This online course will help you to understand the importance of soil to life on earth, the issues, processes and societal challenges underlying soil degradation – and what can be done to ensure sustainable soil management for the future.

Ashoka empowers outstanding individuals using innovative approaches in solving such challenges as environmental degradation and poverty by offering them living stipends. It enables the leaders to focus full-time on building their institutions and spreading their ideas.

Winrock International is recruiting a technical leader for the Forestry and Natural Resource Management Unit (FNRM) within the Environment & Energy Group (E2). The Director is responsible for leading technical performance and management of the FNRM Unit. This role oversees and ensures high quality project management and technical implementation, impact reporting and robust technical leadership, proactive new business development and strategic…

The Land Matrix is an independent global land monitoring initiative that promotes transparency and accountability in decisions over land and investments. It does so by collecting and visualising information about large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) and facilitating an open development community of citizens, researchers, policy-makers, and technology specialists. Regional Focal Points (RFPs) in four different regions around the globe are…

La Convention des Nations Unis sur la Lutte Contre la Désertification organise en partenariat avec CARI et SPONG le Sommet International de la Société Civile ;Terre, Biodiversité et Climat. A l'occasion de cet événement, ONG, scientifiques, collectivités locales, institutions internationales, acteurs du secteurs privés et publics se donnent rendez-vous à Ouagadougou pour débattre et partager leur position concernant le domaine de la dégradation…

Soil is the earth’s fragile skin that anchors all life. We depend on soil to build our homes and cities, to grow crops for food and raise livestock, to support transportation and enable recreation. Yet we disregard this crucial and precious resource that lies right under our feet. This introductory environmental studies course will explore the importance of soil to life on earth, the issues, processes and societal challenges underlying soil…

The mission of United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) is to contribute to the development of integrated and sustainable management strategies for the use of environmental resources such as water, soil, waste, as well as energy and geo-resources. UNU-FLORES aims to develop and implement a monitoring system for assessing the sustainability of transformation processes in mining…

Solidarités International est présente au Mali depuis 2012 suite à la crise politico-militaire. Depuis lors, elle apporte des réponses en sécurité alimentaire – en EHA – en abris d’urgence aux populations victime de la dégradation et la perte de leur moyens d’existences suite aux chocs successifs « crise pastorale le Nord du Mali fait régulièrement face à des crises diverses: pastorales et agricoles (2010, 2015, 2017-2018), climatiques…

The L’OCCITANE Foundation launches a call for projects to preserve biodiversity and encourages L’OCCITANE’s offices worldwide to participate by identifying and supporting local organizations with reforestation or agroforestry projects. The L’OCCITANE Foundation funds local organizations and projects that preserve biodiversity through reforestation or agroforestry projects. The project must focus on respecting biodiversity, for example, tree…

Le CARI est une association de solidarité internationale qui intervient depuis 1998 auprès des populations rurales du pourtour saharien. Ses actions sont principalement orientées vers la lutte contre la désertification et la dégradation des terres dans les agroécosystèmes oasiens et sahéliens. L’Association CARI recherche dans le cadre de ses activités des bénévoles dans ses locaux de Viols le Fort (34). Les missions proposées ci‐dessous ne sont…

The UNDP-GEF Sustainable Forest and Land Management in the Dry Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems of Southern Lao PDR Project (SAFE Ecosystems Project) aims to support the government of Lao PDR to facilitate a transformative shift towards sustainable land and forest management in the forested landscape of Savannakhet Province. For this assignment, the Sustainable Forest and Land Management in the Dry Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems of Southern Lao PDR…

The University of Birmingham invites applications for the Master programm of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics with Integrated pre-Masters.Students receive a thorough grounding in macroeconomics, microeconomics and econometrics, alongside an in-depth knowledge of the economics and policy of environmental pollution, renewable and non-renewable resource use, as well as the interaction between globalization and environmental degradation.

The Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Prize recognizes scientists from least-developed countries. The 2018 prize will be awarded to a scientist based on scientific achievements in the thematic area of Plastic: Degradation, pollution, and microplastics. The winner will receive a cash award of US$ 4 thousand. Candidates should be working and living in an LDC for at least two years prior to nomination.

Despite widespread recognition of the urgent need to change the way we grow and consume our food we are far from reaching this goal. Food production remains the single largest driver of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, including of nutrient-rich varieties of plants and animals. This is not only a conservation issue: it undermines the resilience of our food systems to pests, diseases, and climate change. It affects nutrition. In…

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for an Agriculture State Lands Intern for the summer of 2020. This intern will work alongside DNR's team of field Land Managers to gain knowledge and experience in management of agricultural trust lands and land leasing processes. Working with the Agriculture Field Program Manager, the Intern will ensure timely and accurate reporting of lessee compliance through the field…