Spring Break
Conservation students study abroad
Melissa Crowe
Issue date: 2/13/08 Section: LIFE
Though it is a free-structured program without specific "A and B" goals, Moses said it has "a real valid purpose. It's not just a class for the sake of having a class."
The purpose, she said, was to give students an opportunity to create something that develops and enhances both long and short-term conservation projects in the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in Puerto Williams.
"Their efforts also help to strengthen the relationships between researchers in North and South America, as well as in the Magellanic region," Moses said.
NT and the University of Magallanes are committed to constructing the Cape Horn Field Station, a facility that will include space to accommodate up to 15 students and faculty during course and research expeditions.
Additionally, it will have a basic laboratory for processing and storing samples, as well as a library-classroom and computer facility. The facility should be completed by January 2009.
During the course's first year in 2006, Moses made her first visit to Chile.
"Just a year-and-a-half ago, there were 37 pristine areas of the world," she said. "Now, in such a short time, there are only 24 left, and this is one of them."
A third study abroad trip to the region, "Tracing Darwin's Path: Integrating the Human Dimension to Biocultural Conservation at the Southern End of the Americas," is scheduled for June.
Moses said the course is a rare experience because the class varies and is a collaborative effort.
"You can't recreate the class every year. The topic changes," she said.
This new course will provide students with an interdisciplinary research, conservation and education experience. The course theme is focused on linking people and development with biodiversity and ecosystems and will address a holistic approach to social and biological change in conservation policies, Moses said.
Friday is the deadline to sign up for the June course. Interested students are encouraged to contact Moses at kelli.moses@gmail.com or stop by the Environmental Education, Science & Technology building.
The purpose, she said, was to give students an opportunity to create something that develops and enhances both long and short-term conservation projects in the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in Puerto Williams.
"Their efforts also help to strengthen the relationships between researchers in North and South America, as well as in the Magellanic region," Moses said.
NT and the University of Magallanes are committed to constructing the Cape Horn Field Station, a facility that will include space to accommodate up to 15 students and faculty during course and research expeditions.
Additionally, it will have a basic laboratory for processing and storing samples, as well as a library-classroom and computer facility. The facility should be completed by January 2009.
During the course's first year in 2006, Moses made her first visit to Chile.
"Just a year-and-a-half ago, there were 37 pristine areas of the world," she said. "Now, in such a short time, there are only 24 left, and this is one of them."
A third study abroad trip to the region, "Tracing Darwin's Path: Integrating the Human Dimension to Biocultural Conservation at the Southern End of the Americas," is scheduled for June.
Moses said the course is a rare experience because the class varies and is a collaborative effort.
"You can't recreate the class every year. The topic changes," she said.
This new course will provide students with an interdisciplinary research, conservation and education experience. The course theme is focused on linking people and development with biodiversity and ecosystems and will address a holistic approach to social and biological change in conservation policies, Moses said.
Friday is the deadline to sign up for the June course. Interested students are encouraged to contact Moses at kelli.moses@gmail.com or stop by the Environmental Education, Science & Technology building.
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