News

GLP International Project Office moves to INPE in Brazil

The International Project Office (IPO) of GLP has moved from the University of Copenhagen (where it was hosted from 2006-2011) to the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
 
From 1st January 2012, please direct all GLP related communication to Giovana
Espindola, the new Executive Officer of GLP and Camille Nolasco, the new Project Officer for GLP, using the contact details below. If you need to contact Tobias Langanke after January 2012, please use langanke.tobias(at)gmail.com

International Project Office (IPO)
Global Land Project (GLP)
National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Av. dos Astronautas, 1758
Prédio Planejamento Sala 12
Jd. Granja 12227-010
São José dos Campos - SP - Brazil
 
Tel.:+55 12 32087110     
www.globallandproject.org
 
Giovana Espindola
Tel.: +55 12 32086987     
E-mail: giovana@dpi.inpe.br
Skype: giovana.mira
 
Camille Nolasco
Tel.:+55 12 32087110     
E-mail: camille.nolasco@inpe.br
Skype: camille.nolasco

Workshop at GLP Open Science Meeting 2010 leads to publication on payments for ecosystem services in the journal Science

On invitation of one of GLP's Scientific Steering Committee members (Billie Turner II) a group of world leading scholars and scientists met in a side event of GLP's Open Science Meeting "Land Systems, Global Change and Sustainability", Arizona State University, 17-19th October 2010 to discuss issues around payments for ecosystem services, and to draft a high-level publication outcome.
The resulting report, “Paying for Ecosystem Services: Promise and Peril” was now published in the Nov.4 issue of the journal Science. The study’s authors include Ann Kinzig, Charles Perrings, Terry Chapin III, Steve Polasky, V. Kerry Smith, Dave Tilman and B.L. Turner II, experts in economics, geography, business, urban planning and ecology at Arizona State University, University of Alaska and University of Minnesota.

Short summary:
Current competing pressures on land for food production, biofuel production, urbanization and many others uses, have severe implications for the provision of ecosystem services. This has led to growing enthusiasm for the use of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes that allow governments and non-governmental organizations to pay for environmental public goods.
The authors of this publication take a critical look at the opportunities, but also the possible pitfalls related to existing environmental markets and market-like mechanisms.
Issues discussed, include lessons learned from past payment schemes, uncertainties in the science underpinning schemes, the problem of perverse incentives, tradeoffs caused by interdependence between services, ecosystem services produced on public lands or seas beyond national jurisdiction, as well as requirements for observations and measures of the importance and condition of ecosystem services. Scientific modeling to predict results of payment schemes before they are set in place by policymakers should therefore take into account a broad range of factors. Charles Perrings from Arizona State University points out that “in developing scientific models for future mechanisms it is crucial to model the behavior of the physical system in interaction with the social system, for example by including socioeconomic data.”

More information:
The conference webpage is still online here and includes links to video recordings of most of the plenary presentations here
The direct link to the plenary that presents the results of the side-event, which lead to the publication here

Thanks:
Thanks to Billie Turner II for organizing this side event to the OSM! Support for the conference and the workshop leading to this publication was provided from NSF (SBE 1025699), NASA (NNX10AK05G), NOAA (through UCAR), INPE (The Brazilian Space Research Institute), Alterra Wageningen, the University of Copenhagen, the School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning at Arizona State University (ASU) and the Global Institute of Sustainability at ASU. The conference could also not have happened without the generous local support of Corrie Griffith and Michail Fragkias from the International Project Office of UGEC (IHPD's Urbanization project).

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GLP SSC Open Call

• Call for GLP SSC nominations
  
  GLP activities are overseen by an international Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). The SSC represents a broad spectrum of disciplines and nationalities, and includes both mid-level and senior scientists. The continuing success of GLP relies on the input of these people. SSC tasks include such things as:
  
  - Overall responsibility for the GLP project.
  - Developing and promoting GLP’s scientific agenda.
  - Hosting GLP workshops, acting as a liaison to GLP workshop organizers.
  - Editing special newsletter or journal issues.
  - Representing GLP at meetings, coordinating national GLP activities.
  - Communicating with the GLP IPO and the Nodal Offices.
  - Being available for at least one yearly 3 day SSC meeting (funded through the project).
  
