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Forests cover more than 45% of Nepal’s land and are one of the country’s major resources. Since the 80s, Nepal has adopted a groundbreaking approach to forest management, allowing communities to take ownership of and manage local forests. Today, nearly…

Progress in Disaster Science is a new open access journal by Elsevier focusing on integrating research and policy in disaster research. It publishes: Invited Viewpoint articles focusing specifically on the advancement and implementation of the four priority areas of the Sendai…

As part of its mission, the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) provides funding contributions for synthesis workshops that bring together global change researchers to address specific topics of interest to the mountain research community. The objective for supporting these synthesis workshops…

TEA-START, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to project future changes in extreme precipitation in Eurasia and North Africa after bias-correction of the newest generation of CMIP model simulations. The candidate must possess…

The Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of its AsiaGlobal Fellows Program, an inter-disciplinary and intensive leadership development initiative designed for mid-career professionals from around the world. The 13-week…

Experts met in October to discuss latest developments and initiatives on remote sensing for mapping wildfire hazard and land cover change in Latin America.  The meeting of the Latin American Regional Network for Remote Sensing and Forest Fires (RedLaTIF) of…

The GLP working group on co-production is pleased to invite you to the fourth webinar of the webinar series on co-production in the field of land-system science tomorrow Tuesday, 4 December, 2018 at 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM CET. The webinar…

During 2-4 and 9-11 October 2018, SEA START, in collaboration with the Mekong Region Futures Institute and with support from USAID, conducted a regional training on the design and scoping of projects assessing vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in…

We are proud to announce that the first issue of START’s new magazine, ProSus, is now available at: start.org/prosus.  ProSus explores ideas and solutions for a more sustainable future. It showcases the voices of researchers, thinkers and storytellers, and perspectives that…

In an interview with “Le Point Afrique”, Cheikh Mbow talks about the status of scientific research in Africa and shares his hopes for the future of science in the continent. The interview, in French is available here: http://afrique.lepoint.fr/actualites/cheikh-mbow-le-succes-de-la-recherche-depend-des-choix-politiques-21-11-2018-2273390_2365.php