Desertification and Land Degradation Assessment and Mapping JRC Ispra
Reference 2012-IES-30- 1EIA
Institute: IES
Job opportunity – Grantholder 30
JRC Institute : Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Place Ispra, ITALY
Action number 22008 – DESERT
Job description
Desertification and Land Degradation Assessment and Mapping
Action DESERT (http://desert.jrc.ec.europa.eu) is developing methodologies for assessment, mapping and economic valuation of land degradation contributing to EC and global environmental policies, implementation of international conventions, such as the UNCCD, and to the EC launched international initiative on the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) as well as to the compilation of a new World Atlas of Desertification (WAD).
Within the frame of the current position, recently developed methods for assessing and mapping of land degradation will be tested and applied over Turkey, and/or other affected areas, in view of further improvements of the assessment schemes and to expand land degradation mapping to cover Turkey, and/or other affected areas, in view of contributing to assembling base data layers crucial for environmental policies and for complying with UNCCD reporting.
Economic valuation will then be implemented using further adapted stratifications such as the anthroscape approach developed by the Cukurova University. Derived experience and results will be of major value to the ELD initiative and be included as case study in the WAD.
Selection criteria:
The ideal candidate should have a PhD in natural and agriculture sciences or related field (or a University degree and 5 years of research experience after the university degree giving access to doctoral studies). She/he should have a background in the field of desertification and land degradation and have hands-on experience in analyzing spatial data sets and applying and developing GIS techniques related to processing and analysis of satellite based data in view of assessment and mapping of land degradation. She/he should have good knowledge of ARCGIS and/or Open source GIS solutions.
Knowledge on environmental economics is an asset.
Country of origin of participants
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Israel, Faroe Islands, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey.
Language criteria
Good knowledge of spoken and written English is required Indicative grant
Indicative duration of grant: 24 months
Deadline for application: 02 July 2012
Indicative deadline for communication of selection
Approx. 2 months after the closing of the call
JRC Contact for further information:
jrc-enlargement@ec.europa.eu
subject: 2012-IES-30-1EIA
Please fill in the Application form and upload your CV and list of publications.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
To Apply:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads/enlargement/eia2012/2012-ies-30-1eia.pdf
Institute: IES
Job opportunity – Grantholder 30
JRC Institute : Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Place Ispra, ITALY
Action number 22008 – DESERT
Job description
Desertification and Land Degradation Assessment and Mapping
Action DESERT (http://desert.jrc.ec.europa.eu) is developing methodologies for assessment, mapping and economic valuation of land degradation contributing to EC and global environmental policies, implementation of international conventions, such as the UNCCD, and to the EC launched international initiative on the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) as well as to the compilation of a new World Atlas of Desertification (WAD).
Within the frame of the current position, recently developed methods for assessing and mapping of land degradation will be tested and applied over Turkey, and/or other affected areas, in view of further improvements of the assessment schemes and to expand land degradation mapping to cover Turkey, and/or other affected areas, in view of contributing to assembling base data layers crucial for environmental policies and for complying with UNCCD reporting.
Economic valuation will then be implemented using further adapted stratifications such as the anthroscape approach developed by the Cukurova University. Derived experience and results will be of major value to the ELD initiative and be included as case study in the WAD.
Selection criteria:
The ideal candidate should have a PhD in natural and agriculture sciences or related field (or a University degree and 5 years of research experience after the university degree giving access to doctoral studies). She/he should have a background in the field of desertification and land degradation and have hands-on experience in analyzing spatial data sets and applying and developing GIS techniques related to processing and analysis of satellite based data in view of assessment and mapping of land degradation. She/he should have good knowledge of ARCGIS and/or Open source GIS solutions.
Knowledge on environmental economics is an asset.
Country of origin of participants
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Israel, Faroe Islands, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey.
Language criteria
Good knowledge of spoken and written English is required Indicative grant
Indicative duration of grant: 24 months
Deadline for application: 02 July 2012
Indicative deadline for communication of selection
Approx. 2 months after the closing of the call
JRC Contact for further information:
jrc-enlargement@ec.europa.eu
subject: 2012-IES-30-1EIA
Please fill in the Application form and upload your CV and list of publications.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
To Apply:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads/enlargement/eia2012/2012-ies-30-1eia.pdf
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