Overview
The US Forest Service International Programs and
its partners are pleased to announce five international
training opportunities for 2009. The seminars
stimulate deliberations and problem solving for
issues related to unique areas of natural resource
management. The US Forest Service supports the
seminars and workshops with the idea of engaging
a global network of natural resource managers in a productive, interactive dialogue on common challenges
and solutions.
Invited participants are selected to reflect a diversity
of experience. Program activities will take advantage
of the experience of the participants, as well
as the unique heritage of the field locations of each
seminar.
Participants who have their own financial sponsorship
are invited to get more information and apply. The seminars include:
The International Field Course on Wildlands and Protected Area Management, co-hosted by the Center for Protected Area Management and Training at Colorado State University and US Forest Service International Programs, held entirely in Spanish, presents key concepts, principles, and methods of protected area management while emphasizing field-based practical exercises. Participants will interact extensively with local resource users, various local, state, and federal agencies, collaborating private conservation organizations, and other citizen groups involved in natural resource management. This interaction will provide participants with hands-on experience in solving complex biodiversity conservation and natural resource use and management problems, as well as in interacting with the many types of stakeholders involved in real-world situations.
The International Seminar on Protected Area Management is held in the northern Rocky Mountains of the western United States. Designed for senior level planners and managers of nationally significant protected areas worldwide, this integrated state-of-the-art course examines strategies to conserve the world's most special places. The program, sponsored by the US Forest Service International Programs and the Universities of Montana, Idaho and Colorado State, will evaluate policies and institutional arrangements that sustain both people and natural resources.
The
International Seminar
on Forestry and Natural Resources Administration and
Management, cohosted by US Forest Service
International Programs and Northern Arizona University,
presents a broad spectrum of natural resource management
techniques and institutional arrangements so that participants
may selectively gather ideas that can assist in the
management of their lands. The seminar focuses on strategies
and methods to develop, manage, and conserve natural
resources for the sustained delivery of goods and services
to meet the full range of human needs.
The International Seminar on Watershed Management will be held in the southwestern United States. Because of the increasing demand, legal conflict and competing uses and practices that place tremendous pressure on its extremely scarce water supply, the southwestern U.S. is an excellent case study for watershed managers. The seminar is designed for mid-career watershed management professionals who desire to take part in an interactive and intensive training and exchange program on integrated watershed management. The program is sponsored by the US Forest Service International Programs.
The Latin America International Seminaron Forest Administration and Management is a two-week course
held in Bolivia targeting senior natural resource professionals from Latin America. The seminar, an intensive two
week program, will promote the transfer of knowledge and examine a range of tools, incentives, approaches, lessons,
and techniques to improve the management of forest resources in their respective countries. Participants
and instructors will discuss and debate integrated issues such as legal and policy foundations, public participation,
scientific knowledge, economic growth, and social sustainability. The seminar will be conducted in Spanish and
focus on topics of particular relevance to the region.
Dates: Summer 2009
Tuition Cost: TBD
Application Deadline: TBD
Hosted by US Forest Service International Programs and the International Centre for Protected Landscapes in
Wales, The African Leadership Seminar on People and Conservation is an intensive one week program held
in southern Africa. The seminar seeks to facilitate shared learning around the pressing issues of people and
conservation for natural resource managers and policy makers in the region. The seminar will promote the transfer
of knowledge and examine a range of tools, incentives, approaches, and techniques. These lessons learned
will help inform and infl uence conservation management, research and policy reform. Issues that are addressed
include: conservation challenges; HIV and AIDS: community based conservation and collaboration, social aspects
of conservation, transfrontier conservation, fi nancial incentives, education, research, the conservation agenda;
and leadership and conservation. The University of KwaZulu-Natal ’s Centre for Environment, Agriculture and
Development implements this seminar which is conducted in English.
Dates: Fall 2009
Tuition Costs: TBD
Application Deadline: TBD
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Funding
Neither the cooperating universities nor US
Forest Service International Programs is able to
provide funding for applicants. However, in the past,
many participants of our international seminars and
workshops have been able to find funding through a variety
of other sources. The following list is a selection
of U.S. government agencies, nongovernmental organizations
and other international agencies that have provided
funding--at least in part--to past participants:
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