  Scientists who serve on the SSC normally do so for a period of 3 years, with the potential for renewal for one additional term. Nominations to the SSC can be made by individuals or the SSC itself, and are considered by the SSC at their annual meeting. Selected candidates are then recommended to IGBP and IHDP for final approval. In seeking nominations, we are not only looking for scientific excellence and a high level of commitment to GLP goals, but are also aiming to achieve a disciplinary, nationality, gender and age balance.
  
  To nominate a SSC candidate, please send the filled-in GLP SSC Application Form including a short CV (max. 5 pages) by email to the GLP IPO.
  
  Current round of nominations for new SSC members starting in January 2012: Application deadline Friday 18 March 2011
  
  Applications received after 18 March 2011 will be considered for SSC replacements starting in January 2013.
  
  For application form, please see: Application Form

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Job opportunities

• October 29, 2011
  The Institute for Environmental Studies of VU University Amsterdam has 3 vacancies for PhD students in the field of Urban Development, Landscape Management, Land Use Change and Climate Adaptation.
   
  
  • PhD Coastal Cities and Flood Risk: more info 
  • PhD Values of Landscape and Landscape Management: more info
    
  • PhD Supporting Sustainable Urban Development: more info
    
   
  If you are willing to contribute to innovative research in the field of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes: your application is welcome!!
   
  For more information:
  Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter H. Verburg:  peter.verburg@ivm.vu.nl
  http://www.peterverburg.info
  
  
• September 30, 2011
  Postdoc position available on Ecosystem Service Assessment at IVM Amsterdam
  The successful candidate will make, on behalf of IVM (Institute for Environmental Studies), a leading contribution to the recently funded ‘CONNECT’ project: Linking biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services: advancing insights in tradeoffs and synergies between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem service values for improved integrated biodiversity policy.
  
  For more information, please see: Ecosystem Service Assessment
  

• September 30, 2011
  Post-Doctoral Positions Vermont EPSCoR Program, University of Vermont
  Three multi-year Post-Doctoral Research Associate positions are anticipated at the University of Vermont as part of a new research study of Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin. We seek post-doctoral associates with expertise in lake ecology, watershed ecology, land use management, numerical modeling, policy and social modeling, and modeling of complex systems. The postdoctoral associates will work within interdisciplinary teams of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and stake holders to address research questions about adaptation to climate change and develop an integrative assessment model.
  
  For more information, please see: Post Docs Vermont
  

• September 22, 2011
  Two Faculty Positions Available at Boston University - Remote Sensing & Ecosystem Modeling
  The Department of Geography & Environment at Boston University invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professors specializing in the areas of (1) remote sensing and (2) ecosystem modeling.
  
  Position (1). We seek a scholar with research and teaching interests in emerging areas of remote sensing technology or applications to complement and broaden existing expertise at Boston University. Potentials pecializations include active and passive microwave, lidar, atmospheric, high spatial resolution, or hyperspectral remote sensing. Queries regarding this position should be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Curtis Woodcock: curtis(AT)bu.edu
  
  Position (2). We seek a scholar with research and teaching interests in quantitative modeling of ecological, biogeochemical, or biogeophysical processes that span a range of scales.We specifically seek candidates whose research and teaching interests are interdisciplinary and include topics such as landscape ecology, coupled human-natural systems, biogeochemistry and ecosystem functions, global change biology, and the use of remote sensing and GIS as scaling and modeling tools in global change science. Queries regarding this position should be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Mark Friedl: friedl(AT)bu.edu
  
  Deadline for both positions is November 25, 2011
  
  For more details on Boston University Program in Terrestrial Biogeosciences, please see: Boston University
  

• September 15, 2011
  Researcher Position in Land Use, Forestry and Agriculture Economics modeling
  FEEM, a leading research institute on sustainable development is looking to recruit a motivated and talented researcher for a modeling position in the area of Land Use, Forestry and Agriculture Economics. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in economics, or in engineering/mathematics/physics coupled with a solid economic background, and experience in applied research on Land Use, Forestry and Agriculture issues.
  
