As an intern for the Africa Programs department, I supported JGI’s conservation work in Africa by corresponding with field staff and editing draft reports, concept notes for grant proposals and other documents for publication. I also authored and edited copy and selected images for the new Africa Programs & Conservation websites, which can be viewed here and here, respectively.
Panel Discussions & Lectures Attended
Part of the Solution: Forest Carbon in U.S. Climate Change Legislation
speakers from The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife Conservation Society, Environmental Defense Fund and American Electric Power
hosted by Forest Carbon Dialogue
Reporting from Uganda: U.S. Media Cover Health, Environment and Security
speakers from International Reporting Project, Congressional Quarterly, Business Week and the Washington Post
hosted by Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars (Environmental Change & Security Program and Africa Program) and International Reporting Project
Zambia’s First Partnership Park
speaker from Explorers, Inc. ecotourism company
hosted by Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group
Going WILD: Biodiversity Conservation in Northern Uganda
speakers from WCS Uganda
hosted by Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group
Briefing on Eastern DRC Repatriation of FDLR Combatants and their Dependents from DRC to Rwanda
speaker from United Nations Mission to the Congo (MONUC)
hosted by Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars (Great Lakes Policy Forum)
Conservation, Health and Development: Connecting Science and Practice
speakers Dr. Jane Goodall & Dr. Lilian Pintea from JGI
hosted by Wilson Center on the Hill
Land Use Carbon and Poverty Reduction
speakers from CARE, WorldVision and Conservation International
hosted by The National Geographic Society
African Environment Day
speakers included Ambassadors from Gabon, Liberia, Rwanda and Tanzania and others from U. S. State Department and USAID
hosted by the African Union and Embassy of South Africa
Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa
speaker Dambisa Moyo (author, Dead Aid)
hosted by Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity
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