Founded in 2000, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a global leader in enabling civil society to participate in and benefit from conserving some of the world’s most critical ecosystems. It provides grants for nongovernmental and private sector organizations to help protect biodiversity hotspots and earth’s most biologically rich yet threatened areas.
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment's (ATREE) mission is to promote socially just environmental conservation and sustainable development by generating rigorous interdisciplinary knowledge that engages actively with academia, policy makers, practitioners, activists, students and wider public audiences.
Project: Gap analysis of the Periyar-Agasthyamalai landscape for arboreal mammal conservation (2 Positions)
Organization: CEPF-ATREE Western Ghats Program
Positions available for Research Assistants -
Position 1: Research Assistant for field surveys
Duration: 12 months.
Description: Presence-absence surveys for arboreal mammals will have to be undertaken across various sites in southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. This requires spending long periods of time in the field and the person must be willing to camp in remote areas. Candidates with some prior experience in carrying out surveys and who will be able to work independently in the field are encouraged to apply. The recruited person has to work under the overall supervision of the Principal Investigator to whom monthly progress reports have to be communicated. Basic computer skills are a requirement.
Position 2: Research Assistant for questionnaire surveys
Duration: 3 months.
Description: This job requires the candidate to undertake questionnaire based surveys in the field. The candidate is expected to meet Forest Department officials in this landscape, other NGOs who are working in Periyar-Agasthyamalai landscape and local communities to collect data on occurrence of arboreal mammals, threats to them and anthropogenic activities in the landscape. Working knowledge of Malayalam and Tamil is an absolute requirement and a background in social sciences is preferable. He/she has to work under the overall supervision of the Principal Investigator to whom monthly progress reports have to be communicated. Basic computer skills are a requirement.
Interested candidates may send their resumés to: sushma_at_feralindia.org
Contact Details:
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Conservation International
2011 Crystal Drive
Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22202, USA
Tel: (1) 703 341-2400
email: cepf@conservation.org
Wesite: www.cepf.net/
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
Royal Enclave
Sriramapura,
Jakkur Post
Bangalore 560 064
Ph. No. +91-80-23635555 Ext 309.
email : info@atree.org
Website: www.atree.org
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