Month: July 2010

Its official! The Department of Natural Resources Conservation is now the Department of Environmental Conservation and has a single Graduate Degree Program. The Graduate Program, also called Environmental Conservation, provides students with a choice of 5 available concentrations. Starting in September of 2010, graduate students entering the Department of Environmental Conservation (ECO) will enroll in the Environmental Conservation Graduate Degree Program and choose from one of five focus areas of study: Building Systems Environmental Policy and Human Dimensions Forest Resources and Arboriculture Water, Wetlands and Watersheds Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology What's changed? The department has changed its name to Environmental Conservation The degrees in Forest Resources and Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation are no longer offered. New students enrolling in graduate studies in the department will now enroll in and earn a graduate degree in Environmental Conservation. How does the transition affect current and incoming students? Currently Enrolled Graduate Students will continue in their existing program, either Forest Resources or Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation with the requirements that were in place when they enrolled. However, currently enrolled graduate students will have the...

NRC PhD student Dennis Babaasa received a research grant from the International Foundation for Science (http://www.ifs.se/). IFS supports developing country (social and natural) scientists’ research relevant to the sustainable management, use or conservation of biological or water resources. These grants are awarded for amounts up to USD 12,000. Applicants must be citizens of a developing country with an academic degree of an MSc/MA and carry out their research in a developing country. The proposed research must be relevant to the needs of the country or region, contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the grantee’s field. Dennis’s research project is on determining habitat suitability for mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.   ...