The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism to support peace and development worldwide. UN Youth Volunteer in Environmental Outreach and Project Development. The UNEP Addis Ababa Office is a liaison office to the African Union, the Economic Commission for Africa and Ethiopia, whose aim is to facilitate the participation of UNEP in the provision of inter-agency support to regional institutions…

Water For People is an international nonprofit working across nine countries (three in Africa) to improve access to safe water and sanitation to millions of people. To manage these risks, the team is upgrading the construction project management skills through a short-term training delivered by a highly experienced construction project manager. The objective is to upgrade Water For People’s water supply systems construction project management…

Water For People is an international nonprofit working across nine countries (three in Africa) to improve access to safe water and sanitation to millions of people. To manage these risks, the team is upgrading the construction project management skills through a short-term training delivered by a highly experienced construction project manager. The objective is to upgrade Water For People’s water supply systems construction project management…

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the focus of the political process to address Climate Change. The Gender Team within the Executive Direction and Management (EDM) programme supports the intergovernmental negotiations on gender and climate change including activities mandated under the Lima work programme on gender (LWPG) and its gender action plan. A new programmer officer is sought to join the team. Key…

Actualmente las técnicas de fotogrametría con drones son muy demandadas por su capacidad para la obtención masiva de datos y la generación de productos 3D de alta precisión geométrica: nubes de puntos densas, modelos de superficies y del terreno, ortoimágenes, cálculo de volúmenes, cálculo de índices de vegetación etc. Son diversos los ámbitos en los que su uso es cada vez más habitual: topografía, cartografía, GIS, agricultura de precisión…

México busca contribuir a la atención de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, principalmente al ODS 15 “Vida de ecosistemas terrestres”, que promueve el uso sostenible de los ecosistemas terrestres, la ordenación de los bosques, así como poner freno a la pérdida de biodiversidad. El/La Coordinador/a de la Unidad Técnica Especializada (UTE) estará bajo la supervisión del área de Desarrollo Sustentable y será el principal contacto para la…

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seeks a Manager, for Local Policy Interventions to Tackle Deforestation and Forest Degradation based in Washington D. C, United States. Under the direction of the Senior Director of the Forest and Climate Team, the Manager will support the Forest Goal team and key WWF country offices and partners in forest geographies in the design and technical support for the implementation of forest and land use policies…

This webinar series lays out key sectoral knowledge and expertise that can contribute to a joint effort to enable SMEs in the forest sector to be competitive and grow in a sustainable manner. The session will look into a set of interventions that had enhancement of competitiveness and sustainability of rural or agricultural enterprises as the entry point and are relevant for SMEs in the forest sector. Presenters will deconstruct projects in order…

In this free online course, you’ll learn about the process, ethics, and principles of permaculture while diving into climate-specific design elements through interactive technology, videos, graphics, and readings. Permaculture design is a method of landscape planning that can be applied to anything, from a home garden or farm to a city block or entire village. What will you learn from this course: Define what the permaculture design system is, as…

El PNUD es la red mundial de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo que promueve el cambio y conecta a los países con los conocimientos, la experiencia y los recursos necesarios para ayudar a los pueblos a forjar una vida mejor. El proyecto para el fortalecimiento de las Políticas Públicas en Juventud suscrito entre el PNUD y el Instituto Nacional de la Juventud a partir de enero 2016 hasta diciembre 2019 busca intervenir en el lapso de cuatro…

Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an interactive online forest monitoring and alert system designed to empower people with the information they need to better manage and conserve forest landscapes. The Small Grants Fund provides financial and technical support to non-profit NGOs that want to use Global Forest Watch in their research, advocacy, and fieldwork. The focus for the 2019 cycle is on using near real time data for enforcement and advocacy…

El Humus Revolution es un festival sobre Huerta y Ciudad, un encuentro de nueve días para conocer de forma lúdica el universo agrourbanita de nuestras ciudades. Cerca de 100 huertos urbanos comunitarios han brotado en Madrid para arraigarse al suelo de nuestra ciudad. Queremos visibilizar estos nuevos espacios verdes de Madrid que aún pasan desapercibidos para muchos urbanitas, y mostrar también, a través del cine, otras experiencias de…

