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PhD Opportunity: Drivers of methane emissions in tropical peatlands

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I would like to draw your attention to a potential PhD project: “Drivers of methane emissions in tropical peatlands” Applications should be submitted by midnight on 31 August 2020 (see link above) Academic Supervisors: A/Professor Angela Gallego-Sala, University of Exeter, UK A/Professor Tim Hill, University of Exeter, UK Professor Sue Page, University of Leicester, UK Dr Jenny […]

Lightning Project: Scoping the study site in Ankasa, Ghana

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I am returning home from a fieldwork in Ghana. We (me and Silvio Stivanello from Cardiff University) were working with collaborators from Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) Stephen Adu-Bredu, Akwasi and Jonathon on the Lightning Project. This week we have been busy exploring the Ankasa Forest Reserve in the Southwest of Ghana, looking for […]

Eddy Covariance Job Opportunity

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I would like to draw your attention to a 30 month PDRA job opportunity: Using Eddy Covariance to investigate the greenhouse gas emissions from Oil Palm plantations on tropical peat. The PDRA will be working on a project funded by the Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) entitled: “Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics of Tropical Peatland”. […]

Oil Palm Plantation Road and Draingage in Sarawark Malaysia

PhD Opportunity 2: Environmental Impacts of Oil Palm

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I would also like to draw your attention to a second potential PhD project, entitled “Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Oil Palm Production in Malaysia”. Application deadline: 7th January 2018The project is one of a number of projects that are competing for GW4+ funding. This project will attract additional CASE funding and will involve fieldwork […]