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    <div align="left"><b style=""><span style=""><span style="">Oops, I
            sent out a shortened version of NRMI earlier today. I meant
            to send this one. My apologies. Gyde</span></span></b><br>
      <b style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></b></div>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"
      style="text-align:center;mso-outline-level:
      1" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes">2011-08-07</span></span></b><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING
          ITEMS OF
          INTEREST</span></b></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:
      auto;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in" align="center"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This Issue: </span><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
        normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span
            style="mso-bidi-font-size:
            11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">How to Write a
            Research Proposal </span></i></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">and
      </span><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Some
        Other Good
        Things</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">&nbsp;HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH
          PROPOSAL</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">
        &#8211; Recently
        we had an inquiry about &#8216;how to write a research proposal&#8217;. Here
        are some sites
        that may be of interest. If you know of others, please contact
        Hafiz Umair
        Masood Awan at <a href="mailto:awan48@gmail.com">awan48@gmail.com</a>
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Hints on Preparing Research
          Proposals</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">.
        - <a href="http://aas.org/grants/hints.php">http://aas.org/grants/hints.php</a></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">How to write a research paper
          proposal.</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">
        <a
          href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2002069_write-research-proposal.html">http://www.ehow.com/how_2002069_write-research-proposal.html</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">How to Write a Research
          Project Grant
          Application</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
        Calibri"> - <a
          href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/write_grant_doc.htm">http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/write_grant_doc.htm</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">How to write a thesis
          proposal - </span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><a
href="http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/%7Emartins/sen_res/how_to_thesis_proposal.html">http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/%7Emartins/sen_res/how_to_thesis_proposal.html</a></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">How to Write Good Research
          Proposal Examples </span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><a
href="http://thesisblog.com/proposal-writing/how-to-write-good-research-proposal-examples">http://thesisblog.com/proposal-writing/how-to-write-good-research-proposal-examples</a>
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">How to Write Research
          Proposal &#8211; Integrating
          Essays to Research Papers</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
        mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"> - <a
href="http://essay-blog.com/college-essays/how-to-write-research-proposal-%3F-integrating-essays-to-research-papers">http://essay-blog.com/college-essays/how-to-write-research-proposal-&#8211;-integrating-essays-to-research-papers</a>
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">IPPF.
        2002. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Guide for
          Designing Results-Oriented
          Projects and Writing Successful Proposals.</b> 44 p. <a
href="http://www.eldtraining.com/docs/IPPF%20PROPOSAL%20WRITING%20GUIDE.pdf">http://www.eldtraining.com/docs/IPPF%20PROPOSAL%20WRITING%20GUIDE.pdf</a>
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Jones.
        Simon
        Peyton; Bundy, Alan. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Writing
          a good
          grant proposal</b>. <a
href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/Proposal.html">http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/Proposal.html</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Levine,
        S.
        Joseph. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Guide for
          writing a funding
          proposal</b>. <a
          href="http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/">http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">McGranaghan,
Matthew
        <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Guidelines on writing a
          research
          proposal. </b><a
          href="http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ematt/proposal.html">http://www2.hawaii.edu/~matt/proposal.html</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Pajares,
Frank.
        <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The elements of a
          proposal</b>. <a
          href="http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/proposal.html">http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/proposal.html</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Proposal writing: stages and
          strategies with
          examples</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
        Calibri"> - <a
          href="http://facstaff.gpc.edu/%7Eebrown/infobr3.htm">http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~ebrown/infobr3.htm</a>
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Research Proposal Guide</span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"> - <a
          href="http://researchproposalguide.com/">http://researchproposalguide.com/</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Research-Proposal Writing -</span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"> <a
href="http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/tse-portal/proposal/dan-ryan-proposal/propweb.htm">http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/tse-portal/proposal/dan-ryan-proposal/propweb.htm</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Sample Research Paper
          Proposal (ANNOTATED)</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">
        <a
          href="http://www.essaybay.com/sample-research-paper-proposal.php">http://www.essaybay.com/sample-research-paper-proposal.php</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Write Good Research Proposal
          Examples</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">
        - <a
href="http://dissertationblog.com/dissertation/write-good-research-proposal-examples/">http://dissertationblog.com/dissertation/write-good-research-proposal-examples/</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Writing a Research Proposal</span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"> - <a
href="http://faculty.smu.edu/swegren/writing_a_research_proposal.htm">http://faculty.smu.edu/swegren/writing_a_research_proposal.htm</a>,
        <a href="http://www.eastchance.com/howto/res_prop.asp">http://www.eastchance.com/howto/res_prop.asp</a>
        , <a
          href="http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Write-Research-Proposal/153857">http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Write-Research-Proposal/153857</a>,
        <a
href="http://www.isos.salford.ac.uk/how_to_write_a_research_proposal.php">http://www.isos.salford.ac.uk/how_to_write_a_research_proposal.php</a>,
        <a
href="http://labtransportumy.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/how-to-write-a-research-proposal/">http://labtransportumy.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/how-to-write-a-research-proposal/</a>
        , <a
          href="http://www.essaytown.com/writing/write-research-proposal">http://www.essaytown.com/writing/write-research-proposal</a>,
        and <a
          href="http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/research_proposal.html">http://www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/research_proposal.html</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Writing a research proposal</span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"> - <a
href="http://www.education.monash.edu.au/students/current/study-resources/proposalwriting.html">http://www.education.monash.edu.au/students/current/study-resources/proposalwriting.html</a><u><span
            style="color:blue"></span></u></span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><b
        style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
          mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">Writing the Research Proposal</span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"> - <a
href="http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/%7Etcwritingcenter/Forms_of_Writing/ResearchProposal.htm">http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/~tcwritingcenter/Forms_of_Writing/ResearchProposal.htm</a>
      </span></p>
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      style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:36.15pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-36.15pt;mso-char-indent-count:
      -3.6"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">&nbsp;SOME
OTHER
          PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST</span></b></p>
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      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial">Sodhi, Navjot S; Ehrlich, Paul R. 2010. <b
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href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/conservation-biology-for-all/Conservation-Biology-for-All_Chapter-13.pdf">http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/conservation-biology-for-all/Conservation-Biology-for-All_Chapter-13.pdf</a>
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        Nature Conserv.