  Applicants should send a detailed curriculum vitae, a job market paper, and at least one letter of recommendation to: Monica Eberle, monica.eberle(AT)feem.it
  
  For more details on FEEM, please see: FEEM
  

• September 5, 2011
  Research Assistantship in Sustainability Science at University of Maine
  Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) at the University of Maine offers unprecedented opportunities for graduate students to experience a truly interdisciplinary learning experience through a $20 million, 5-year program funded by the National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR program. SSI seek a Social Science doctoral research assistant interested in working on sustainability science research focused on understanding how to effectively link knowledge to action for the responsible development of tidal power.
  
  For more information, contact Teresa Johnson, Assistant Professor, University of Maine, teresa.johnson(AT)maine.edu
  
  For more details on SSI, please see: SSI
  

• August 29, 2011
  Faculty Position in Political Science or Sociology at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
  Yale’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has an open-rank, tenure-track opening for a social scientist trained within political science, sociology, or a related discipline, whose research and teaching address the human dimensions of environmental and resource stewardship. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an internationally recognized research program that involves graduate students, to work across disciplinary boundaries in a collegial environment, and to teach both graduate and undergraduate classes. Applications are due by October 31st, 2011.
  
  For more information, contact Assistant Dean Pilar Montalvo: pilar.montalvo(AT)yale.edu
  

• August 25, 2011
  Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Environmental Planning
  The research group BioDIVA at the Institute of Environmental Planning seeks to appoint a Post-doctoral researcher. The motivated scientist will analyse complex social-ecological systems, study changes in land use patterns and the effects on agrobiodiversity. The position is open to develop methodological approaches (i.e. models, scenarios etc.) to operationalise and synthesise in a participatory manner the economic, ecologic and social dimensions of sustainable development. Applications are due by September 15th, 2011.
  
  For more information about the position please see: BioDIVA post doc
  
  

• July 14, 2011
  Postdoc with the ‘Modelling Agarian and Population Dynamics In the Philippines’(MAPDIP) project
  In this project, the candidate will characterize the demographical dynamics and analyze the interactions between demography and agricultural systems. This step includes specific surveys (quantitative and community surveys as well as in-depth interviews of the main actors of land use). The candidate will collect and statistically analyze these data and publish the main results in peer-reviewed journals.
  
  For more information about the position please see: MAPDIP post doc
  Or contact: Prof. Sabine Henry: sabine.henry(at)fundp.ac.be or Prof. Nicolas Dendoncker: nicolas.dendoncker(at)fundp.ac.be
  
  

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• May 05, 2011
  Six Postdoc vacancies at Amsterdam Global Change Institute
  The Amsterdam Global Change Institute (AGCI) is a new institute at VU University Amsterdam. It brings together five existing institutes and departments across the three Faculties of Earth and Life Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences. AGCI offers interdisciplinary research on the environment, global change and sustainability.
  
  For more information, please see: AGCI
  
  Six postdoc vacancies are now available at AGCI. Please respond before 1st June 2011.
  
  Climate science and ecohydrology
  
  Ecology and ecosystem and response to climate change
  
  Environmental economics and response to climate change
  
  Governance and Policy Studies
  
  Risk analysis, chemistry and genomics
  
  Spatial analysis and resources management
  
  
  

• January 25, 2011
  Research Associate (Postdoctoral Research) Position at Oregon State University
  The Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU) announces the availability of a full-time position for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to develop coupled human/natural systems models supporting alternative futures assessments. For full consideration, applications must be received by February 3, 2011.
  
