[Fwd: caribbean student fellowships]

From:

> Trista M. Patterson
> trista@wam.umd.edu
> Institute for Ecological Economics
> 0214 Symons Hall
> U.MD, College Park, MD 20742-5585
> tel: 301.405.1783
> Please see the workshop website http://iee.umces.edu/dominica for further
> information, the contact person is Trista Patterson (trista@wam.umd.edu).

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>
> Colleagues: Please distribute this announcement to any Caribbean graduate
> students whom you believe would be interested in applying for available
> scholarships. Thank-you.
>
> The Maryland Institute for Ecological Economics (IEE) and the Sustainable
> Economic Development Unit (SEDU) University of the West Indies, Trinidad,
> are pleased to offer a short-course graduate workshop, to be held
> in the Commonwealth of Dominica, June 18-29, 2001.
>
> Dominica, the "Nature Island of the Caribbean" and home to a UNESCO
> Natural World Heritage Site, offers an ideal venue for a co-operative
> learning graduate
> workshop. Tourism, cited as the worlds 3rd largest industry (World Tourism
> Organization), has an astounding propensity to transform both landscapes
> and communities. Local natural and social systems are often swept up in a
> tidal wave of economic growth, while consequences for the longer-term tend
> to be unexamined. The primary focus for the workshop is Sustainable
> Tourism in Small Islands of the Caribbean. In particular, we will examine
> challenges, strategies, and mechanisms to promoting a tourism regime that
> can address issues of poverty alleviation and biodiversity
> conservation. In particular, methodologies will focus on the contribution
> of ecosystem goods and services which are not often considered in market
> analysis. Benefits from these lend considerably to the welfare of poor and
> marginalized groups in many countries, including Caribbean islands.
>
> The participatory format emphasizes stakeholder involvement, alternative
> valuation methodologies, and simulation modelling. Goals are to encourage
> constructive issue-specific dialog, define critical areas of study in
> Caribbean human-ecological-systems, and elucidate leverage points for
> positive change. Funding sponsored by the John D. and Catherine
> T. MacArthur Foundation will provide scholarships for selected students to
> attend. In particular, students from Caribbean universities are encouraged
> to apply for need-based financial aid. Students from the University of
> Maryland and other Ecological Economics Programs will constitute the
> second half of the student body.
>
> Please see the workshop website http://iee.umces.edu/dominica for further
> information, the contact person is Trista Patterson (trista@wam.umd.edu).
Received on Tue Jan 9 11:10:41 2001