Applications for new GLP Working Groups will open in early September. If you have an idea and are considering applying, please contact Community and Development Officer Brigitte Portner to find out more about the requirements, process, and deadlines.

With just ten years to go to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN’s 2030 Agenda, science funders from around the world have asked the International Science Council (ISC) to convene the insights and ideas of the broader global scientific community on the critical priorities for science that will support and enable societies to accomplish the goals by 2030. They want to hear from scientists in all fields and all disciplines, including the natural, social and human sciences. Deadline: 2 October 2020

Understanding the Stickiness of Commodity Supply Chains Is Key to Improving Their Sustainability
GLP Members look at the soy trade in Brazil, the world's largest exporter, to analyze supply chain stickiness and explain why it is essential to curb deforestation. The research was published in One Earth. Learn more

Analyzing Population and Land Use Change
A new multidisciplinary book discusses and scientifically analyzes issues related to population, land use/cover (LULC) and environmental transformations in the seven most populated cities in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. Learn more

Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Current Transformations at Extractive and Agrarian Frontiers in Latin America
A new special issue of the Journal of Land Use Science illustrates the multi-dimensionality of land use change at Latin American frontiers by exploring transdisciplinary cross-fertilization. Learn more

Fostering sustainable land restoration through circular economy‐governed transitions
Integrative policy frameworks targeting a “sustainable restoration economy” can help improve the cost feasibility of restoration projects through circularization of resource value chains besides enhancing social welfare and ecological vitality. Learn more

Improving governance of tenure in policy and practice: The case of Myanmar
A new article in Land Use Policy documents the support provided to the National Land Use Policy (NLUP) process in Myanmar and focusses on four interlinked aspects that are mutually reinforcing each other when brought together in such a process. Learn more

Paths to Sustaining Forests and Communities in Guatemala's Maya Reserve
This event from early August explored two recent media stories raising questions about the grand park development plan, which has the support of several powerful U.S. senators. Learn more

Resource-Conserving Agricultural Practices for Ecological Sustainability
Papers sought for a special issue of Agriculture. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020. Learn more

Managing Agroecosystems for Food and Nutritional Security
Papers sought for a special issue of Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2020. Learn more

Challenges and Opportunities of Global Land Restoration During the UN-Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Papers sought for a special issue of Land Degradation & Development. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2021. Learn more

AGRF Virtual Summit: Feed the Cities, Grow the Continent
The theme of the summit, being held virtually Sept 8-11, is "Feed the Cities, Grow the Continent: Leveraging Urban Food Markets to Achieve Sustainable Food Systems in Africa" and is a call to action to rethink our food systems to deliver resilient, better nourished, and more prosperous outcomes for all. Learn more

The 8th World Sustainability Forum
The 8th World Sustainability Forum (WSF2020), to be held virtually Sept 15-17, is an international scientific conference coordinated by MDPI, partially sponsored by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, under the patronage of the University of Basel, the University of Geneva and  the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN). Registration is free but required to attend. Learn more

International Conference on Sustainable Development
The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) provides a forum for academia, government, civil society, UN agencies, and the private sector to come together to share practical solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This conference will be held virtually Sept 21-22. Learn more

GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World – One Health
The GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference will be held October 28-29. Held under the theme ‘One World – One Health’, this two-day event will reach tens of millions of people, spotlight ecosystem restoration and contribute to the UN CBD’s POST-2020 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK, making 2020 the super year for nature and biodiversity. Learn more

Technology competition to support land use planning
The Group on Earth Observation Land Degradation Neutrality have launched a technology innovation competition for the development of a software to support the integration of Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) into land-use planning at different levels, including national, regional and local. Proposals are due 31 August 2020. Learn more

Global Challenges Research Fund Networking Grants
The awards provide up to £25,000 over one year to support collaborations between developing countries and the UK and to hold networking events aimed at addressing global challenges. Round 7 is now open for applications. Deadline: 10 September 2020. Learn more

Seed Funding Grants
This call is designed to provide seed funding for projects between academic actors in Switzerland and the following countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Deadline for applications: 14 September 2020. Learn more (downloads file)

Catalyst Fund: Seeding
The Royal Society Te Apārangi has opened the July 2020 Call for Catalyst: Seeding, which facilitates new small and medium pre-research strategic partnerships between New Zealand and other countries that cannot be supported through other means, and with a view to developing full collaborations that could be supported through Catalyst: Strategic over time. Deadline: 15 October 2020. Learn more

Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development is a competitive research grant program under the Global Development Awards Competition 2020. This year, three winning projects on the topic, 'Unpacking the health-environment-economic wellbeing nexus' will receive grants worth US$45,000. Deadline: 30 September 2020. Learn more

Professorships
The Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern in Switzerland has opened six open-rank professorships:

Opportunities for Nature and People in Socio-Ecological Systems
Open-rank Professorship in Climate Change Scenarios in Vulnerable Regions
Application Deadline: 14 September 2020. Learn more

Open-rank Professorship in Integrative Biodiversity Conservation Science
Application Deadline: 14 September 2020. Learn more

Open-rank Professorship in Co-design of Land Systems
Application Deadline: 14 September 2020. Learn more

Sustainability Transformations for Nature and People
Open-rank Professorship in Governance Innovation
Application Deadline: 12 October 2020. Learn more Learn more

Open-rank Professorship in Political Economy
Application Deadline: 12 October 2020. Learn more

Open-rank Professorship in ICT for Nature and People
Application Deadline: October 12, 2020. Learn more

Sustainability Forecasting Fellow
Natural Capital Project and the University of Minnesota’s Department of Applied Economics seeks a research fellow to work on a project that represents the first steps to connect commodity standards, reduce commodity impacts on the environment, and help governments and brands target sustainability investments. The priority deadline has passed, but applications are still being accepted. Learn more

LULUCF GHGI Expert
The Coalition for Rainforest Nations seeks an expert to help build capacity for increasing and institutionalizing national GHG inventory capacities of rainforest countries to enable them to transparently report REDD+. Deadline: 31 August 2020. Learn more (downloads file)

Research Analyst, Food and Land Program
World Resources Institute China office (WRI China) is seeking a Research Analyst to the China Food and Land Program. The Research Analyst will play a dedicated and analytical role in implement WRI’s food and land projects to look at the synergies among food, land use, climate, environment, biodiversity and etc., such as the global green value chain relevant issues. Applications accepted until position is filled. Learn more

Remote Sensing Specialist for Forest Monitoring Tasks
To strengthen their capacities in the field of (semi-)automatic analysis of remote sensing data and the creation and implementation of modular processing chains, GAF is now looking for motivated experts with a focus on remote sensing, data analysis, optimising and implementing processing chains, with also a strong forestry and environmental background. Applications accepted until position is filled. Learn more

Remote Sensing Scientist Specialized in Image Classification
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is offering a permanent position for a remote sensing scientist specialized in image classification. Applications accepted until position is filled. Learn more

Program Manager, Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative
The Yale School of the Environment is seeking a program manager. Applications are being accepted until a suitable applicant is found. Learn more