Academic positions in CISED, Bangalore, India

Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development (CISED) is calling application for the following positions in the areas of water resources, forests and common lands, and energy and pollution.

1. Core Faculty
2. Visiting Faculty
3. Post-doctoral Research Associates

Last Date for applications: November 15, 2007

For details of the application, http://www.cised.org/jobs/

Research Associate at ICIMOD

ICIMOD Kathmandu is looking for a Research Associate under the project 'Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Programme in Asia (MAPPA)'. Bachelors’ Degree in Botany, Forestry, Natural Resources or related field can apply for the post. The last date of application submission is 31 October 2007.

For more information, please visit the official site.
http://www.icimod.org/home/vacancies/vacancies.content.php?vid=30

Happy Dashain

Nepal's Ramsar Wetlands

RAMSAR Wetland convention is the convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971. The convention is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. According to the official webpage of the convention, there are presently 156 Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 1676 wetland sites, totaling 150 million hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.

Nepal accessed RAMSAR wetland convention in 1988. Currently, eight wetlands and lakes from Nepal are listed in RAMSAR wetland. Following are the wetlands and date of listing from Nepal.

1. Koshi Tappu wetland (1987)
2. Beeshazar and associated lakes (2003)
3. Ghodaghodi lake area (2003)
4. Jagadishpur reservoir (2003)
5. Gokyo and associated lakes (2007)
6. Gosaikunda and associated lakes (2007)
7. Phoksundo lake (2007)
8. Rara lake (2007)

Detail information on each wetland is available on: http://assets.panda.org/downloads/wetlands_nepal.pdf

For more information on RAMSAR Wetland, visit http://www.ramsar.org/

Advisor on constitution building

UNDP is looking for a senior advisor on constitution building and constituent assembly support in Nepal. Advisor has to develop guidelines on the functioning, procedures and organization of the Constituent Assembly to be shared with the key stakeholders and will also represent UNDP at meetings, discussions, seminars, etc. on constitutional and transitional governance issues, and provide technical advice as and when requested by the parties, civil society organizations, UN and donor agencies and the Office of the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General.

For more details:
http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=2700

Carrier opportunity at Kathmandu University

Kathmandu University invites application for post of Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Lecturer at different schools and departments.

Please follow the link for details.

http://ku.edu.np/news/index.php?op=Default&postCategoryId=10&blogId=1