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Internship: Emerging Professional for Climate Change This internship position has opened at the Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD), an NGO based in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province. This position will form part of the AWARD team within the USAID RESILIM-Olifants program, the purpose being to reduce vulnerability through building improved transboundary governance and management of the Olifants Catchment so as to enhance the resilience of its people and ecosystems through systemic and social learning approaches. This post aims to support the restoration and sustainable management of priority ecosystems in the [...]

Future Earth has a great opportunity for a 1-year post doc at Future Earth (a Future Earth Fellow). The successful candidate will focus on global sustainability synthesis in a key area relevant to the "World In 2050" (TWI2050) project and develop closer links between Future Earth’s Earth system modelling communities and TWI2050. Find out more here: www.futureearth.org/news/future-earth-vacancy-global-sustainability-postdoctoral-researcher-sweden Deadline: 18 April 2007.

Deputy Director, African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI), University of Cape Town (UCT) (Associate Professor or Professor level, 5 year contract) Application information: https://www.uct.ac.za/about/intro/vacancies/external Closing date 28 Feb 2017   ACDI information: https://www.acdi.uct.ac.za UCT information: https://www.uct.ac.za Informal enquiries: ACDI Director, Prof Mark New, mark.new@uct.ac.za   The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) was established in 2011 at the University of Cape Town as a cross-faculty research, training and outreach initiative, working at the intersection of climate change and development.  The ACDI is hosted by the Faculty of Science, but is [...]

Associate Professor/Professor/Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Department of Environmental Science Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape  R 766066 Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer / Lecturer in Department of Environmental Science (5 year contract) Recognising that diversity is important in achieving excellence, Rhodes University especially encourages South African members of underrepresented designated groups to apply. Spouses and partners of existing staff members are also encouraged to apply. Please note that this appointment will be made in line with the requirements of the Employment Equity Act of RSA and the University’s recruitment and selection policies and [...]

MSc project on conservation agriculture as part the Rhodes University Sustainable Land Management for Rural Resilience Project (GEF5 Project, Eastern Cape) (Download the original advert here.) Project overview and responsibilities An MSc in the field of conservation agriculture is being offered by the Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, as part of a Sustainable Land Management for Rural Resilience Project (RU-SLMRR). The RU-SLMRR Project forms part of a broader Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded sustainable land management (SLM) project. The GEF5-SLM project has four overarching objectives: Improve natural resource management [...]