Message-ID: <199504271733.NAA23668@bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 13:33:17 -0400 From: Hilton P da Silva <mailto:hsilva@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU> Subject: Research Opportunity in Brazil To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
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> RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND ECOTOURISM TRIP
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> 14 DAY EXCURSION IN THE BRAZILIAN RAINFOREST
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> JULY 8 - 21, 1995
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> PURPOSE: TO EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTAND AND EXPLORE CONSERVATION, RESEARCH,
> EDUCATION AND ECOTOURISM IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON. THIS TRIP IS INTENDED TO
> ANYONE INTERESTED IN KNOWING FIRST HAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE AMAZON BASIN
> TODAY IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION PERSPECTIVES AND ONGOING RESEARCH, TO
> INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN THE TROPICAL RAIN FOREST IN
> BRAZIL, AND ALSO TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN HAVING A FUN AND
> UNFORGETABLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
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> THIS PROJECT IS SPONSORED BY CONSERVATION EDUCATION, HUMAN ADAPTABILITY
> AND BIODIVERSITY (CEHAB) IN AMAZONIA, AN OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BASED NOT-FOR-
> PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND BY MUSEU PARAENSE EMILIO GOELDI (MPEG-BRAZIL) A 130
> YEARS OLD RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN THE AMAZON BASIN (THE HOST INSTITUTION IN
> BRAZIL).
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> THE TRIP WILL BE GUIDED BY HILTON SILVA, M.S., M.D. A NATIVE FROM
> THE AMAZON BASIN CURRENTLY FINISHING HIS PH.D. IN MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY/PUBLIC
> HEALTH AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), AND BY GARY MULLINS, PH.D.,
> PROFESSOR OF THE SCHOOL OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES (OSU) AND EXPERT IN
> CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY.
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> PLACES TO BE VISITED INCLUDE:
> - THE FERREIRA PENNA RESEARCH STATION, A PRISTINE TROPICAL
> FOREST AREA PRESERVED BY MPEG EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESEARCH, THE STATION IS LOCATE
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> 300 MILES FROM BELEM THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF PARA AND ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY
> MPEG BOATS.
> - BELEM, THE OLDEST CITY AND THE GATE TO THE AMAZON RIVER.
> - THE MUSEU PARAENSE EMILIO GOELDI (MPEG) ONE OF THE OLDEST AN
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> MOST RESPECTED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN BRAZIL.
> - MARAJO ISLAND, A TROPICAL PARADISE AND THE LARGEST FLUVIAL
> ISLAND IN THE WORLD.
> - MOSQUEIRO, A FRESH WATER BEACH WITH ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND
> BEAUTY OF THE BRAZILIAN NATURE AND PEOPLE.
> - and BRASILIA, THE CAPITAL OF BRAZIL AND ONE OF THE MOST
> MODERN CITIES IN THE WORLD.
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> SINCE THIS IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ACTIVITY THE TRIP'S PRICE IS $ 2,100.00
> (DBO) PER PERSON AND INCLUDES AIRFARE FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO TO BELEM (ALTHOUGH
> TRIPS CAN BE ARRANGED FROM ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. AND CANADA), ALL HOTELS, ALL
> TOURS, ALL GROUND AND RIVER TRANSPORTATION, ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL
> PRESENTATIONS AND MOST MEALS.
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> FOR DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT DR. HILTON SILVA (614 - 294-5875, FAX 614 -
> 292-4155, E-MAIL: mailto:HSILVA@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU) OR DR. GARY MULLINS
> (614 - 292-9828).
>