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ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Grant Opportunities
• Educational Opportunity
• Donations Sought
• New Publications
• Meetings

Grant Opportunities

The Lincoln Park Zoo Neotropic and Africa/Asia funds support field research in conservation biology. The Neotropic fund focuses on projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The fund emphasizes the support of graduate students and other young researchers, particularly those from Latin America. The Africa/Asia fund, launched in 1997, focuses on projects throughout Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Each fund typically supports 5-10 projects annually, including project renewals for a second year. Most awards fall into the range of US$3000-6000. Initial support is for up to 12 months, and the maximum duration of support is two years. The deadline for receipt of proposals is 1 October. For additional information contact Lincoln Park Zoo NF/AA Funds, Department of Conservation and Science, Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614, conservation@lpzoo.org, http://www.lpzoo.com/conservation.

Educational Opportunity

Duke University's Marine Laboratory will hold an interdisciplinary marine conservation program from 9 July--10 August 2001. The program will teach principles of conservation of the coastal and oceanic environment. Students typically enroll in Conservation Biology and Policy plus one of six electives: Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles, Marine Mammals, Marine Ecology, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Barrier Island Ecology, Marine Policy, or Independent Study. For further information contact the laboratory, (252) 504-7502, hnearing@duke.edu, http://www.env.duke.edu/marinelab/marine.html.

Donations Sought

Please consider donating journals (complete years) as well as books on ecology, behavior, evolution, and conservation biology to Fundación E.C.O. (Ecosistemas del Chaco Oriental) of Formosa, Argentina. The foundation, organized in 2000, promotes education in a broad sense in northeastern Argentina. One of the foundation's current objectives is to develop a library in the province of Formosa. Access to adequate literature will be an incentive for students to conduct research in this province, one of the poorest in Argentina. To arrange a shipment, contact Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, 104 Herbaria, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 495-4302 or 493-2493, duque@fas.harvard.edu, http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~duque/.

New Publications

Journal for Nature Conservation, published by Urban and Fischer (Jena, Germany) in affiliation with the European Centre for Nature Conservation, will be launched in mid-2001. The interdisciplinary publication will focus on conservation methods and techniques with the objective of providing scientists and practitioners with comprehensive and applicable information. The journal also is intended to encourage communication between scientists and practitioners. Research papers, reviews, and short communications are welcome. For more information contact Editorial Office, Journal for Nature Conservation, Coastal Resources Centre, Presentation Building, University College, Cork, Ireland, Telephone +353-21-4904129, FAX +353-21-4904289, mary.oconnell@ucc.ie.

The World Conservation Union (IUCN), in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, World Wide Fund for Nature, and U.S. Agency for International Development, announces publication of a new booklet, Management of bleached and severely damaged reefs. The booklet is available in six languages (English, French, Spanish, Kiswahili, Indonesian and Portuguese) and is free. To place an order contact IUCN Publication Services Unit, 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK, Telephone +44-1223-277894, FAX +44-1223-277175, info@books.iucn.org. The English version also can be ordered from WWF Sweden, Ulriksdal Slott, 170 81 Solna, Sweden, maria.teivonen@wwf.se.

A new book, Wildlife study design, covers all major aspects of study design as applied to wildlife and conservation studies, including surveys of major types of studies and variables, impact assessment, sampling techniques, inventorying and monitoring, and data analysis. Also included is a practical, step-by-step guide to setting up a new study. The book is aimed at resource managers, researchers, and students of wildlife and conservation biology. Cost is US$69.95. To order, contact Springer-Verlag, (800) 777-4643, www.springer-ny.com.

Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) announces a new website feature, a directory of federal funding opportunities for marine conservation biology research. MCBI's directory provides a comprehensive and frequently updated survey of all federal agencies and related institutions that fund research, including acceptable research topics, funding levels, deadlines, samples of previously funded projects, and links to additional information. The directory is intended for all scientists, from undergraduate students to professionals. For details contact Beth Kantrowitz, beth@mcbi.org, http://www.mcbi.org.

Meetings

The eighth annual conference of The Wildlife Society, Excellence in wildlife stewardship through science and education, will be held 25-29 September 2001 in Reno, Nevada. Registration and program information will be available in June. For more information contact The Wildlife Society, (301) 897-9770, tws@wildlife.org, http://www.wildlife.org.

The Smithsonian Institution will host a three-day conference, Birds of two worlds: advances in the ecology and evolution of temperate-tropical migration systems, in spring 2002 in Washington, D.C. Proposals for presentations and papers are invited; peer-reviewed papers will be published in an edited volume. Papers should include research results and develop a blueprint for future research. Papers that address the following topics related to migratory behavior are particularly welcome: behavioral plasticity, evolution of different migratory strategies, emergent properties, morphological constraints, physiological adaptations, interspecific interactions, costs and benefits of migration strategies and the evolution of migration patterns. Send a one-page abstract by 15 August 2001 to Pete Marra, marra@serc.si.edu, or Russell Greenberg, antbird@erols.com.

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