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The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia announces the Student research competition on sustainable management of natural resources in Central Asia

Main topics of the competition:

All thematic areas should be directly or indirectly related to climate change processes in the Central Asian region.

• Climate projections and climate risks assessment;
• Assessment of effects of climate change on natural resources
• Contribution of ecosystem services in climate resilience;
• Economics of land degradation;
• Climate change and health;
• Forestry and other carbon sinks;
• Assessment of climate vulnerability of households and sectors;
• Adaptation to climate change in agriculture and water sector;
• Circular economy
• Low-carbon development, promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency;

Gender and gender policy in the management of natural resources.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

The competition is open for students from universities within the Central Asian region, who plan to focus their research on:

• Ph.D. and master’s students with a research focus on climate-related issues in water, land, energy resources or environmental management.

Proposed research will be a part of the applicant`s dissertation and must be completed until January 2021 and findings and recommendations to be presented on the Climate Conference in February 2021.

Key Dates

• May 31, 2020: deadline for submission of applications
• June 25, 2020: an announcement of winners