The Society for Conservation GIS 2009 Program

In 2009, the Scholarship Program announcement was distributed to the leaders of such chapters and communities, and these leaders were delegated the responsibility to distribute the announcement locally, and to collect and pre-review the applications in their respective regions: Brazil, Cameroon, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Latin America, Madagascar, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, South Africa (as a region), and Uganda. After a careful review of the applications we received from these communities, the following applicants were awarded scholarships:

• Alejandro Javier Gatto, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
• Ashok Pathak, Society for Wetland and Biodiversity Conservation Nepal (WBC Nepal), Nepal
• Barnerd Kasoine Lesowapir, Save the Elephants, Kenya
• Bashyal Dhruba Sharma, Bird Education Society, Nepal
• Buh Wung Gaston, Limbe Botanic Garden, Cameroon
• Cecilia Cronemberger de Faria, Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil
• Fredrick Wanyama, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Uganda
• Hultera, Harapan Rainforest, Indonesia
• Ilona Zhuravleva, Greenpeace, Russia
• James Musinguzi, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Uganda
• Kail Zingapan, Philippine Association for Intercultural Development, Inc. (PAFID), Philippines
• Yulia Kalashnikova, WWF, Russia