Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong

Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong and School of Life Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

University Student Sponsorship Programme in Wildlife Conservation 201 4 /1 5 Application Form Notes to Applicants: Please put (1) your completed application form, (2) your well-prepared resume AND (3) a copy of your unofficial transcript into ONE WORD FILE and return no later than NOON, 30 September 2014 (Tue) to the following address: [email protected], with the subject heading as "Your FULL NAME_CU_USSP1415".

Part I: Personal Particulars

Name: Student ID:

Major: Study Year: Year ______( 3Y / 4Y )*

Telephone (Home): Telephone (Mobile):

Personal Email: Latest CGPA: *Delete as appropriate

Part II: Choices of Research Project Please indicate your preference by writing down “1” for the MOST interested project to “3” for the least interested project in the boxes provided.

Preference Project Species Location Focus Period Community-Driven Monitoring and Dugongs Palawan, Population survey & Mar-May Conservation of Palawan's Threatened Philippines impact of coastal 2015 Dugongs development

Dispersal Pattern and Food Choice Study of Giant Sichuan, Monitoring of All year Post-released Captive Giant Panda Panda China released giant around pandas

Whale Shark and Marine Mammals of the Whale Bohol, Assessment of Apr-May Northern Bohol Sea, Building the Shark Philippines population status 2015 Foundation for Long-term Conservation

1 Part III: Using the project codes, please state your most interested project* among the whole list including projects assigned to other universities, and explain, in less than 300 words, the reasons behind your preference and your strengths that could help you win this opportunity. You may refer to the last page of this application form for the whole project list. [In English] * If your most interested project is out of those assigned to your school, you still need to indicate your preference in Part II, otherwise your application will be disqualified.

Project code: ______

2 Part IV: Please describe, in less than 200 words, how badly you want to be one of the USSPers. [In Chinese]

Part V: Please prepare and attach your FULL resume including but not limited to the following categories: 1. Relevant Past Experience a. Academic area (e.g. FYP, RA in lab) b. Volunteer / Internship / working experience - conservation related c. Volunteer / Internship/ working experience – non-conservation related d. Exchange or self-planned travel experience e. Responsibility in school societies or in other organizations f. Other related programmes/ activities experience 2. Strength/ unique talent

3 Project list of USSP 14.15

Project Uni Project Species Location Focus Period code HKU01 HKU Study on Population Ecology of Rucervus Eld’s Deer India Sample collection & Dec 2014 - eldii eldii in Keibul Lamjao National Park, awareness Feb 2015 Indo Burma Biodiversity Hotspot programme HKU02 HKU Establishing A Primate Monitoring and Primates Laos Field observation of All year Protection Unit at the ‘Anoulak Field Station’ primates around in Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area, Laos HKU03 HKU Fishing to the Brink of Extinction: Manta and Manta & The Rays Fisheries May-Jun Mobulas Conservation Project in the Bohol Mobulas Philippines 2015 Sea CU01 CUHK Community-Driven Monitoring and Dugongs Palawan, Population survey & Mar-May Conservation of Palawan's Threatened Philippines impact of coastal 2015 Dugongs development CU02 CUHK Dispersal Pattern and Food Choice Study of Giant Sichuan, Monitoring of All year Post-released Captive Giant Panda Panda China released giant pandas around CU03 CUHK Whale Shark and Marine Mammals of the Whale Bohol, Assessment of Apr-May Northern Bohol Sea, Building the Foundation Shark Philippines population status 2015 for Long-term Conservation CITY01 CITYU Assessment on the Impact of Long-term Chinese Taiwan Population survey May-Jun Habitat Loss on the Indo-Pacific Humpback White 2015 Dolphins off Western Taiwan Dolphins CITY02 CITYU Survey and Evaluation of the Wild Chinese Chinese Shanghai, Population survey May-Jun Alligators in Dongtan Wetland, Chongming Alligators China 2015 Island CITY03 CITYU Whale Shark and Marine Mammals of the Whale Bohol, Assessment of Apr-May Northern Bohol Sea, Building the Foundation Shark Philippines population status 2015 for Long-term Conservation UST01 HKUST Population Status and Conservation Yangtze Wuhan, Population survey & Apr-Jun Strategies of Yangtze Finless Porpoise in Finless China impact of coastal 2015 Tian'e Zhou National Nature Reserve Porpoise development UST02 HKUST Scaling Up Tools for Effective Public - Guangdong, Surveillance activities Dec 2014– Engagement into Wildlife Conservation China in open wildlife Feb 2015 markets & community awareness UST03 HKUST Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Siamese Cambodia Radio-tracking on Jan-Feb Programme: Launching the National Siamese Crocodiles released crocodiles 2015 Crocodile Reintroduction and Reinforcement Programme UST04 HKUST Community Conservation Programs for the Chinese Nepal Population survey & Dec 2014 Conservation of the Chinese Pangolin Manis Pangolin community awareness pantaductyla in Central Nepal Spare projects for tough students ONLY: SP01 Monitoring of the Breeding Population and Chinese Zhejiang, Wild population Jun – Jul Conservation Promotion of Chinese Crested crested China monitoring 2015 Tern Against Extinction tern SP02 Wildlife Monitoring, Habitat Protection and Komodo Indonesia Wild population Jun 2015 Community Awareness for Conservation of dragon monitoring, Komodo Dragons in the Tujuh Belas Pulau community Reserve, North Flores, Indonesia awareness

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