Dear Colleagues,
The USDA Caribbean Climate Hub is participating
in the USDA Climate Hub Fellows Program and we
are looking for a candidate with skills and
experience modeling the potential effects of
changing climate and climate variability on
various aspects of tropical agriculture and
forestry. Specific areas of interest may include
understanding impacts of decreasing or more
variable water availability, salinization impacts
on agriculture, modeling shifting distributions
of pests and optimal growing regions, analyzing
the relationships of economic risk and climate -
particularly with respect to how climate
adaptation practices may reduce risk, or
assessing carbon cycling with respect to agricultural lands and practices.
The Climate Hubs Fellows Program (CHFP) has been
announced (http://go.usa.gov/3J4GA). The deadline
for applications is November 20th. The CHFP
program will hire fellows as temporary federal
employees to work with the regional Hubs to
accomplish their mission. Fellows from this
program will obtain experience developing
on-the-ground solutions for vulnerabilities faced
by operational land managers and learn to work
with established research and outreach
communities. Applications to the program (see
announcement for details), should be sent to
[email protected]. Fellows should identify
their climate hub regional preference, or if they
are willing to be placed where there is the
greatest need. Regions can be found on the hubs
website www.usda.gov/climatehubs. Applications
will be screened by a panel at the national level
and the top 20 to 30 candidates will be put
forward to the Regional Hub Directors for consideration.
Selected candidate will be employed in a term
position with the US Forest Service and stationed
at the International Institute of Tropical
Forestry in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. If
interested please contact me soon to let me know
of your interest and qualifications (Ph.D.
required). Please share with others who may be interested.
Sincerely,
William Gould
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William A. Gould, Research Ecologist
Leader, USDA Caribbean Climate Sub Hub
Coordinator, Caribbean Landscape
Conservation Cooperative
Forest Service
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
p: 787-764-7790
f: 787-766-6302
[email protected]
1201 Calle Ceiba
Río Piedras, PR 00926
www.fs.fed.us
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