TheNatureConse

ervancyan
ndDeakin Universityyareseekin
ngexpresssionsofintterestfor

2xPostdocto
oralFello
owships&
&2xPhDScholaarships

Project deescription: The aim off this projeect is to de

evelop local valuation s of coastaal ecosystem
m
services fo
or marine habitats
h
in southern
s
A
Australia, an
nd commun
nicate thesee to stakeh
holders usin
ng
spatialmapsandotheermedia.Q
Quantifying thebenefittspeoplega
ainfromnaaturalsystem
mswillallow
he
thepotenttialimpactsofalternattivemanageementscenariostobeevaluated, andassessmentsofth
tradeoffs betweend
developmen
ntanddiffeerentecosysstemservicces.Theproojectwill:(1)develop a
seriesofm
modelbased
dspatialmaapsthatquaantifyecosyystemservicesprovideedbytempe
eratemarin
ne
habitats su
uch as saltmarsh, mangroves annd seagrasss; and (2) value
v
thesee ecosystem
m services in
i
termsofso
ocialandecconomicbe
enefitstop eopleusingglocallyrele
evantvaluaationmetho
odologiesfo
or
coastalpro
otection,fissheries,tourismand/o rrecreation
n.Theproje
ectwillfocuusonmarin
nehabitatsiin
central Vicctoria and northern New
N
South Wales. The
e projects rationale aand methodologies arre
underpinnedbytheG
GlobalMap
ppingOceannWealthprojectdeve
elopedbyTTheNature Conservanccy
(see http:///oceanweaalth.org/). This
T
Projecct is the Au
ustralian co
omponent oof the Glob
bal Mappin
ng
OceanWea
althprojectt.

nvironmentt: The project will bee hosted by Deakin Universitys
U
Centre for Integrativve
Project en
Ecology(CIE,http://ciiedeakin.co
om/)theScchoolofLiffeandEnvirronmentalSSciences,an
ndsupporteed
disciplinaryteaminclud
dingTheNaatureConservancy,govvernmentaggencies,privvateindustrry
byamultid
and comm
munity group
ps. The goaal of CIEs rresearch is to foster new concepttual undersstanding thaat
advancesffundamentaalscience,w
whilealsom
makinginno
ovativecon
ntributionsttoapplied conservatio
on
and naturralresourceemanageme
ent,particuularlythrougghprotectio
onofbiodivversityandareasofhiggh
conservation value. The
T
project is supervvised by accademics frrom Deakinn Universityy (Dr Daniel
nou, Dr EmiilyNicholso
on and Dr PPeter Macre
eadie) and The Naturee Conservan
ncy (DrChrris
Ierodiacon
Gillies).

Expression
ns of Intere
est (EOIs): We are seeeking EOIs for two Po
ostdoctoral Fellowship
ps (Academic
LevelAorB)andtwofullyfunde
edPhDSchoolarshipsfro
omcandida
ateswithouutstandingttrackrecord
ds
in environ
nmental ecconomics, spatial maapping and
d analysis, and/or eccological modelling,
m
i
in
particular with experrience in valuation
v
off ecosystem
m services and/or proocessbased
d ecosystem
m
modelling. The Postd
doctoral Fellowships aare for 2 ye
ears, with potential
p
foor an addittional 1 yeaar
extension.Applicantswishingtobeappointtedparttim
meareencouragedtoaapply.EOIsmustconsisst
of a 12 page cover letter
l
descrribing your suitability for the possition and ttrack record relative to
t
opportunitty,aswellaasa2pageC
CVandreleevantquestiionsrelating
gtothepossition.

EOIscanb
beemailedttonholland
d@tnc.orgaandshouldbesubmitte
edbyWednnesday6Ap
pril2016.