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Call for Session and Workshop Proposals now open!
Join us for the World Biodiversity Forum 2020 and explore the future of biodiversity.
The inaugural World Biodiversity Forum will bring together leading researchers, early career researchers, practitioners, representatives from different sectors, decision-makers and societal actors to have a conversation on the kind of future we want (and/or do not want) for biodiversity.
The Forum will provide a platform for exchange, covering a wide range of perspectives, and capturing a diversity of visions. With this, it aims to redefine and set the agenda for biodiversity as a focal point over the next 10 years.
For more information on the World Biodiversity Forum, visit <https://earth.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=83737e89672c15e26eb9c2e1f&…> www.worldbiodiversityforum.org
or contact <mailto:info@worldbiodiversityforum.org?subject=WBF%20-%20enquiry%20and%20request%20for%20information> info(a)worldbiodiversityforum.org or <mailto:biodiscovery@futureearth.org?subject=WBF%20-%20enquiry%20and%20request%20for%20information> biodiscovery(a)futureearth.org
Contributions to the Forum should
* Highlight the importance and benefits of biodiversity for human wellbeing, and the value of biodiversity research for society
* Highlight the responsibility and accountability of the different sectors and societal actors in regard to the conservation of biodiversity
* Identify what is needed to successfully implement/use current knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem function.
* Identify best practices for generation of products and services for different sectors and societal actors, including corporations.
Proposed sessions should cut across disciplines, cover a diversity of perspectives and visions and address current topics in novel ways.
We accept proposals for thematic sessions and interactive workshops.
Deadline for submissions is 21 July 2019.
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Thematic Sessions
Sessions provide the platform to discuss topics of interest in an in-depth manner. The proposed sessions can take different forms, from the traditional scientific sessions with one key note and 4 - 6 additional talks, 4 - 6 talks leading to an in-depth discussion of a specific topic, or a panel or round table discussion involving 4 - 6 invited participants.
We encourage session proposals that examine the value of biodiversity for different sectors and the existing/envisaged commitments of sectors, societal actors and policy to implement measures that protect and conserve biodiversity, and lead to e.g. special issues in journals, journal articles, white papers, policy briefs, and more.
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Workshops
Workshops are interactive sessions and build on active participation of the audience. They foster networking, facilitate interaction and contribute to skills development. Workshops can be conceived as training workshops, or as workshops to prepare e.g. a joint publication or a series of meetings around a specific topic.
We do have slots available for
* 1-day workshops (preceding the conference, limited slots available)
* 4-hour workshops (morning or afternoon)
* 2- hour workshops (morning or afternoon)
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We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Cornelia Krug,
on behalf of the Scientific Organisation Committee of the World Biodiversity Forum
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IUFRO World Congress - Preliminary Event Schedule Available
XXV IUFRO World Congress
"Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development"
Curitiba, Brazil: 29 September - 5 October 2019
<https://iufro2019.com/> https://iufro2019.com/
The <https://twitter.com/hashtag/IUFRO2019?src=hash> #IUFRO2019 CSC has
just released the preliminary event schedule. - Check out all the activities
and start planning!
Keep an eye out: soon the keynote speakers and the schedule of the technical
sessions will be announced!
And remember: 31 May is Early Bird Deadline.
Visit: <https://t.co/xCTZ5gfmGY> http://iufro2019.com/overview/
FYI
Open post-doc/ingeneer Research Scientist position
Spatial analyst on geospatial global remote sensing time series
1year position within the European Space Agency FIRE CCI projet
Context : FIRE CCI is the climate change initiative project from the European Space Agency launched in 2010. LSCE has been involved in the global Burned Area product task FIRE CCI since the early stage of Phase 1, and, as part of the climate assessment group, evaluated the benefits of new BA products in the DGVM ORCHIDEE and developped a new approach based on fire patch morphology dervied from the finest resolution of the product. Generating burnt patches from pixel level information requires the processing of time series of burn date maps developped by the consortium, to aggregate pixel into patches and characterise the morphological of each fire patch (more than 8million Patches globally over the entire period). All these advances were published in Laurent et al. 2018 (Nature Scientific Data) for the global database and Laurent et al. 2019 (Biogeosciences) for a global assessment of fire spread processes.
