[Forest-list] 2012-01-01 NRMI: This Issue: Where to Find Scholarships and Some Other Good Things

[H. Gyde Lund]

*2012-01-01**NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST*

This Issue: */Where to Find Scholarships/* and Some Other Good Things

*HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! *-- Just a quick note to wish you all healthy, happy 
and peaceful 2012. Cheers, Gyde**

*BUT FIRST, WON'T YOU PLEASE HELP? - /Wood Density Values 
Sought./*Benktesh Sharma writes. "I am looking forward of your 
assistance in finding some wood density values for some tree species 
/(Rytigynia kigeziensis, Galiniera coffeoides, Sinarundinaria alpine, 
Balthasarea schliebenii, Schefflera goetzenii/, and /Psydrax sp.)/ 
within the context of Tropical Mountain Forests in Africa. I would also 
love to have a source of information if it is available. Thank you." If 
you can assist, please contact Benktesh at benktesh at yahoo.com 
<mailto:benktesh at yahoo.com>*
*

*WHERE TO FIND SCHOLARSHIPS -- *Last year (2011) I had an inquiry from a 
member on where to find scholarships. Here are some of the sites that I 
found. Perhaps some of you may find them useful.

*Apply for 
Scholarships*http://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarship-application-strategies/apply-for-scholarships/

*Applying for Financial Aid - Incoming Students -- 
International*http://environment.yale.edu/about/Applying-for-Financial-Aid-New-International-Students/

*Australia *- http://www.forestry.org.au/masters/scholarships.htm

*Beijing Forestry University (BJFU) > Fees and Scholarship 
*http://school.cucas.edu.cn/ListTitle.php?sid=1042&aid=178 
<http://school.cucas.edu.cn/ListTitle.php?sid=1042&aid=178>

*College Scholarships for Forestry 
Majors*http://collegeprowler.com/scholarships/major/forestry/

*Fellowships for International Students in USA- 
2011*http://scholarship-positions.com/blog/fellowships-for-international-students-in-usa-2011/201102/

*http://scholarshipnet.wordpress.com/***

*http://www.scholars4dev.com/***

*International Scholarships and Research Funding*- 
http://cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/intl/scholars.html

*International Scholarships for Developing Countries | Scholarships for 
Development 
*http://www.scholars4dev.com/category/field-of-study/agriculture-forestry-and-fisheries-scholarships/

*List of Organisations offering scholarships to Muslim students*- 
http://www.milligazette.com/misl/scholarship_muslim_students_organisations_aid.htmand 
http://www.scholars4dev.com/3729/idb-scholarships-for-muslims/

*MSc EUROPEAN FORESTRY*http://www.europeanforestry.net/

*MSc Forestry -- Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Distance Learning 
Scholarships*http://www.bangor.ac.uk/senrgy/csc_info.php.en

*National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq*), 
Brasilia, Brazil, and TWAS offer up to fifty fellowships per year to 
young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish 
to pursue research leading towards a PhD in natural sciences. 
http://twas.ictp.it/prog/exchange/fells/fells-pg/bra-pg. From Rajesh Rai 
via Nepalese Foresters List.

*Oregon State University Forestry Scholarships 
*http://studentservices.forestry.oregonstate.edu/scholarships

*Oxford *- 
http://wapnepal.com/scholarship/university-of-oxford-scholarships-for-international-students

*Scholarships for Pakistani students*- 
http://www.scholarships.com.pk/tag/pakistan/and 
http://freecollegeblog.com/scholarships/scholarships-for-pakistani-students/and 
http://www.ilmkidunya.com/studyabroad/study-abroad-in-germany-scholarships-for-pakistani-students.aspx

*Society of American Foresters Scholarships*. 
http://www.safnet.org/fs/scholarships.cfm__

You can find sample cover letters at:

*101 Cover Letter Samples for Jobs and 
Scholarships*http://scholarship-positions.com

*Sample Cover Letter for a Scholarship 
Application*http://louisville.edu/career/students/job-search/sample-cover-letters-1/Sample%20Cover%20Letter%20For%20a%20Scholarship%20Application.doc/at_download/file

*Scholarship Application Cover 
Letter*http://www.bestcoverletters.com/sample-cover-letter/Scholarship/Scholarship-Application-Cover-Letter.html

*Writing a Cover Letter/Personal Essay for a Scholarship - 
*http://www.umflint.edu/writingcenter/documents/Scholar.doc