  To access application instructions, go to: Oregon State
  For more information about the position, please contact: Dr. John Bolte, boltej(at)engr.orst.edu
  
  

• January 17, 2011
  Post Doc at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Campus San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
  Social scientist with social simulation background, interested in supporting and researching participatory development of role playing games and companion models. The deadline for submitting the candidatures is January 31st.
  
  For more information about the position please see: Ecosur Post Doc
  For more information about the research institution please see: Ecosur
  
  

• January 12, 2011
  Junior researcher permanent position at INRA Montpellier
  A junior researcher permanent position entitled 'Digital Representation and design of landscape patterns for optimising agroEcosystem services' is available at INRA LISAH Montpellier. This position will be officially announced on the INRA website (www.inra.fr) from January 20th. The deadline for submitting the candidatures is February 24th.
  
  For more information about the position please visit: INRA Junior Researcher
  Or contact: Philippe Lagacherie: lagache(at)supagro.inra.fr
  
  

• January 12, 2011
  Tenure-track position at University of Illinois
  The Department of Geography at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is expanding the scope of its ongoing search for a full-time (9 month), tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Geographic Information Science to include Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis and Modeling and invites new applications for this position.
  
  For further information about the position please contact: Sara McLafferty (Chair, GIScience Search Committee): smclaff(at)illinois.edu
  
  

• January 6, 2011
  Postgraduate research training opportunity
  A postgraduate research training opportunity is currently available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA). This appointment will be served with the Global Change Research Program (GCRP) in Arlington, Virginia.
  
  For more information about the position please visit: ORISE
  And for additional information about the GCRP activities in NCEA, visit: NCEA
  
  

• December 16, 2010
  UC Berkeley Post-doc
  U.C. Berkeley has a post-doctoral research position available to examine the long-term costs of ongoing urban development on fire- prone landscapes. The over-arching goal is to elucidate the links between fire ecology, land use patterns, and climate change on Californians, with a special focus on the economic cost of protecting human health and safety. Qualifications: A completed Ph.D. in environmental economics, natural resource economics, or related field (e.g., ecology, natural resource management, or public policy, but with economic training). Application deadline is January 17, 2011.
  
  For more information please contact: Dr. Max Moritz, mmoritz(at)berkeley.edu
  

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• December 10, 2010
  GIS and Land Use Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  The Gibbs Lab Group in the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a full or part-time Post-Masters Research Intern to begin work in September 2011.
  
  More information on this position can be found: here
  Or by contacting Holly Gibbs: hgibbs(at)stanford.edu
  

• December 10, 2010
  Graduate student positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  The Gibbs Lab group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has funding for a Graduate Research Assistant starting in the Fall of 2011 to research carbon emissions, tropical deforestation and bioenergy issues.
  
  For details please see: here
  Or by contacting Holly Gibbs: hgibbs(at)stanford.edu
  

• October 13, 2010
  Ph.D. fellowship in Cultural Landscape Geography at Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen
  A 3-year PhD fellowship is available at The Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, starting November 15, 2010 or soon thereafter. The PhD fellow will carry out research within the EU 7th Framework project VOLANTE (Visions Of LANd use Transitions in Europe). The project is a collaboration between 14 partners and runs between 2010 and 2015. The overall objective of the project is to provide a better understanding of the dynamics of cultural landscape change in Europe, in particular the interaction between different driving forces operating at different spatial and temporal scales, human-environment interactions and to identify hot spots of land use transitions.
  
  The VOLANTE project document can be accessed: VOLANTE
  More information on this position can be found: here
  
  
  

• May 4, 2010
  Postdoc Global Land Use Modelling at Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam
  Postdoc Global Land Use Modelling for the period of 2 years. The researcher will build a new global scale land use model and parameterize this model based on a global level land use systems classification. An international workshop needs to be organized to discuss the set-up of the model and link the approach with regional scale land use models. The results will be published in peer-reviewed journals.
  
