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RESEARCH ON ILLEGAL LOGGING
The Royal Institute of International Affairs has developed the website http://www.illegal-logging.info The Institute is currently looking for any recent research on illegal logging and closely related issues done in this area recently.
Contact:
Louise Bundock
Sustainable Development Programme
Royal Institute of International Affairs
E-mail: bundockl@chathamhouse.org.uk
Mobile + 44-07976-183-368
Phone: + 44-0207-272-4992
PHD SUPPORT SOUGHT
I am interested in pursuing a PhD in forest resource management, I would like to research on dynamic long-term forest land use change in upland watersheds under different access rules and regulations, along with stakeholders’s decision-making, to develop recommendations for policy improvement towards sustainable forest management in North up land Vietnam and other similar areas. The proposal title will be “Determinants of land use change in an upland watershed in Northeastern Vietnam”.
I am seeking funding. I would also like to co-operate and share information with other researchers/organizations. Could you recommend any funding resources and books or online resources, where I might find funds and references for my research? Thank you very much for considering my request. I also hope to collaborate with you/ your organization in the near future.
Nguyen Dinh Hai
PhD candidate
Lab. of Ecological Economics & Forest
Policy, Department of Forest Resources
College of Agriculture & Life sciences
Seoul National University
San 56-1, Shillim - Dong,
Kwanak-Gu; 151-742 Seoul,
Korea
Phone: + 82-2-880-4763
Fax: + 82-2-875-4763
H.P: + 82-19-833-4903
E-mail: haisnu3@snu.ac.kr and
nhaisf@yahoo.com
INFORMATION/RESEARCH ON TRANSPIRATION IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF RAINFORESTS
Dear ETFRN-Team,
I am looking for information or research
papers focusing on transpiration in different
types of rainforests. I cannot find any
information. It would be great if you can help
me to find these infos. Thanks!!
Felix Oberrauch
Hydropower
Electrowatt-Ekono Ltd.
Hardturmstrasse 161
P.O. Box 8037, Zurich
Switzerland
Phone: + 41-1-355-5554 (switchboard)
Phone: + 41-76-356-2462 (direct)
Telefax: + 41-1-355-5561
If you are willing to help Felix Oberrauch find
information on rainforest transpiration,
please contact him directly, with a copy to
the ETFRN CU at etfrn@etfrn.org.
PARTNERSHIP WITH FOREIGN RESEARCHERS
The Tropical Resources Research and Conservation Centre is a non-governmental organisation that focuses on the following areas: environmental research, education and management; agricultural production and improving the standard of living of the rural communities.
The Tropical Resources Research and Conservation Centre is willing to work in partnership with students and researchers, from foreign countries with a research interest in West Africa in the following or such related fields:
Please include the following points in your application letter:
For more information contact:
Ikponke Nkanta
Executive Officer, Tropical Resources
Research and Conservation Centre
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science
University of Uyo
Phone: 08037974965
E-mail: ikponkenkanta@yahoo.com or
tropicalresearch@yahoo.com
or: Ms Comfort Abraham (Secretary)
Post Gradate School
Geography and Regional Planning
University of Uyo
E-mail: abrahamcomfort@yahoo.com
Tropical Resources Research and Conservation Centre. REG NO: 002066 (For Research, Education, Environmental Care, Agricultural production and Poverty Alleviation)
Postal address:
c/o Ikponke Nkanta
Zoology Department
P.M.B 1017, University of Uyo
Akwaibom State
Nigeria
INFORMATION ON TEAK WOOD PROPERTIES
Helena-Christina Makris is a student following a Masters degree at ULB (Universite Libre de Bruxelles) in Belgium. She is doing a Masters in Conservation and Restauration of ancient Monuments in Architecture, and is following a course called Study of (construction) Materials in Function of Climatic Conditions.
Helena-Christina is looking for information on teak (Tectona grandis) wood properties, including the chemical and physical structure and its resistance to water. She would also appreciate information on its qualities and defects for construction purposes.
If you can help Ms Makris contact:
Helena-Christina Makris
E-mail: hcmakris@skynet.be
DIRECTORY OF ASIA PACIFIC FORESTRY RESEARCHERS
The Asia Pacific region is a vast region comprising many countries with different peoples, different cultures, different religions and different languages. While a few countries in the region are already highly developed, the majority of the countries are at vastly varying levels of economic and technological development. Information exchange and sharing are therefore still far from achieving any impact on national development among most of the countries in the region.
In view of this, Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) has initiated a project to compile a directory of forestry researchers in the Asia Pacific region. The objective of this project is to provide a source of information on who’s who in forestry research in the region, facilitating information sharing and the establishment of closer collaboration. This directory will be maintained at the APAFRI’s web site (http://www.apafri.org) and made accessible to all interested parties. It will also be packed together with a browser on compact disks (CDs) and distributed to member institutions of APAFRI as well as other agencies, NGOs and regional and international organizations.
The participation and contribution from ALL forestry researchers in the region is crucial to ensure the completeness and usefulness of this directory. We would etfrn@etfrn.org therefore like to invite you to contribute to this directory by sparing a few minutes to fill up a datasheet online (http://www.apafri.org/mod/home/publ/frmResearch.cfm). We welcome comments and suggestions for improving the datasheet.
In order to reach out to as many fellow colleagues in the region as feasible, we would appreciate if you could assist us in forwarding this invitation to all the other colleagues in your organization and/or your country.
For further information, please do not
hesitate to contact:
Sim Heok-Choh
Executive Director
or:
Ms Syuqiyah Abdul Hamid
Information Officer
Phone: 006-03-62797536 and 006-03-62722516
Fax: 006-03-62773249
E-mail: sim@apafri.org, simhc@frim.gov,
syuqiyah@apafri.org or
For past APAFRI Newsflashes, visit: http://www.apafri.org