Job Announcement

Three exciting positions available in huge peatland restoration project in Belarus 

(Closing date for applications has been revised to March 10th 2008)

Large areas of drained and degraded peatland urgently require rewetting to counteract greenhouse gas emissions. One of the most ambitious restoration initiatives is being accomplished in Belarus. Government, NGOs and UNDP are currently pursuing the goal of rewetting hundreds of thousand of hectares in what will become Europe’s largest peatland restoration project. The project aims at

• Restoring 260,000 hectares degraded peatland in the first phase, and an extension of the project to a larger area in the longer-term, equivalent to an area that would avoid emissions of at least several million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents.
• Raising funds for the restoration and long-term sustainable management of re-wetted peatlands in the Republic of Belarus through selling high quality carbon credits on the voluntary market.
• Setting up a Trust Fund for the long-term sustainable financing of the restoration and management of re-wetted peatlands and parts of the protected areas network in Belarus. For more information on the project, see IMCG Newsletter 2007/3.

To stimulate and support these developments, the German Center for International Migration and Development (CIM) has made available three positions (for EU citizens) to the Belarusian Birdlife partner APB that will be filled in the coming weeks:

1. A mire ecologist to monitor pre- and post re-wetted sites Job describtion mire ecologist
2. A greenhouse gas specialist to assess changes in greenhouse gas emissions Job describtion mire greenhouse gas specialist
3. A project manager and lobbyist Job describtion project manager

online application (in German) possible

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