Biodiversity, Agriculture, impact assessment, dissemination, evaluation, Development aid, bioeconomics, Access and Benefit Sharing, agricultural economics

Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Balance Methods as Practice-applicable Tools for Environmental Impact Assessment and Farm Management Support (SOMpatic)

Date: 
20/11/2013
Excerpt: 
An international workshop on the evaluation of soil organic matter balance methods (SOM balances) will take place on 20-22 November, 2013 in Giessen, Germany.

Annual BIOECON Conference "Conservation and Development: Exploring Conflicts and Challenges"

Date: 
19/09/2013
Excerpt: 
The 15th Annual BIOECON Conference will be held at Kings College Cambridge, England on 19-20 September 2013. This year’s meeting is inviting attention to the relationship between biodiversity and land use management, population and food security.
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Training on Social Impact Assessment and Management

Date: 
19/06/2013
Excerpt: 
This course provides an overview of leading industry practice of SIA consistent with IAIA's International Principles for Social Impact Assessment. The course addresses current issues and topics that are relevant to the business of managing the social impacts of planned interventions.
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IMPACT Course on Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Date: 
17/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The International Health Impact Assessment Consortium (IMPACT) will be running its comprehensive HIA Training Course on 17 June, and again later in the year on 11 November, 2013.
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Senior Researcher Position in Agricultural Development

Date: 
15/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Halle (Saale), Germany is looking for a Senior Researcher or Post-Doc in Agricultural Development.
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Two Postdoctoral Researcher Positions in Agricultural Economics

Date: 
31/05/2013
Excerpt: 
Two Postdoctoral Researcher Positions in Agricultural / Development Economics (University of Göttingen). Both positions are available from August 2013 (exact timing somewhat flexible).
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33rd Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA): "The Next Generation"

Date: 
13/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The conference theme embraces the impact of current global change now and in the coming decades and how impact assessment (IA) itself will evolve as a result. The "next generation" refers to both a new generation of practitioners and new approaches to IA practice internationally to address issues of global concern. ...
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Post-doc in Ecomomic Valuation

Date: 
30/04/2013
Excerpt: 
The Department of Economics at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research offers a job as postdoctoral researcher in the field of economic valuation with respect to nature conservation, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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LIAISE Spring School 2013 on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment and Valuation Tools"

Date: 
15/04/2013
Excerpt: 
LIAISE invites applicants for the LIAISE Spring School which will be held in Edinburgh from 15–19 April, 2013 organised by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany. The focus of the LIAISE Spring School will be on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services and valuation methods. ...
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