Media Release: October 2020

Scholarship Applications Are Now Open

The Protected Areas Collaboration for Learning and Research (PAC) is excited to announce that our October 2020 Scholarships are open for application. Applications must be received by midnight AEST 11 November 2020. 

PAC scholarships support  students and  emerging leaders  who have a career ambition to  advance the protection, sound governance and effective management of  natural and cultural heritage protection, stewardship and conservation management.  

Scholarships range from $2,000 to $5,000 and support students to complete a range of  short courses, Graduate Certificate and Masters courses, all of which specifically address selected competences from the IUCN ‘A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners’. 

To date PAC has supported dozens of students and practitioners from across the globe to undertake study and professional development courses. 

PAC would like to thank our partner organisations which provide the courses: The Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute, The University of the South Pacific, Charles Darwin University, Murdoch University, University of Tasmania, Charles Sturt University and Conservation Management PTY LTD.

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Executive Council and practice committees 

Applications for our Executive Council and practice committees are also open. The collaboration is seeking a broad regional membership in meeting the skills criteria for our Executive Council and committee membership from across Asia, the Pacific and Australia.

We are seeking enthusiastic and skilled protected area practitioners who are willing and able to commit to attending meetings and meaningfully contribute to advancing the Collaboration’s work.

Please note submissions for the Council and committees are due: midnight AEST 22nd October 2020

All positions are voluntary.


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