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<font color="#000099">We have extended application deadlines for the course: <i style="font-weight:bold">Ecology & Conservation of Marine Mammals of the Humboldt Upwelling Ecosystem</i> which will take place in Peru from June 30th to July 9th of this year.</font></div>
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<font color="#000099">New dates are:</font></div><div style="font-size:17px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.22em;text-align:justify;font-family:times,serif"><font color="#000099"><br>
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<b>Early Bird Registration: up to April 15th </b>($ 1,800) </div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Standard Registration: up to May 15th ($1,900)</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
Late Registration: up to June 15st ($ 2,000) </div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></div></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-weight:bold">Apply now and pay the early registration fee! </span></div>
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<div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">This is a wonderful and exciting opportunity to learn about marine mammals in the field and travel to and inside Peru. </div>
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<br></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">*** Si eres estudiante de universidad peruana, por favor comunícate con <a href="mailto:scardenas@csa-upch.org" target="_blank">scardenas@csa-upch.org</a>, ya que estamos ofreciendo nuevas facilidades de pago por el curso.</div>
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<br style="line-height:1.22em"></div><div style="font-size:17px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.22em;text-align:justify;font-family:times,serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191)">The School of Graduate Studies (EPG- Escuela de Posgrado), the Center for Environmental Sustainability (CSA - Centro para la </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191)">Sostenibilidad Ambiental) and Universi<span style>dad Peruana Cayetano Heredia´s (UPCH) Life Sciences Field School are pleased to announce the <span>course</span>:</span></span></div>
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Dates: June 30<sup style="line-height:1.22em">th</sup> – July 9<sup style="line-height:1.22em">th</sup> 2012<span style="line-height:1.22em"> </span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:17px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.22em;font-family:times,serif">
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Location: Punta San Juan, Peru<span style="line-height:1.22em"> </span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,191);font-size:17px;line-height:1.22em;text-align:justify;font-family:times,serif"><span style><span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height:1.22em"> </span><br style="line-height:1.22em">
</span></div><div style="font-size:17px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.22em;text-align:justify;font-family:times,serif"><span style><span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191)">This </span></span><span style="line-height:1.22em;color:rgb(0,0,191)">is a residential field-based <span>course</span> in Peru</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191)"> on the biology, anatomy, physiology, ecology, evolution, behavior, population biology, management and conservation of marine mammals, explaining why this group is so important, controversial and interesting.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height:1.22em">Students will be provided with comprehensive knowledge on marine mammal ecology with special emphasis on species inhabiting the Humboldt Current Upwelling Ecosystem off the coast of Peru a developing country with the largest single species fishery in the world.</span></div>
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This is a university-accredited course and is intended for students in the summer vacation of 2012 and for enthusiastic individuals with keen interest in the marine environment. </span><span lang="ES-MX" style="line-height:1.22em"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191)">This course is suitable for MSc., undergraduate students in the last 3 years of study and individuals who want to learn from experts about sea lions, fur seals, dolphins, whales, marine otters of the south Pacific Ocean.</span></span></span></div>
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<font style="line-height:1.22em;font-size:13px"><span style><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191)">* Students from any country are encouraged to attend, but please note that the course</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,191)"> will be taught in English.</span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Susana Cardenas Alayza, Blga.<br>Investigadora<br>Proyecto Punta San Juan</div><div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,191)">Centro para la Sostenibilidad Ambiental</div><div style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,191)">
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia<br>
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