Objectives of the Post doc :
FIRE CCI phase 3 is now launched for the period 2019-2021 with the goal of further assessment and use of Burned area products delivered in phase 2. The LSCE group is in charge of continuing the fire patch task initiated in Phase 2. Fire patch identification codes and patch morphology characterisation codes have been developped with R cran, respectively following a flood-fill algorithm (pixels aggregated according to neighboring burn dates) and landscape ecology tools for patch description. The increasing resolution of pixel resolution (from 500m for MCD64A1 MODIS data, to 250m FIRE_CCI51 and now 20m resolution for the FIRE_CCI small fire database in Africa from sentinel Sensor) now requires code optimisation and algorithm parallel programming for a more efficient processing time. The post doc will be in charge of adapting, improving and developping the previous codes (R cran and python for) in collaboration with P. Ciais (LSCE) and F. Mouillot (IRD Montpellier) to deliver new datasets based on FIRE CCI burnd area products, format final products with metadata information for data repository and data paper, and explore the benefits of fire shape information for global pyrogeography.
Required Skills :
The candidate will be fluent in writing and speaking english, with serious skills in big geospatial data processing, preferentially programming in R or other major languages, parallel programming and use of calculation clusters, and data quality checking. Geospatial analysis skills, image processing or landscape ecology knowledge are welcome for innovative approaches to develop in the project. Efficient writing skills in scientific papers is mandatory as author or contributor to common papers.
Candidate could be based in LSCE (gif/yvette, France) or CEFE Montpellier (with remote access to LSCE calculation facilities). Gross salary will be 2.600-2800€/month (before taxes).
Contact : philippe.ciais(a)lsce.ipsl.fr and florent.mouillot(a)ird.fr
Dear colleagues,
Apologies for cross-posting.
This is not forest landscape ecology but might be of interest to many of
you.
Best regards.
João
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Assunto: Forests under Climate Change – Knowledge Exchange between
Austria and Africa
Data: Tue, 28 May 2019 16:39:05 +0200
De: IUFRO Headquarters <office(a)iufro.org>
Responder-Para: Gerda Wolfrum, IUFRO Headquarters <wolfrum(a)iufro.org>
Organização: IUFRO
Para: Dear IUFRO Officeholder <jazevedo(a)ipb.pt>
<http://www.iufro.org/> *
International Union
of Forest Research
Organizations
*
Forests under Climate Change – Knowledge Exchange between Austria and
Africa
Forests under Climate Change – Knowledge Exchange between Austria
and Africa
PDF for download
<https://www.iufro.org/fileadmin/material/events/r20-aws-summit-2019/r20-aws…>
* Importance of forests and trees for climate protection highlighted
at R20 Austrian World Summit
* Special focus on Africa, where particularly high impacts of climate
change are expected
* New Austrian initiatives for promoting science cooperation and
networking with African partners towards greater sustainability
(Vienna, 28 May 2019) Forests are the largest terrestrial carbon store.
They can sustainably produce woody biomass to replace fossil fuels; and
solid wood products can substitute other energy intensive materials. In
addition to their crucial role in mitigating the worst impacts of
climate change, forests provide a multitude of ecosystem goods and
services that are vital to human well-being and to the protection of
biodiversity. Climate change, however, also severely threatens forests
and trees. It is adding to a range of other pressures on forest
ecosystems, such as population pressure and the increasing need for
agricultural land.
A breakout session at the R20 Austrian Climate Summit 2019 focuses
specifically on the role of forests in Africa, where many people are
highly dependent on forest goods and services and, consequently, most
vulnerable to climate change. The event is organized jointly by the
Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (BMNT), the
Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF),
and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO),
and takes place on 29 May at the University of Vienna. Three renowned
experts from Africa will talk with Austrian representatives from
government and research about the opportunities and challenges for
people and the environment related to forests, trees and forest products
in the face of climate change and about collaboration with Austrian
partners.
Maria Patek, Director-General for Forestry and Sustainability, Austrian
Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (BMNT), underlines
Austria's global responsibility for addressing climate change and the
sustainable management of forests, "Fostering cooperation on
forest-related matters and building strong networks is essential to our
approach. We believe that our strong focus on knowledge sharing,
capacity building and facilitating networks for exchange accelerates the
impact on the fight against climate change." This is why Austria also
hosts the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
With over 600 member organizations in 126 countries IUFRO is a network
that fosters science collaboration worldwide for underpinning sound
decisions on global sustainability challenges.