*ERRATA*(Last week email) *-*Sunderland, Terrence 2011. *Win-win' is too 
simplistic a description for REDD+ -- and possibly wrong*. Africa 
Science News Service. 20 April 2011*. */You can find a working URL at 
/http://blog.cifor.org/2585/win-win-is-too-simplistic-a-description-for-redd----and-possibly-wrong/ 
<http://blog.cifor.org/2585/win-win-is-too-simplistic-a-description-for-redd-%3F-and-possibly-wrong/>*. 
*/My thanks to Tim Gregoire for pointing out the non-working URL. /

*SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST*

Chendauka, Bwalya. 2009. *Monitoring, Reporting and Verification update 
for Zambia*. 14 slides. 
http://www.aec.msu.edu/fs2/zambia/resources/10_Zambia_Chendauka_MRV_Rome-4.pdf 


*Forest Health Protection Mapping and Reporting Tools*. 
http://www.foresthealth.info/portal. From Barbara Conkling, USFS.

Hickey, V.; Pimm, S.L. 2011. *How the World Bank funds protected areas*. 
Conserv. Lett. 4(4):269-277. Abstract. 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00172.x/abstract 


Johnson, J.A. 2011. *More than meets the eye: importance of recognizing 
life history and population structure in monitoring populations.* Anim. 
Conserv. 14(4):333-335

Kalinda,Thomson et al. 2008. *Use of integrated land use assessment 
(ILUA) data for forestry and agricultural policy review and analysis in 
Zambia.* 119 p. 
http://www.fao.org/forestry/16955-0c90798cee1e59a8542ede210a9834227.pdf .

Katzner, T.E., et al. 2011. *Conservation implications of inaccurate 
estimation of cryptic population size*. Anim. Conserv. 14(4):328-332. 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00444.x/full

Katzner, T.E., et al. 2011.*Cryptic population size and conservation: 
consequences of making the unknown known*. Anim. Conserv. 14(4):340-341. 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00486.x/pdf

Lund, H. Gyde. 2000. *An Introduction to Multipurpose Resource Inventory 
Concepts.* Introductory Lecture, Multipurpose Resource Inventory Design 
Shortcourse. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica 21-25 February 2000. 25 p. 
http://home.comcast.net/~gyde/2000mridesign.pdf 
<http://home.comcast.net/%7Egyde/2000mridesign.pdf>

*KEEPING UP-TO-DATE -- PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS.*See 
also 
http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm 
<http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/links.cfm>, http://scholar.google.com/, 
and**Directory of open access journals. 
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.

*WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC*. -- See also: 
http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and 
http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/ 
<http://www.iufro.org/info/discover/noticeboard/>.

*MOVING AHEAD -- OPPORTUNITIES*-- See also: Scholarships-Positions - 
http://scholarship-positions.com/, Forestry, Arboriculture, Agriculture, 
Agronomy & Natural Resource Management Jobs at 
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm, Riley Guide to Agriculture, 
Forestry, & Farming Jobs http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html, Finding 
Your Dream Job in Natural Resources http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/, 
Naturesjobs.com http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html, The Job 
Seekers Guide for International and Environmental Careers 
http://ejobs.home.att.net/ and Scholarship Listing 
http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/.

*Forestry Position*. - The Montana Department of Natural Resources is 
advertising a forestry position in Missoula. A Technical Services 
Supervisor position is currently being advertised and closes February 1, 
2012. This position is within the Forest Management Bureau and will lead 
the section responsible for forest inventory, analysis, and GIS.The 
following links contain a job description and state listing. 
http://dnrc.mt.gov/Jobs/default.asp and 
http://dnrc.mt.gov/Jobs/February/60940.doc . From Richard Zabel, Western 
Forestry Org.

*FOREST FRAGMENTS -- *Many years ago, the USDA Forest Service had a 
newsletter called 'Timber Tips'. This was a very informal publication 
that carried short tips on how to improve field and office work. Such a 
tip was how to determine where north is while in the field without a 
compass. If you have a watch, point the hour hand towards the sun. The 
north-south line will generally lie halfway between the hour hand and 12 
o'clock.

This Forest Fragment section of is intended to serve a similar purpose. 
Therefore I am seeking any techniques you may have on improving field, 
office or even daily routines that I can share with fellow list members. 
Any suggestions you submit should be short (preferably around a 
paragraph, but no longer than one page. Please include a short title of 
your suggestion, your name and email address with your submission.

*Once again Happy New Year and Pay It Forward/-- Cheers, Gyde/*

-- 
H. Gyde Lund
Forest Information Services
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Gainesville, VA 20155-1374 USA
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