[ English ] National Forest Inventory Online Facilitated Course Date: 11 September – 21 October 2024 Languages: English, French and SpanishSpace is limited. Register today to secure your spot. REGISTRATION The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Department for Energy Security and...Read More
Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania invites applications from qualified candidates for admission to its undergraduate degree and non-degree programmes for the academic year 2024/2025. Form Four, Form Six, and diploma graduates with the required qualifications as detailed under each programme are encouraged to apply. Applicants with special needs or disabilities are encouraged to apply...Read More
Applications are hereby invited for admission into Higher Degrees at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) for the academic year 2024/2025. Candidates for Postgraduate Diploma, Master and PhD Degree programmes by Coursework and Dissertation are admitted and registered once every year for an academic year that starts in October of each year. Successful candidates will be...Read More
Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania invites applications from qualified candidates for admission to its undergraduate degree and non-degree programmes for the academic year 2024/2025. Form Four, Form Six, and diploma graduates with the required qualifications as detailed under each programme are encouraged to apply. Applicants with special needs or disabilities are encouraged to apply...Read More
In a recent perspective article published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers explored the complex relationship between migrations caused by climate change and the increased burden of infectious diseases. The authors emphasized how factors like pathogen spread, overcrowding, and closer proximity to disease vectors exacerbate health risks. They pointed out that the countries most affected...Read More
Dearest blog readers, I’m attending my first meeting of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and it is so. dang. fascinating. For twenty-ish years, I’ve relied on the IPCC’s reports countless times, and in countless ways. But seeing the IPCC’s consensus-based decision-making process in action is giving me a new perspective on the...Read More
Background Partnership is AFF’s ‘way of working’ and is embedded in all its interventions, primarily through convenings on specific issues as well as for on-going sharing, learning, and co-creation of solutions – at continental, regional, and national levels. AFF brokers collaboration with and among organisations, particularly those whose mandates and activities are consistent with those...Read More
Job Posting: 25/Jul/2024 Closure Date: 09/Aug/2024, 12:59:00 AM Organizational Unit: FRUGA – FAO Representation in Uganda Job Type: Non-staff opportunities Type of Requisition: Consultant Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Uganda-Kampala Duration: 11 Months – renewable Post Number: N/A Organizational Setting The FAO Representation in Uganda (FRUGA) is responsible for leading FAO’s response to country priorities...Read More
Job Posting: 23/Jul/2024 Closure Date: 07/Aug/2024, 12:59:00 AM Organizational Unit: FRUGA Job Type: Non-staff opportunities Type of Requisition: Consultant Grade Level: N/A Primary Location: Uganda-Kampala Duration: 11 Months – renewable Organizational Setting The FAO Representation in Uganda (FRUGA) is responsible for leading FAO’s response to country priorities for food security, agriculture, forestry, and rural development...Read More
Both global climate and the Amazon Forest are near tipping points beyond which irreversible processes would lead to unprecedented catastrophes. A second Trump presidency would both boost greenhouse gas emissions and would risk a critical delay in global efforts to avert a runaway greenhouse. The various interrelated tipping points represent thresholds where the annual probability...Read More
