Background
The Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity (CoEB) – UNESCO Category 2 Centre in collaboration with Yale School of the Environment call for application of 7-day study tour in Nyungwe National Park for 5 postgraduate students from the University of Rwanda. Yale’s School of the Environment is widely recognized for its ability to link graduate students with real-world applications of their academic studies. This study tour offers students a unique opportunity to observe and critically examine conservation strategies and initiatives being undertaken in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda – a country rich in the history and practice of conservation of wildlife and wild places, within a crucible of great human pressures. Rwandan masters or PhD students will join with those from Yale University to visit Nyungwe National Park, confer with conservationists from park managers, engage with communities surrounding them, and delve deeply into intensive discussion throughout. They are continually challenged by the objective of saving outstanding biological richness in a mostchallenging context, and draw lessons from direct observation of site-based solutions.
