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LIAISE Spring School 2013 on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services"
Date:
01/03/2013
Excerpt:
After the success of the first LIAISE Winter School, the next training event for researchers will be the LIAISE Spring School on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services". ... PhD Programme on "Biodiversity and Society"
Date:
03/06/2012
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The Georg-August-University in Göttingen is calling applications for 20 study places in the scope of the PhD program 'Biodiversity and Society' starting 1 October, 2012. The main objective of the program is to dicuss and explore the use and protection of biodiversity from a social science perspective. ... International Conference on Managing Protected Areas under Climate Change
Date:
24/09/2012
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The international conference on 'Managing Protected Areas under Climate Change will take place from 24-26 September, 2012. The event is addressing the management of protected areas with a special focus on adaptation management strategies, monitoring changes and flexible responses to future developments. ... 14th Annual BIOECON Conference, Resource Economics, Biodiversity Conservation and Development
Date:
18/09/2012
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The conference takes a broad interest in the area of resources, development and conservation, including but not limited to: plant genetic resources and food security issues, deforestation and development, fisheries and institutional adaptation, development and conservation, wildlife conservation and park pricing, and international trade. ... LIAISE Session at TEEB Conference "Mainstreaming the Economics of Nature: Challenges for Science and Implementation"
Date:
19/03/2012
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A LIAISE session, entitled "Integrating ecosystems and biodiversity in policy impact assessment" will be held at the TEEB Conference 2012, which will take place in Leizpig Germany, on 19-22 March, 2012. ...
Simulating Land Use Policies Targeted to Protect Biodiversity with the CLUE-Scanner Model
Date:
25/01/2012
Excerpt:
This chapter presents an integrated modeling approach for assessing land use changes and its effects on biodiversity. A modeling framework consisting of a macro-economic model, a land use change model, and biodiversity indicator models is described and illustrated with a scenario study for the European Union. ... Launch of “Planet Under Pressure” Policy Brief Series “U.N. Overhaul Required to Govern Planet’s Life Support System”
Date:
10/01/2012
Excerpt:
For the 2012 London Conference “Planet Under Pressure” a series of policy briefs has been prepared. They aim at providing policy-makers with access to the latest scientific research on sustainable development issues in the preparation process to Rio+20. The consortium of Planet Under Pressure has now released the first five of nine policy briefs. Post Doc Position for Economist on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Date:
07/12/2011
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The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) is looking for an economist to fill a two-year post doctoral position in the framework of a European project, based in Paris. The post doc will undertake research on market-based instruments in the field of ecosystem services and biodiversity. Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology
Date:
30/11/2012
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In Feburary 2012, the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg will host the Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, focusing on the
Islands in land- and seascape. The conference will run from 22-25 February, 2012 in Erlangen, Germany. ...
Research Post: Science-policy Interfaces for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research
Date:
31/10/2011
Excerpt:
The Department of Environmental Politics at UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, is involved in a multitude of activities, projects and networks at the national, European and international levels ranging from direct policy advice, the coordination of the TEEB process (TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity), to the establishment of new institutions.