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Job description Introduction UNIL is a leading international teaching and research  institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between  its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages  excellence, individual recognition and responsibility. Presentation We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral  researcher in environmental sciences, with particular interest in  ecology,...
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Job description The SQUEEZE project aims to achieve systematic conservation planning of a sustainable and acceptable protected tundra area network at the circum-Arctic scale taking dynamics of Arctic stressors, biodiversity, ecosystem functions and management opportunities into account. SQUEEZE addresses two main questions: 1) “Which areas should be protected now to enable tundra biodiversity and related...
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Job description The University of Helsinki, founded in 1640, is one of the world’s leading universities for multidisciplinary research. The university has an international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members. The University of Helsinki offers comprehensive services to employees, including occupational health care and health insurance, sports facilities, and opportunities for professional development....
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Check your car, kayak or a nearby rail car – it might be providing free transportation for an invasive pest or plant. And you can be part of a renewed effort to stop the invaders. The Midwest Invasive Species Information Network needs help finding and identifying invasive species. The organization leads several citizen science initiatives that provide...
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Acoustic monitoring and AI tools were used to track biodiversity recovery in plots of tropical Chocó forest in northwestern Ecuador. The study found that species returned to regenerating forests in as little as 25 years, indicating positive progress in forest recovery. Acoustic monitoring and AI-based methods proved to be powerful and cost-effective techniques for assessing...
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The National Biodiversity Council (NBC) must be further empowered as the primary platform to strengthen policies and strategies for biodiversity conservation at the national level, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. For one, he said the proposed establishment of the Malaysia Biodiversity Centre (MBC) as a national centre of excellence for biodiversity would complement...
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At the inaugural Africa Climate Summit held in Nairobi last month, a group of philanthropists and conservationists seized the opportunity to champion vital reforms within the international financial framework. Their focus extended to the exchange of innovation, knowledge, experiences, and practical strategies aimed at combatting climate change. Among the critical areas of concern, deserving ongoing...
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Time is one of humanity’s greatest blind spots. We experience it as days, months, or years. But nature functions on much grander scales, measured in centuries, millennia and even longer intervals often lumped together as “deep time.” As paleontologists, we were trained to think in deep time. Yet, as conservationists, we’ve come to realize that time can be...
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The world took significant steps in recognising the importance of biodiversity and the health of our ecosystems to human life at the COP15 last December. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) has four goals that are aligned with three UN SDGs 12, 14 and 15. The four goals of the GBF call for action on:...
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Biodiversity in Nigeria, which encompasses the wide array of life forms and ecosystems within the country, is an indispensable and multifaceted asset that fundamentally underpins various aspects of economic, social, and cultural development. Nigeria boasts a rich and intricate ecological tapestry, characterized by a diversity of plant and animal species. Nevertheless, this precious biodiversity is...
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