Our Ref: EM/2016/22 Dear IPBES Member States and Observers, Following the outcome of the fourth session of the Plenary (Decision IPBES-4/1, section III, para. 3, and section IV, para.5) and in line with the agreed procedures for the preparation of the Platform’s deliverables, Governments and other relevant stakeholders are invited to nominate experts to participate in:the Global [...]
Call for nominations (Student@Large)One of the best ways for students to foster their academic development is to broaden their horizons in every possible aspect. Participating in scientific societies is certainly a way towards such horizon broadening. The International Biogeography Society (IBS) gave me this opportunity as board member representing students in all decision-making. Indeed, being [...]
What: 24th Biennial Meeting of the American Quaternary Association When: June 28-July 2, 2016Where: Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NMInfo: http://biology.unm.edu/fasmith/2016AMQUA/A pressing challenge for Quaternarists is the development of innovative and robust methodologies and approaches to discriminate how geological and ecological rates and processes in the Anthropocene deviate from the Holocene and other times past. The 24th AMQUA [...]
MEDECOS XIV International Conference - XIII AEET Meeting31st January‐4th February 2017Seville, Spain“Human‐driven scenarios for evolutionary and ecological changes”MEDECOS is an international conference organized by ISOMED, the International Society of Mediterranean Ecology, which aims to bring together the scientific community interested in Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs). AEET is the Spanish Ecological Society mainly devoted to terrestrial systems.This [...]
Postdoctoral Research FellowInstitute of Natural & Mathematical Sciences, College of Sciences, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand Apply here: http://massey-careers.massey.ac.nz/9100/post-doctoral-research-fellow We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to the project ‘Synergising ecology and evolution: discovering patterns of functional and phylogenetic diversity of New Zealand's marine fishes versus depth’. Applications close: 19 January (11:45pm, New Zealand Standard [...]
The International Biogeography Society Nominations Request MacArthur & Wilson AwardThe MacArthur and Wilson Award was established by the International Biogeography Society to recognize an individual for a notable, innovative contribution to biogeography. This award targets comparatively early career investigators and has a guideline that recipients should have completed their PhD no more than 12 years before the [...]
The International Biogeography Society Nominations RequestAlfred Russel Wallace Award The Alfred Russel Wallace Award was established by the International Biogeography Society in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography. The award is made once every two years. Previous recipients include Drs. Jack Briggs, Jared Diamond, John [...]
This came in to IBS' IPBES committee, led by Lars Opgenoorth:Ref: LE/2015-16 Dear Governments and Stakeholders, Following up on Decision IPBES-3/1 on the Work Programme for the period 2014-2018 (section III.4), which approved a scoping process for a global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services, based on the approach proposed in document IPBES/3/9, a group of [...]
Biosystematics Research: Postdoctoral FellowshipKZN Herbarium, DurbanSANBI has been mandated to collect, generate, process, coordinate and disseminate information about biodiversity and the sustainable use of indigenous biological resources, and establish and maintain databases. A postdoctoral position, based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, is available to conduct and publish taxonomic research on problematic plant taxa of KwaZulu-Natal.Requirements:Candidates [...]
The International Biogeography Society seeks proposals for symposia for the 2017 Biennial Conference, 9-13 January, 2017 in Salvador, Brazil. The symposia are an integral part of our meeting as they are in the form of plenary sessions in which all attendees participate. These plenary symposia provide opportunity for several speakers (typically 5-6) to present cutting-edge [...]