Graduate Research Assistantship in Tropical Forest Management Ecological Sustainability Indicators. Department of Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). We are looking for a highly motivated Graduate student to help us conduct research on the relations existing between remote sensing derived data on forest structural trends, current biodiversity present in managed and natural tropical forest areas and management practices in Costa Rica. The student will work on the biodiversity component of the project. She or He will spend 2 summers in Costa Rica doing field work in the Sarapiqui region. Biodiversity surveys will include vegetation structure, dung beetles, butterflies and Birds. Previous birding experience is highly desired as well as knowledge of Spanish. This is a joint project with the Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence (GIScCE) of South Dakota State University. Funding from NASA goes until 2012. Other partner institutions include The Fundacion para el Desarrollo de la Cordillera Volcanica Central (FUNDECOR) and The Tropical Agronomic Research and Higher Education center (CATIE). Applicants should email their CVs to Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui (aguilaramuchasteg...@uncw.edu) and fill their online applications before October 15th 2009 (see https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=UNCW-GRAD).
