NEWS

Living Lands invite applicants to fulfil the role of Project Manager/ Landscape Mobiliser in the Langkloof for Living Lands for an initial period of 12 months, with the possibility of extending the contract to a permanent position. Reference: LLA52016 Job title: Landscape Mobiliser / Project Manager Location: Langkloof, Eastern Cape Duration: 12 months, with the possibility of a permanent position Hours: Usually 8am-5pm   Living Lands – The Organization The vision of Living Lands involves ‘collaborations working on living landscapes’*, which represents the connection amongst stakeholders and the undertaking of [...]

Terms of Reference – Bioregional integration officer: wildlife economy Full-time Contract: 2 ½ years R382 897 per annum (Full cost to company) Closing date: 10 August 2016 Purpose To integrate and support the implementation of local and bioregional programmes within the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere, contributing to the wildlife economy and natural resource programme outcomes and community empowerment strategies. Key performance areas 1. Develop a framework for bioregional programme integration and support to wildlife economy and natural resource implementation priorities; 2. Coordinate the K2C Research forum and participate in the [...]

Closing date: 24 August 2016. Project description and main responsibilities We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to form part of the secretariat of the new EAT-Lancet commission on Health Diets from Sustainable Food Systems, placed at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. EAT (www.eatforum.org) is a global multi-stakeholder platform and international consortium advancing knowledge and solutions for healthy and sustainable food systems through dialogue and action between science, policy and business. The Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is an international research center, by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University, that advances sustainability [...]

Project overview and responsibilities A PhD in the field of rangeland rehabilitation is being offered by the Department of Environmental Science at Rhodes University, as part of a Global Environment Facility funded sustainable land management project in South Africa (GEF5-SLM). The PhD involves researching and assisting with the implementation of best practices in rangeland rehabilitation in degraded communal-rural rangelands in the Eastern Cape and possibly abroad. The research forms part of the broader GEF5-SLM project being implemented at three main sites in South Africa: Macubeni and the Baviaanskloof in the Eastern [...]

Faculty: AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University Department or Division: Dean’s division – Food Systems Short description of Department’s / Division’s activities: The role of private companies and other non-state actors is of growing importance in food security and land use issues in southern Africa. These include major ‘up-stream’ and ‘down-stream’ actors in the food system, including those engaged in agricultural inputs, food processing, marketing, intraregional trading, a range of nongovernmental organisations and the food aid sectors. Their decisions ultimately strongly influence land use, and the concomitant impacts on soils, water, carbon sequestration [...]