  More information at: Postdoc Global Land Use Modelling
  Or contact Peter Verburg at E-mail: peter.verburg(at)ivm.vu.nl
  

• February 25, 2010
  UC Davis Post-Doctoral Position in Agricultural Decision-Making and Environmental Management
  The post-doctoral position will be for two years residence with possible third year renewal, starting Summer 2010 or earlier. The post-doctoral fellow will support a USDA funded project analyzing local rangeland restoration programs and individual factors that encourage ranchers to adopt prescribed grazing practices in California.
  
  More information about the rangeland management project can be found here : Rangeland Restoration Proposal
  
  Please notify Dr. Mark Lubell asap if you intend to apply; E-mail: mnlubell(at)ucdavis.edu
  

• February 04, 2010
  Postdoc position in Land Use, Climate Change, Bioenergy
  Post-doc position open at Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics, Universitaet Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany.
  
  For details, please see: Postdoc, Universitaet Hohenheim
  

• January 29, 2010
  Research assistant professor at West Virginia University
  The Regional Research Institute at West Virginia University is seeking a promising scholar with a strong commitment to interdisciplinary social science research to complement its research capacity in the area of regional analysis. A Ph.D. in applied economics, geography, urban and regional planning, policy analysis, or related discipline should be obtained by the time of appointment. The ideal candidate will have an extensive background and skills in quantitative regional analysis. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled.
  
  Additional information may be obtained at: RRI, West Virginia University
  

• January 29, 2010
  Postdoc opportunity at EPA lab in Corvallis, Oregon, USA
  Forest Carbon Offsets and Ecosystem Services in the Willamette River Basin, Oregon.
  Applicants should be able to effectively work in a multidisciplinary team environment and should have strong modeling and computational skills, and background in several of the following areas: forest ecology; forest management; forest economics; C cycling; GIS; and modeling of forest dynamics, hydrology (water quantity and quality), wildlife-habitat relationships, or other areas related to ecosystem services provided by forests. The application deadline to NRC is February 1, 2010. Applications after this date may be considered in the next review cycle (applications deadline May 1, 2010) if an award is not made during the earlier cycle.
  
  For details, please contact: Don Phillips (phillips.donald(at)epa.gov) or Peter Beedlow (beedlow.peter(at)epa.gov)
  

• January 08, 2010
  Three faculty positions at Geography, University of Maryland
  The University of Maryland (at College Park) Department of Geography invites applications for three tenured or tenure-track faculty, Candidates are sought who will complement the Department’s existing strengths in the physical and human systems dimensions of global change.
  
  For details, please see: Geography, University of Maryland
  

• November 30, 2009
  Science Office vacancy at ESSP Paris office in Paris
  The Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) invites applications for the post of Science Officer. The post will be available in April 2010 for an initial period of two-years, with the possibility of an extension subject to funding. Applications should be submitted (in English) before 7 December 2009 to Martin Rice, ESSP Executive Officer, with a CV (resume) and contact information of three referees. Please note that ESSP only accept electronic applications.
  
  For more information please see: ESSP Science Officer
  

• November 16, 2009
  Assistant/Associate Professor of Social-Ecological Systems Modeling
  The School of Economics (SOE) and the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine invite applications from social scientists for a tenure-track faculty position in SOE at the assistant or associate professor level. The successful candidate will join a new Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) funded by a 5-year, $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant. The position is one of four new hires supported by SSI, an innovative program in sustainability science. The successful candidate will participate in interdisciplinary research to develop and implement models of coupled natural-human systems.
  Review of applications will begin December 15, 2009.
  
