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The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) (www.tropicalstudies.org) seeks applicants for its field-based undergraduate programme in Savanna/Fynbos ecology, run in partnership with the Universities of Cape Town (UCT) and Witwatersrand (WITS) and South African National Parks. This course, based in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, accepts students from both South Africa and the USA. We are seeking to fill the post in January 2017. It is a five-year grant-funded contract with probation, and contracts are renewable based on performance. The successful applicant will work closely with other staff and the Programme Director [...]

ecoSERVICES, a research project of Future Earth, is committed to co-designing a research agenda aimed at deepening our understanding of the governance of ecosystem services. ecoServices aims to bring together the variety of voices present in the global ecosystem services knowledge community in order to shape governance research in this area. In order to achieve this, a short 5-minute survey has been developed that asks participants to identify, based on their own experience, what they feel are the 3 most compelling research questions related to the governance of ecosystem services. To participate in this important survey, please follow this link. The survey [...]

About Cirrus: Cirrus is a young consulting and research firm that advises governments and companies on climate change and the management of natural resources. The firm specialises in the land-use aspects of global change, providing advice on climate change mitigation and adaptation measures as well as on the science and governance of ecosystem services more broadly. Our strength lies in our robust analytical skills and willingness to tackle the multidisciplinary analyses that characterise the global-change domain. With a passion for ecology and economics, our intention is to provide key decision-makers [...]

The preparations for the fourth triennial Resilience conference “Resilience 2017 – Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability” in Stockholm, 21-23 August 2017, are well under way, and the call for sessions is now open at resilience2017.org To keep up to speed on conference updates such as registration, sessions and abstracts please visit the conference website and follow the conference Twitter account @ResilienceSTHLM. The monthly Stockholm Resilience Centre newsletter will also provide updates (subscribe). If you have any questions about Resilience 2017, please don’t hesitate to send an e-mail to resilience2017@src.su.se  

Assistant or Associate Professor of Social Ecological Systems Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis Title: Assistant or Associate Professor of Social-Ecological Systems. The Department of Environmental Science and Policy in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis is recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor Social-Ecological Systems with a preferred emphasis in governance and quantitative approaches including but not limited to network analysis, mathematical models, computational models, and empirical research. The candidate will be part of a cluster hire in a new Network [...]