The Research Assistant will be a part of the REDD+ Benefits Sharing Project. The main task of the Research Assistant is to support the research of Work Package (WP). Other tasks will include support to project management and coordination, and to resear…
Archive for February, 2013
Terra-i, An eye on Habitat Change
Terra-i is a system of habitat changes monitoring that uses different mathematical models that combine vegetation data (MODIS NDVI) and precipitation data (TRMM) to detect deviations from the natural cycle of the vegetation over time and thus antrophog…
Small businesses band together to meet high cost of Indonesia’s timber certification scheme
Next month, the Indonesian government will have fully phased in legislation requiring all furniture companies exporting to the European market prove sourcing of legally harvested timber. This has been touted as a step in the right direction for conserv…
Climate Change: new study opens can of worms for ecologists
We often hear about livestock being a major cause of greenhouse gas emissions – picture them, formidable herds of flatulent quadrupeds munching their way – figuratively speaking – through millions of hectares of rainforest. But it seems we need t…
Global Maize Program meeting: The old and the new intersect in Kathmandu
Applying advanced technologies and reconciling dramatic growth in funding, staffing, and complex partnerships with the need to speed farmers’ access to options for better food security and incomes were the themes of discussion among more than 60 spec…