[Ein Bild, das draußen, Himmel, Baum, Anwesen enthält. Automatisch generierte Beschreibung]The Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the University of Göttingen is seeking to fill a permanent professorship with civil servant status (grade W3 NBesO) at the earliest possible date:
W3 Professorship in Forest policy and land-use governance (f/m/d)
The professorship represents the field of forest policy in its entire breadth with a strong focus on land-use governance in research and teaching. Research should focus on the analysis of international and national forest and land use policies, their processes and strategies, and their mutual interdependencies. Ideally, the professorship thus contributes to the development of political solution strategies for the protection of forests and sustainable land use. The professorship is expected to establish close collaborations with other departments of the faculty and the university and to actively participate in existing research projects and the establishment of new ones. The professorship shall substantially strengthen the faculty foci on "Sustainable Forestry and Global Change" and "Utilization of Forests and Forest Products". Methodologically, the focus should be on empirical social science approaches. We are looking for a team player and dedicated person with demonstrated expertise in policy field analysis of international and national forestry, analysis of international land use-related governance systems and processes, trans-sectoral forest-related policy analysis of nature conservation, climate change mitigation, or regional development, and analysis of forest-related development cooperation.
The position entails the following teaching responsibilities: Subject-specific contributions in the bachelor and master programs of the faculty, especially in the master specializations "Forest Conservation", "Tropical and International Forestry" and "Forest Operation and Utilization". Due to the international profile of the professorship and the students, some of the courses are to be held in English and German. It is expected that the professorship will actively participate in the further internationalization of the courses offered. The university emphasizes research-oriented teaching.
Closing date: 26 October 2023
Further details: https://uni-goettingen.de/en/677529.html
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Dear Colleagues,
The Institute for Environment & Sustainability (IES) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore is hiring!
Please see advertisement below for the Outreach and Communication Manager position at The Institute for Environment & Sustainability, National University of Singapore.
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) is focused on generating fit-for-purpose policy solutions for acute sustainability challenges in Southeast Asia, and beyond.
Our mission to generate novel fit-for-purpose policy solutions for Southeast Asia's most pressing environmental and sustainability challenges. Our vision is to accelerate knowledge critical for advancing sustainability goals championed by governments, the private sector and non-governmental organizations. We do so by conducting research, analysis, dialogues and training aimed at enhancing policy design capacity building – a critical but often overlooked component for those seeking to advance sustainability transitions. Drawing on our historical success in generating novel policy design options for water policy and governance, we expanding to focus attention on critical substantive issues denoted by climate and energy, biodiversity and land use, and sustainable livelihoods.
As part of these efforts, we are seeking to hire an Outreach and Communication Manager as part of the growing team at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
The position will be a 2-year contract, renewable subject to good performance.
Job Description
The successful applicant will support IES’s leadership in building Southeast Asia’s leading environmental and sustainability policy think tank, housed within the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. The role holder will assist in the identification and development of innovative and collaborative philanthropic and partnership opportunities with corporate donors, foundations, governments, and other partners. He/she will provide support and capacity building to develop new partnership models, retain and grow relationships with existing partners, actively track and analyse country and regional pipelines and portfolios, and ensure the use of well-coordinated and competitive proposal management processes. As part of outreach and engagement efforts, he/she will be responsible for external communication including quarterly IES newsletter updating IES website.
In addition, the role will include managing internal organisational efforts within LKYSPP & NUS generally as well as external stakeholder engagement with Singaporean, ASEAN, and global government officials, non-governmental, business, and philanthropic organizations. The role also includes proposals for funding, and conference participation.
The position will require strong skills in administrative and programmatic management, as well as stakeholder engagement and an exceptional degree of organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
● Proactively research, identify, and develop opportunities within new and existing donors, NGOs, and multi-stakeholders.
● Enhance partnership and ensure it strategically fits the needs and priorities of each partner.
