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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.

7th ECPR General Conference 2013 - Panel "The Governance of Unsustainability"

Date: 
04/09/2013
Excerpt: 
The organisers of the panel "The Governance of Unsustainability" to be held at the 7th ECPR General Conference 2013 from 4-7 September, 2013 are calling for papers. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 February, 2013.

10th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics on "Ecological Economics and Institutional Dynamics"

Date: 
18/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The 10th conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) on "Ecologcial Economics and Instiutional Dynamics" will be held from 18-21 June, 2013 in Lille, France. A pre-conference workshop for Master and PhD students will be organized in Reims, France. In addition, a related policy event will be held in Brussels on 18 June.

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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International Conference "Water in the Anthropocene - Challenges for Science and Governance"

Date: 
21/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The Global Water System Project and its International Project Office based in Bonn, Germany, is organizing an international conference on "Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. Indicators, Thresholds and Uncertainties of the Global Water System", to be held from 21-24 May, 2013 in Bonn, Germany.
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PhD Position in Research Group "Urban and Regional Planning"

Date: 
20/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The Institute of Geography at the University of Bern is now inviting for applications to fill a PhD position in the research group "Urban and Regional Planning". The deadline for application is 20 May, 2013.
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PhD Position "Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Mountain Landscapes"

Date: 
15/05/2013
Excerpt: 
The Forest Ecology Group at ETH Zürich is seeking to appoint a PhD student to examine the impact of land use change and temperature increase on mountain landscapes.
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Policy Reform and Agricultural Land Abandonment in the EU

Date: 
27/03/2013
Excerpt: 
This paper examines the potential impact of agricultural and trade policy reform on land-use across the EU focussing particularly on the issue of land abandonment. It estimates the extent of change across Europe under removal of Pillar 1 support payments and trade liberalisation. ...
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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. ...
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An Integrated Modelling Platform for Agro-economic Commodity and Policy Analysis (iMAP) - A Look Back and the Way Forward

Date: 
26/03/2013
Excerpt: 
This report describes the rationale and performance of the integrated Modelling Platform for Agroeconomic Commodity and Policy Analysis (iMAP), hosted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in Seville.
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