The PECS3 conference Pathways to Sustainability: Social-ecological resilience and transformation across multiple scales will take place in Montreal Canada (12-15 August 2024) to share ideas on how to transform sustainable development to better contend with the challenges of the Anthropocene. [Read more…] about PECS3 conference: Pathways to sustainability
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New paper on national mapping and assessment of ES projects in Europe
A paper coming forth from a session at the 3rd ESP Europe conference in Tartu titled: ‘National mapping and assessment of ecosystem services projects in Europe – Participants’ experiences, state of the art and lessons learned’ was recently published in Ecosystem Services.
The national mapping and assessment of ecosystem services (ES) has been set out since 2011 with the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020. By now, most EU Member States implemented mapping and assessment projects to some degree. We surveyed 13 EU Member States’ more recent implementations to give a systematic overview of the components assessed, the data & methods used, and the greatest challenges as perceived by participants. [Read more…] about New paper on national mapping and assessment of ES projects in Europe
Researcher with experience in Geoinformatics and Spatial Data Science
The Institute of Forestry in Hamburg, Germany is looking for a full-time researcher position starting 01.04.2024 for a period of 27 months.
The position will be part of the research project “GEOSpatial remote sensing-based detection of land use change in support of the EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (GEOS-EUDR)” funded by BMZ.
Submission deadline: Wednesday, 07.02.2024 (23.59h CET)
Full details vacancy annoucement here or in the PDF attached.
Call for abstracts: Potentials of collective actions to landscape management and governance
As part of 35th International Geographical Congress, taking place in August 24-30, 2024, in Dublin, a session titled “Potentials of collective actions to landscape management and governance” is scheduled. We welcome you to contribute by submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation to this session, under the Commission on Land Use and Land Cover Change. Find more information about the call for abstracts here.
Junior Scientist on Resilience and Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services in Mediterranean Type Ecosystems
A permanent position as a junior scientist (Chargé de Recherche) will be open soon at INRAE Aix-en-Provence, France.
This position will be in the research unit UMR RECOVER based near Aix-en-Provence, within the team EMR (Ecosystèmes Méditerranéens et Risques/Mediterranean Ecosystems and Risks). The recruited person will have to develop researches on Resilience and Vulnerability of Ecosystem Services in Mediterranean Type Ecosystems, particularly in the context on climate change and fire risk. More details on the INRAE jobs web page after 31st January 2024.
To apply click here.