[Anthsoc] Operation Wallacea Presentation

[Colin Wallace]

Hi All,

Here is another event of interest. There will be a talk on Oct 3 at 3 
pm. in Needles Hall rm 3001 about Operation Wallacea.

Operation Wallacea is a series of biological and social science 
expedition projects that operate in remote locations across the world. 
These expeditions are designed with specific wildlife conservation aims 
in mind - from identifying areas needing protection, through to 
implementing and assessing conservation management programmes.

This talk is about opportunities for students (Including Undergraduates) 
to participate in a Biodiversity and Conservation project at a site in 
any of Indonesia, Peru, Honduras, Egypt or South Africa. They need some 
students as Research assistants for a couple of weeks in the summer and 
if there are not too many students they can help them fund raise the 
needed money to get there. We had 3 students who went last year to 
Honduras and had a wonderful time. They mostly got to watch Howler 
Monkeys but one of them did more general biodiversity survey.

What is different about Operation Wallacea is that large teams of 
university academics who are specialists in various aspects of 
biodiversity or social and economic studies and are concentrated at the 
target study sites. Research Assistants joining the surveys therefore 
have the option of individualising their own itinerary from a range of 
training and science options at each of the sites. It also provides an 
excellent environment for students to complete their dissertations 
<http://www.opwall.com/Universities/Dissertations/index.shtml> or theses 
and over 60% achieve Firsts for their field studies with Operation Wallacea.

For more information on the project, please visit http://www.opwall.com/

Colin 	



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