[Ngo Climate Change] Fwd: Call For Applications - Indigenous Leaders Conservation Fellowship 2013

[Khanh Pham]

Indigenous Leaders Conservation
Fellowship<http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17950%3Aasia-call-for-applications-indigenous-leaders-conservation-fellowship-2013&catid=49%3Afunding-a-grants&Itemid=84&+Resources%29&goback=.gde_1791214_member_261057800>

The Indigenous Leaders Conservation
Fellowship<http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17950%3Aasia-call-for-applications-indigenous-leaders-conservation-fellowship-2013&catid=49%3Afunding-a-grants&Itemid=84&+Resources%29&goback=.gde_1791214_member_261057800>is
sponsored by Conservation International in cooperation of Asian
Indigenous Peoples Pact – AIPP, to create opportunities for leaders and
scholars from indigenous and traditional people’s communities and
organizations in Asia to explore solutions to the impacts of climate change
and the threats to ecosystems and biodiversity that are affecting their
lands, communities and livelihoods. The program will focus on supporting
the fellow’s research and demonstration of the contribution of traditional
knowledge in adapting to climate change and maintaining healthy ecosystems,
and how that knowledge can work with science and new technologies to
influence policy and action.

*Fellowship details*

This eight month-long fellowship will be offered to one fellow and will be
awarded within the topic of Biodiversity and Climate Change.

The fellow will design research projects and produce reports about the
potential contributions of their communities/organizations to biodiversity
conservation plans and policies and strategies for climate change
mitigation and adaptation. Each research project must incorporate the
contribution of traditional knowledge and practices. *To accomplish this
research project, each fellow will work directly with her/his own community
or local indigenous /traditional organization.*

*Who can apply?*

1. Applicants must be a member of an indigenous/traditional community
and/or organization of Asia region.

2. *Fellows must choose between two categories: Biodiversity Conservation
or Climate Change. *Furthermore, each topic is geographically specific.

a) For individuals interested in Biodiversity Conservation: Applicants
should focus proposals in the following areas: management of community
conserved lands/indigenous territories and/or community managed marine
areas, traditional knowledge, or development of community protocols for
issues of access and benefit sharing.

*b) For Individuals interested in Climate Change, applicants should focus
proposals in the following two areas:*

   - Adaptation: Applicants should focus on community efforts to engage in
   adaptation through ecosystem-based approaches (including the value and
   needs of ecosystems in decision making) and participatory processes. This
   could include looking at how to integrate traditional and local knowledge
   and scientific information to understand climate risk and potential
   adaptation actions.
   - Mitigation: Applications should focus on role of forest in mitigating
   climate change, traditional knowledge in maintaining forest and/or the
   contributions of traditional knowledge to reduced emissions for
   deforestation and forest degradation.

3. There are no age or gender limitations to this fellowship.

4. You must be flexible and able to travel nationally and internationally.

*Requirements*

In selecting the fellows, the review committee will consider an array of
expertise and educational backgrounds of individuals who are working on
fellowship categories of biodiversity conservation and climate change and
who would benefit greatly from additional exposure, training and resources
to grow and become a leader/expert in their identified theme. Committee
members will also consider geographic priorities and gender.

The fellows should also have advanced knowledge of the
community/organization activities, such as an understanding of the land and
territories and natural resources management where traditional knowledge is
applied.

The fellow must be committed to sharing their learning with the sponsoring
community or organization, involving community members or organization
staff in the research work where possible and appropriate. The fellow must
also conduct at least 2 meetings with the sponsoring organization or
community, one to present the research plan and one to report on the
results of the work.

Finally, fellowship candidates are required to obtain a letter of
nomination support signed by the president of the community/organization
that also articulates the recommender’s interest in contributing to the
candidate’s training.

*Benefits*

1. An eight month-long fellowship with a monthly stipend for each fellow to
work with her/his sponsoring community/organization.

2. Two special training/capacity building activities in academia or with a
recognized institution for each fellow based on identified needs.

3. Support for participation in two national and two international meetings
that address related issues.

4. Access to participate in the activities of AIPP.

5. Access to CI’s research and data on mitigation, adaptation and
biodiversity conservation and contacts with CI professionals in the
headquarters as well as in the field offices in addition to key CI partners.

6. A meeting at CI headquarters in Arlington, VA to share experiences and
present her/his work in the Conservation International Board Meeting or in
another CI meeting as appropriate.

*Selection Process*

The selection committee will interview finalists the weeks of *August 26th
- 30th, 2013*. The fellowship winner will be announced on September 2nd,
2013 and fellows will begin on or after October 1, 2013 as appropriate.

*Application Form*

Click Here to Download [image: External
link]<https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1G652ZBEJKlUEFkNEpjYkh5Q2s&usp=sharing>the
application form

Please send all materials to indigenousfellows at conservation.org, attached
either as a Word document or a pdf file.

*Questions?*

Please contact:

Johnson Cerda
Indigenous Advisor
Indigenous and Traditional Peoples Program
Conservation International
jcerda at conservation.org
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