Position of Director General and other Vacancies offered at CIFORnewsThe Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is looking for a Director General to work at the headquarters based in Bogor, Indonesia. CIFOR is conducting research on a broad range of forest-related issues with the aim to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. With...
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EU-DFID programme helps NepalnewsThis joint EU-DFID programme should help the Government of Nepal to integrate climate change considerations into its development planning, as well as in its implementation of concrete measures at the local level to help rural communities adapt to the consequences of climate change. The programme will also support...
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EUROMONTANA is looking for an ERASMUS trainee – apply by 25 January 2012newsThe Brussels-based European Association of Mountain Areas (EUROMONTANA) is looking for a communication and event organisation trainee. The candidate must have applied for an ERASMUS ‘mobility’ placement at his/her home university and be available to start the internship on 1 March 2012 at the latest. His/her main tasks...
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Thawing permafrost reduces river runoff, say Chinese researchesnewsResearchers at the Chengdu-based Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have revealed that the amount of water entering the Yangtze River near its source on the Tibetan plateau has fallen by 15 percent over the past four decades, despite a 15...
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Climber Apa Sherpa to take climate message on "unique" Himalayan treknewsApa Sherpa, who has climbed Mount Everest a record 21 times, together with two-time Everest climber Dawa Steven Sherpa, will trek 1,700 km along some of the world's highest mountains to highlight the impact of climate change on the Himalayas. In their 120-day walk, they will pass along...
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Mechanism at the basis of avalanches discoverednewsResearchers at Brandeis in collaboration with Duke University have revealed the mechanism at the basis of avalanches. Their study, published in the Journal Nature, explains how granular materials are transformed from a loose state to a solid state when force is applied at a particular angle, in a...
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