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Postdoc and PhD opportunities: Planning Resilient Landscapes

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Are you interested in advancing the planning and implementation of sponge landscapes in Europe?

Leibniz University Hannover is calling for applications for a PostDoc and a PhD position in Planning Resilient Landscapes to conduct research on nature-based solutions to address floods, droughts, and biodiversity change within the EU Horizon Europe project SpongeWorks. SpongeWorks will advance the upscaling of ‘sponge measures’ as nature-based solutions to boost the natural water retention capacity in Europe.

The positions are supervised by Christian Albert within the Landscape Planning and Ecosystem Services working group at Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Environmental Planning.

Please see the following websites for the official announcements:
• PostDoc (m/f/d) in Planning Climate Resilient Landscapes (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 100 %) Due date: March 27, 2024. Key focus: Synthesis research and scientific coordination
• PhD Candidate (m/f/d) in Planning Climate Resilient Landscapes (Salary Scale 13 TV-L, 75 %) Due date: April 1, 2024. Key focus: Geodesign for co-creating sponge strategies.

Bulgarian Community of Practice: In the search for seeds of change

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27 participants from diverse sectors, including business (denkstatt, Coca-Cola HBC), academia (Sofia University, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research), government (Sofia Municipality, Executive Environment Agency, Executive Forests Agency, Central Balkan National Park, Bulgarian National Focal Point of IPBES), and civil society, gathered on January 19, 2023, in Sofia, Bulgaria, to lay the foundation for the SELINA Community of Practice (CoP) in Bulgaria. The event, organized by the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG-BAS), a key partner in SELINA, aimed to establish a collaborative platform for achieving transformative change.

The meeting kicked off with an introduction to the SELINA project, followed by a comprehensive exploration of the CoP concept, encompassing its terms, goals, and potential achievements. The discussion emphasized the inclusion of new members with a shared objective of contributing to transformative change. [Read more…] about Bulgarian Community of Practice: In the search for seeds of change

Summer school on economic valuation of natural capital

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The ValuGaps project financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany invites applications for the interdisciplinary Summer School Economic Valuation of Natural Capital: From Theory to Practice.

The program will cover topics on theory and economic methods for natural capital valuation; practical application of economic valuation at the science-policy interface; non-monetary values (including relational values, health, and well-being); ecosystems and their services under global change as well as quantification of ecosystem services with ecological models.

For more details, please visit the website.
Application deadline: 29 February 2024

ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

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Join a live demonstration of the ABC-Map on 7 February.

Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with support from the French Development Agency (AFD) and the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), ABC-Map is a geospatial app that allows users to assess the environmental impact of projects in agriculture.  [Read more…] about ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

Make Nature Count 2.0 Report and webinar

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Last week on January 10, FSD, in collaboration with the ASN Bank presented their Make Nature Count 2.0 report, marking a significant milestone in their mission to integrate ecosystem service valuation into financial decision-making. The webinar was a success, with presentations, but also an interview and more than enough discussion and questions coming from the 120 people who subscribed.

[Read more…] about Make Nature Count 2.0 Report and webinar