The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has announced the external review of the second order draft of the thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration and the first order draft of the summaries for policymakers.

Karen Seto (Yale U.) was awarded the inaugural AAG Award for Research Excellence in Human Dimensions Research for her research on urban land systems. Also, she has become a new National Academy of Sciences member:

http://environment.yale.edu/news/article/seto-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences/

Non-LCLUC webinar:

China Data Center

Read Time in Space: The Spatio-temporal Analysis with China and US Geo-Explorers

Shuming Bao, Director of Spatial Data Center & China Data Center

Join us for a webinar on May 11, 2017 at 1:00 PM EDT.

Register now!

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2319971016181414657

The DeFries lab at Columbia University is searching for an exceptional Postdoctoral Research Scientist to carry out remote sensing analysis of forest degradation in South Asia. The researcher will be responsible for the remote sensing aspects of a NASA-funded, interdisciplinary project on monitoring forest
degradation and assessing impacts of migration and off-farm employment on forest resource use in the study region.