Monthly eNewsletter May 2009

Earthwatch Newsletter

Dear ${member.firstname},

Working with communities is an important part of Earthwatch projects worldwide. In this month's Latest News, read how the building of a dam is helping to improve the lives of villagers in the Nkaroni community in Kenya.

If you haven't already booked your ticket, please feel free to join us this evening, Thursday 7 May, for our lecture, Conserving Biodiversity in the Americas, where you will be able to catch up on the work of Earthwatch scientists in the Amazon and Bahamas.

We hope to see you there!

Jane Nijssen

Jane Nijssen,
Editor

Contents

Latest News

Earthwatch SustainaBall Our events team has updated the SustainaBall web pages including the menu, wine list, and entertainment and Sunday field trip details. Tickets for this event are selling fast, so don't miss your chance to be a part of Earthwatch’s charity ball!	Field techniques for surveying vegetation Check out a new online course starting in June from Oxford University's Continuing Professional Development Centre. The course will appeal to a variety of students and practitioners in conservation and management.
Stuff your rucksack Before you travel, Earthwatch ambassador Kate Humble urges to you check out Stuff Your Rucksack for ideas on what to take to help local communities.	Dam brings new hope to Kenyan villagers Seven hundred households will have access to safe drinking water in the Samburu district.

Field diary...(find out what it's really like)

	The next couple of weeks are going to prove critical for these creatures, otherwise we could have a potential population crash in Nova Scotia relatively soon...
	Caroline Rodgers of Earthwatch joins the Earthwatch expedition Mammals of Nova Scotia.

In profile:

Dr. Kathleen Sullivan Sealey explains the driving forces behind her long-term research in the Bahamas.

Read more.

Take action

  Simon Laman
  reports on how you
  can contribute to the
  many wildlife surveys
  taking place around the
  UK in 2009.
  Read more...

Photo credits (from top): Nigel Winser, Kate Humble, Nigel Winser, Paul Harris, Caroline Rodgers, Earthwatch, Dr. Kathleen Sullivan Sealey, Anne Stevens, Simon Rawles.