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INVITATION FOR A SYMPOSIUM PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN NATURE CONSERVATION: STUDYING MOTIVES AND BENEFITS Date: October 20th, 2014 Time: 09.00 – 16.00 hours Venue: University of Cape Town, Department of Environmental & Geographical Science (room to be announced) Organizers: Maano Ramutsindela (UCT) & Marja Spierenburg (VU Amsterdam)   Nature conservation has long been considered to be incompatible with the interests of the private (profit) sector and was deemed the prerogative of the state. This view changed from the mid-1980s onwards when the focus shifted from species protection to sustainable development. Increasingly environmental [...]

The World Bank’s Forum for Agricultural Risk Management (FARMD) will host its Annual Conference, Managing Agricultural Risks in a Changing Climate in Sub-Saharan Africa, on November 4-5, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.   The objective of the event is to explore how climate change is impacting agricultural production and marketing systems in Africa and to better understand the implications for agricultural risk management. The two-day conference will bring together more than 200 participants from the public and private sectors, academia, farmer organizations, and development organizations. Attendees will have the chance to interact with [...]

The African Doctoral Academy of Stellenbosch University is pleased to offer the 2015 Summer School in Research Methods from 12 to 23 January. Since its conception six years ago we have seen the Summer School grow in scope and popularity, while covering a variety of basic and advanced quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and tools for researchers. The Summer School offers a range of one-week courses aimed at prospective- and enrolled doctoral students, supervisors and other academics involved in research.   6th ANNUAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN RESEARCH METHODS Week one [...]

SANParks is re-advertising the rather exciting post-doc position for someone versed in a combination of complexity thinking, management of social-ecological systems, systems thinking, social/organizational learning and/or institutional change. Closing date is the 30th of September . Please see below for more information: Systemic futures post-doc - readvert (Sept 2014)    

Are you concerned about our future cities? Do you want to discuss theories and explore practices of urban sustainable development across disciplines and experiences? Apply to the Stockholm Resilience Centre for a Masters course in "Urban Social-Ecological Systems", March-June 2015, before October 15. For more information, visit the course website!