● Prepares all necessary groundwork for multi-country or multi-regional proposal development and management, assembles proposal teams for multi-country opportunities, provides effective proposal management at the regional level, and undertakes quality assurance of proposals to ensure high-quality competitive proposals in order to successfully secure business partners' funds at scale.
● Administer grant management.
● Help produce high-quality, compelling, and accurate materials to engage donors, including concept notes, specific thematic work overviews, and full proposals.
● Effectively collaborate and coordinate with teams within IES and across LKYSPP and the University.
● Attend external meetings with potential business and philanthropic partners, as needed, supporting design workshops and leading key internal stakeholders through early conversations.
● Track all donor prospects and ensure follow-through is timely and appropriate.
● Support small fundraising and cultivation events.
● Support assuring coherence in the multitude of tasks that staff and faculty are undertaking.
● Understand and effectively report to the Director on thematic/program gaps, co-financing gaps, and operational sustainability gaps.
● Support meaningful engagement in our external training-building efforts, affiliated faculty, and partners.
● For IES quarterly newsletter: Develop a template, set a schedule, create contents, blast the letter, and manage the list of recipients.
● Manage and update the IES webpage contents
Qualifications
● BA/MA in one of the social or policy sciences, communications, and business
● Knowledge of environmental and sustainability changes relevant to Singapore and ASEAN
● Familiarity with the local (Singapore) and international ecosystem of funding (including grant and philanthropic funding) opportunities.
● Strong ability to help administer grant proposals for competitive and non-competitive grant types.
● Strong interpersonal and persuasive communication ability
● Ability to confidently take the lead in the institute’s grant management, stakeholder liaison and outreach.
● Demonstration of a high level of creativity, sense of initiative, and enthusiasm in taking on new projects and seeing them to completion
● Support in the institute’s conference/events management
● Methodical and organized, with an eye for detail.
● A good team player
● Experience working with stakeholders and grant writing are desirable.
Application Procedure
Please include the following documents in the application:
● One-page cover letter, including a brief statement of relevant experience, and description of skills as specified above
● Curriculum vitae
● Details of two referees who can comment on the applicant’s academic abilities and outreach experience.
Please apply to:
https://careers.nus.edu.sg/NUS/job/LKYSPP-Manager-%28Outreach-and-Engagemen…
Best Wishes
May CHEONG :: Assistant Senior Manager :: Institute for Environment & Sustainability :: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy :: National University of Singapore :: Level 2, Wing A, Oei Tiong Ham Building, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772 :: +65 6516 2083 (DID) :: may(a)nus.edu.sg<mailto:may@nus.edu.sg> (E) :: http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ies/ (W) :: Company Registration No: 200604346E
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Dear All,
The Institute for Environment & Sustainability (IES) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore is hiring!
Please see advertisement below for the Research Fellow/Postdoc positions at The Institute for Environment & Sustainability, National University of Singapore.
Research Fellow/Postdoc Fellow
The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) at the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy has openings for exciting, cutting edge, and problem focused post-doctoral/research fellow positions in public policy and/or global affairs. We are looking for candidates whose research focuses on specific topics such as climate change, biodiversity, sustainable livelihoods, water and oceans, and who are familiar with sociological, historical, and rational choice institutionalism, path dependency analysis, policy mixes, and policy design. We are also seeking candidates who are experts in with global and transnational environmental governance intuitions and processes, including policy innovations. Successful applicants will contribute to IES mission to advance "fit for purpose policy analysis", and its emphasis on policy design capacity building and policy learning.
Successful applicants will contribute to IES' burgeoning Climate Policy Design Lab and/or its Center for Water Policy The candidate will lead policy-relevant research projects, take responsibility for project and grant management, and contribute to stakeholder liaison and outreach of the Institute.. All candidates should have a strong willingness to contribute to IES's mission and to engage with new topics and research tools.
Those seeking further information to assess their potential for this position, are welcome to contact co-Deputy Director, Maki Nakajima (sppmn(a)nus.edu.sg<mailto:sppmn@nus.edu.sg>). Please send your CV to express your interest.
Responsibilities:
* Design, implement and lead research projects under IES's various research programmes.
