Closing date: 26 August 2022
The second-order draft of the chapters of the Global Peatlands Assessment (GPA) is now available for external open peer review.
The GPA is one of the flagship products being developed under the Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI). The assessment aims to establish the State of the World’s Peatlands and will be important as a basis for work towards a future Global Peatlands Inventory. Together with other GPI flagship products, such as the Global Peatland Map and the Global Hotspot Atlas of Peatlands, the GPA is part of the GPI’s mission to support countries to address the challenges they face due to peatland degradation and loss.
The draft chapters have previously undergone internal and external expert peer review processes, and your feedback is now kindly requested during this open peer review period to advise how the current drafts could be improved before publication. Feedback can be submitted until COB 26th of August.
If you would like to view the draft chapters and contribute to the GPA open peer review process, please sign this declaration form.
For further information please contact the GPA Development team.
Closing date: 29 August 2022
Location: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI)
AFBI is currently seeking two experienced and enthusiastic scientists to join it’s team. Learn more and apply via the links below.
Head of Beef and Sheep Research Principal Scientific Officer
Head of Precision Grazing Systems Research Principal Scientific Officer
Closing date: 18 August 2022
An increase in the long-term government funding means that the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC) is currently seeking two experienced Science Contract Managers to oversee contract negotiation and day to day management, monitoring and reporting of a complex portfolio of domestic and international research initiatives. One appointee will focus on domestic research contracts and the other on international initiatives.
To find out more, click HERE.
Catch up with the latest update from the Animal Health and Greenhouse gas (GHG) Emissions Intensity Network (AHN) on their activities, and cutting edge research from network members, presented at the recent AHN Workshop held in Orlando, USA on 5 June 2022.
The meeting report and selected presentation recordings are now available to view HERE.
The meeting brought together 45 researchers from a number of different countries from across the world including Colombia, Chile, Denmark, France, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Scotland, Spain and the United States.
Closing dates: From August 2022 onwards
Teagasc are now recruiting 8 additional permanent staff to support the delivery of the Climate Action and Biodiversity Strategies and a further 8 posts will be advertised in the coming weeks. These new positions provide an exciting opportunity to work in the battleground of climate action and help Teagasc to rapidly advance the science and implementation of current and new measures to meet the biodiversity and climate challenges. Further information is available HERE.
Closing date: Screening of applications will start on 22 August 2022 and continue until the position is filled.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a motivated ruminant nutritionist with expertise in GHG emissions and nutrient use efficiency in livestock systems. The successful candidate will help to generate baseline data and test interventions to reduce GHG emissions from ruminant livestock systems in Africa.
Learn more HERE.
Closing date: 25 August 2022
Teagasc, Ireland, are currently recruiting for 5 new permanent greenhouse gas research and climate related posts. The positions will join the existing research staff and will be based in Teagasc Johnstown Castle. The new positions will have access to a range of cutting edge technologies to support their research. Links to further details about the 5 posts are included below:
Permanent Researcher Opportunities
- Researcher: Measuring & Modelling Soil Carbon Sequestration & Emissions
- Researcher: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Peat Soils
- Researcher: Water Catchment Environmental Modeller
Permanent Technical Opportunities
The GRA has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Global Dairy Platform to produce a brief “The role of animal health in national climate commitments”. The brief provides three case studies from projects in the Sahel (World Bank), Kyrgystan (IFAD) and France as examples for policy makers and those in the livestock sector wanting to capture the co-benefits of cattle health as part of their climate commitments. The brief also includes guidelines on quantifying the impact on GHG emissions from animal health interventions.
See the work of the Animal Health Network to learn more about the role of animal health and the reduction of greenhouse gases.
The RLC Campus at ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany, offers scholarships for PhD students from Africa, Asia and Latin America to participate in the transdisciplinary workshop, “Contextualizing smallholders’ livelihoods for food security and sustainable agriculture: biodiverse agro-ecosystems, market changes and land tenure”, September 24-29, 2022.
The deadline is July 26, 2022. Selected participants will be informed by August 11, 2022.
Closing date: 30 September 2022.
We are pleased to announce that the Special Round of the NZ-GRADS Programme is now open for applications.
The New Zealand – Global Research Alliance Doctoral Scholarship (NZ-GRADS) is a programme financed by New Zealand through the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA). NZ-GRADS aims to build capability by supporting students from developing countries to study at a New Zealand research institute to conduct research on agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation.
We invite students who meet the following criteria to apply:
- You cannot hold citizenship or permanent residency status in New Zealand or Australia.
- You must be from a developing country. Click here for current classification.
- Your PhD research must be conducted in New Zealand (not from a distance)
Learn more about the Special Round of the NZ-GRADS Programme and how to apply HERE.
A recording of the third session of the Inventories and NDC (I&NDC) Network 2022 Webinar Series titled “Commissioning and managing agriculture inventory research projects” is now available to view.
It is crucial to effectively determine research priorities when resources for research are limited. Developing multilateral research projects and working with international research organisations facilitates collaboration across countries with similar production systems and agricultural circumstances.
In the first part of the session, we heard from experts on the process of designing research to meet inventory needs and ensuring new research results in inventory improvements. In the discussion, we considered multinational research prioritisation: timing, scaling and developing research projects with higher global relevance.
Speaker biographies can be found here.