(LK): Fwd- [Srilanka-NGO-Link] Born Free Elephant Protection Bursary

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** deepani jayantha

*Date:* 8/6/2008 10:54:22 PM

*To:* Srilanka-NGO-Link

 

Dear all,

I hope that this funding opportunity is of interest to some of you. Please do

not hesitate to contact me for more details. The relevant documents (criteria

and application forms) can be downloaded from the Born Free website at

http://www.bornfree .org.uk/sl_ elephant_ protection/

All the best,

Dr. D. Jayantha

CR-BFF

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THE 'ELEPHANT PROTECTION BURSARY'

 

THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES NEW BURSARY SCHEME TO BENEFIT THE

CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILD ELEPHANTS IN SRI LANKA

 

The international wildlife conservation and welfare charity the Born Free

Foundation has today launched a small grants programme to support local elephant

conservation efforts in Sri Lanka . The 'Elephant Protection Bursary' will

provide targeted funding f or projects addressing key issues in elephant

conservation across the country, such as reducing human elephant conflict and

accidental deaths. Born Free has been supporting work in Sri Lanka since 2002,

providing assistance to the government run Elephant Transit Home and funding

human elephant conflict mitigation through the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation

Society.

 

Born Free Foundation's CEO Will Travers says: " We hope that the grant programme

will increase local capacity for tackling these issues, and at the same time may

offer some new approaches to wildlife management problems that are prevalent

across the region. "

 

Individuals, or ganizations and community groups may be eligible for the scheme

– for details of how to apply contact David Jay at Born Free on davidj (AT) bornfree (DOT)

org. uk

 

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