The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is awarding one extraordinary individual USD20,000 for improving our forests and the lives of people who depend on them. The CPF launched the first Wangari Maathai Award in 2012 to honour and commemorate the impact of this extraordinary woman who championed forest issues around the world. In 2014, the CPF will award another individual for their outstanding achievements for forests. Nominations close 30 May 2014. [more]

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests and the Government of Finland held a well-attended side event on integrating forests in the sustainable development goals (SDGs), on the fringes of the 8th Open Working Group meeting at UN Headquarters in New York. CPF Chairperson Eduardo Rojas-Briales and H.E. Jarmo Viinanen, Permanent Representative of Finland to the UN, opened the session explaining the interconnectedness and importance of forests to other issues being discussed in the SDGs – namely oceans, biodiversity and mountains. Participants noted the complexity of integrating forest issues in the SDGs, but noted that with coherent and incentivized goals, forests targets could be included in future SDGs. CPF members will soon issue a document with proposed forest targets, indicators and other background material. [more]

The World Agroforestry Centre and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, together with the Indian Society of Agroforestry and Global Initiatives, will hold the Congress in Delhi, India 10-14 February 2014.The Congress, entitled ‘Trees for Life: Accelerating the Impacts of Agroforestry’ , will draw over 1200 selected participants from the private, research and development sectors to share the current state of knowledge and accelerate the positive financial, environmental and social impacts of agroforestry. [more]

Nordregio is currently seeking to expand its team of senior level research staff working with regional and territorial development at different scales. With the responsibility to initiate, attract and lead externally funded research and innovation projects, a Senior Research Fellow requires you to be experienced in project development and project management. The geographic scope of your fields of interest includes an expert knowledge in at least one of the Nordic countries as well as a European perspective. Formally, you hold a PhD in human geography, statistics, economics, political science, sociology or an associated discipline. Application deadline: 30 May 2014. [more]

The Senior Forestry Officer will provide strategic, managerial and technical leadership, guidance and support on forest products development, marketing and trade, including wood and non-wood products; wood energy; small and medium scale industries and forest harvesting and engineering. [more]

INRA and the Doctoral School RP2E offer during 2014 one "Contrat Jeune Scientifique" (Young Scientist Contract) for 3 years (duration for completion of a PhD) followed by two years of postdoctoral research abroad. Research will take place at Nancy (France). Candidates may choose among four topics: Topic 1 - From leaf to whole plant: morphological, physiological and molecular determinants of transpiration and water use in poplar trees Topic 2 - Understanding the molecular dialogues within forest soil microbial communities and investigating their impact on plant health and growth Topic 3 - Functional characterization of a chloroplast-targeted candidate effector of the poplar rust pathogen Melampsora larici-populina: could the rust fungus hijack chloroplastic functions to achieve infection? Topic 4 Functional variability of the detoxification system in lignolytic fungi. Deadline for application: 12 May 2014. [more]

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. Our aim is to influence policy and practices to meet environmental and livelihood challenges emerging in the HKH region. [more]

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. Our aim is to influence policy and practices to meet environmental and livelihood challenges emerging in the HKH region. [more]