Los Premios a la Conservación de la Biodiversidad de la Fundación BBVA pretenden reconocer e incentivar la labor de las organizaciones conservacionistas, las instituciones y los organismos que desarrollan políticas o funciones de conservación medioambiental, así como la de profesionales de la comunicación que contribuyen con su trabajo a proteger el patrimonio natural. Se contemplan tres modalidades de premios: Premio Fundación BBVA a la…

The main objective of this e-learning web talk is to raise awareness about the benefits irrigation can offer including: yield security during dry seasons and times of drought, economic opportunity by increasing yields, choice of high value market driven crops, multiple cropping seasons annually, out of season production, and protected agriculture.

The Environmental & Water Resources Institute is American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) technical source for environmental and water-related issues is organizing the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress in May. The congress will bring together key stakeholders and policy makers in the environment, ecology and water management sector.

The Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) is a broad, interdisciplinary effort aimed at promoting the use of forecasts to understand, manage, and conserve ecosystems and the services they provide. The EFI 2019 meeting is aimed at bringing together scientists, agencies, industry, and stakeholders to build a community of practice and advance research, applications, and collaboration around near-term (subdaily to decadal) ecological forecasts. The…

This course seeks to strengthen institutional and individual capacities to support a just transition to environmentally sustainable economies and societies. Participants will acquire knowledge and tools to help them understand the sustainable development framework, in particular the link between environmental challenges and the world of work. It will focus on the International Labour Organization Guidelines for a Just Transition: a framework and…

The United States Agency for International Development in Burma (USAID/Burma) seeks applications to implement the Agriculture and Food-Systems Development Activity in Burma. Projects should focus on increased access to agriculture support services, economic interdependence among market actors of different ethnic backgrounds, smallholder based supply-chains, and women’s empowerment in agribusiness. USAID intends to provide US$38 million in total…

The Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) is looking for an enthusiastic and talented student for a fully funded PhD position to work as part of an interdisciplinary project aimed at understanding how to use agrobiodiversity to enhance the resilience of food systems in the face of climate change. The candidate will acquire skills in the study of local ecological knowledge, climate science and the links between biodiversity and…

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research's (WSL) Forest Resources and Management research unit which records and analyses changes in the landscape and in the forest is soliciting applications for a Group Leader in Sustainable Forestry for Ecosystem Services. Key responsibilities include, among others: Responsible for research in forest management solutions for ecosystem services, sustainable forest operations and forest…

This is an interdisciplinary conference on the cutting edge of science, management and policy to minimize effects of agriculture and land use changes on the quality of groundwater and surface waters. The conference aims to discuss the entire ’policy cycle’ to enable enhancing the quality of the water environment, which includes among others; Problem recognition; Formulation of technical options; Policy formulation; Interaction between policy…

El curso está dedicado a los SIG, y en él se enseñará a usar la potente herramienta de software libre QGIS, con la que podrán desenvolverse a la perfección en su trabajo o investigación. El curso durará aproximadamente 60 horas (25 horas aproximadas presenciales, y las 35 horas restantes será de trabajo autónomopor parte del alumno que deberá realizar una serie de ejercicios prácticos propuestos por los docentes). El programa contendrá…

Israel’s Agency for International Development (MASHAV) offers professional short courses in Israel in subject areas that include agriculture, energy, health, education, and social development. MASHAV offers a limited number of scholarships to cover course fees, accommodation, medical insurance, and other expenses. The course will focus on among many others: Soil and water management Intensive crop production and marketing systems Irrigation and…

The University of Twente Natural Resources department (NRS) of the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) works in the domains of Agriculture and Environment with a focus on food security, biodiversity and ecosystems (forests, wetlands, drylands). The aim of this PhD project is to generate globally applicable biodiversity variables for monitoring Ecosystem Structure and Function (as defined by Pereira et al. (2013) and…

Örebro University, the School of Humanities, Educational and Social Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in sociology for a fixed-term appointment. The subject area of the position is sociology with a focus on international environmental governance. The work will form part of a research project on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary challenges for the intergovernmental expert organization IPBES, which synthesizes and assesses…