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138 PARALLEL SESSION HALL H III | TROPICAL ECOLOGISTS AT WORKPARALLEL SESSION HALL H III | TROPICAL ECOLOGISTS AT WORK139Session: Tropical ecologists at work: where and how to find a jobThursday, 24 February, 12:00, Hall H IIIIUCN - the International Union for Conservation of NatureHans Friederich 11 IUCN, hans.friederich@iucn.orgSession: Tropical ecologists at work: where and how to find a jobThursday, 24 February, 12:15, Hall H IIIOROVERDE – TROPICAL FOREST FOUNDATION - OPPORTUNITIESAND CHALLENGES OF SMALL NGOSElke Mannigel 11OroVerde, Bonn, DE, emannigel@oroverde.deTHURSDAY 12:00 Hall H IIIIUCN helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environmentand development challenges. It supports scientific research, managesfield projects all over the world and brings governments, non-governmentorganizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communitiestogether to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice.Dr Hans Friederich, Regional Director for Europe has worked for IUCN since 1989,and will reflect on his own career to give insight in how one can find a job withan international organization such as IUCN. He will present the work of theorganization, give some statistics about the current IUCN work force and give a fewexamples about the challenges and opportunities of working with IUCN.OroVerde is a German Tropical Forest Foundation founded in 1989. We are anon-profit organization cooperating with local partners in tropical forestcountries for the conservation of the tropical forests. We promote technicaland financial cooperation focusing both on conservation and sustainabledevelopment. In Germany we promote environmental education projectsconcerning tropical forest issues, highlighting the importance of the tropicalforest for Germany and German consumers, as well as the impact our consumehas on tropical forests. The aim is to increase the ability of the citizens to actand promote change, showing that can everybody in Germany can contributeto tropical forest conservation. We are also engaging in policy works especiallyconcerning climate change and the importance and role of tropical forests. Wewere also active in promoting an European Legislation concerning the importof timber from illegal sources.The international projects in tropical forest countries focus on different issuesranging from:··Conservation of intact forest areas and establishment andmanagement of protected areas··Promotion of sustainable forestry··Reforestation of degraded areas··Promotion of alternative and adapted agriculture··Establishment of alternative incomes··Promotion of indigenous rights and traditional resource use··Awareness building and transfer of knowledgeOur projects are small local interventions which make direct involvement oflocal populations possible. Many are successful pilot projects and models forfuture work. We provide not only financing for the projects, but also technicalassistances and promote networking on national and international level. Thisway we can on one hand integrate ongoing international debates into our localprojects and on the other hand provide input from the local experiences innational and international policy discussions.THURSDAY 12:15 Hall H IIIgtöSociety for Tropical Ecology | Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie e.V. Status and future of tropical biodiversity | Frankfurt, 21 - 24 February 2011gtö