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POST DOC OPPORTUNITY: Nature-based solutions for water management in the periurban – linking ecological, social, and economic dimensions

Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are defined as “actions which are inspired by, supported by or copied from nature” & therefore encapsulate inter alia green infrastructure, blue infrastructure & biomimicry as tools for ecologically sensitive urban development. A NBS can involve conserving or rehabilitating natural ecosystems and/or the enhancement or creation of natural processes in modified or artificial ecosystems. They can be applied at micro- (e.g. within household) or macro- (e.g. landscape) scales. An 18-month Post-Doctoral Opportunity (with an opportunity to extend to 24 months) is on offer in the Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology at Stellenbosch University to focus on [...]

SAPECS2024-06-19T13:54:36+02:00August 28th, 2019|Related News & Events|

POST-DOC OPPORTUNITY: Nature-based solutions for water management in the periurban

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Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) are defined as “actions which are inspired by, supported by or copied from nature” & therefore encapsulate inter alia green infrastructure, blue infrastructure & biomimicry as tools for ecologically sensitive urban development. A NBS can involve conserving or rehabilitating natural ecosystems and/or the enhancement or creation of natural processes in modified or artificial ecosystems. They can be applied at micro- (e.g. within household) or macro- (e.g. landscape) scales. An 18-month Post-Doctoral Opportunity (with an opportunity to extend to 24 months) is on offer in the Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology at Stellenbosch University to focus on [...]

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Call for abstracts: Collaboration and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Landscape Governance and Management in Africa – Lessons from Practice

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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 [...]

SAPECS2024-06-19T13:54:36+02:00July 8th, 2019|Eastern Cape & Drakensberg, position, Related News & Events|

Post-doc position available with the SARChI Chair research group on “Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods”

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Conservation South Africa: Health and Conservation Coordinator

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Position available: Conservation Science Officer – EWT

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Climate Change Ecology Postdoc Opportunity

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Post-doc opportunity: Researcher in climate change adaptation focusing on the role of youth change agents and climate change

The University of the Witwatersrand is recognised internationally for excellent research, high academic standards and commitment to social justice. The Global Change Institute would like to appoint a post-doctoral researcher in climate change adaptation focusing on the role of youth change agents and climate change. About the job: Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change owing to a range of reasons including climate and weather systems. Low coping and adaptation capacity add to the vulnerability of the continent. Recently, notwithstanding the international upsurge in interest in climate change (e.g. Sendai framework, Conference of the Parties meetings, [...]

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Opportunity to join the Tsitsa Project team

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