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The Conservation Capital in the Americas Student Competition aims to identify and convene young leaders in the field of conservation finance. The organizers of the conference welcome applications from students enrolled at academic institutions throughout North and South America. Scholarships will be awarded based on availability and conditions of scholarship funding.
The application for the Conservation Capital in the Americas Student Competition consists of a coversheet of basic personal information and an essay, submitted as an attached file via email using the application form. Please download the form, complete it, save changes, and submit it by email to studentcompetition@conservationfinanceforum.org using your student account.
All currently enrolled graduate, professional,and undergraduate students, in Natural Resources, Forestry, Business, Public Policy, or related fields are eligible. Scholarship funds have been made available for four pools of students: (1) Graduate and exceptional undergraduate students attending an accredited college or university in the United States or Canada, (2) Undergraduate students attending Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, or University of Maine, (3) Undergraduate and graduate students attending Harvard University, and (4) Graduate and undergraduate students attending a South or Central American university. Please use your university email account for all competition correspondence.
Winners will recieve roundtrip transportation between their home city and Valdivia. Additionally, two students will be asked to lengthen their essays for publication and make short presentations of their work at the conference. Students in the Maine undergraduate program will also share their research and learning with the state's land conservation community at the annual Maine Coast Heritage Trust's Maine Land Conservation Conference in a poster session on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009.
"Describe an outstanding example of innovative conservation finance in practice, or alternatively, a conservation finance innovation which you can envision, but which has not yet been tested in the field."
The research tools you use to investigate your case study are at your discretion. Your primary goal should be to describe the conditions that lent or lend themselves to creative finance problem-solving and to show why this example has significance for future land conservation initiatives. The information offered on Conservation Finance Forum may be useful in your research for the essay. We will expect clear citations of sources used in your research.
Your essay will be evaluated on the following criteria: originality, significance to conservation finance, thoroughness of research, and quality of presentation. Students who apply to the narrower Maine and Harvard pools will also be considered in the general North American pool.
| Date | Deadline |
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| September 2, 2008 | Competition open for application submissions |
| November 7, 2008 | Deadline for application submissions |
| Prior to Thanksgiving | Notification of winners |
| November 25, 2008 | Deadline for acceptance of award |
| January 17-19, 2009 | Conservation Capital in the Americas Conference |
| May 2, 2009 | Maine Coast Heritage Trust Land Conservation Conference |
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