The Alfred Toepfer Natural Heritage Scholarships 2011 are now open for applications! The award provides three young European conservationists with €3000 to undertake a study visit to one or more protected areas in European countries other than their own. It is given by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation and the EUROPARC Federation.
The deadline for applications is Friday 20 May 2011.
The €3000, donated by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation (D), gives successful scholars the chance to gather experience and strengthen their networks. The Scholarships enhance international cooperation and advance the quality, innovation and European dimension of the management of natural areas, such as national parks. At the end of their study visit the scholars should produce a report on their findings which will be shared with practitioners in charge of managing Europe’s natural heritage.
Applicants must be under 35, of European nationality and themes for applications must be connected to the management of natural areas. Some guidelines to what these should be are provided. Applications can be filled in online at www.europarc.org . All organisational aspects, such as the selection of candidates, are carried out by the EUROPARC Federation.
Erika Stanciu, president of the EUROPARC Federation, believes ‘that the Scholarships are a great opportunity for the winners to see how protected natural areas are managed in other parts of Europe. The results of the studies are not only beneficial to the Scholars but to the many other practitioners managing Europe’s landscapes and wild places’.
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