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Lectureships at Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
The Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre Desarrollo at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia has opened three lectureships in the following fields:
1) environment and development
2) public policies, public management or public finances and economy
3) organizations, innovation, technological development and their role in development
Note that candidates have to be able to lecture in Spanish.
Closing date for applications 11 December 2009. The positions would start April 2010.
For details on the selection process and the job descriptions please contact Catalina Villegas, head of academic programs at CIDER, at this e-mail address: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Prestigious Prize for Agrobiodiversity Researcher
Dr Andy Jarvis, a researcher with CIAT and Bioversity International has been awarded the Ebbe-Nielsen Prize for his achievement in agrobiodiversity research. Andy has produced groundbreaking studies on the importance of conserving underutilized crops and crop wild relatives, and has used geographic modeling to predict the impact of climate change on agriculture. Using this novel technology, Andy and his team also mapped the distribution of hundreds of important underutilized species, evaluated their state of conservation, and provided practical suggestions for their long-term conservation. The studies resulted in some unsettling predictions of what climate change will do to these wild species, many of which have valuable genetic traits that can be used to improve domesticated crops and enhance global food production.
Congratulations, Andy, from the team at Crops for the Future!
Read more in CIAT’s Newsletter.
Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forest
Erika Vohman, not a new face to many of us from the Equilibrium Fund is a CNN hero!
She works with people teaching them to sustainably use the forests and the Maya nut (Brosimum alicastrum) that grows in Latin America and elsewhere. The fruit of this plant is an undervalued treasure, also from the people that inhabit the forest itself!
Read and watch the video and if you have heroes to suggest, let us know or contact CNN directly!
edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/16/cnnheroes.erika.vohman/
More about Maya nut
- Seeds of inspiration – website including movie
- Seeds of inspiration – pdf information
- Maya Nut (Botany Photo of the Day – In science, beauty. In beauty, science. Daily.)
- Maya Nut (GFU Species Brochures)
- Seed initiative
- GFU Maya Nut post
- Centro de recursos the informacíon sobre Brosimum alicastrum
- Maya Nut Trees Make A Comeback (WRI)
- Feature story from the GFU web site