Katayo Sagata and Muse Opiang have each been awarded scholarships to pursue PhD degrees in Australia
May 2, 2015
In 2009 Samoa Asigau and Junior Novera were awarded scholarships to pursue Masters degrees overseas
Ms. Samoa Asigau, a PNGIBR Honours student, was offered two prestigious scholarships– a Fulbright Scholarship and a United States South Pacific Scholarship (USSP) offered by the East-West Centre in Hawaii. She chose the USSP scholarship and left for her studies in Tropical Biology at the University of Missouri in August 2009. Congratulations Samoa!
Mr. Junior Novera, a PNGIBR Honors student, was awarded a UK Chevening Scholarship from the British High Commission funded
Junior Novera
by Steamships Hardware to attend Lancaster University for a Masters degree. He left for studies in September 2009. Congratulations Junior!
See Edna Sivarai Newsletter to learn more.
See Swire News Eco-Warrior article to learn more.
Muse Opiang’s Study of Long-Beaked Echidnas Featured
In June 2009 Muse Opiang’s study of Long-Beaked Echidnas in the wild was featured as the cover article of the Journal of Mammalogy and in a New York Times article.
See Muse’s Journal of Mammalogy article: Home Ranges, Movement, and Den Use in Long-Beaked Echidnas, Zaglossus bartoni, from Papua New Guinea.
And check out the following links for the resulting publicity:
Read NY Times aritlce: Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren’t Everything
Discovery.com: First Study of Elusive Long-Beaked Echidna
BBC Biodiversity Study
In early 2009, Muse Opiang of PNGIBR aided the BBC in a biodiversity survey that discovered species new to science including a giant rat!
The BBC documentary made from this adventure is entitled “Lost Land of the Volcano” and aired in September 2009. For more information see these links:
PNG Rat
National Geographic News: Giant Rat, Silky Cuscus Found
BBC Earth Explorers: Revealing New Guniea’s Forest Secrets
BBC Earth News: Giant Rat Found in Lost Volcano
