The triennial World Irrigation Forum (WIF) aims to bring together all the stakeholders involved in irrigation of multi-disciplines and all scales, including the policy makers, experts, research institutions, non-governmental organizations and farmers. It provide a platform for the world irrigation community and interested development professionals to find solutions to problems plaguing the irrigated agriculture, in time of depleting freshwater…

The Global Green Growth Institute is looking for an intern to work with GGGI's Jordan Office to support research, consultations and technical writing relating to the development of Jordan’s National Action Plan for Green Growth.

Take this E-learning online course on Sustainable Development Goal indicators. The online course includes among others: Monitoring SDG’s targets SDG indicators under FAO custodianship: basic concepts and definitions Data sources and methods for data collection Methodologies to estimate SDG indicators How information can be interpreted, communicated and used for decision making

El Dinamizador de Medio Rural es una figura profesional extraordinariamente necesaria para apoyar, asesorar y gestionar junto con la población rural y otros agentes acciones de dinamización socio-económicas, culturales y ambientales. Es un profesional con un profundo conocimiento del rural capacitado para la prospección del territorio, la definición de necesidades y el diseño, implantación y acompañamiento en la gestión de proyectos de…

El Desarrollo Sostenible es el paradigma de desarrollo que la región visualiza como el modelo a buscar. Es el gran reto que se plantea a la humanidad de entender y asumir un proceso de cambio y transición para alcanzar nuevas formas de producir. Contamos con los conocimientos y la tecnología precisos para abordar estos retos. Pero para ello se requiere una "revolución verde permanente", potenciando el ingenio humano para hacer perdurable el…

The postgraduate level Land Reclamation and Restoration course integrates new scientific understanding of environmental processes with relevant engineering and management skills. These skills are then used to develop new, integrated land management solutions at relevant scales including field, city, catchment, national and global. Designed to meet the increasing demands to manage and restore degraded land as close as possible to its original…

As more focus is placed on the earth, its resources and the impacts on our ecosystem, environmental science degrees are growing in demand. University of Florida's Online’s Environmental Management degree gives students a solid grounding in the areas of Hydrology; Soil science; Pest management; Water resources; Agricultural ecology.

The soil science program at the University of Saskatchewan provides an in-depth understanding of the physical, biological and chemical processes that occur in soil and the role soil plays in plant production and environmental management. Key courses include among many others: Biology; Ecology; Geography; Geology.

The Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM) master programme is embedded in the International Training Centre of the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of Ghent University and the EIT Raw Materials Academy. In this Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM) programme offered by EIT Raw Materials Academy students are taken through the value chain of raw materials, and introduced to the sustainability…

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is offering an internship in biodiversity conservation to support the work and projects of the IUCN Global Species Programme in Europe.The internship is unpaid but expenses for public transport and lunch are covered (monthly MOBIB card + 5 EUR/day for meals).

UN Environment is hosting the 4th UN Environment Assembly: Innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production. In promoting a culture of innovation, no one should be left behind. The 2019 UN Environment Assembly will contribute towards a holistic, inclusive, and participatory approach to development that is underpinned by human rights and recognizes the interlinkages and integrated nature of the 2030…

La identificación y evaluación de los impactos ambientales y los estudios de paisaje llevan implícita la participación de un componente espacial por lo que requieren el procesamiento de datos geográficos y el uso de modelos espaciales. En este curso el alumno familiarizado con estas herramientas GIS conocerá su utilidad para la realización de estudios relacionados con la Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental y Estudios de Visibilidad o de Paisaje. El…

The Kenyan Ministry of Environment and Forestry has six (6) open vacancies for internship positions in: Environment Law; Public Communications; Information, Communication and Technology Key Duties and responsibilities will entail, among many others: Assisting in collecting and collating data and information on treaties, conventions, statutes and regulations related to environment and natural resources; Participating in environmental awareness…

