WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. WRI India’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI…

The year 2020 has proven to be acutely challenging and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies worldwide. Having triggered a public health and economic crisis on a scale unwitnessed in generations, the pandemic continues to exacerbate systemic socioeconomic weaknesses, unmasking deeply entrenched vulnerabilities, gaps and inequalities within countries. In the African region, in particular, it has severely tested countries’ social…

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) welcomes academics from all over the world to the interdisciplinary conferences held in Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East and provides a unique international, intercultural and interdisciplinary environment in which to hear the latest world-class research and network with leading academics, professionals and practitioners. The 2019 conference theme is 'Independence & Interdependence', and…

This course examines the challenges facing agriculture and food production systems and presents a common vision and coordinated approach towards sustainable food and agriculture developed through intensive consultations and discussions among agriculture specialists. It illustrates in detail the five key principles that allow the transition toward a more sustainable and productive agriculture, highlighting examples of strategies, policies, and…

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. The purpose of this consultancy is to manage and improve UNICEF’s WASH communities of practice for sanitation and hygiene to increase engagement and the quality and quantity of knowledge generation and sharing among UNICEF and its…

Alison's Certificate courses are a range of free online courses that are designed to provide training that's as streamlined and to-the-point as possible. Built for learners of any ability or knowledge level, each of these free online classes takes less than 3 hours to complete and provides training in a single topic in clear detail. And with over 1000 certificate courses available, whether you want to learn - for free - how to manage projects or…

The Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program (VPP) is a capacity-enhancing and network-building initiative of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights which is currently open to professionals working in India, China, Myanmar, Liberia, and Tanzania.

The Climate and Land Use Alliance is a collaborative initiative of the ClimateWorks Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

The Trust for Sustainable Living is a global education charity, based at the Living Rainforest centre in West Berkshire, UK.The TSL Schools Sustainability Challenge is a video contest for schools around the world, organised in parallel with our International Schools Essay Competition & Debate. The Schools Sustainability Challenge recognises and rewards the sustainability action and leadership of schools around the world.The winning school is…

Conflict management and conflict transformation are core issues of development work. Development projects are not only affected by conflict, but also run the risk of aggravating existing conflicts in a particular region or even triggering new conflicts. This training course gives a sound understanding of the phenomenon of conflict, which will explore on the personal and interpersonal level, as well as on the level of large groups and societies…

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) with support from Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) is offering a research grant to Nigerian citizens wishing to undertake research work in fields related to nature conservation and sustainable livelihood. The grant shall be to support a PhD programme in a related field. The candidate's research focus should be on, among others: The preservation of a full range of Nigeria’s biodiversity which includes…

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction calls to increase awareness on disaster risk reduction, resilience and the implementation of policies to prevent new risks. The sharing of resources, knowledge and mutual learning approaches are important ingredients of a resilient community. The international symposium on “Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development” will be from 7 -8 March, 2019 and is scheduled to be held at Asian Institute…

The climate and environmental crises pose multiple and increasing risks, notably to human security. Inter-disciplinary solutions are necessary to meet the scale of the challenges. Collaboration across traditional boundaries - discipline, sector, ethnicity, nation state and more - will be necessary to implement them. Why land and security solutions need to be forged together to respond to the threats posed by climate change and create a more…

The University of Arizona invites applications for the doctoral programme of Arid Lands Resource Sciences.

Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences invites applications to their master programme in Agricultural Production Chain Management.The Master of Agricultural Production Chain Management (MSc) is intended for specialists working in companies and organizations dealing with agricultural production, processing, marketing, quality control and logistics. In the agricultural sector, stakeholders are typically confronted by complex problems…

Myanmar is one of UNOPS' leading offices in Asia, acting as a fund manager for three of the largest development programs in the country, namely the Access to Health, the Livelihood and Food Security Fund (LIFT) and the Joint Peace Fund (JPF). In addition, UNOPS is Principal Recipient for the Global Fund in Myanmar and for the Global Fund's regional artemisinin-resistance initiative targeting drug-resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong sub-region…