The World Resources Institute is looking for an API software engineer to join a dynamic team that’s is changing the future of forest and land-use monitoring. The position will be based in Washington, DC. The candidate will be working within a matrixed group across both technical and non-technical teams within Global Forest Watch. Global Forest Watch is the only free online platform providing near-real time information and analysis about when…

In this course, one will be introduced to some of the most vibrant cultural trends addressing landscape appreciation, degradation, protection, and rehabilitation that currently circulate in the Asian hemisphere. Key modules will be among many others: Concepts of landscape past and present and their cosmological underpinnings; Entangled landscapes comprising cultural flows of concepts and forms, contemporary gardens on the move, nostalgic elegies…

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…

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…

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…

The Nature Conservancy is hiring a Strategy Manager for Sustainable Grazing Lands with a flexible location within the United States.The North America Sustainable Grazing Lands Strategy Manager will work closely with TNC business units and whole system staff to develop and implement strategies that increase the adoption of sustainability practices and programs in the beef supply chain. The position will also work closely with the North America…

The United nations Convention to Combat Desertification is soliciting for applications for a consultancy position on the 3S initiative project. Key responsibilities include: Liaise with national and local authorities; Develop a project proposal to be submitted to donors; Draft a concept note on land-based/green jobs for youth and migrants.

The Geospatial Analysis for Environmental Change Lab, relocating to North Carolina State University this year, seeks a creative, motivated Ph.D. student with strong quantitative and analytical skills to investigate climate and land-use change effects on landscape connectivity dynamics in surface water networks. This project will entail integrating time-series of satellite data, network analysis and graph-theory.