CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (EFTEON)

The Expanded Freshwater and Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (EFTEON) is a Research Infrastructure (RI) that is being developed under the South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR) program of the Department of Science and Technology. EFTEON is conceived as a modular, highly-networked RI to support studies on coupled ecological social systems in South Africa. The design concept is based on distributed landscapes, each with responsibility for representing an important South African Ecosystem/Human complex. The landscapes are intended to include representatives of major biomes in South Africa and human transformed ecosystems such as urban areas and agricultural systems. The landscapes are supported by a central co-ordination and data management facility (shared with [...]

2020-01-16T12:29:49+02:00January 16th, 2020|position, SAPECS News|
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Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation intern

This is a fixed-term contract position at the Association of Water and Rural Development (AWARD), an NGO based in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province. This position will form part of the Blyde Restoration Project funded through the Land User Incentive programme under the Department of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries (DEFF), Chief Directorate: Natural Resource Management (NRM). The Blyde Restoration Project is aimed at supporting the restoration of degraded ecosystems, and the maintenance of these and adjoining healthy ecosystems in the upper Blyde, Klaserie & Sand Catchments, in order to sustain ecosystem services and biodiversity critical to human livelihoods in these catchments in [...]

2019-11-22T06:02:53+02:00November 22nd, 2019|position, SAPECS News|
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ResNet Post-doctoral Fellow: Monitoring change in spatial ecosystem service networks

Start Date: As soon as possible Salary: $50,000 per annum + benefits Duration: 2 years Location:  McGill University Supervisors: Dr. Andrew Gonzalez (McGill) and Dr. Marie-Josée Fortin (Toronto) We are seeking an exceptional postdoctoral researcher to conduct research on the problem of identifying and monitoring change in spatial networks of biodiversity and ecosystem service (ES) supply. The PDF will develop appropriate quantitative methods and apply them to a selection of Canadian resource use landscapes. The specific research objectives are (i) using existing data to identify spatial ES networks in our six partner landscapes, (ii) the identification of statistically robust network indicators for trend [...]

2019-11-06T09:19:23+02:00November 6th, 2019|position, Related News & Events|
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Modeling ecosystem services across Canada: ResNet Post-doctoral Fellow

Start Date: As soon as possible Salary: $50,000 per annum + benefits Duration: 2 years Location: McGill University, Montreal, Canada Supervisors: Dr. Brian Robinson (McGill) and Dr. Lael Parrott (UBC-Okanagan) This is an exciting opportunity for a quantitative geographer or interdisciplinary scientist tocontribute to innovative research through developing next-generation ecosystem service models that integrate nature and people. The PDF will source available data and develop appropriate quantitative methods in developing these models. The research program involves a consortium of leading universities across Canada working with local government and civil society partners to address real-world issues in 6 working landscapes, and is highly interdisciplinary. We will [...]

2019-11-06T09:18:11+02:00November 6th, 2019|position, Related News & Events|
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Call for applications: Masters fellowship

 Masters fellowship on quantifying Africa’s Biodiversity Intactness: 2020-2021  Deadline for applications: 25 November 2019  A key challenge of the 21st century is identifying sustainable development pathways for humanity that do not erode the ecological foundation on which human well-being depends. It is increasingly recognized that humans and ecosystems are linked in complex and dynamic ways, as intertwined elements of ‘social-ecological’ systems.  Africa is known for its iconic biodiversity on which people depend for essential services, such as food, water and clean air. The continent is also currently experiencing one the most rapid GDP growth rates of any region. The upcoming [...]

2019-11-05T16:04:19+02:00November 5th, 2019|Multiple Areas, position, SAPECS News|
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NRF Grant-holder Masters bursary to work in the Tsitsa River catchment

I am looking for an MSc student who in interested in the interface between natural resource science and social science in land and water resource management. The bursary is for R90 000 per year for two years, starting as soon as possible. You will be working in a vibrant Water Governance Development research team that is part of the large DEA-NRM-funded Tsitsa Project (https://sites.google.com/view/tsitsa-project/home). The Governance Development research aims to support the emergence of participatory land and water governance in the Tsitsa River catchment. Your project would address the research question: How does an experience of research participation lead to [...]

2019-07-08T11:17:02+02:00July 8th, 2019|Eastern Cape & Drakensberg, position, Related News & Events|
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Post-doc position available with the SARChI Chair research group on “Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods”

The SARChI Chair in Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods in the department of Environmental Science at Rhodes University focuses on generating interdisciplinary understandings of natural biological resources and their roles in rural and urban livelihoods for poverty alleviation and human wellbeing. This includes the ecological, economic and social dimensions of land and biological resource use in both rural and urban systems. The activities of the Chair are currently led by Professor Charlie Shackleton. The Dept of Environmental Science is one of the smallest at Rhodes University, but is one of the most research intensive, with high [...]

2019-07-08T07:27:53+02:00July 8th, 2019|Eastern Cape & Drakensberg, position, Related News & Events|
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