With a grant from the Council of State Governments and US-Asia Environmental Partnership and funding from US AID, a sister lakes exchange program emerged as a successful way to exchange experience, practices and technologies related to the sustainable management of these large lake watersheds. Whether in picturesque New England or in the midst of a remote tropical forest on an Indonesia island, participants in the exchange program agree that a healthy environment can support a vital economy - particularly if that environment draws tourists. Project partners from Lake Toba have undertaken an ambitious endeavor to design and implement a comprehensive watershed management plan for Lake Toba based on Lake Champlain's multi-stakeholder approach. Click here for past news items. The program is open to upper-division undergraduate students, graduate students, recent graduates, young professionals and California Conservation Corps members.
Admission is competitive.
The program fee of USD 1500 covers all basic program expenses including travel, lodging and food. Applications must be postmarked by 15 February 2000. Reap International Announces Summer Internship Program and Greenwalk for 2000 Reap International, a nonprofit organization which works in Russia, Latvia and Lithuania, is offering its summer 2000 unpaid internship program for the Lake Baikal region of Siberia and also for Latvia and Lithuania. In the summer of 1999, we had four interns from 1-3 months involved in varied activities, including environmental education, assistance with tourism development, work with orphans, English language training and work with high school students on nature study. We had one intern without Russian language, stated Bill Mueller the director of the program.