Training and Student Education
Provide
research and educational opportunities for students nationally and
internationally to further science and conservation.
One
of the most important ways in which The Peregrine Fund makes a lasting
contribution to global conservation is by training undergraduate and graduate
students. The world’s leading conservation biologists agree that a well educated
biological community is one of the main hopes for the future of conservation,
especially in developing nations in the tropics where the need for expert
capacity for conservation and research is most urgent. Our student education
project aims to help meet that need over time by developing a raptor biologist
in every country.
In
2006 we enhanced the student education program in the Neotropics (Latin America
and the Caribbean) by hiring senior biologist Hernán Vargas to focus on
recruiting, funding, and supervising students from the region who show
particular promise as raptor biologists. This year we provided hands-on training
and financial support to13 students associated with our projects in the
Neotropics, East Africa, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, West Indies, and the
Arctic. We also provided financial support to 23 Latin American students to
participate in the Second Neotropical Raptor Conference, Argentina, 11–14 June
2006.
The following table reflects our cumulative and
current contribution to student training and support around the world.
We
will continue to support and expand student education nationally and
internationally in association with the Neotropical Science and Student
Education Project, East Africa Project, Aplomado Falcon Project, Madagascar
Project, and New Guinea Harpy Eagle Project.