  For more information please see: Social-Ecological Systems Modeling
  

• October 22, 2009
  Land Use Change Modeller
  A Land Use Change Modeller is required for an interdisciplinary team working in a new EU Framework 7 project aimed at evaluating bottom-up approaches to reduce net global greenhouse gas emissions through avoided deforestation in the tropics. The post will focus on evaluating mechanisms for ensuring national-level benefits are distributed equitably, effectively and sustainably to stakeholders at a range of levels. You will possess a PhD in a relevant subject, together with experience in modelling the social and economic processes of land use change and its impact on associated biophysical processes.
  Completed application forms must be returned by 5 November 2009.
  
  Further information and application forms can be obtained from:
  Human Resources, The Macaulay Institute, e-mail: hr(at)macaulay.ac.uk
  Or at: Land Use Change Modeller
  

• October 19, 2009
  Postdoctoral position on remote sensing of forest cover changes
  Professor Eric Lambin seeks applications for a full-time postdoctoral research position to work on a new research project on the use of time series of high/medium spatial resolution satellite data to analyse forest transitions in mountain environments. The research will focus on interactions between forest-cover changes, land use, and the provision of ecosystem services. The successful candidate will be based at the Department of Geography of the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). Expected starting date is late 2009 to early 2010.
  
  For more information, please contact:
  Professor Eric Lambin, email: eric.lambin(at)uclouvain.be
  

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• September 22, 2009
  Assistant Professor in Social Metabolism
  The Institute of Social Ecology in Vienna, part of the Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies at Alps-Adria University, invites applications for the position as an Assistant Professor in Social Metabolism (tenure track).
  Letters of application can be sent until October 14, 2009.
  
  For more information, please see: here
  

• September 18, 2009
  Two year Postdoctoral Research Assisant, Edinburgh University
  As a Research Associate in the Centre for the study of Environmental Change and Sustainability (CECS) you will plan and undertake research on the development of Agent-Based models (ABM) of land use change in urban and rural environments. You will contribute to the conceptual design and implementation of new models that seek to integrate bio-
  physical and human processes of environmental change.
  Closing date for applications is September 30, 2009.
  
  For more information, please see: here
  

• June 24, 2009
  President and CEO for IISD, Canada
  IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development) is looking for a full-time innovative and energetic President & CEO to lead the continued growth and expansion of the Institute as a global leader through the implementation of its new five-year strategic plan. He/she will lead and inspire a global network of over 110 staff and associates, with an annual budget exceeding CAD $15 million. IISD is headquartered in Canada, and has offices in Winnipeg, Ottawa, New York and Geneva.
  Closing date for applications is 17:00 Pacific, September 30, 2009.
  
  Further information on this position and IISD can be found: here
  

• June 24, 2009
  PhD fellowship in Ecosystem Sciences and Functional Ecology, France
  A three years PhD fellowship (2009-2012) in Ecosystem Sciences and Functional Ecology is available at LECA (Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine) at Grenoble University, France. The successful applicant will work in the international EU-Biodiversa funded project VITAL which aims to produce a conceptual model of relationships among plant and microbial functional diversity in grasslands, and multiple ecosystem service delivery. Specifically the PhD student will focus on the linkages between the diversity of grasslands plant traits, the diversity of soil microbial communities and components of the nitrogen cycle both at the field and the mesocosm scales.
  
  For details please contact supervisors:
  Sandra Lavorel, Sandra.Lavorel(at)ujf-grenoble.fr
  Jean-Christophe Clement, Jean-Christophe.Clement(at)ujf-grenoble.fr
  

• June 24, 2009
  Graduate student research positions at Department of Geography, University of Iowa, USA
  The Department of Geography at the University of Iowa is accepting applications for graduate student research positions. These positions are available as early as the beginning of Fall 2009 and offer a unique opportunity to participate in large interdisciplinary NSF funded projects focused on the application of agent-based models to land use decision-making. Skills in geographic information science and computer programming are required.
  