* Prepare high quality research papers on topics related to IES's core research themes suitable for publication in high-tier academic journals.
* Contribute to grant and institute-level reporting requirements and funding proposals/applications.
* Provide support for IES's events and outreach activities.
* Engage with policy and research communities in Singapore, Asia, and around the world.
* As environmental problem solving requires integrating a diversity of knowledge and research, we welcome applicants who specialize in either qualitative or quantitative analysis.
Requirements
* PhD in Social Science, Economics, Environmental Economics, Public Policy, or a related field.
* Excellent quantitative analytical skills with knowledge of econometrics.
* Proficiency in statistical software such as STATA and R.
* Experience in managing research projects, writing project reports, and conducting survey/focus groups.
* Preference for those with good and relevant publication records / working papers.
* Excellent verbal and written English.
* Good time management skills and ability to multi-task effectively.
Best Wishes
May CHEONG :: Assistant Senior Manager :: Institute for Environment & Sustainability :: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy :: National University of Singapore :: Level 2, Wing A, Oei Tiong Ham Building, 469C Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259772 :: +65 6516 2083 (DID) :: may(a)nus.edu.sg<mailto:may@nus.edu.sg> (E) :: http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ies/ (W) :: Company Registration No: 200604346E
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Dear Colleagues:
Please see advertisement below for The Post doc/research fellow positions @ the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability, National University of Singapore
Research Fellow/Postdoc Fellow
The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)<https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/er2wefpgaq6l99srrqf5u/V5MLedits-IES-DL-Broch…> at the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy has openings for exciting, cutting-edge, and problem-focused postdoctoral/research fellow positions in public policy and/or global environmental governance. We are looking for candidates whose research focuses on specific topics such as climate change, biodiversity, sustainable livelihoods, water and oceans, and who are familiar with sociological, historical, and rational choice institutionalism, path dependency analysis, policy mixes, and policy design. We are also seeking candidates who are experts in global and transnational environmental governance intuitions and processes, including policy innovations. Successful applicants will contribute to IES mission to advance “fit for purpose policy analysis”, and its emphasis on policy design capacity building and policy learning.
Successful applicants will contribute to IES’ burgeoning Climate Policy Design Lab (CPDL) and/or its Center for Water Policy (CWP). The candidate will lead policy-relevant research projects, take responsibility for project and grant management, and contribute to stakeholder liaison and outreach of the Institute. All candidates should have a strong willingness to contribute to IES’s mission and to engage with new topics and research tools.
Those seeking further information to assess their potential for this position, are welcome to contact Dr. Sebastian Sewerin at sppv1559(a)partner.nus.edu.sg<mailto:sppv1559@partner.nus.edu.sg> Please send your CV to express your interest.
Responsibilities:
· Design, implement, and lead research projects under IES’s various research programmes
· Prepare high-quality research papers on topics related to IES’s core research themes suitable for publication in high-tier academic journals
· Contribute to grant and institute-level reporting requirements and funding proposals/applications
· Provide support for IES’s events and outreach activities
· Engage with policy and research communities in Singapore, Asia, and around the world
· As problem focused environment and sustainability analysis requires integrating a diversity of knowledge and research, we welcome applicants who specialize in either qualitative or quantitative methods.
Requirements
* Ph.D. in Public Policy, Political Science, Global Affairs, Environmental Policy, or a related field.
