New EFI Project Centre launched! MOUNTFOR Consortium will be located in San Michele all’Adige, Italy and FEM will be acting as the host organisation. FEM is following the footsteps of Istituto Agrario di San Michele allÀdige (IASMA) founded in 1874. The Consortium currently includes six core...
Third International Elm Conference: “The elms after 100 years of Dutch elm disease” October 9-11 2013, Florence, Italy The purpose of this conference is to advance the progress on knowledge on elms one hundred years after the arrival of Dutch elm disease, allowing the collaboration between the...
segnalato da Giacomo Grassi Short description of activity A forest growth model (carbon Budget Model, CBM-CFS) is being used to estimate the impact of different management scenarios and natural disturbances on the dynamics of various forest carbon pools in EU. The trainee will provide support during...
GreenInUrbs is a four year COST Action that will develop the scientific knowledge-base on the role of urban forests and green spaces for green infrastructure implementation and ecosystem service provision in urban areas. The Action runs from 2013 to 2017. By linking and creating synergy between...
Study on the effects of management and environment on the biomass and oil production of the biofuel tree Jatropha. Project description In the frame of an IWT Research & Development project, the Division Forest, Nature and Landscape works together with an industrial partner, QUINVITA N.V., to develop...
L’ENEA e l’Associazione Italiana di Telerilevamento promuovono da sette anni l’organizzazione di workshop tematici che forniscono un quadro aggiornato sul complesso panorama nazionale delle applicazioni del telerilevamento. Negli ultimi decenni le tecnologie di telerilevamento da piattaforma aerea e satellitare si sono sviluppate proponendo oggi soluzioni applicative...
The Intermountain / Northern Regions will be filling two Forest Pathologist positions at the GS-09, GS-11, or GS-12 level. A career ladder opportunity may be possible if the position are filled below GS-12. Response to this outreach will determine if the positions are advertised as GS-09/11/12 ...
Natura 2000 in Basilicata: percorsi di “contaminazione” tra natura, scienza, arte e cultura dei luoghi Aliano (MT), 4-5-6 aprile 2013 Auditorium Comunale ENEA, in collaborazione con la Regione Basilicata e Forum Plinianum, organizza un evento che si propone come occasione privilegiata di incontro e di “contaminazione”...
Postdoctoral Positions in Carbon Biogeochemistry and exchange in Boreal Forest and Mire Ecosystems We are seeking five highly motivated Postdoctoral Researchers with focus on Carbon biogeochemistry and exchange in boreal forest and mire ecosystems. The main focus of these positions is on biosphere – atmosphere – hydrosphere dynamics...
Chris Moore, PhD Division of Atmospheric Sciences Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV http://www.dri.edu/chris-moore Hello, Do you know of anyone who might be interested in a postdoctoral position in air quality modeling? The group I work in at Utah State University is focused on energy and the...
Post-Master or Post-Bachelor’s Research Associate in Software Programming Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN ORNL13-37-ESD ORNL13-36-ESD Project Description: The Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has an opening for a Post-Master’s graduate in its Environmental Data Science & Systems group (http://www.esd.ornl.gov/edss/)....
Segnalato da Marco Marchetti Dall’ 1 al 5 luglio 2013 presso il Giardino della Flora appenninica di Capracotta (IS) si terrà la prima edizione della Summer school “Analisi e governance dei servizi ecosistemici”.
Post-doctoral mobility research projects AgreenSkills, international mobility program for research projects in the fields of agriculture, environment, food and nutrition, and animal health sciences. Continuous call for submission over the period 2012-2015 – two selection rounds per years. Post-doc in forest planning with respect to water quality Department of Forest...
Riceviamo e rendiamo pubbliche volentieri le cortesi precisazioni del Dr. Enrico Pompei (Corpo Forestale dello Stato), a seguito del nostro recente editoriale sui dati INFC. Ecco qui la lettera. Diamo certamente fede alle affermazioni secondo le quali il CFS dice di aver condiviso i dati dell’INFC...
Segnalato da Elena Adamo Il 6 marzo 2013 a Suris di Sopra (Udine), nell’ambito del progetto Carbomark, è stato stipulato il primo contratto di vendita di crediti di carbonio da prodotti legnosi. Il contratto prevede la vendita di 10 tonnellate di CO2 al prezzo di 1000,00 € che verrà...
8-11 May 2013, Viterbo, Italy Segnalato da: Alfredo Di Filippo The conference TRACE 2013 will be held on 8-11 May 2013 in Viterbo, Italy. It will be organized by the Department of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy (DAFNE) of the Università degli studi della Tuscia in...
E’ disponibile all’indirizzo http://www.sisef.it/sisef/congresso-ix/ il modulo per l’invio dei contributi al IX Congresso SISEF, che come già annunciato si terrà a Bolzano dal 16 al 19 settembre 2013. Il Congresso ha come co-organizzatori la Facoltà di Scienze e Tecnologia della Libera Università di Bolzano, la Ripartizione Foreste della Provincia di Bolzano e la European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano e sarà focalizzato su tematiche di ricerca inerenti la multifunzionalità e la gestione sostenibile degli ecosistemi forestali montani. Entro il 15 giugno il comitato scientifico darà conferma dell’accettazione del lavoro e della forma comunicativa (poster o presentazione orale) e per fine giugno il programma sarà reso definitivo e consultabile sul sito del IX Congresso ( http://www.sisef.it/sisef/congresso-ix/ ).
The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute (located in Ås just south of Oslo) has an open position for a post-doctoral fellow/researcher (bioinformatics/transcriptomics). This is part of a Norwegian Research Council FRIMEDBIO project. There are three organisms of interest in this project; Norway spruce, the spruce bark...
The Group of Grassland Sciences (Prof. Nina Buchmann) seeks a Ph.D. student in “Ecology & Policy”. Responsibilities Research within the project “Environmental Controls on Forest Growth in Switzerland” with focus on growth estimates of Swiss forests using inventories, stem diameter bands, point-dendrometers and eddy flux stations.
This scheme is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK. Sir Isaac Newton FRS (1642-1727) was President of the Royal Society from 1723 until his death. The scheme provides the opportunity for...