The SysTem for Analysis Research and Training (START) and the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA), with financial support from the MacArthur Foundation, announce the 2010 Education and Training Program in Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation in the Albertine Rift Region of Africa. Applications are invited from early to mid-career conservation researchers and practitioners; masters-level graduate students; and university educators currently teaching courses related to conservation and natural resource management.

Download the institutional support form below

Download the application form below

Download the professional reference form below

Download the contacts below

The website for Climate Change Adaptation In Africa-Tanzania, Malawi Agriculture Project have been re-established. The new name for the website is www.ccaa-agrictama.or.tz

The Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA) University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in collaboration with the Natural Resources and Environment Centre (NAREC) of Malawi and Environmental Research and Policy Solutions (ERPS) of Botswana is organizing a conference to be held in Arusha – Tanzania, from 24th – 26th August, 2009. The theme of the conference will be: Strengthening Local Agricultural Innovations to Adapt to Climate Change through networking in Tanzania, Botswana and Malawi.