Biodiversity, Agriculture, science-policy interface, Adaptation, Scales

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.
events

IUFRO 2013 Joint Conference - Future Directions of Small-scale and Community-based Forestry

Date: 
08/09/2013
Excerpt: 
The organisers of the "IUFRO 2013 Joint Conference - Future Directions of Small-scale and Community-based Forestry" are now calling for papers. The event is a joint conference of IUFRO 3.08 Research Group "Small-scale Forestry" and the IUFRO 6.08 Research Group "Gender and Forestry", which will take place from 8-12 September, 2013.
events

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.
funding

HIGRADE Course "Science-Policy Interfaces"

Date: 
03/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The UFZ Leipzig Graduate School offers a HIGRADE Advanced Course on matters related to science policy interfaces and transdisciplinarity.

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.
funding

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. ...
training

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. ...

Special Symposium on Nature, Science, and Politics, or: Policy Assessment to Promote Sustainable Development

Date: 
29/03/2013
Excerpt: 
This special symposium explores how the construction and utilization of scientific knowledge in policy making and its impact in the policy process itself can be better understood. ...
publications

Farm Type Effects of an EU-wide Direct Payment Harmonisation

Date: 
27/03/2013
Excerpt: 
In this study, the authors analyse how three scenarios involving different levels of harmonisation of common agricultural policy (CAP) decoupled payments in the EU affect the distribution of farm income across regions and farm types. They use the farm type extension of the common agricultural policy impact (CAPRI) model. ...
publications