Javier Mateo Vega
The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative [ELTI]: Inspiring Leaders to Conserve Tropical Forests and Biodiversity
The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama joined forces in a novel initiative to improve the management and protection of tropical forests in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Unlike most training programs, which focus on the people who manage or work in protected areas, ELTI pursues a different group for its workshops: policymakers, community officials, indigenous leaders and managers of working landscapes.
Javier Mateo Vega, posted on
May 20th, 2010
Articles, Biodiversity, Education, Sustainability
NASA Daily Image
Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun
On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than eight million degrees during the energy release process of the flare. Image Credit: JAXA/Hinode