        19(2):116-125. <a
href="http://habistat.vgt.vito.be/modules/Publications/VandenBorre_etal_inpress_JournalForNatureConservation_2011_preprint.pdf">http://habistat.vgt.vito.be/modules/Publications/VandenBorre_etal_inpress_JournalForNatureConservation_2011_preprint.pdf</a>
      </span></p>
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      10.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Vera, P., et al. 2011. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
          normal">Land use and biodiversity congruences at local scale:
          applications to
          conservation strategies.</b> Biodivers. Conserv.
        20(6):1287-1317. <a
href="http://www.uv.es/barba/pdf%20Articulos/Vera%20et%20al%202011%20Biodivers%20Conserv%2020,1287-1317%5B1%5D.pdf">http://www.uv.es/barba/pdf%20Articulos/Vera%20et%20al%202011%20Biodivers%20Conserv%2020,1287-1317%5B1%5D.pdf</a>
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        Arial">Westlake D F 1966. <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The biomass
          and productivity of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Glyceria
            maxima</i>:
          I. Seasonal changes in biomass.</b> J. Ecol. 54 745&#8211;53.</span><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"></span></p>
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        EIS-Africa Newsletter, and FGDC Newsletter.</span></p>
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        See also: <a href="http://www.gfis.net" target="_blank"
          title="External link to: http://www.gfis.net">http://www.gfis.net</a>,
        <a href="http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/">http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/</a>
        and <a href="http://www.iufro.org/info/discover/noticeboard/"
          title="Internal link to: discover/noticeboard/">http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/</a>.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">2-6 November 2011. <b>International
          Year of
          Forests: Linking, Local, Regional, and Global Solutions.</b>
        Society of
        American Foresters National Convention. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
        See: <a href="http://www.safconvention.org">www.safconvention.org</a>.
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">29-31 May 2012. <b>Mountain
          Resource
          Management in a Changing Environment.</b> Kathmandu, Nepal.
        Call for papers now
        open. See: <a
href="http://ku.edu.np/aec/Docs/International%20Symposium%20May2012.pdf?go=conference">http://ku.edu.np/aec/Docs/International%20Symposium%20May2012.pdf?go=conference</a>.
        From Mohan Balla, Wetland Friends List.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">25-30 June 2012. <b>1st
          IUFRO-FORNESSA
          Regional Congress: Forests and Trees Serving the People of
          Africa and the
          World.</b> Nairobi, Kenya. Contact: Joe Cobbinah,
        jcobbinah(at)csir-forig.org.gh, <a
          href="http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress">http://fornis.net/content/first-iufro-fornessa-regional-congress</a>.
        From IUFRO News. </span></p>
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          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
          mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">MOVING AHEAD &#8211; OPPORTUNITIES</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> &#8211;
        See also:
        Scholarships-Positions - <a
          href="http://scholarship-positions.com/">http://scholarship-positions.com/</a>,
        Forestry, Arboriculture, Agriculture, Agronomy &amp;&nbsp;Natural
        Resource
        Management Jobs at <a
          href="http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm">http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm</a>,
        Riley Guide to Agriculture, Forestry, &amp; Farming Jobs <a
          href="http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html">http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html</a>,
        Finding Your Dream Job in Natural Resources <a
          href="http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/">http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/</a>,
        Naturesjobs.com <a
          href="http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html">http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html</a>,
        The Job Seekers Guide for International and Environmental
        Careers <a href="http://ejobs.home.att.net/">http://ejobs.home.att.net/</a>
        and
        Scholarship Listing <a
          href="http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/">http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/</a>.
      </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Post-Doc
          in Azores
          Islands</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
        Arial"> (Portugal): &#8220;Impact of Land-Use changes in the arthropod
        fauna of the
        Azores&#8220;: <a
href="http://sctrapp.azores.gov.pt/ext/sctr-app/formulario.asp?id_form=58&amp;page=456">http://sctrapp.azores.gov.pt/ext/sctr-app/formulario.asp?id_form=58&amp;page=456</a>.
        From Artur Gil, Applied GIS RS List.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;
      text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Forest
          Heroes
          Programme and Awards</span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> - The United Nations Forum on
        Forests Secretariat
        has launched the Forest Heroes Programme and Awards. In the
        International Year
        of Forests, the programme aims to recognize the efforts of
        everyday people who
        tirelessly work towards sustaining, protecting, and developing
        our forests. Find
        more information on: <a
          href="http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/#c51">http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/#c51</a>.
        From IUFRO News.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
      style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:
      auto;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in" align="center"><b><span
          style="mso-bidi-font-size:
          10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">&nbsp;Pay It Forward<i> &#8211;
            Cheers, Gyde</i></span></b><span
        style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
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      style="text-align:center;mso-outline-level:
      1" align="center"><b><i><span
            style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">&nbsp;</span></i></b></p>
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H. Gyde Lund  
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