Project: Making Mekong Connected: Developing carbon and biodiversity assets for multifunctional landscapes in the Upper Mekong

Background:

The MMC project is conducting research into how biodiversity and carbon vary in the landscape in the upper Mekong region to develop methods for assessing biodiversity and carbon assets. The landscape comprises a mixture of old growth tropical rain forest, secondary forests at different stages of recovery from swidden farming, swidden fields, small scale tea plantations, orchards, rice fields, and degraded grasslands at approximately 600 m to 1000 m in elevation.

Research leader

Level: MSc graduate

Salary: RMB 2500 / mo

Location: XTBG and Mengsong

Requirements:

The successful applicant will conduct research on how plant and arthropod biodiversity varies across the landscape in relation to vegetation types, as part of a larger project studying how plant, soil, vertebrate and arthropod biodiversity are related to carbon in the landscape.

The successful applicant will lead a small team of 2-3 people to follow protocols in vegetation survey and sampling arthropods including, leaf litter, dung beetles, Malaise traps and light traps, and the candidate will be responsible for organising the sorting and identification of the collected material.

Qualifications:

The candidate should have an MSc in ecology / conservation biology or a related field, and should be comfortable working independently in the field.

Contact person：Rhett Harrison：rharrison@xtbg.org.cn， 15087671181