  For more information please contact: David Bennett, david-bennett(at)uiowa.edu

• May 20, 2009
  Post-doctoral position at Michigan State University
  Modeling complex freshwater landscapes.
  A two-year post-doctoral position is available to work with the Landscape Limnology Research Group and partners (funded by the Center for Water Sciences at Michigan State University; please see: http://cws.msu.edu/). The successful applicant will work with an interdisciplinary team that includes the landscape limnology research group, and collaborators in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Geography. The successful applicant will build upon on-going research to integrate landscape limnology, economics, human behavior, and policy into a framework that develops a richer understanding of lakes and their landscapes as coupled human and natural systems (lakes and their watersheds).
  Last Date to apply: June 15, 2009 or when position is filled.
  
  For more information please contact: Dr. Kendra S. Cheruvelil, ksc(at)msu.edu
  

• May 07, 2009
  PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change, Italy
  Call for Applications 2009/2010.
  Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC), launched a 3-year PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change, organised in two Streams: Dynamic Climatology at CMCC in Bologna; and Climate change impact and management, at the Department of Economics of the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. The Call for Applications 2009/2010 will be opened around the 15th of May 2009 and the deadline will be set at mid June 2009.
  
  For further information please visit: Ph.D. Climate Change
  

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News from projects

• July 15, 2011
  Forests and the carbon cycle
  The Global Carbon Project has announced a new study published in Science (early edition Science Express) on the role of the world’s forest in the carbon cycle, with new estimates of forest carbon sinks and emissions from deforestation.
  Please access the link for further information: Forest sink

• January 3, 2011
  Fifth edition of the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) Newsletter! 44 pages of global change science from mountain regions around the world, news from MRI's regional networks, meeting reports, and more. Fifth edition can be downloaded here: MRI News No. 5

• June 4, 2010
  Fourth edition of the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) Newsletter! 45 pages of global change science from mountain regions around the world, news from MRI's regional networks, meeting reports, and more. Fourth edition can be downloaded here: MRI News No. 4

• December 16, 2009
  New International Network on Tropical Secondary Forest Regeneration!
  The new international network on secondary forest regeneration and restoration, which will be named the neoSelvas Network. The global focus of the neoSelvas network will complement goals of existing tropical forest networks, such as the Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS network) of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution, the Tropi-Dry network, and the Mexican Long Term Ecological Research Network (Mex-LTER).
  
  For more information, please see: neoSelvas

• December 09, 2009
  IGBP Climate Change Index!
  The IGBP Climate-Change Index brings together key indicators of global change: carbon dioxide, temperature, sea level and sea ice. The index gives an annual snapshot of how the planet’s complex systems - the ice, the oceans, the land surface and the atmosphere - are responding to the changing climate. The index rises steadily from 1980 - the earliest date the index has been calculated. The change is unequivocal, it is global, and, significantly, it is in one direction. The reason for concern becomes clear: in just 30 years we are witnessing major planetary-scale changes. The index has been developed with input from a large number of scientists involved in global-change research. IGBP scientists are discussing developing other indices relating to global change such as an index including land-use, fisheries exploitation, population, fire and extreme events, as well as backdating the new index. The index will be updated annually.
  
  For index, please see: Climate Change Index
  For more information, please see: IGBP

• December 03, 2009
  New Global Carbon Budget!
  The Global Carbon Project has published the new global carbon budget and carbon trend analyses including 2008. Please find the highlights, ppt, data sources, policy brief, and media materials in the following link: Global Carbon Budget

• November 11, 2009
  Third edition of the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) Newsletter! 54 pages of global change science from mountain regions around the world, news from MRI's regional networks, meeting reports, interview and book review. The MRI News appears twice a year and the next edition is planned for April 2010 (deadline February 1). Third edition can be downloaded here: MRI News

• June 24, 2009
  Globcover-derived national land cover databases for Africa
  GLCN (FAO's Global Land Cover Network) has promoted the re-processing of the Globcover archive at national extent for the entire African continent. The resulted data sets are vector based (.shp), coded using LCCS classes, and topologically corrected to be used in the GLCN's Advanced Database Gateway software, which allows the data set to be further analysed, for example breaking down the LCCS classes in their classifiers for user-defined aggregations. The re-processing is completed for 53 countries. Please see: GLCN Globcover

