Deadline: 28-Feb-22
UNESCO is pleased to launch a call for applications for the 2022-23 Regional Post-Graduate Training School on Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Lands (ERAIFT) Master’s Programme on the sustainable management of protected areas and forest ecosystems in Africa.
This call for applications is part of the project entitled: “Capacity building of biodiversity practitioners, scientists and policy makers for the sustainable management of protected areas and forest ecosystems in Africa”.
The overall objective of the project is to “Support environmental policies and investments in favor of the sustainable, participatory and equitable management of protected areas and forest ecosystems in Africa”. The specific objective of the project is to “Contribute to building the capacity of biodiversity practitioners, scientists and policy makers in the production and use of the information necessary for the sustainable management of protected areas and forest ecosystems in Africa”.
ERAIFT has issued its 4th international call for applications for enrollment in its regional Masters degree programme, in the framework of its activities on Capacity building of biodiversity practitioners, scientists and policy makers for the sustainable management of protected areas and forest ecosystems in Africa.
The following degree courses are covered by this regional programme:
- Professional Master’s degree in Forest Management Technology (FMT);
- Professional Master in Protected Area Management (PAM);
- MAB Professional Master in Biosphere Reserve Management (BRM);
- Research Master in Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Lands (AGIFT).
It covers a period of 24 months divided into 4 semesters (Semi-annualization of courses). The mobility of students and trainers is also foreseen during the third semester devoted to specialization courses. It is worth noting that BRM is the only master degree dedicated to UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere program (MAB) and biosphere reserves in Africa. It was established through partnership between the MAB program and ERAIFT through the BIOPALT project.
ERAIFT has concluded a memorandum of understanding with the following regional institutions for the implementation of a regional Masters program based on the LMD system of the Bologna decree: Universities of Dschang and Yaoundé I as well as the Ecole de Faune de Garoua (EFG/Cameroon) , National School of Water and Forests (ENEF/Libreville) and the University of Sciences and Techniques of Masuku (USTM/Gabon) and the University of Kisangani (UNIKIS/DRC).
For more information, visit https://en.unesco.org/news/call-applications-masters-programme-sustainable-management-protected-areas-and-forest
