Scholarship Applications for 2008
Three awards have been made this year and now follows a brief summary of each project.
A report of each project will be posted on the site on completion of the students research work.
Louise Riley will be travelling to The Jurua River, Amazonia, Brazil to do a comparision and inventory of flooded and unflooded forests.
Her aim is to collect data from 70 small plots for each forrest type and record differences in forest structure, species and canopy cover to quantify the effects of seasonal flooding.
This project will form part of a 3 year study by a number of Ecogists who’s aim is to devise a management strategy to conserve the biodiversity of the forests.
David Kemp is to do a study of domestic energy in Ghana, mainly focusing on fuelwood supplies to the rural poor.
Th main objectives are to investigate the sustainability of using fuelwood and availability of any alternative sources of energy. He is also assessing wether householders have the desire or ability to change to a more sustainable energy source.
Emma Wright was travelling to the Scottish Highlands to study the attitudes of farmers,
Lairds, Mountain Guides, agencies such as the RSPB and National Trust towards the re-introduction of wolves.
This is a subject that has been increasingly in the media both locally and nationally and is an exciting and relevant issue to explore.