La Filtración en Múltiples Etapas (FiME) es una solución integrada para mejorar la calidad del agua en sistemas de abastecimiento de comunidades rurales, y en pequeños o medianos municipios. Utiliza una combinación de filtración en grava y filtración lenta en arena (FLA) con dos o tres etapas para el tratamiento del agua. FiME fue desarrollada en América Latina en los años 80 por el Instituto Cinara de la Universidad del Valle en Cali, Colombia…

Earth Observations for Indigenous-led Land Management (EO4IM) is a NASA-funded project implemented by a team from Conservation International (CI) and is aligned with the AmeriGEOSS program of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Dedicated Grant Mechanism (DGM) for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. The project's objective is to strengthen the technical capacities of indigenous peoples' organizations in the Americas, and globally…

SOSteniblemente es una feria gratuita para todos los públicos en la que a través de expositores, talleres y pequeñas charlas se darán a conocer productos e ideas sencillas para una vida más ecológica y sostenible. Las distintas entidades participantes ofrecerán productos y servicios, que podremos incorporar a nuestra vida cotidiana, vinculados con temas tan diversos como alimentación saludable y ecológica, cuidado personal, huerta en casa…

El premio se limita a las innovaciones relacionadas con la agricultura y los sistemas pastoriles, de acuerdo con los requisitos y las competencias técnicas del donante. El premio trata de brindar historias inspiradoras de éxito sobre innovación e innovadores en la agricultura sostenible. La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO, por sus siglas en inglés) invita a personas individuales, empresas o…

This 3-week Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) web conference, which will be held from 14 January until 4 February, is an open forum that will bring together governments, experts, and other stakeholders to review and further explore knowledge gaps and discuss knowledge needs and priorities regarding land degradation and restoration. Building on the knowledge gaps identified in the Platform on…

Enhancing the environmental and climate ambition of the EU farming sector is one centrepiece of the latest European Commission's proposal for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The theme of the seminar are the policy and research implications of these heightened environmental and climate ambitions.Participants (EU and non-EU participants) are invited to contribute scientific papers. Expected topics to be covered by the papers…

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is inviting applications for the internship programme based in Brussels,Belgium.The EU Partnerships Intern will support the Strategic Partnership Unit (SPU) and this work will be supervised by the Director of Global Strategic Partnerships. The intern will be responsible for conducting (desktop) research/intelligence gathering on EU policies and processes related to nature conservation and…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is seeking a Natural Resources Officer. Key Functions include, among others: Supports the implementation of the FAO environmental and social safeguards policy and procedures, as well as stakeholder engagement, disclosure and grievance handling in projects and programmes; Provides technical support to project implementation teams to ensure compliance with FAO's environmental and social…

ClientEarth is seeking a Programme Officer who will support the organization. Key responsibilities include among many others: Work closely across the programme to provide assistance in project management and planning, monitoring and evaluation work; Provide legal and policy research capacity to support the work of ClientEarth on various legal and constitutional issues as well as on related policy and legal issues across programme areas (wildlife…

The Society for Ecological Restoration SER2019 Organizing Committee is now inviting presentations for the 8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Abstracts are welcomed for any one of the presentation types addressing issues related to; Ecological restoration science; Practice or policy; Social, cultural, and economic aspects of restoration.

The International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) Spring School aims to introduce participants to the soils of the world, soil classification, soil databases, software for soil data analysis and digital soil mapping in two five-day courses that are run in parallel. What are the two courses about? World Soils and their Assessment (WSA) This is a course on the soils of the world and their assessment. It will provide an introduction to…

El curso en línea "LIDAR Forestal I: Métodos de masa aplicado al medio forestal" permite al alumno realizar un inventario forestal completo mediante la tecnología LIDAR por el procedimiento de métodos de masa. El conocimiento de la tecnología LIDAR en el medio forestal se hace imprescindible en la actualidad para los profesionales del sector forestal, pues permite recabar un gran volumen de datos con menor esfuerzo que los sistemas tradicionales…