This online course will cover the agricultural and urban water quality issues in Florida (United States of America), their bases, land and nutrient management strategies, and the science and policy behind the Best Management Practices (BMPs). Students will learn to evaluate BMPs research and analyze its role in determining practices and policies that protect water quality. In this course you will learn: Introduction to Sustainable Agricultural…

The guest editors welcome expressions of interest for a special issue devoted to highlighting the excellent and cutting-edge scholarship of women and non-binary people in land science. The Journal of Land Use Science (JLUS) posits land as the key interface linking social and natural systems and is thus a critical point of analysis and intervention to global sustainability. We welcome interdisciplinary papers that examine key social trends…

Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has been doing work you can believe in protecting the lands and waters that all life depends on. As a science-based organization, they create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that they can create a world in which people and nature thrive. They are rooted in their Mission and guided by their Values, which includes a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People…

FAO in the Caribbean, jointly with governments, implements several projects aiming at improving land administration systems and state land management. To support this work carried at sub regional and national level by FAO representations, FAO is launching this call for expressions of interest to create a sub-regional pool of expertise on land tenure governance for implementation of all facets of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible…

The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) is a research, education and service unit within the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University (CSU). CEMML applies the latest and most appropriate science to promote the sustainable management of natural and cultural resources on Department of Defense (DoD) and other public lands. The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the United States by…

Public lands are managed to accommodate and perpetuate a wide range of environmental, social, and economic values. This Certificate will allow students to focus on the origins of national parks, forests, and refuges and to study the tools and techniques land managers use to provide ecosystem services to the public. These tools will allow students to develop an understanding of regulatory and policy issues, the use of remote sensing and geographic…

This position lies in Oxfam (Novib)’s food and justice campaign GROW. The GROW campaign contributes to a diverse and active movement for food justice. It focuses on small scale-food producers and their communities benefitting more from local, national and global public and private sector policies in the areas of land rights, climate change, investment, income and human rights to ensure that their food security, prosperity and resilience are…

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a US non-profit, tax-exempt, private organization established in 1895 that saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. WCS has amassed the biological knowledge, cultural understanding and partnerships to ensure that vibrant, wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities…

Environmental and community land planning is concerned with orderly, efficient, equitable and aesthetic development of land with special concern for (1) the state of the natural environment, (2) the physical character of communities, and (3) decision making at state, county and local levels of government.

This lab is for: ILC members and non-members, especially those representing directly land users; partners, NGOs and INGOs that support the work of these organisations. Monday 24 of May: exchanges from Pastoralists to Pastoralists Tuesday 25 of May: exchanges from Women to Women Wednesday of 26 May: exchanges from Youth to Youth Thursday of 27 May: exchanges from Indigenous People to Indigenous People What will you learn? Who are the organisations…

The Global Green Growth Institute is seeking a Land Use Officer based in Colombia to provide day to day technical support internally as well as to relevant government counterparts in the context of a ‘hybrid team’ between GGGI and MADS personnel.

Join a series of four learning labs dedicated to the work of members directly repre-senting land users! What’s special about these organisations? What are their challenges and success stories? How do they contribute to the achievements of the network? Over 100 ILC members are organisations that represent 56+ thousand communities and more than 71 million people around the globe. They directly represent and are accountable to land users, whether it…

UNEP's Ecosystems Division works with international and national partners, providing technical assistance and capacity development for the implementation of environmental policy, and strengthening the environmental management capacity of developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Overall purpose: As part of the Project Design Team, in close cooperation with the National Consultant on Biodiversity and under the supervision of…

Incumbents in this 3-step classification series research, develop, report on, analyze, interpret and enforce state and local land use plans and regulations.

Rally 2018 is an annual gathering of nearly 2,000 inspired and passionate land conservation practitioners from the US, Canada, South America and beyond, who are dedicated to conserving cherished places in local communities. This serves as the premier training and networking conference, Rally ’18 offers more than 130 educational sessions focused on land conservation topics, special networking events, field trips highlighting the region’s natural…

Land surveying is the technique, profession, art and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. The focus of the Land Surveying program from College of the Canyons is to provide the student with a thorough background in land surveying and mapping in addition to an introduction to the collecting, manipulating, formatting and mapping of geospatial data. A land surveying…

The Piedmont Environmental Council invites applications for the position of Field Representative, to work on land use issues in the southern portion of our region, specifically the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and Greene County. Land use issues include the locality's comprehensive plan and ordinances, development proposals, transportation planning and specific projects, local policies and regulations related to rural land…