World Wildlife Fund: Seeking Applications for Conservation Fellowships for Myanmar 2016

Last date : 15 July, 2016

World Wildlife Fund’s Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) is currently inviting applications for its Conservation Fellowships for Myanmar with an aim to pursue graduate-level study anywhere in the world with the goal of advancing conservation in Myanmar.

With three of the most pristine large rivers and some of the most extensive intact forest in theMekong region, Myanmar is Asia’s last frontier for conservation. Its natural environmentsremain mostly unspoiled. They support some of the region’s poorest people, and possibly the last population of wildlife elephants in Southeast Asia. WWF’s Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN) is offering the best and brightest future conservation leaders the opportunity to pursue graduate-level study anywhere in the world with the goal of advancing conservation in Myanmar. EFN supports up to two years of study for a maximum of USD 30,000 per year.

• Sustainable forestry

• Integrated spatial planning and GIS

• Ecology

• Sustainable ecosystems

• Climate change

• Environmental policy and/or economics

• Integrated river basin management

• Biodiversity & wildlife conservation

• Wildlife crime

• Protected area management

• Environmental science

• Sustainable development & conservation

• Ecotourism

• Sustainable energy

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicant must be a citizen and legal permanent resident of Myanmar.
• Applicant must have at least two years of work experience in conservation (paid or unpaid) and a demonstrated commitment to working in Myanmar.
• Applicant must have applied to, be admitted to, or be enrolled in a master’s or PhD program.
• Applicant’s research should be focused on one of the listed priority fields of study.
• Applicant must plan to begin your studies no later than August 2017.
• Applicant must commit to working in Myanmar for at least two years after the completion of their degree.
• Current WWF employees, consultants, employees seconded to WWF, and EFN grantees must contact EFN before applying.

How to Apply

Applicants can access the online application at: www.worldwildlife.org/efn

Applicants may email questions to Thiha Oo, WWF-Myanmar via Thiha.Oo@wwfgreatermekong.

org , 09-975551010, Fax- 01-214358.

Eligible Country: Myanmar

For more details : http://assets.worldwildlife.org/publications/872/files/original/Myanmar_Fellowship_2016.pdf?_ga=1.89840347.1133008892.1355954722

Share this

Unknown