The Habitat Foundation is committed to supporting capacity building opportunities among the next generation of scientists, practitioners, and community organizers. We provide specialized training designed to equip frontliners with a range of skills that are essential to the challenging work they do.
In November 2019, in partnership with the Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP), a leader in rainforest research, and Tropical Biology Association (TBA), we developed a specialized Boot Camp for Conservation Leaders and Changemakers for frontliners from across Malaysia and Southeast Asia. The Boot Camp was very positively received and we are excited to announce that we will be holding a Boot Camp in September this year and will post a Call for Applications in April 2020.
In June 2020, we will be launching our first Writing for Publication Boot Camp which is intended for graduate students and young academics that have research findings to share. Only 12 candidates will have the opportunity to participate in this highly-specialized training which will equip them with a strong foundation to confidently approach the challenge of academic publication and to build their professional impact.
The Habitat Foundation provides Travel Grants for suitable applicants to participate in regional and international training workshops, forums, conferences, and other relevant meetings related to biodiversity conservation biology, conservation practice, ecology, climate change and sustainability that would give them the opportunity to engage with their peers, present their work, and strengthen their practice.
Wong Pui May explores the links between people, nature, and culture in Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Wong Pui May is a community liaison manager affiliated with RIMBA. She has been working for the past year to facilitate community development initiatives at a Bateq village at the border of Taman Negara National Park. She was selected to receive a THF Travel Grant to participate in the Asian Regional Course on Promoting People-Centred Approaches to Conservation of Nature and Culture (PNC2019) in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. This is her report from the conference.
Ng Wai Pak presents Waterbird Census records from Malaysia at conference in Lonavla, India
Ng Wai Pak is a senior conservation officer at Malaysian Nature Society (MNS). He works primarily on wetland and migratory bird conservation. He received a THF Travel Grant to attend the International Conference on Wetlands and Migratory Waterbirds of the Asian Flyways (CWAMWAF) in Lonavla, India in November 2019. This is his report from the conference.
Bioacoustics training gives gibbon study a boost
Nurul Iza Adrina received a THF Travel Grant to attend a Sound Analysis Workshop at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The training will assist her in her study of gibbon populations in Taman Negara National Park and Merapoh, Pahang which uses bioacoustics monitoring technology as a tool to understand the behaviour and ecology of Malaysia’s wild gibbons.
USM students participate in the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2019
Aini Hasanah and Zaki Zainol, students at the School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, both received THF Travel Grants to attend the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), which took place in Kuala Lumpur from 21 to 25 July 2019.
Applications for the 2020 Travel Grants may be submitted up to 30 August 2020 and should be for any travel which will take place before January 2021.