New instruments which Austria has developed in support of research
cooperation and networking between Austrian and African academic
institutions are pursuing the same goal on a broader scale.
"In addition to bilateral cooperation programs between Austria and
African countries such as South Africa, we are now also utilizing the
new global program for 'Development Research Cooperation', in which most
African countries can participate. Furthermore, in cooperation with the
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, and our
mobility agency OeAD GmbH, we will start to build up the
Austrian-African research network 'Africa-UniNet' later this year with
the aim to create a basis for long-term cooperation and dialogue", says
Barbara Weitgruber, Director General for Scientific Research and
International Relations of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education,
Science and Research (BMBWF).
All these initiatives share the common goal of contributing towards
overcoming challenges locally and globally and, thus, towards achieving
the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
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Stephanie Oberleitner (BMNT) stephanie.oberleitner(at)bmnt.gv.at
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Information:
https://www.iufro.org/events/other-major-events/r20-austrian-world-summit-2…
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A great opportunity for young scientists ! but the deadline is Friday April 26th at noon (Italian time, CET)
De : IALE 2019 Info [mailto:iale2019.info@unimib.it]
Envoyé : mardi 23 avril 2019 15:29
Objet : IALE 2019 | Financial support
Dear participant,
IALE offers € 20,000.00 as financial support for Foreign Scholars and Young Scientists as Travel Award support for attending the 10th IALE World Congress.
THE FASTEST IS THE WINNER!
The Call will open on Friday April 26th at noon (Italian time, CET)
For further information <http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/iale-2019-foreign-scholar-travel-award-suppor…> http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/iale-2019-foreign-scholar-travel-award-suppor…
Please remind your colleagues or coworkers interested in the Congress to register by April 30th to take advantage of the Early-bird fees!
<http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/registration/> http://www.iale2019.unimib.it/registration/
Presenters and first authors need to register as Early Bird to be included in the program.
Keep spreading the word to colleagues, coworkers and friends who might be interested in the 10th IALE World Congress and follow us on our social networks pages to be always in tune...
TWITTER <https://twitter.com/IALE_2019> @IALE_2019
FACEBOOK <https://www.facebook.com/iale2019/?ref=br_rs> IALE 2019
Best regards,
Luisa Bacchetta
IALE 2019 Secretary
10th IALE WORLD CONGRESS
July 1st – 5th, 2019
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca – DISAT
Piazza della Scienza 1, Milan (Italy)
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Dear colleagues and friends we have the pleasure to invite you to our session :
ID: B3
Semi natural forests and forest plantations: ecosystem services and trade-offs in the face of land use and climate change
Looking forward to see you at next Ecosystem Services Partnership ESP 10th World Conference
<https://www.es-partnership.org/esp-conferences/world-conference-2019/> https://www.es-partnership.org/esp-conferences/world-conference-2019/
Kindest regards,
Alessandro & Sandra
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Sandra S. Luque PhD, HDR
Chair IUFRO Division 8 - Forest Environment
Director of Research at IRSTEA
National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture
UMR TETIS Land, environment, remote sensing and spatial information
500 rue Jean-François Breton
34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
FI
De : International Association of Landscape Ecology List [mailto:USIALE-L@LISTSERV.URI.EDU] De la part de Byrd, Kristin
Envoyé : mercredi 6 mars 2019 00:52
À : USIALE-L(a)LISTSERV.URI.EDU
Objet : New USGS/NASA postdoc announcement on Hyperspectral Data Products for Ecosystem Science
We are excited to announce a new joint USGS/NASA postdoctoral research opportunity on "Hyperspectral Data Products for Ecosystem Science and Natural Resource Management." The postdoc will be based at our shared campus at Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA. The announcement and link to the USAJobs listing can be found here:
https://geography.wr.usgs.gov/InnovationCenter/fellowship.html
Deadline is April 29. Candidates should contact the Research Advisors listed in the announcement ASAP to express their interest in the fellowship, and to start the process of writing a Research Proposal.
Applicants can direct questions to kbyrd(a)usgs.gov <mailto:kbyrd@usgs.gov> .
Kristin Byrd, Ph.D.
