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PhD in tropical conservation: Quantifying the impacts of land-use change on tropical biodiversity across scales
Tropical land-use change is a core driver of the global extinction and climate change crises. Key questions remain about how land-use change drives species losses and changing composition across the tropics, from local to regional spatial scales. Read more
Determining the optimal mix of forestry systems and reserves under differing wildfire regimes for improving biodiversity conservation
How to meet human needs for timber while limiting harm to biodiversity is an urgent scientific goal. Read more
PhD in atmosphere-biosphere-climate interactions and land-based CO2 removal strategies
The 2021 IPCC Report recognizes urgent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and large-scale CO2 removal (CDR) are urgently required to mitigate climate change. Read more
Co-benefits and Trade-offs for Regenerative Agriculture
Project description. Nearly 70% of UK land area and 50% of European Union (EU) land is used for agriculture. These landscapes have been shaped by centuries of large-scale human impacts through traditional or intensive land-use systems. Read more
Compostable and oxo-degradable plastics - saviour of the natural environment? An investigation of their long-term fate and ecotoxicity, from land to the deep sea.
Plastic waste is transported by wind, water and ice, in terrestrial and marine environments. Certain environments may act as longer term ‘sinks’ for plastics, e.g., the deep seafloor (kms deep), whilst others may only be temporary, e.g. Read more
Quantifying carbon content in European agricultural land
Farming practices and interventions that sequester and store carbon in agricultural soils can significantly contribute to climate change mitigation, as well as support farmer’s adaptation to increasing frequency of extreme events, droughts and floods. Read more
Land, Law and Literature in France 1643-1789
PROJECT DESCRIPTION. This project will examine the evolution of land law and systems of tenure in France during the period. between the Wars of Religion and the Revolution. Read more
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Rice farming and rodent-borne zoonoses
Land-use changes due to intensified agricultural practices are a concern in the Philippines (Dirzo et al, 2014). The replacement of forests by mixed agroecosystems and high-value crops has led to biodiversity loss and increased contact of humans with wild animal populations. Read more
Inga agroforestry to enhance soil regeneration and carbon sequestration in degraded tropical soils.
Extensive tracts of land in the tropics have already been cleared of forest, used first to grow crops and then as pasture. The removal of the tropical forest severely diminishes the capacity of the ecosystem to retain nutrients and carbon in the soil. Read more
Images of a Foreign Land. Early Modern Poland-Lithuania and the Problem of Cultural Transfer.
This project investigates the changing attitudes towards and images of the multi-national and republican Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Read more
Structure of the Azores plateau from earthquake seismology
The Azores Plateau is considered to have grown somewhat like Iceland, by excess volcanism at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and by volcanism continuing to historical… Read more
Developing methods to quantify the potential for greenhouse gas removal using bioenergy - carbon capture and storage to speed up the establishment and uptake of perennial Bio-energy crops.
Crop yield and soil carbon turnover models are parameterized by using data from carefully controlled and measured field and lab experiments and when used spatially in predictive mode are driven by existing spatial data sets of weather, climate, soil types and land use at various scales. Read more
University of Liverpool - School of Law and Social Justice Graduate Teaching Fellow Posts – Law (2022/23)
Liverpool Law School invites applications for five positions as Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTF) commencing September/October 2022. Read more
Enhancing cultural, conservation and restoration outcomes in the Cumberland Plain' of Western Sydney- Threatened Species and Ecosystems
ABOUT THE PROJECT. Western Sydney University is offering a scholarship to a highly motivated PhD candidate, to contribute to a $1.8 million collaborative research program designed to inform the cultural, conservation and restoration outcomes in the in peri-urban landscapes across Western Sydney. Read more