* Excellent analytical skills with knowledge of anticipatory policy design and practice, including path dependency analysis
* Preference for those with good and relevant publication records/working papers
* Excellent verbal and written English
* Good time management skills and ability to multi-task effectively
Ben Cashore
Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management<https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/faculty/benjamin-william-cashore>
Director, the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)<https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ies/>
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
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Recent publications
2023 winner, with Sewerin and Howlett, Ken Young Prize for best article in 2021 volume of Policy and Politics<https://policyandpoliticsblog.com/2023/03/28/policy-politics-announces-the-…> for “New pathways to paradigm change in public policy: combining insights from policy design, mix and feedback<https://doi.org/10.1332/030557321X16528864819376>” Policy and Politics June 23, pp 1-18
2023 Timo Busch, Michael L. Barnett, Roger Burritt, Benjamin Cashore, Edward Freeman, Irene Henriques, Bryan W. Husted, Rajat Panwar, Jonatan Pinkse, Stefan Schaltegger (corresponding author), & Jeff York, “Moving beyond ‘the’ business case: How to make corporate sustainability work”<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bse.3514>, Business Strategy and the Environment, July 31st
2023 Altaf Virani, Azad Singh Bali, Benjamin Cashore, Michael Howlett, M Ramesh, “The design roots of policy problems: Unpacking the role of procedural tools in design fitness and resilience<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/padm.12924>” Public Administration, March
Contact information: Block 469C Bukit Timah Road, Oei Tiong Ham Building, Wing A, Level 2, 259772, Singapore, 259772; tel +65 6516 6195;
Email: sppbwc(a)nus.edu.sg<mailto:sppbwc@nus.edu.sg> ; Overview video<https://youtu.be/DPSmWLQ3LVo>; Web site<http://:%20https:/lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/faculty/benjamin-william-cashore;>; Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DkfzcnwAAAAJ&hl=en>; twitter<https://twitter.com/bencashore>; linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-cashore-0a8785/>; Personal zoom office<https://nus-sg.zoom.us/my/bcfrombc?pwd=TTUwU2V1QWhPc2Z2MDB3OE9GRjhOUT09>
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To, IUFRO DIV 6* UNIT COORDINATORS of* Research Groups and Working Parties
Dear Everyone, hello.
Hope you all are doing well. This email is a communication we received from
the IUFRO Headquarters regarding the relaunch of the IUFRO website.
I am *forwarding **the message below and the attached form that each
Research Groups and Working Parties Coordinator in our Division need to
complete by 4th September**. *I will do the same for our own Division
webpage, you can also share your thoughts for the same with me before the
end of August.
Do not hesitate to contact me or Brigitte Burger for any clarification or
further information.
Thank you and kind regards
Purabi Bose
IUFRO Division 6 Coordinator
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Dear Unit Coordinator:
I hope this message finds you well!
You will know that IUFRO Headquarters is currently working on the relaunch
of the IUFRO website and databases. Content already available on your
Unit's webpages will be exported into the new system. In order to not move
any outdated or irrelevant information into the new site, you are kindly
requested to check your Unit webpages (mostly the About section and the
pages 'Activities and events' and 'Publications and references') to see
whether any information should be revised and/or deleted. For a list of
units and relevant links please see https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/
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Attached is a form with detailed instructions where you can insert the
revised texts that you wish to appear on the new IUFRO website. Please *return
the completed form* to Brigitte Burger, burger(a)iufro.org, *by 4 September*.
