venue: Intex Shanghai / Shanghai Mart, Chinahttp://www.eptee.com/en/
Shanghai Zhongmao Exhibition Service Co., Ltd.A/10, Hua Ding Tower, No.2368Zhongshan Road West, Shanghai, 200235 ChinaTel: 86-21-54592323Fax: 86-21-54253480E mail: http://www.environmental-expert.com/storefrontemailformbd.asp?codi=20634&company=EPTEE%202007&emailcompany=eptee@zhongmao.com.cn
Grant Watch
Global Fund for Women has $ 1.9 million available. The Global fund for women offers 152 grants for women from 68 countries. Grants are available in 3 categories: general support grants, travel and event grants, organizing meeting / event grants.
To know more, check out Global Fund for Women at www.globalfundforwomen.org/3grant/.
The closing date for sending your grant application is 31 May 2007
Contact details : Email: gfw@globalfundforwomen.org
Open Society Institute (OSI): OSI Women Program: Call for Proposals
Last date: May 15, 2007
Contact Information: Network Women’s Program
Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019 USA
Fax: +1-212-548-4616 Email: women@sorosny.org
Website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women/news/multiple_20070302
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Graduate Scholarships
Last date: July 30 each year
Contact Information: Graduate Scholarship Department, SEARCA, Los Baños, Laguna
Philippines. Email: gsd@agri.searca.org
http://web.searca.org/elibrary/brochures/Graduate%20Scholarship%20Dept%20brochure.pdf
International Foundation for Science (IFS) and Swedish International Development Agency (Sida/NATUR)
Subject: Use of Water as a Scarce Resource in Biological Production
Last date: June 30 2007
Website: http://www.ifs.se/Programme/water_scarce_resource.asp
Topic: Sustainable Sanitation in developing countries (individual and team)
Last date: June 30 2007
Website: http://www.ifs.se/Programme/ifs_sida_sanitation_2007.asp
Birkbeck, University of London Commonwealth Scholarships
Last date: 1 May 2007
Contact person: Maureen Austin, School of Crystallography.
Email: m.austin@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/courses.html#distancelearning
Leverhulme Trust : Visiting Professorships
Last date: are 15 May 2007 and 15 October 2007.
Website: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/visiting_professorships/
Leverhulme Trust : 25 Major Research Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Last date: midnight on 4th May 2007
Website: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/major_research_fellowships/
The Oak Foundation
Issues of global social and environmental concern, especially those that affect the lives of the disadvantaged.
Contact Information: Oak Foundation USA , 47 Winter Street-6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. E-mail: oak@oakfnd.org : http://www.oakfnd.org/
Center for the Study of Philanthropy Senior International Fellows Program
Last date : June 22, 2007
Contact Information: Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, suite 5401, New York, NY 10016, USA
Phone: 212. 817 . 2010, Fax: 212 . 817 . 1572
E-mail: info@philanthropy.org. Web site: http://www.philanthropy.org/programs/ifp/senior.html
To know more, check out Global Fund for Women at www.globalfundforwomen.org/3grant/.
The closing date for sending your grant application is 31 May 2007
Contact details : Email: gfw@globalfundforwomen.org
Open Society Institute (OSI): OSI Women Program: Call for Proposals
Last date: May 15, 2007
Contact Information: Network Women’s Program
Open Society Institute, 400 West 59th Street, New York, NY 10019 USA
Fax: +1-212-548-4616 Email: women@sorosny.org
Website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women/news/multiple_20070302
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Graduate Scholarships
Last date: July 30 each year
Contact Information: Graduate Scholarship Department, SEARCA, Los Baños, Laguna
Philippines. Email: gsd@agri.searca.org
http://web.searca.org/elibrary/brochures/Graduate%20Scholarship%20Dept%20brochure.pdf
International Foundation for Science (IFS) and Swedish International Development Agency (Sida/NATUR)
Subject: Use of Water as a Scarce Resource in Biological Production
Last date: June 30 2007
Website: http://www.ifs.se/Programme/water_scarce_resource.asp
Topic: Sustainable Sanitation in developing countries (individual and team)
Last date: June 30 2007
Website: http://www.ifs.se/Programme/ifs_sida_sanitation_2007.asp
Birkbeck, University of London Commonwealth Scholarships
Last date: 1 May 2007
Contact person: Maureen Austin, School of Crystallography.
Email: m.austin@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk
Website: http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/courses.html#distancelearning
Leverhulme Trust : Visiting Professorships
Last date: are 15 May 2007 and 15 October 2007.
Website: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/visiting_professorships/
Leverhulme Trust : 25 Major Research Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Last date: midnight on 4th May 2007
Website: http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/grants_awards/grants/major_research_fellowships/
The Oak Foundation
Issues of global social and environmental concern, especially those that affect the lives of the disadvantaged.
Contact Information: Oak Foundation USA , 47 Winter Street-6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. E-mail: oak@oakfnd.org : http://www.oakfnd.org/
Center for the Study of Philanthropy Senior International Fellows Program
Last date : June 22, 2007
Contact Information: Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, suite 5401, New York, NY 10016, USA
Phone: 212. 817 . 2010, Fax: 212 . 817 . 1572
E-mail: info@philanthropy.org. Web site: http://www.philanthropy.org/programs/ifp/senior.html
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