Posts tagged with "World Heritage"
Job Advertisement: eDNA Scientific Data Officer
Do you have a passion for marine biodiversity and climate change research? Are you data-savvy and love working with data? If yes, then we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are looking for an individual consultant to join our team for a 3-month consultancy, starting preferably on May 15th, 2023. The eDNA Scientific Data Officer will work on a citizen-science project called "eDNA Expeditions in Marine World Heritage Sites," which aims to determine the richness of fish species and other marine megavertebrates across 25 marine sites inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
UNESCO kicks off eDNA expeditions at COP 15
As the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) opens today, UNESCO is establishing a global biodiversity snapshot of marine species across 25 of the world's most unique marine protected areas. Analysis of these samples will help OBIS map biodiversity and develop citizen science protocols for eDNA sampling and data management.