Nature Jobs List - 3 February

I'm Giacomo Abrusci, and welcome to my weekly nature jobs list. Here you'll find general environmental jobs spanning land ecosystems, biodiversity, air, climate, and everything in between. OCEAN JOBS and announcements appear in a different edition of this same newsletter. If you would like to contribute jobs or announcements, email them to [email protected].

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Photo of the week: Great Blue Heron takes off with its catch. By Christopher Paterson. Email your photo to have it featured.

NEWS ? REPORTS ? ANNOUNCEMENTS

No justice in sight for World Bank project-affected communities in Liberia. More than a year late, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation has finally submitted its response to an investigation that found evidence of grave human rights violations at the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) that it helps fund in Liberia. ?The IFC, established to fund private sector development in poor countries, loaned $10 million to SRC to rehabilitate and expand its plantations in 2007. Affected communities filed a complaint ?with the finance institution’s independent grievance body, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, alleging failure to prevent abuses by SRC. [Read more]

Country diary: A bird that had existed only in my imagination becomes vividly real. We’ve come to church this morning in search of a fictional bird. On the south side of the graveyard, sunlight paves the lime walk, but offers little warmth for those who choose to linger. It’s not the first time I’ve haunted this churchyard in winter, praying for hawfinches in the yew trees, but so far my only sighting of the UK’s largest finch has been in my Collins Guide to British Birds. The parish church of St Andrew is blessed with grounds full of mature trees and the old spreading yew by the gate has attracted a small flock of birders. We join them, stamping numb feet, hoping for a miracle in its evergreen interior. [Read more]

Study of more than 600 animal and plant species finds genetic diversity has declined globally. Genetic diversity in animals and plants has declined globally over the past three decades, an analysis of more than 600 species has found. The research, published in the journal Nature, found declines in two-thirds of the populations studied, but noted that urgent conservation efforts could halt or even reverse genetic diversity losses. Dozens of scientists internationally reviewed 882 studies that measured genetic diversity changes between 1985 and 2019 in 628 species of animals, plants, fungi and chromists (a type of organism), forming what they have called “the most comprehensive investigation” of changes in genetic diversity within species to date. [Read more]

?THIS WEEK'S ENVIRONMENT JOBS LIST

New Jobs

1. Renewable Energy Project Manager,?DNV,?Madrid, Spain

2. Energy Project Manager,? ENGIE ,?Bucharest, Romania

3. Business Development Lead- FraBeLux- Carbon Credits and Advisory,? South Pole ,?Paris, France

4. Advisor – Energy Infrastructure,? WindEurope ,?Brussels, Belgium

5. Senior Scientific Officer – Soils,? Department for Environment and Water ,?Adelaide, Australia

6. Waste Management Officer,? Eurobodalla Shire Council ,?New South Wales, Australian

7. Field Environmental Officer,? Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development ,?New South Wales, Australian

8. Environmental Officer,? Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development , NSW Government,?New South Wales, Australian

9. Land Acquisition Specialist,? Vermont Land Trust ,?Montpelier, VT

10. Administrative Specialist,? Rogue River Watershed Council ,?Central Point, OR

11. Avian Field Technicians to Conduct Breeding Biology and Territoriality of Nesting Birds in Sierra Nevada Meadows,? Point Blue Conservation Science ,?Chester and Truckee, CA

12. Rangeland Monitoring Technician,? American Bird Conservancy ,?Texas, TX

13. Northern Great Plains Program Coordinator,? Montana Conservation Corps ,?Great Falls, MT

14. Invasive Species Monitor (USFWS, Pahranagat and Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuges),? The Great Basin Institute ,?Moapa Valley, NV

15. Facilities Specialist,? Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks ,?Great Bend, KS

16. Canvass Director (Summer 2025),? Run On Climate ,?Burlington, VT

17. Executive Director,? Kings River Conservancy ,?Clovis, CA

18. Entomologist: Pear IPM Scouting Network Coordinator,?Washington State University,?Wenatchee, WA

19. Habitat Conservation Specialist,? Pheasants Forever ,?McMinnville, OR

20. Ecological Restoration Steward/ Invasive Strike Team Crew Member,? Kent Conservation District ,?Grand Rapids, MI

21. Stormwater Control Foreman,? KC Harvey Environmental, LLC ,?Rawlins, WY

22. Education & Community Engagement Specialist,? San Diego Natural History Museum ,?San Diego, CA

23. Officer – Clean Energy Policy,? Pew Charitable Trusts ,?Washington, DC

24. Vegetation Monitoring (AIM) Crew Lead,? Walker Basin Conservancy ,?Mason Valley, NV

25. Research Specialist/Sr. Research Specialist (Stream Focused),? Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ,?Fredonia, NY

26. Trail Steward Member/Leader,? New York-New Jersey Trail Conference ,?Harriman, NY

27. Stream and River Research Technician (Hourly),? Illinois Natural History Survey at the 美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校 ,?Champaign, IL

28. Community Engagement Manager,? Friends of the Urban Forest ,?San Francisco, CA

29. Conservation Restriction Coordinator,? Essex County Greenbelt Association ,?Essex, MA

30. Short-Term Professional Employment and Practical Training,?International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ),?Bangkok, Thailand

Internship & Volunteer Opportunities

1. Conservation Internship, Georgia Department of Natural Resources , Social Circle, GA

2. Ecology Intern, Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission, Edgartown, MA

3. Summer Internship, BLUE RIDGE DISCOVERY CENTER INC , Troutdale, VA

4. Summer Intern – Paid, Jay C. Hormel Nature Center , Austin, MN

5. Sustainability Intern, Walking Mountains , Avon, CO