Oxford University Biodiversity Fellows Programme
ICCS Biodiversity Fellows Programme aims to improve engagement between researchers, conservation practitioners, policy-makers and businesses, in order that scientific research is informed by, and meaningful for, real-world conservation issues. The program is now calling for applications for the 2016/17 (first deadline mid-May.) This call is focussed on developing country nationals working in either junior or senior roles, within […]
TNC is hiring a new Spatial Scientist position focused on Lake Tanganyika
Many of the last remaining intact terrestrial and freshwater systems in the tropical world are in Africa – from the intact delta of the wild Ogooué River to the grasslands of Northern Tanzania to the deep and spectacular lakes of the Rift Valley. Ecosystem services such as fish protein, clean water, and floodplain productivity that […]
A $1 million prize for the best method to map peatlands
The Indonesian Peat Prize is an ambitious, collaborative prize for finding a more accurate, faster and affordable method of mapping the extent and thickness of Indonesian peatlands. A $1 million prize purse will be awarded to the winning team along with their invaluable contributions to establishing a better national standard for mapping peatlands in Indonesia. […]
2 year Interdisciplinary Postdoc available at ETH Zurich to work on the sustainable supply chain of Peruvian Brazil nuts to Switzerland
ETH Zurich is seeking a highly motivated Postdoc with a background in tropical ecology and an interest in plant reproductive ecology, tropical conservation and non-timber forest product management and trade. This two-year position (funded by ETH Zurich World Food System Center, the Coop Research Program, and the ETH Zurich Foundation) willwork with a team to develop […]