En 2012, le Partenariat de collaboration sur les forêts (PCF) a lancé le premier Prix Wangari Maathai afin d’honorer et de commémorer l’impact de cette femme extraordinaire qui a soutenu les questions forestières dans le monde entier. Lundi 6 octobre 2014, durant le Congrès mondial de l’IUFRO, le PCF décernera ce prix à une autre personne pour sa contribution exceptionnelle dans le domaine forestier. [plus]

Le Partenariat de collaboration sur les forêts (PCF) décerne un prix de 20 000 dollars EU à une personne remarquable pour sa contribution à l’amélioration de nos forêts et de la vie de ceux qui en dépendent. La première édition du prix Wangari Maathai a été instituée par le PCF en 2012 pour rendre hommage à l’oeuvre de cette femme extraordinaire, championne des questions forestières dans le monde entier. La date limite de candidature est fixée au 30 mai 2014. [plus]

Narayan Kaji Shrestha a gagné le premier prix Wangari Maathai jamais décerné du Partenariat de collaboration sur les forêts pour sa contribution exceptionnelle aux forêts. Le prix a été institué cette année pour rendre hommage à la vie et au travail de l’écologiste kenyane Maathai décédée récemment, championne des questions forestières dans le monde entier et la première femme africaine à gagner le Prix Nobel pour la paix. [plus]

The Forestry Officer will provide comprehensive technical and policy expertise to support the planning, development and implementation of regional programmes, projects, products and services in accordance with regional objectives and FAO's Strategic Objectives. The post is located in Ankara, Turkey with possible subsequent move to Istanbul. [more]

The Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic, is offering two Ph.D. and one postdoc positions in forest genetics. The start date for all positions is 1 October 2015. The research areas are: Development of "Breeding-without-Breeding" strategies and associated topics linking theoretical quantitative genetics and molecular genetics to operational tree improvement programs. It is a great mixture of disciplines and the students would interact with experts in different fields. [more]

Each year, INRA recruits tenured researchers and engineers and welcomes several hundred foreign researchers and students. Understanding the conflicts and synergies between various ecosystem services is fundamental for an optimal management of forests. These relationships will be investigated in different temperate and tropical forest ecosystems. The scientist will be integrated into an interdisciplinary team and will develop mathematical models to analyse and predict the interactions between tree growth and forest ecosystem services (carbon sequestration, soil conservation and biodiversity). Using existing databases and working in collaboration with diverse INRA and international laboratories, the scientist will also complete knowledge gaps in data. A strong competence in mathematical modelling is required (e.g. partial differential equations, ordinary differential equations, discrete modelling) and/or statistics (e.g. stochastic processes and Bayesian models). Experience in interdisciplinary research, for example ecology or agriculture, will be a bonus. [more]

As chief internal audit executive of AuditAsia, the Director is responsible for setting the strategy on internal audit activities so ... [more]