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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon (ASA),
a non-profit organization working in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon, is pleased to announce openings on a</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Lepidoptera research expedition during summer 2017</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The expedition is part of a long-term research
project sponsored by the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon to investigate the basic biology, distribution, ecology, and conservation status of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Expedition members will receive hands-on instruction
in field methods that facilitate biological research in the tropics, applying our new skills to conducting biological research at the field sites. Expedition members will gain knowledge and skills in the following areas:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Field methods in the study of tropical Lepidoptera</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tropical ecology and biology of key Amazonian plant and animal groups</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazonian plant and animal identification</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Off-trail and backcountry navigation</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Canopy access (tree climbing) and sampling techniques (canopy trapping)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Major conservation challenges facing the study region and the broader Amazonian ecosystem</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Issues facing the survival of indigenous Amazonian cultures</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DATES:</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
May 23 – June 6, 2017</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LOCATION: Las Piedras River basin,
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Madre de Dios, Peru</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open until April 30, 2017</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
Space is limited, so we recommend to apply early.</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">$2,500</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fill out the application form at
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sustainableamazon.org_lepexp17-2Dregister&d=CwMFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=bNajw6CwCuq57bEbjWdnyRkQJgZv-hFmnESKr0TGMV8&s=TEevQyr6PfwVibXdDzpvtn10rporiPI-xfKo14YbYfw&e=" style="text-decoration:none;" id="LPlnk66106" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.sustainableamazon.org/lepexp17-register</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For general inquiries please contact us at
</span><a href="mailto:info@sustainableamazon.org" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">info@sustainableamazon.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope to see you in the Peruvian Amazon!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Geoff Gallice, Ph.D.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">President, Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Research Associate in Lepidoptera, Florida
Museum of Natural History</span></p>
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