Funded PhD on Black-winged Myna in Indonesia
Conservation ecology and reintroduction of the Critically Endangered Black-winged Myna in Indonesia Project summary The PhD, joint funded by Chester Zoo and MMU, focuses on conservation management for the three subspecies of Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus (likely the subject of a future taxonomic upgrade), as well as other bird species under extreme threat of extinction owing to […]
Funded PhD on Javan cagebird trade
Understanding the Asian songbird crisis: supply and demand within Java’s huge captive bird market Project summary The pet trade on Java has devastated the island’s wild bird populations, and its influence extends across Indonesia and far into other adjacent Asian nations, fueling the Asian Songbird Crisis. Conservation-motivated research on the issue has thus far focused […]
Prestigious new PhD scholarship at the Cornwell Lab, Australia
School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, UNSW has just announced a new program for well-funded, prestigious PhD scholarships. Climate change is impacting ecosystems worldwide. Many plant and animal species will not survive unless their distributions shift. However, not all species are moving and we don’t systematically understand why. This is a key challenge for understanding climate […]
COMPASS is hiring new Executive Director to lead the enterprise in empowering scientists to engage in the public discourse about the environment.
The new Executive Director will be passionate about COMPASS’ mission and align with the organization’s core beliefs and values. These include: a passion for science and its role in helping to shape critical environmental discourse; a devotion to relationship building and bridging disparate conversations and perspectives; open-minded, inclusive and acting in a transparent manner; and […]