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The potential of non-wood forest products in Tanzania

Introduction Tanzania is a country with a rich diversity of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) that have the potential to contribute to environmental protection, improvement of people’s well-being, and the national GDP. NWFPs include essential oils, beeswax, honey, gum, tannins, latex, dyes, medicines, fibers, and food. The extraction and trade of NWFPs can provide income and employment […]

Swarm of 20,000 bees chase car for 48 hours to rescue trapped queen

This is the story of a ferocious army determined to rescue their queen from a metal fortress. Or, viewed another way, a swarm of bees who, for two days, followed their queen bee trapped inside a Mitsubishi Outlander. Either way, it makes for a good tale. The Outlander belongs to Carol Howarth, a 68-year-old grandmother, […]

Apply for UNICEF internship across the globe

Deadlines Fast Approaching. Apply for 13 UNICEF internships across the globe.       If you are looking for opportunities to start your career with UN , promote and defend the rights of children and their welfare don’t miss the deadlines. Apply for 13 UNICEF internships across the globe. To receive quick updates subscribe to […]

AFDB 20 New Job Offers with International renumeration packages

AFDB has just announced 20 New Job Offers with International renumeration packages If you looking to work and contribute to development here’s an opportunity to showcase your talent, AFDB has just announced 20 New Job Offers with International renumeration packages. To receive quick updates subscribe to our ; (if you have joined any of our platforms […]

The 3rd SUA Scientific Conference 2023

find out all about the conference in the following link https://www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz/foresteconomics//Book-of-Abstracts-for-3rd-SUA-Scientific-Conference-23-24-May-2023.pdf To commem- orate, celebrate and honour the life and legacy of the late Hon. Edward Moringe Sokoine (former Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania), SUA wishes to share the generated knowledge, innovations, solutions, and findings to the national and international scientific community. […]

Call for Darwin Initiative: Round 30 on Innovation and Capability & Capacity

https://www.darwininitiative.org.uk/apply/ Darwin Initiative: Round 30 We are now inviting applications to all four Darwin Initiative schemes: Extra Main Innovation Capability & Capacity The timetable for Round 30 is: Extra – Single Stage, with interview Call for Extra applications: currently open – deadline Monday 18th September 2023 Shortlisted applications will be invited to interview (remote): Monday 15th – Friday 19th January 2024 Main – Two […]

Invitation to join the SARUA Climate Change closing conference

Dear Climate Change academics and decision makers, We have completed the SARUA programme on Climate Change with the following achieved: Enhanced capacity of the SADC universities to support member states to implement climate change and mitigation strategies, to engage in climate change negotiations and conduct climate change policy analysis. www.sarua.africa follow the link below for […]

VARIOUS CURRENT FUNDED CALLS FOR PROPOSAL 2023, FEMALE CANDIDATE ENCOURAGED

CALLS FOR PROPOSAL 1 Name of call   Inlaks RS Small Grants in Conservation Funding agency The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation Amount not exceeding INR 3 lakh per year Deadline May 30, 2023 Grant summary The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation supports biodiversity conservation in the areas of field biology, ecology and conservation through the Inlaks Ravi Sankaran […]

CURRENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES, CONSULTANCIES AND PROGRAMME AT IFAD

Current job opportunities Country Director P-4 – WCA – deadline: 22-05-2023  Bamako  Midnight, Rome Time Finance Analyst P-1 – FCD – deadline: 23-05-2023  Rome  Midnight, Rome Time Call for interest – Senior HR Specialist (Advisory) – Short term opportunity until end 2023 P-4 – HRD – deadline: 23-05-2023  Rome  Midnight, Rome Time Call for interest – Senior HR Specialist (BPU coordination) – Short term opportunity until end 2023 P-4 – HRD – deadline: […]

Take a look inside A Billionaire Bee Colony

Stewart and Lynda Resnick’s Wonderful Co. is among a handful of honey bee farms responsible for the pollination of a third of Americans’ food. But the real buzz is how they rent them out. Thousands of honey bees leave a cluster of wooden boxes and rush towards a vast grove of almond trees bursting with […]