Should you have any questions, please also contact Brigitte.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Best regards
Alexander
Alexander Buck
*Executive Director*
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Marxergasse 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-877 0151
Website: https://www.iufro.org * Email: buck(a)iufro.org
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Online Symposium: "Fuelwood in the tropics: From cooking stoves to deforestation". 11 Aug 2023
The International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) and the International Forestry Working Group of the Society of American Foresters (IFWG-SAF) are offering the first session of an online symposium "Fuelwood in the tropics: From cooking stoves to deforestation" on Friday 11 August 2023 at 10 EDT – 12 EDT (New York City Local Time | UTC – 4). Information at https://tropicalforesters.org/online-symposium-fuelwood-in-the-tropics-from… Find your time zone at https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. A second session will be held later in 2023. Register for the session at https://forms.gle/ShzgkTJQjWwqbRJq9
Symposium schedule:
a. Introduction to the symposium series. Sheila Ward, ISTF (2 min)
b. Intro to speakers and topic. Puneet Dwivedi, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, USA & IFWG-SAF (5 min)
c. Assessing health and climate impacts of woodfuels and other household energy options. Rob Bailis, Stockholm Environment Institute US (SEI-US), United State (15 min)
d. Balancing livelihood provision and forest preservation: Charcoal Production in the Miombo areas of Zambia. Moses Kazungu, Social Sciences in Landscape Research Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland (15 min))
e. New estimates of non-renewable biomass in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2010-2050. Adrian Ghilardi, Environmental Geography Research Center at UNAM, Mexico (15 min)
f. Unpacking the Complex Socio-Ecological Relationships Between Household Energy and Forests. Hisham Zerriffi, Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada (15 min)
g. Summary comments. Puneet Dwivedi (IFWG-SAF) (5 min)
h. Open Discussion (Moderators Dwivedi / Ward – 45 min)
The symposium videos will also be posted on the ISTF YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64ds-AZiXfNPtJ-gX4Jw1w
SPEAKERS
[cid:ii_lkohnmv40] Rob Bailis, Senior scientist at the Stockholm Environment Institute US (SEI-US), United States
Rob is a senior scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-US). His research focuses on the relationships between energy, social welfare, and environmental change in developing countries. Rob’s current research focuses mainly on biomass energy, ranging from traditional energy carriers like wood and charcoal to advanced liquid biofuels. Rob is also interested in social impact assessment and life-cycle approaches to help understand the implications of increased reliance on non-traditional forms of bioenergy. Rob has a B.S. in physics from Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley.
Assessing health and climate impacts of woodfuels and other household energy options, Rob Bailis
Over two billion people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) rely on biomass fuels like wood and charcoal to meet their basic needs. Small-scale biomass burning results in pollution that damages health and drives climate change. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and grid-based electricity are scalable alternatives to biomass but have also raised climate and health concerns. In this presentation, we review the sources of emissions from common household fuels and discuss some recent assessments of health and climate impacts of business-as-usual (BAU) and alternative household energy pathways. We find full transitions to LPG and/or electricity decrease emissions and result in slight global temperature reductions. Shifting from biomass to alternative fuels would also reduce health risks. We close by discussing policy implications and examine some incentives that could accelerate a clean cooking transition.
[cid:ii_lkoho0p31] Adrian Ghilardi, Associate Professor at the Environmental Geography Research Center at UNAM, Mexico
Adrian Ghilardi is an Associate Professor at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). He is interested in the environmental impacts of fuelwood extraction and charcoal production under traditional patterns. He designed and maintains the MoFuSS tool: www.mofuss.unam.mx<http://www.mofuss.unam.mx>. Currently, Adrian's main research interest is to find ways to validate non-renewable biomass estimates produced at the landscape level by MoFuSS, in several woodfuel hot spots across Central America, sub-Saharan Africa, and India. Prior to joining the UNAM Faculty, Adrian was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. from UNAM in Natural Resource Management.
New estimates of non-renewable biomass in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2010-2050, Adrian Ghilardi
Clean cooking projects around the world rely heavily on carbon savings credits that are estimated under the assumption that a reduced consumption of woodfuels will result in fewer net CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. Even though this logic is correct, quantifying how much net CO2 is emitted by traditional cooking is difficult, in part due to the wide variation in space and time in how the vegetation responds to woody biomass harvest. To help clean cooking projects estimate the sustainability of woodfuel harvest (namely the fraction of non-renewable biomass or fNRB) in both a Business-as-Usual and intervention scenarios, we developed MoFuSS: a methodology that integrates many of the complexities associated with woody biomass harvest patterns and natural regrowth. We will present new estimates of non-renewable biomass in Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2010–2050, with emphasis on the policy implications of these results.
[cid:ii_lkohoia72]Moses Kazungu, Environmental Social Economist, Social Sciences in Landscape Research Group, Research Unit Economics and Social Sciences, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
Moses Kazungu, PhD, is an Environmental Social Economist specializing in forest economics. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Technical University of Munich, where his research focused on rural household forest use, behaviours, and their connection to deforestation and forest degradation in the Miombo areas of Zambia. Dr. Kazungu is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forests, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Birmensdorf, Switzerland. His current research interests revolve around understanding public preferences for forest ecosystems and assessing the impacts of forest restoration approaches on perceived forest ecosystem benefits in Europe.
