Announcement:
In the framework of the Tropical managed Forest Observatory (TmFO), Cirad is offering a 6 months contract with possible extension of another 6 months, based in Montpellier
Job title
Researcher (PhD) in ecological modelling of tropical forests
Begining date Ending date
02/05/2022 01/11/2022
Job description
Since the early 1980s, Cirad and its partners set up experimental
forest plots for monitoring post-harvest tropical forest dynamics
in order to assess the effects of selective logging on the
reconstitution of timber stocks. Since 2026, these experimental
sites are part of an international network, the Tropical Managed
Forest Observatory (TmFO), coordinated by Cirad. Within this
network, forets dynamics data accumulated over more than thirty
years can be used to simulate post-harvest trajectories in
tropical forests as a function of logging intensity, and key
environmental variables (climate, soil, etc.).. For example , the
recovery of the biomass, timber stockand changes in biodiversity
were assessed assessed on the scale of the Amazon basin. The
results showed under the present 35-year logging cycle in force
in Brazilian Amazonia, the recovery of timber stock is less than
50%. This work in the Amazon region deserves to be extended to
other tropical rain forest regions for which the TmFO network has
data, in order to assess the conditions for the sustainability of
timber production on a pan-tropical scale. The TmFO network
provides all the conditions required to carry out this work in
terms of data availability (4 sites in Central Africa and 7 sites
in South East Asia, representing a total inventory of more than
400 ha). In order to carry out this study, it will first be
necessary to adapt the model used in Amazonia to the context of
other datasets in other continents (under a 6-month contract from
May 2022). The initial 6-month contract may be extended by the
same duration, depending on the preliminary results of this first
6-month period and the funding obtained in 2023.
To apply go to: https://recrutement.cirad.fr/job/job-researcher-phd-in-ecological-modelling-of-tropical-forests_5993.aspx?LCID=2057
-- Plinio Sist Cirad-ES, Directeur-Director UR Forêts et Sociétés Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) Coordinator IUFRO 1.02.00 Silviculture of tropical forests Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C-105/D 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France Tél : +33 4 67 59 39 13 Tel.Portable/Mobile Phone: +33 786 3289 46 http://ur-forets-societes.cirad.fr/