The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Doctoral Research Programme in Climate Change and Land Use (DRP-CCLU) is pleased to announce that up to 20 places are available, with 11 fully-funded scholarships for applicants from West African member countries to study for PhD in Climate Change and Land Use at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. WASCAL is an organization…

This course will review the systems and resources found on Earth such as the flow of energy around the planet, the cycling of matter, the geology of the Planet, the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere, ground water, surface water, mineral, soil and biological resources. The course review the impact humans are having on the systems and resources and will look at air, soil and water pollutants and how humans manage the land. The key modules include…

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in its role as the CEPF Regional Implementation Team (RIT) for the East Melanesian Islands Biodiversity Hotspot, are accepting letters of inquiry (LOI) from civil society organizations for large- and small-grant projects. CEPF is designed to safeguard Earth’s biologically richest yet threatened terrestrial regions, known as biodiversity…

Integrated landscape management and large-scale landscape restoration should be in every company’s business strategy. This requires business professionals with a vision, the right knowledge and skills. This MOOC aims to train the next generation of business professionals and developers to acknowledge business’ interdependency with healthy landscapes and understand the value of ecosystem resources. The key modules include, among many others: The…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its Climate Change & Resilience Team welcomes applications from professionals on Forest-related Climate Change based in Rome, Italy. The consultancy aims to provide support to the Action Against Desertification’s (AAD) work on climate change adaptation, sustainable land/forest management and restoration of degraded lands and landscapes in preventing and combating desertification…

Do you know anyone or institution fighting land issues in order to make the world a better place? Nominate them NOW! The Land for Life Award recognizes excellence in efforts towards achieving land degradation neutrality. Individuals, institutions and businesses, non-governmental organizations, policy makers and civil society as well as academic and research organizations are eligible for the award. As the UN Convention to Combat Desertification…

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 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…

This is an interdisciplinary conference on the cutting edge of science, management and policy to minimize effects of agriculture and land use changes on the quality of groundwater and surface waters. The conference aims to discuss the entire ’policy cycle’ to enable enhancing the quality of the water environment, which includes among others; Problem recognition; Formulation of technical options; Policy formulation; Interaction between policy…

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is looking for a National Consultant on Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Case Study home-based, with travel to different locations in Somalia. The general objective of the assignment is to support the national trainees/researchers in undertaking their studies on the costs of land degradation and economic viability of alternative land management approaches, focusing on rangeland degradation.

This webinar will feature experiences from several grassroots initiatives and highlight how they fight for women’s improved access to and control over land and other natural resources and to scale up women’s land rights. Panelists will address the following questions: Why do women’s land rights remain an issue with so much attention focusing on it? What went wrong? What are good practices in achieving success towards women’s land rights and what…

The University of Oulu announces a three-year doctoral student position in the project “Stream biodiversity change: disentangling the effects of multiple anthropogenic drivers on riverine ecosystems”.This position will focus on disentangling the effects of climate change and forestry-related land use on stream biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, as well as on developing and testing tools for mitigating such effects (restoration ecology)

The Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (GSER19) will be a science-policy meeting, held over three days, from 15-17 May, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy. The main objective is to establish a common platform to present and discuss the latest information on the status of interventions and innovations in the field of soil erosion and related land management. The Organizing Committee of the Global Symposium…

This course will cover the agricultural and urban water quality issues in Florida, their bases, land and nutrient management strategies, and the science and policy behind the best management practices (BMPs). Students will learn to evaluate BMP research and analyze its role in determining practices and policies that protect water quality. What you will learn from this course: Introduction to Sustainable Agricultural Land Management Water Quality…