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Position available: Conservation Science Officer – EWT
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) is seeking to employ a Conservation Science Officer. The purpose of the position is to assist with the development of a Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) database to improve objectivity, accuracy and efficiency in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). Through an online web application, this SDM database will allow for a robust measure of biodiversity and increase ability to flag sensitive species for early stage EIAs anywhere in the country. This will ensure that no sensitive species are overlooked in any EIA scoping phase assessment and will [...]
Climate Change Ecology Postdoc Opportunity
The University of Cape Town is seeking two Postdoctoral Research Fellows to join a highly interdisciplinary team working on climate change risks to biodiversity and ecosystem services. Job advert for further details and to apply: http://www.acdi.uct.ac.za/postdoctoral-research-fellowship-climate-change-risks-biodiversity-and-ecosystems Positions are for two years. Project research is flexible within three broad objectives: Forecasting the spatial and temporal dynamics of biodiversity disruption from climate change at the species and/or community level; Using existing trait, phylogenetic and species range databases to map relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem services across Africa and predict how these might change due [...]
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 [...]
Opportunity to join the Tsitsa Project team
Opportunities to lead Capacity Development; Knowledge Management; Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, Reflection & Learning Send a CV and 2-page motivation to: Margaret Wolff (M.Wolff@ru.c.za) by 24 May 2019 The Tsitsa Project is being implemented primarily by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), Chief Directorate Natural Resource Management (NRM) in the communal and free-hold title areas of the north-eastern Eastern Cape. The project works with local authorities and traditional leaders, conducting land restoration in the highly erodible catchment, while a number of South African universities conduct related research in this remote rural [...]
PhD opportunity at Monash University, Australia
Assessing the role of scientists within conservation management agencies. We are offering a PhD scholarship to work with an international team led by Dr Carly Cook at Monash University (School of Biological Sciences) in Australia. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with research interests in the integration of conservation science into management action for an exciting project investigating the role of scientists within conservation management agencies. The project: Conservation agencies are increasingly aiming to achieve evidence-based management. In order to support this goal, there is a growing focus [...]