The Field Museum is hiring a Conservation Scientist for the Rapid Inventories
The rapid inventory team conducts surveys of remote wilderness areas and provides social and biological information to decision-makers to help establish effective conservation areas. Based out of The Field Museum—one of the world’s largest natural history museums–a team of biologists and social scientists works in close collaboration with conservation organizations, indigenous and campesino peoples, universities […]
The global road-building explosion is shattering nature
If you asked a friend to name the worst human threat to nature, what would they say? Global warming? Overhunting? Habitat fragmentation? A new study suggests it is in fact road-building. “Road-building” might sound innocuous, like “house maintenance” – or even positive, conjuring images of promoting economic growth. Many of us have been trained to think so. […]
Work in Peru: Climate Change on Tropical Forests
Deadline: 01 February 2017. Fixed-term for 2 years. Salary: Grade 7 (£32,004 to £38,183 p.a.). University of Leeds. Would you like to be part of an exciting new research project evaluating and communicating the impact of climate change on tropical forests? Are you interested in contributing to the management of protected areas in Peru? Do you have […]