PhD position at Kathmandu University

Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University has invited PhD application for 2008.

Candidate with a minimum of 17 years of prior education, minimum CGPA of 3.0 or 50% marks in aggregate at Master's level in relevant fields from a recognized university, and age under 35 can apply for the position.

For more information contact: kusos_dean@ku.edu.np

Symposium on Plasma Physics and Material Science

The Department of Natural Sciences(Physics), Kathmandu University and Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University are jointly organizing a symposium on Plasma Physics and Material Science in January 23 - 25, 2008.

You can submit abstract/paper till 30 December 2007. For more information, please visit: http://www.ku.edu.np/SPPMS/

or download the brochure: http://www.ku.edu.np/SPPMS/Symposium_brochure_2007.pdf

Scholarships for Nature Conservation

Prince Bernhard Scholarships (PBS) for the year 2008 has been announced. The scholarship in the year 2007 was awarded to Africa (4), Asia (5) and Latin America/Caribbean (7).

PBS are awarded to individuals wishing to pursue professional studies or courses or trainings in the field of conservation or associated disciplines.

Please follow the link for more information and form download:

http://www.panda.org/how_you_can_help/volunteer/prince_bernhard_scholarships/index.cfm

Free online full text scientific articles

According to the HighWire Press website, it provide free online articles. It has been mentioned that, 'the HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth!'. It claims to assist in the online publication of 1,815,989 free full-text articles and 4,528,337 total articles. Furthermore, it lists 22 sites with free trial periods, 43 completely free sites, 248 sites have free back issues, and 977 sites have pay per view.

Enjoy reading the text of your interest of download articles from the site:
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

Free online access to Sage journals

You have an opportunity to access all SAGE Journals online until November 30, 2007 for free. Just get registered and have free online access to all 460+ SAGE journals including deep backfile in the following disciplines:
Chronic Diseases & Palliative Medicine
Communication & Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Economics
Education
Engineering
Ethnic Studies
Evaluation
Gender Studies
Geography
Health & Nursing
Higher Education
Information Science
Language & Linguistics
Management & Organization Studies and Marketing
Marketing and Hospitality
Materials Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Neurology
Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Politics & International Relations
Psychology, Psychiatry & Counselling
Public Administration
Research Methods & Evaluation
Social Work & Social Policy
Sociology
Special Education
Theology & Biblical Studies
Urban Studies, Urban Planning & Development
Vascular Medicine & Surgery

To register and get access, please follow the link:

https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTNov2007-34

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

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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