Un poste de Volontaire International (VI) est à pourvoir au 1er septembre 2019 au sein de l'agence AFD de Moroni (Comores). L’Agence Française de Développement (AFD), institution financière publique qui met en œuvre la politique définie par le gouvernement français, agit pour combattre la pauvreté et favoriser le développement durable. Il/elle assurera les missions suivantes: Suivi opérationnel de projets suivants; Activités de suivi opérationnel…

The 2SCALE program ( www.2scale.org) is designed to incubate and accelerate inclusive business development in African agri-food systems. 2SCALE works together with companies (African, Dutch, and other small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs) and Producer Organizations (POs) to develop business and partnership models that promote inclusiveness, develop competitive edge, and have potential for scaling. These partnerships, also referred to as…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications to better understand the potential impacts of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on water quality and availability in rural communities and agricultural operations across the United States. The Agency is seeking new information on PFAS occurrence, fate, and transport in water sources used by rural communities and agricultural operations, and new or improved PFAS…

ISER International Conference on Agricultural and Biological Science (ICABS) is a prestigious event organized with a motivation to provide an excellent international platform for the academicians, researchers, engineers, industrial participants and budding students around the world to SHARE their research findings with the global experts. The key intention of ICABS 2019 is to provide opportunity for the global participants to share their ideas…

The two-year M.Sc. program in Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR) offers the best instruction in the field of tropical forestry in Europe. Students will work with the growing challenges in contemporary tropical forestry in a global context, and acquire valuable real-life experience by doing field work in a tropical country. Students receive the chance to become an expert in the connection between the exploitation of tropical forest and…

Students' cognitive skills are developed through interactive lectures, workshops, seminars, directed reading and coursework. More practical skills are acquired through computer-based exercises, workshops, interactive learning, and the preparation for and delivery of presentations. Intensive weekend 'master classes' give students the opportunity to apply the knowledge learnt in lecture sessions to real life scenarios from their chosen specialism…

Among other duties, the Sustainable Land Management Specialist will be responsible for the following: Provide technical advice on what SLM practices are most resilient to climate change depending on local context Train/ build the capacity of target communities and stakeholders to plan, implement and monitor sustainable land management interventions Provide support in the development of SLM training materials for inclusion in Farmer Field Schools…

L’agriculture, plus que toute autre activité humaine, a des impacts significatifs sur la biodiversité, positifs ou négatifs, selon les pratiques. Le processus d’industrialisation de l’agriculture, avec ses conséquences en termes de simplification et d’artificialisation des systèmes techniques, apparaît ainsi comme un des principaux facteurs d’érosion de la biodiversité dans les paysages ruraux européens. Cette prise de conscience invite désormais…

The PhD program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development is a joint initiative from the Universidade de Lisboa, the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and has the support of the University of East Anglia, UK. The schools from Universidade Técnica de Lisboa involved in this programme are the Instituto Superior Técnico and the Instituto Superior de Agronomia. The program focus is the engineering domain with strong…

The World Congress on Sustainable Technologies (WCST-2019) will be held in London, UK, from the 9th to 11th of December, 2019. It is a multidisciplinary congress. The WCST-2019 bridging efforts across the natural, social and engineering sciences, the environment and development of communities. The congress covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to sustainability, which includes technical and non-technical research areas. It also encourages…

In 2015, the UN launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by 193 member states, the goals represent an important international step in setting humanity on a trajectory towards sustainable development. Within this course, you will get a historical overview of how sustainability has been understood, as well as a thorough introduction to the SDGs – what they are, how progress can be measured, and how the SDGs are relevant for the…

Join this live webinar to get first-hand insight into themes such as, the importance of finance in scaling up Climate-smart innovation; using social networks as an innovative platform for the livelihood of farmers; and upscaling agriculture platforms as a way to support climate resilience and small scale farming.

The MSc "Sustainable Land Management under Global Change" course provides the opportunity to embed a shared, more holistic and integrative philosophy of environmental sustainability. It embraces the principles and values presented in both global and national policy and guidelines and takes on board the concept of “think globally, act locally”. The course is designed for those people with a strong motivation to influence the future of our…

Introduction to Sustainable Development Goal indicators under FAO custodianship This short course introduces the process of monitoring progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It highlights the role of UN agencies in supporting data collection and analysis, and it presents the SDG indicators under FAO custodianship. Audience: This short course is intended as a quick introduction for all people interested in the…

The 8-week course is designed in 3 phases that move the participants from ideation towards the successful implementation of a new sustainable business model for landscape restoration with 4 returns: Return of natural capital; Return of social capital; Return of inspiration; Return of financial capital. This course was created by the ENABLE consortium: Commonland, United Nations University Land Restoration Training Programme, Spanish National…

Integrated landscape management and large-scale landscape restoration should be in every company’s business strategy because in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goal on Land Degradation Neutrality (SDG Number 15.3) scaling up and acceleration of business-driven landscape restoration is urgently needed. What you will learn from this course? The business potential for Integrated Landscape Management and Restoration; Land degradation and…

Our food systems - made up of worldwide agriculture and global food supply chains - contribute around a quarter of our total Greenhouse Gas Emissions every year. Based on current trends, we will not achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rises to 2°C, as global leaders committed to through the Paris Climate Agreement. While all the sectors of our economies need to do their bit to meet this target, our food systems in particular need to…

About this Course In 2015, the UN launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by 193 member states, the goals represent an important international step in setting humanity on a trajectory towards sustainable development. Within this course, you will get a historical overview of how sustainability has been understood, as well as a thorough introduction to the SDGs – what they are, how progress can be measured, and how the SDGs…