Balancing livelihood provision and forest preservation: Charcoal Production in the Miombo areas of Zambia, Moses Kazungu (With Eliza Zhunusova, Anastasia Lucy Yang, Gillian Kabwe, Davison J. Gumbo, Sven Günter)
Forests are vital for rural communities in tropical areas, including Zambia, where they cover over 60% of the land, providing income opportunities and ecosystem services. In Zambia's Miombo areas, forests are the primary source of fuelwood. However, limited research on forest use strategies hampers effective rural livelihood improvement and forest preservation policies.
Our study focused on four landscapes in Zambia's Copperbelt province, including restricted and non-forest areas. We surveyed 412 households between 2017–2018 and used multinomial logistic regression to determine the factors affecting forest use choices. Charcoal production varied: 4.03 m3/year/AEU (447.29 kg/year) in restricted landscapes and 2.43 m3/year/AEU (269.51 kg/year) in non-restricted areas. Forest strategies included specialised charcoal sellers, forest food and charcoal sellers, and pure subsistence users. Age, household size, off-farm income, distances, and restrictions influenced charcoal households. Findings emphasize the importance of understanding household forest use strategies to inform targeted policy designs for rural livelihoods.
[cid:ii_lkohouuj3]Hisham Zerriffi, Associate Professor in Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada
Hisham Zerriffi is an Associate Professor in Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Hisham’s research is at the intersection of technology, energy and the environment, with a particular focus on rural areas of the developing world. Much of his research focuses on institutional factors impacting the diffusion of new technology, determinants and patterns of household energy choice and welfare implications of rural energy use. Prior to joining the UBC Faculty, Hisham was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in Engineering and Public Policy.
Unpacking the Complex Socio-Ecological Relationships Between Household Energy and Forests, Hisham Zerriffi
Studies of the environmental consequences of household fuelwood use has largely focused on the net carbon impacts of wood harvesting. This forms the basis of many carbon crediting programs that fund clean cookstove interventions. However, in addition to these global implications of woodfuel use, there are also local socio-ecological dynamics related to household fuelwood usage. This presentation will review a selection of studies addressing this relationship. This includes studies on the spatial aspects of village-level fuelwood collection, changes in farm vs. forest fuelwood collection in response to cookstove interventions and revealed vs. stated preferences for specific wood species for household energy. Together these studies show a complex set of relationships between household energy choices and local biomass resources. A better understanding of this relationship is needed to understand drivers and constraints of household energy choices for moving to cleaner cooking fuels and the potential environmental consequences of household energy transitions.
From: Hager, Marcella <marcella.hager(a)yale.edu<mailto:marcella.hager@yale.edu>>
Sent: Dienstag, 11. Juli 2023 22:40
Subject: Announcing the 2023 Yale Hixon Center Urban Conference
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We invite you to the 2023 Hixon Center Urban Conference
“Urban Forests: Solutions for a Changing Climate<https://hixon.yale.edu/events/conference/hixon-center-urban-conference-3>”
Date: Friday, September 15, 2023
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. EDT
Location: Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511
Virtual and in-person registration is free. In-person attendance includes CEUs, continental breakfast, lunch and closing reception. In-person registration is limited, so register as soon as possible.
Learn more and register<https://hixon.yale.edu/events/conference/hixon-center-urban-conference-3>
The 10th annual Hixon Center Urban Conference is jointly convened by the Hixon Center for Urban Ecology and the USDA Forest Service, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Natural Areas Conservancy.
The conference will be held in a hybrid format: streamed online and with limited in-person attendance at the Yale School of the Environment. It will be recorded and available for later viewing.
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Marcella L. Hager, MEM’23
Fulbright Scholar
Post Graduate Associate – Hixon Center for Urban Ecology
Yale School of the Environment
environment.yale.edu <https://environment.yale.edu/>
