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…

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…

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…

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…

Join the climate change learning community and climate change Spatial Informatic Group for a conversation with Dr. Maya Prabhu, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Faculty, Law and Psychiatry Division, Yale School of Medicine based in. Dr. Prabhu co-organized a conference this fall through the MacMillan Center titled Climate Induced Displacement: Legal Opportunities and Challenges. The event will be held in Sage Hall, New Haven United States.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) in association with its Urban Development team is seeking a full time intern to enhance and expand the urban portfolio of the Cities4Forests initiative based in Washington D.C , United States. The Cities4Forests is a movement of 45+ founding international cities to catalyze political, social, and economic support among city governments and urban citizens to integrate the inner, nearby, and faraway forests into…

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 Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) invites applications for the Great Lakes Summer Fellows Program 2019.This fellowship enables the students to a broad range of disciplines and provides an exciting opportunity to conduct research in the Great Lakes region.To be eligible, you must be either a U.S. citizen or a foreign national who is residing in the U.S. on a current Student Visa.

The Forestry Policy and Resources Division (FOA) is looking for a Forestry Official based in Rome, Italy mainly to lead and provide technical guidance and advice for the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Team on economic and financial analysis of REDD+ implementation. Key responsibilities include, among many others: Plans and leads components of multidisciplinary teams, leads and/or participates Develops…

The Rothamsted International - University of Nottingham Fellowship aims to promote the exchange of vital agricultural research skills between the Future Food Beacon, Rothamsted Research and scientists from Low- to Middle- income countries. The Fellowship will support overseas scientists to train at either University of Nottingham (UoN) and/or Rothamsted Research for 6-12 months on a research project they co-develop with University of Nottingham…

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…

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in association with its Thailand Operations Hub (THOH) is calling for applications for Peatland and Knowledge Management Specialist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Seasonal peatland fires are now compromising Indonesia’s economic and social development by creating considerable threats to health, the environment, and the economy. In recognition of the importance of peatlands for biodiversity…

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…

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…

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…

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…