<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">AfroMont: Two open positions</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Fixed contract position: Coordinator for AfroMont, the African</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mountain Research NetworkThe University of Pretoria is offering a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">contract position for the coordinator of AfroMont, the African</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mountain Research Network</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(<</span><a href="http://mri.scnatweb.ch/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=13&mailid=204&subid=26303" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://mri.scnatweb.ch/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=13&mailid=204&subid=26303</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><a href="http://mri.scnatweb.ch/mri-africa" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://mri.scnatweb.ch/mri-africa</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">AfroMont consists of 300 scientists from across Africa who have a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">common interest: sustainable resources and livelihoods in the African</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">mountains. AfroMont wishes to promote the science needed to achieve</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">sustainable livelihoods and ecosystem services in these areas.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Post-doctoral position available: Global change in African Mountains</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The University of Pretoria is offering a post-doctoral research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">position on global change in African mountains. Global change denotes</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the interaction between climate as well as other global drivers, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">human practice with respect to the ecosystem services, food and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">natural resources. The effect of global change is likely to be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">observed clearly in mountain areas because the altitudinal variation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in climate and natural resources in mountains provides a sensitive</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">indicator of environmental conditions and because human populations</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in mountains are often closely dependent on these mountain natural resources.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><</span><a href="http://mri.scnatweb.ch/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=1577&mailid=204&subid=26303" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://mri.scnatweb.ch/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=1577&mailid=204&subid=26303</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>More</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Yours sincerely,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Prof. J.W.H. Ferguson</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Pretoria</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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