Expression of Interest – NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship Application University of Oxford Department of Zoology Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science E.J. Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity
In partnership with: Akçakaya Lab, Stony Brook University IUCN Species Survival Commission Wildlife Conservation Society Global Wildlife Conservation Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Zoological Society of London The IUCN SSC Red List plays a fundamental role in documenting and monitoring the status of biodiversity and is the respected "go-to" global repository of scientifically-accurate information on species. The Red List reflects risk of extinction and collapse, but also change in risk over time. However, while genuine decline in risk should be celebrated as a conservation success, it may only be a first step towards achievement of a more ambitious conservation goal. Therefore, the IUCN Green List of species is envisioned to fulfill the need to document all dimensions of species conservation success and incentivize conservation action towards a species’ recovery and preventing future declines. A candidate is sought to submit a 3-year NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship on Green Listing to translate the scientific advances in Red Listing and Green Listing into a form that is useful to stakeholders including non-governmental organizations and governments. This will include testing current thinking on Green Listing on a wide variety of species and taxonomic groups in partnership with IUCN SSC Specialist Groups, contributing to user guidelines for Green Listing of species, helping to adapt the Green Listing through incorporating feedback from testing, Specialist Groups and the IUCN Green List Task Force, and leading on the preparation of scientific publications on the concept. Knowledge Exchange fellows can come from an academic or an end-user background. The successful candidate will be supported to submit a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship and if successful will be hosted at Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford for three years. They will work closely with the Green List Task Force of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Red List Commission. Candidates should have a PhD in conservation or a related field, and relevant experience in either conservation science or practice. To express your interest in working with us to develop a proposal, please submit a CV and a one-page covering letter explaining your interest in, and suitability for, this role to: [email protected] by 6th March 2017. For more information about the scheme: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/available/schemes/kefellows/
