Vacancy at ICIMOD

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is currently seeking qualified persons for the following vacant professional level positions:

1. Senior Economist
A proven background in natural resource economics, development economics, and/or applied economics with a Ph.D. in the relevant field; 6 years experiences in micro credit and micro enterprise, value chains are desired, specific works on remittances, micro-credits, and migration is an additional asset; experience in poverty reduction initiatives through livelihood development in the rural communities preferable in rural mountainous areas.

2. Information and Knowledge Management Coordinator
An advanced degree in a relevant discipline with specialization in knowledge management; 10 years of experience in the field of knowledge management and development communication, of which part preferably has been gained in the region

3. Capacity Development Officer
Post graduate academic background in social sciences, psychology, pedagogy, adult education, training management or institutional development; 10 years' professional experience in managing training programs, unit or facility, part of which should be in mountain related-field: natural resources management, livelihood development, poverty alleviation, etc, preferably in the HKH region.

4. Environmental Change Specialist
Preferably a PhD. academic background or equivalent experience, in environmental change or climate change with an up-to-date research knowledge and expertise in networking, multi-disciplinary research and institutional coordination.

5. Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist
A post-graduate academic degree or equivalent in natural resource management or social sciences with a thrust towards natural resources management; 5 years of work experience in the field of disaster risk reduction, of which part preferably has been gained in the HKH region.

6. Programme Manager, Integrated Water & Land Management
Post-graduate academic degree or equivalent in water, land, or natural resource management or related fields; 10 years of work experience in integrated research and development work, of which part preferably has been gained in the HKH region.

Details of the announcement is also available at: http://www.icimod.org/home/vacancies/

Conference on Environmental Toxicology

Second International Conference on Environmental Toxicology is going to be held in Spain. The conference calls for Papers and the program is as follows:

Date: From 4 - 6 June, 2008
Place: Granada, Spain.
Organisers:
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK; The University of Granada, Spain;Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece
Sponsores:
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment; The International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning

View the conference website, which has full details about the conference objectives, topics and submission requirements at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/toxic2008cfp.html