• April 24, 2009
  Second edition of the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) Newsletter! 56 pages of global change science from mountain regions around the world, news from MRI's regional networks, meeting reports, interview and book review. The MRI News will appear twice a year and the next edition is planned for October 2009 (deadline August 4). Second edition can be downloaded here: MRI News

• September 30, 2008
  First edition of the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) Newsletter! Content includes articles on research in mountain regions, introduction of some of MRI's Principal Investigators, news from MRI's regional networks, and meeting reports. The MRI News will appear twice a year and the next edition is planned for spring 2009 (deadline February 1st). First edition can be downloaded here: MRI News

• November 14, 2007
  The Global Carbon Project has just published a new analysis of the state of the carbon cycle and its immediate drivers of perturbation (economic growth, carbon intensity of the global economy, and natural CO2 sinks on land and oceans). The paper and a ppt file with: (i) additional carbon trends, and (ii) the global carbon budget to 2006 can be downloaded from: Link

• The TERACC website now has updated information on 144 global change experiments in 29 countries! Please check here under "Global Change Sites"

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Publications

• February 2, 2011
  Institute of Social Ecology, Klagenfurt University publications
  
  Please follow the link below to a online repository of GLP related papers:
  Link

• December 19, 2008
  New IAI publication: Applying Ecological Knowledge to Landuse Decisions.
  The IAI has just concluded a synthesis of several of its collaborative research networks on terrestrial ecosystems, forests, grasslands, agriculture and river margins that explored how environmental science may be used to guide landuse decisions. The networks' investigators contributed results and toughtful analysis that go beyond scientific papers to provide a transdisciplinary vision of the issues and opportunities in planning landuse for the future. PDF available on the IAI website at: Link

• November 10, 2008
  O. Mertz, C. Mbow, A. Reenberg and A. Diouf: Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change and Agricultural Adaptation Strategies in Rural Sahel.
  Environmental Management. Springer New York. Springer link date Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Link

• November 07, 2008
  A. Reenberg, T. Birch-Thomsen, O. Mertz, B. Fog and S. Christiansen: Adaptation of Human Coping Strategies in a Small Island Society in the SW Pacific—50 Years of Change in the Coupled Human–Environment System on Bellona, Solomon Islands.
  Human Ecology. Springer Netherlands. Springer link date Saturday, November 01, 2008. Link

• July 15, 2008
  O. Mertz, A. Reenberg, T. B. Bruun and T. Birch-Thomsen: Land use decisions in smallholder rural communities in developing countries.
  CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, 2008, 3, No. 043, 11 pp. June 2008. Link

• April 30, 2008
  Helmut Haberl, Karl-Heinz Erb and Fridolin Krausmann: Global human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP).
  Earth Portal - encyclopedia of Earth. Link

• January 22, 2008
  B. L. Turner II, Eric F. Lambin and Anette Reenberg: The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability.
  PNAS 104 (52): 20666-20671. Link

• December 04, 2007
  Helmut Haberl (2007). Measuring the Global Human Impact on Terrestrial Ecosystems – the HANPP Approach. brigdes. Link

• October 08, 2007
  Ademola K. Braimoh and Paul L.G. Vlek (Eds.): Land Use and Soil Resources. Forthcoming in November 2007. Springer.
  ISBN: 978-1-4020-6777-8

• September 04, 2007
  Helmut Haberl, K. Heinz Erb, Fridolin Krausmann, Veronika Gaube, Alberte Bondeau, Christoph Plutzar, Simone Gingrich, Wolfgang Lucht and Marina Fischer-Kowalski: Quantifying and mapping the human appropriation of net primary production in earth's terrestrial ecosystems.
  PNAS 104 (31): 12942. Link

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