Research Physical Scientist
USGS, Menlo Park, CA
FI
De : International Association of Landscape Ecology List [mailto:USIALE-L@LISTSERV.URI.EDU] De la part de Amy Iler
Envoyé : mardi 5 mars 2019 17:23
À : USIALE-L(a)LISTSERV.URI.EDU
Objet : Landscape Ecology position
Title: Conservation Scientist (2 positions)
About us: The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plant Science and Conservation program is a global leader in plant-based research, education, and engagement to sustain and enrich life. The Garden’s mission is grounded in the belief that caring for gardens and natural areas is fundamentally important to the well-being of everyone. We strive to make the Garden and all its programs available and accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. We value diversity in all its forms and at every level of our organization – board, staff, volunteers, and vendors. Through the diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experience, the Garden is more effectively able to create extraordinary and welcoming experiences for our increasingly diverse audiences. We are committed to ensuring a sense of belonging to every individual we encounter, regardless of age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, intellectual ability, or economic status.
Position Overview: We seek to hire two conservation scientists at the assistant scientist rank in our Plant Biology and Conservation Department ( <https://www.chicagobotanic.org/research> https://www.chicagobotanic.org/research) We are particularly interested in applicants with expertise in one or more of the following: Landscape Ecology, Restoration Ecology, and Ecophysiology, but other conservation disciplines will be considered. Candidates who focus on wetland or aquatic systems, or seed-based questions are especially encouraged to apply. In addition to conducting research, both positions will serve as faculty in our joint Plant Biology and Conservation graduate program with Northwestern University, and undertake outreach and service activities. These are full time, career-track positions. The successful candidates will join a group of enthusiastic scientists focused on addressing key conservation challenges. Start dates are flexible.
Responsibilities:
1. RESEARCH: Conduct research that has conservation or restoration implications. Successfully obtain funding for research. Disseminate results through scientific publications and broader communication venues to policy makers, land managers, and the public.
2. TRAINING: Mentor students from diverse backgrounds at a variety of levels from high school to Ph.D. This will include serving as advisor or committee member for graduate students in our Plant Biology and Conservation program with Northwestern University ( <https://www.plantbiology.northwestern.edu/> https://www.plantbiology.northwestern.edu/) supporting the Science Career Continuum College First mentoring program for high school students ( <https://www.chicagobotanic.org/collegefirst> https://www.chicagobotanic.org/collegefirst ), and working with undergraduate students from Northwestern University and in our NSF-REU Site program ( <https://pbcinternships.org/> https://pbcinternships.org/) over the summer. Teaching an upper level undergraduate or graduate level course at Northwestern University in the candidate’s area of expertise may be possible.
3. INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE: Contribute to Garden and departmental initiatives. These can include management of the REU intern program, managing seed or GIS labs, public-facing programs such as our Science Festival, or other Garden initiatives depending on candidate’s interest and aptitude.
4. OUTREACH: Contribute to outreach, citizen science, and other engagement activities. Help synthesize research, communicate science, and develop policy and land management recommendations. Work collaboratively with department faculty, and other Garden departments (Education, Horticulture, Communications, and Visitor Services). Develop collaborations with other regional conservation institutions and agencies.
Key Cooperative Relationships: Botanic Garden staff, students, and volunteers; scientific community; federal, state, and regional land managers; conservation, stewardship, and restoration groups; elected officials and other conservation stakeholders.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in ecology, botany, biology, or equivalent with appropriate experience. Strong quantitative skills; meta-analysis skills desired. Excellent communication skills. Commitment to seeing research results applied to conservation and restoration. Commitment to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. Teaching, mentoring, and project/grant management experience. Candidate’s research program should allow them to be in Chicago for most of the summer to mentor students.
To Apply: Please go to <https://www.chicagobotanic.org/jobs> https://www.chicagobotanic.org/jobs to apply. In addition to the Garden application materials, please submit a cover letter; cv; separate 1-2 page statements on research interests and their conservation or restoration implications, mentoring philosophy, and diversity and inclusion (e.g. a statement about your past contributions to diversity and anticipated contribution to our program); as well as contact information for three references. Review of applications begins April 5, 2019 and will continue until suitable candidates are hired. Contact Kayri Havens at <mailto:khavens@chicagobotanic.org> khavens(a)chicagobotanic.org with any questions.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, Chicago Botanic Garden does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs or activities, including in employment or admissions. Please call (847) 835-8264 to contact our Title IX Coordinator should you have questions or concerns.
