About this Course Conserving and restoring tropical forest landscapes offers an opportunity to address pressing environmental and social challenges. Effective conservation and restoration initiatives support multiple objectives, including ecosystem functioning, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security, and economic growth. This seven-week course explores the technical, social, and funding aspects of this timely topic. You will…

Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help Their clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices…

Founded in 1559 by Jean Calvin, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) is dedicated to thinking, teaching, dialogue and research. With 16’000 students of more than 140 different nationalities, it is Switzerland’s second largest university. UNIGE offers more than 280 types of degrees and more than 250 Continuing Education programmes covering an extremely wide variety of fields: exact sciences, medicine and humanities. Its domains of excellence in…

The Environment Service has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Planning Ecologist to join their Ecology and Landscape Team. Reporting to the Principal Ecologist, this role will support the delivery of a wide range of strategic and infrastructure projects ensuring that the natural environment of Norfolk is safeguarded and enhanced through the planning system. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about biodiversity. The…

The objective of the programme is to reduce risks to human health associated with climate change effects and undesired environmental situations associated with poor WASH , air pollution (both ambient and indoor), chemical safety and food safety by strengthening the responses of the relevant sector's in these areas. DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES Provide technical support in the area of Protection of the Human Environment of the Office. Provide technical…

The FAO Asia Pacific Regional Evaluation Specialist is responsible for a range of evaluations undertaken in the region, with a major focus on GEF project evaluations. This role is supported by the Office of Evaluation (OED) in headquarters. Evaluation in FAO provides accountability for results to member countries and FAO’s Director-General, and the evidence base to guide their decision making and oversight. Tasks and responsibilities Draft and…

Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices…

The Senior Advisor, Environment and Climate will work closely with senior Secretariat staff to undertake research and implement technical assistance and training programs for governments. Areas of support may include biodiversity management, water management, mine closure and waste management, environmental and social impact assessments, critical minerals and responsible supply chains, and climate action. Duties and Responsibilities Undertaking…

Considering ecosystem approaches as part of national development planning has always been challenging for many countries around the world. The role ecosystems play in strengthening resilience and broadening livelihood opportunities and economies in the face of climate change has not been sufficiently included in national development agendas. Not until now. With the Paris Agreement, recognizing “the protection of the integrity of ecosystems and…

Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices…

The FAO Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean (SLC) was established in 1996 and is based in Barbados. It is headed by a Sub-Regional Representative/Coordinator and is staffed by a Multidisciplinary Team and an Administrative Unit. The FAO Caribbean Sub-Regional Office is supporting 13 member countries including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and…

Since its inception in 1972, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP’s mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring…

The main aim of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner. The position is located in Kampala, Uganda. Tasks…

CONTEXTE Le Comité Départemental de la Protection de la Nature et de l’Environnement (CDPNE), constitué d’une équipe de 12 salariés permanents, œuvre pour la protection de la nature et de l’environnement, avec le soutien du Département, de la Région, de l’Etat et des collectivités locales. Il réalise diverses prestations pour le compte de donneurs d’ordres privés et publics (expertises, études préalables de faisabilité, assistance à maîtrise d…

The Wildlife Conservation Society is an international NGO headquartered at Bronx Zoo in New York City working to save wildlife and wild lands and to meet global challenges in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the world’s oceans. The Africa Program is the largest of WCS’s field programs, with approximately 1,100 staff in 12 country programs focused across three major regions (Central Africa, Sudano-Sahel, Eastern Africa…

The Environment Analyst (Graduate Program) will support environmental due diligence of AIIB’s projects and integrating environmental dimensions in the development of sustainable infrastructure. Responsibilities: Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Support AIIB’s due diligence on the environmental aspects of projects, conduct desk studies to assess the environmental and social (ES) feasibility of AIIB’s projects. Participate…

The United Nations Developmet Programme is seeking the services of a National iNdividual Consultant to develop a documentary on Land Degradation Neutrality and Ecosystem Restoration in Kenya, under the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Network (BES-Net)National Consultant to develop a documentary on Land Degradation Neutrality and Ecosystem Restoration in Kenya, under the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Network (BES-Net). Land degradation…

They are seeking a post doc for a collaborative project between SLU and Stora Enso’s Forest Division. The project is part of a larger research initiative between SLU and Stora Enso where several researchers, postdocs and PhDs are currently involved, which opens opportunities for collaboration within SLU but also outside academia. This post doc will focus on issues that concern biodiversity conservation in practical forestry by analysing species…

The 2022 Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program will take place both online and in-person. The online portion of the program will begin in May 2022, and the in-person portion will take place from July 18 to July 29, 2022, on UC Berkeley’s campus. The online portion of the program will last from May 2022 until July 1. They look forward to providing you with the opportunity to learn from their world-class instructors and participate in longer-term…

Applying Resilience Thinking to National Biodiversity Plans discusses how resilience thinking can be used to help facilitate delivery of the global biodiversity and development agendas. With a focus on national biodiversity plans, the course shows how resilience thinking can inform policymaking, planning, and implementation to deliver on the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals. This course builds on the module…

Protected areas are the largest deliberate land use in the world; they are found in virtually every country and on every continent. Although protected areas focus on nature conservation, most also supply a range of ecosystem services with social, cultural, and economic benefits that are essential to sustainable development. This module discusses how ecosystem services can best be incorporated into protected area management, and in so doing…

Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) is an approach to limit the environmental degradation caused by the production and use of goods and services. SCP requires that production practices become more efficient, use fewer resources, and generate less pollution and waste. To achieve SCP, production sectors, business, governments, communities, and individuals all need to work together to meet the needs of society in an environmentally…

Tropical forest landscape conservation and restoration offers an opportunity to address pressing environmental and social challenges. Effective conservation and restoration initiatives support multiple objectives, including ecosystem functioning, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security and economic growth. In this yearlong program, you will learn to design, implement and monitor effective conservation and restoration initiatives…

Context and stakes for the Global South The transition to sustainable and resilient agricultural systems requires a multi-stakeholder co-design of diversified agricultural landscapes that integrate the farmer logics about crop allocations and practices under environmental, organizational and economic constraints. This is at core of the antagonisms between SDGs 2, 6, 14 and 15 that are exacerbated in southern Mediterranean and tropical rainfed…

Global change, the increasing demand for scarce resources and the degradation and pollution of landscape, soil and water means that we need skilled professionals of earth sciences now more than ever. Professionals who understand the earth as a complex system and are able to lead the way towards a more sustainable future. What you can expect from Earth Sciences at the UvA With us, you will study in an inspiring environment where scientists work in…