Nature Conservancy
Climate Change Team Intern
JOB TITLE: CLIMATE CHANGE TEAM INTERN
LOCATION: Arlington, Virginia
BACKGROUND:
The Nature Conservancy, through its Climate Change Team and External Affairs division, is identifying and implementing strategies that will help to slow the rate of global warming and to protect plants, animals and our natural environment against its inevitable impacts. We are looking for an intern to work with our U.S. federal policy staff. Broadly, our policy work involves limiting the severity of global warming by supporting policies and programs at the state, national, and international level to limit heat-trapping emissions from fossil fuel consumption, deforestation and other ecosystem destruction.
The Climate Change Team seeks an intern to research published literature on the impacts of climate change and policies and technologies to reduce emissions; assist with monitoring Congressional activity on climate change policy; support actions the Conservancy is taking to raise awareness of the issue among opinion leaders, businesses, and policy makers; and provide research support to Conservancy initiatives to reduce forest sector and land-use contributions to climate change and to assist ecosystems in adapting to the impacts of climate change.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
We seek an intern to:
• Assist in monitoring Congressional action on climate change.
• Assist in creation of internal and external communication materials including; a daily climate change news summary, PowerPoint presentations, briefing materials, fact sheets on the impacts of climate change in target states, and other materials to support our policy outreach to key audiences.
• Assist with other climate related policy research and analysis as needed.
The Nature Conservancy is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. To date, the Conservancy and its members have been responsible for the protection of more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of river around the world.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Undergraduate or graduate studies with a major or course of study related to environmental studies, political science/government/public policy, economics, or engineering, and strong academic credentials.
• Excellent research, writing, and oral communications skills.
• Demonstrated interest in public policy relating to climate change and energy.
• Available to work full-time for a minimum of 8 weeks.
• Ability to organize time, set priorities, and work under pressure while paying attention to detail.
• Strong computer skills.
• Good disposition, hard working, creative, with an interest in taking on a variety of tasks.
• Commitment to the goals and methods of The Nature Conservancy.
COMPENSATION:
Interns will receive a paid hourly wage based on level of education and experience.
TO APPLY:
Submit cover letter, resume, college, and/or, if applicable, graduate school transcripts, and availability by May 5, 2008 to:
Jennifer McKnight
The Nature Conservancy
4245 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
jmcknight@tnc.org
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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GIS Analyst Intern
JOB TITLE: GIS ANALYST INTERN
TOPIC: Tropical Forest Conservation for Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
BACKGROUND:
Deforestation leads to about 20% of the annual emissions of carbon dioxide, among other greenhouse gases, and The Nature Conservancy is promoting forest conservation as an important part of the overall solution to climate change. As part of this effort, The Nature Conservancy’s Climate Change Team is launching a forest conservation project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia to demonstrate that conservation of tropical rainforests is a cost-effective, and technically feasible, strategy for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. If this and other demonstration projects succeed, large amounts of funding could become available from the launch of an international market that allows purchase of credits for “Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD).”
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
We are conducting GIS analysis to identify priority locations, and strategies, for REDD forest conservation activities in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. We will analyze a variety of spatial datasets to:
• Identify priority conservation project locations within East Kalimantan that offer opportunities for REDD activities, due to conditions such as presence of forests with high carbon stocks, emerging threats of deforestation and/or logging, stakeholder groups interested in payments for conservation, and limited economic returns from deforestation.
• Identify priority conservation strategies within selected conservation project locations (e.g. improve enforcement within existing protected areas, payments for conservation to land owners/managers, create non-monetary incentives for conservation such as improved tenure).
To do this, we will compile, process, and analyze a variety of existing GIS datasets for East Kalimantan including land use/land cover, economics, threats assessment, carbon stocks, conservation priorities, etc. In addition to ArcGIS software, we may use other commercial software packages to process and analyze datasets (e.g. Microsoft Access, Excel, Minitab, SAS), and/or specialized software for conservation decision support (e.g. Marxan).
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS:
We are looking for a summer intern to conduct GIS analysis as part of this project, under the supervision of Dr. Bronson Griscom, who is technical coordinator for TNC’s scientific work on REDD.
The primary requirement for this internship is general proficiency with the ArcGIS software package. The ability to self-teach and solve technical problems with limited oversight is important. Experience with database management (e.g. using Access), ArcGIS extensions (e.g. Spatial Analyst), and other more sophisticated software data analysis tools (including multivariate statistics) is helpful but not required, since training and self-teaching will be involved. Tasks will include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Contacting GIS experts both at TNC and at partnering organizations to acquire available and relevant GIS datasets.
• Processing and organizing GIS datasets acquired into consistent format for analysis and visualization (e.g. working with projections, file format conversion, etc.).
• Conducting specified GIS analysis of datasets, including both raster and vector data layers, and multivariate statistical analysis.
• Developing PowerPoint presentations on work products for stakeholders.
LOCATION AND DURATION:
The internship would be based out of Arlington, VA (The Nature Conservancy’s main office), and will begin as soon as the candidate is available, and would continue through the end of August (vacation days during the summer can be arranged).
Stipend would be $10 per hour.
TO APPLY:
Submit resume with a cover letter briefly describing your experience and interest in this internship by May 9, 2008, to Bronson Griscom at bgriscom@tnc.org. Please include job title in subject line of email.
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Environmental Education Instructor
Navasota TX
The Discovery Program at Camp Allen is seeking an outdoor education
professional for the spring semester, beginning Aug 15,2008 and
ending May 30, 2009. The instructor will be responsible for leading
groups and teaching classes and activities to lower and upper
elementary and middle school students from public and private
schools throughout Texas and LA.
Work week is M-F for a beginning salary of $250 weekly; salary is
commensurate with experience; many opportunities exist for
additional income through extra contract work on weekends. Position
is residential, includes room, board and health insurance.
Requirements: B.S in a science related field, experience working
with youth in classroom and outdoor settings, a strong environmental
ethic and a desire to be outdoors in all kinds of conditions.
Interviews close as of July 15. 2008
To apply, send resume to Candy Moore, Director; The Discovery
Program at Camp Allen; 18800 FM 362 Navasota, TX 77868 or email to
her at candym@campallen.org
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