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It's Water-MDPI Most Notable Articles March - May 2024

Most Notable Articles (March–May 2024)

Water Quality and Contamination Transport of Floating Plastics through the Fluvial Vector: The Impact of Riparian Zones Manousos Valyrakis et al.		Water and Climate Change Enhancing Peak Runoff Forecasting through Feature Engineering Applied to X-Band Radar Data Julio Álvarez-Estrella et al.
Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Adapting Water Resources Management to Climate Change in Water-Stressed River Basins—Júcar River Basin Case Clara Estrela-Segrelles et al.		General In a Good Way: Braiding Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems to Understand and Restore Freshwater Systems Samantha Mehltretter et al.
Water Quality and Contamination Water Quality of Roof-Harvested Drinking Water Tanks in a Rural Area near a Gold and Copper Mine: Potential Health Risk from a Layer of Metal-Enriched Water and Sediment Ian A. Wright et al.		Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Decolonizing Indigenous Drinking Water Challenges and Implications: Focusing on Indigenous Water Governance and Sovereignty Margot Hurlbert et al.
Water Use and Scarcity Are Non-conventional Water Resources the Solution for the Structural Water Deficit in Mediterranean Agriculture? The Case of the Segura River Basin in Spain Almudena Gómez-Ramos et al.		Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance Enhancing Transboundary Freshwater Security: From Online Learning to Global Knowledge Exchange Platform Yumiko Yasuda et al.
General Water Colour Changes in High-Elevation Alpine Lakes during 2017–2022: A Case Study of the Upper Orco Valley Catchment Erica Matta et al.		Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Using Bacteriophages to Treat Resilient Bacteria Found in Produced Water Ramon Sanchez-Rosario et al.

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Call for Papers

			Modeling and Measurement of Cold Regions Hydrosystems and Their Evolution under Climate Change edited by Oleg S. Pokrovsky and Liudmila S. Shirokova submission deadline 15 August 2024

 

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Josh's Water Jobs and More! 4 June 2024 >220 Jobs!

Short list this week, probably due to all the recent holidays in many parts of the world.

Deadline tomorrow (4 June)!

1) Researcher: Hydrology of small basins – Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy): 4 June   2) Team Leader and industrial wastewater management specialist with international experience – Niras (Zambia): 4 June   3) Community Engagement and Hygiene Promotion Facilitator – Committed To Good (CTG) (Makurdi, Nigeria): 4 June   4) Operations Facilitator (WASH) – Committed To Good (CTG) (Makurdi, Nigeria): 4 June   5) Bangladesh nationals: Water Supply Engineer (Water Supply System) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Bangladesh): 4 June

Jobs by Region

Africa jobs Asia jobs Europe jobs Latin America and Caribbean jobs Oceania jobs North America jobs Home-based/Remote jobs

Minimum years experience requested

0-2 years (See all)

6) Technical Officer Engineer – Life from Water Foundation (Cairo, Egypt): Until filled   7) Africa Freshwater Fisheries Scientist – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)(Africa): 16 June   8) Francophone country nationals: France Jeune Expert Associé (JEA/JPO) 2024 – Appel à candidatures – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Paris, France): 16 June   9) Spanish speakers: Water Consultant-Experto/A en Mejora de la Eficiencia Hidráulica – Adecco (Valencia, Spain): Until filled   10) Uganda nationals: Environment Officer – World Health Organization (WHO) (Kampala, Uganda): 17 June   11) Liberia nationals: Wastewater Treatment Plant Technician – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Liberia): 14 June   12) Ukraine nationals: Programme Officer-UNEP – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Kyiv, Ukraine): 18 June   13) Local recruitment: Water Scientist/Limnologist – Severn Sound Environmental Association (Port McNicoll, ON, Canada): 14 June   14) Local recruitment: Regional Hydrogeologist (Hydrogeologist 1(A)-(B)-2(A)-(C)) – Government of Nova Scotia (Various, NS, Canada): 14 June   15) Local recruitment: Entry Level Water Resource Staff Engineer – WEST Consultants Inc. (Dallas, TX, USA/Home-based): Until filled   16) Local recruitment: Clean Water Manager – Clean Wisconsin (Madison, WI, USA): 14 June   17) Local recruitment: Policy and Operations Associate – Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) (Arlington, VA, USA): 14 June   18) Colorado residents: DWR - Lead Water Commissioner - District 1 (EPST III) – Colorado Department of Natural Resources (Greeley, CO, USA): 11 June   19) Local recruitment: Natural Resources Planner II – Contractual – Maryland Department of the Environment (Baltimore, MD, USA): 11 June   20) Local recruitment: GLO - Project Manager IV – Texas General Land Office (Austin, TX, USA): 15 June   21) Local recruitment: Environmental Administrator – SES – Florida Department of Environmental Protection (West Palm Beach, FL, USA): 18 June   22) Local recruitment: Engineer (new) – Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (NeDNR) (Lincoln, NE, USA): 14 June   23) Local recruitment: Natural Resources Specialist – Farmers Conservation Alliance (Hood River, OR, USA): Until filled   24) Local recruitment: Water Quality Nonpoint Source Specialist (Program Analyst 2) – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Portland, OR, USA): 19 June   25) Local recruitment: Interstate Water Engineer (Arkansas River) - Water Management – Kansas Department of Agriculture (Kansas, USA): Until filled

3-4 years (See all)

26) Water Expert – Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (Tallinn, Estonia): 17 June   27) Environment and Health Officer (UNEP) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Nairobi, Kenya): 13 June   28) Local recruitment: Senior Program Assistant (Gender and Environmental Peacebuilding) – Committed To Good (CTG) (Mogadishu, Somalia): 10 June   29) Local recruitment: Chef-fe de projet en traitement des eaux spécialisé-e en génie civil (H/F/X) 80%-100% - WSP (Various, Switzerland): Until filled   30) Local recruitment: Adviseur water en ruimte (senior) – Waterschap Rivierenland (Tiel, Netherlands): 10 June   31) Local recruitment: Freshwater Ecologist (Water Management Consultancy) – AtkinsRéalis (England, UK): Until filled   32) Local recruitment: Environmental Data Manager – DataStream(Toronto, ON, Canada/Home-based): 24 June   33) Local recruitment: District 17 Watermaster (Natural Resource Specialist 4) – Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) (Klamath Falls, OR, USA): 26 June   34) Local recruitment: Senior Program Associate, Environment and Energy – Winrock International (Arlington, VA/Little Rock, AR, USA/United States/Home-based): 29 June

5-9 years (See all)

35) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya): 13 June   36) Spanish speakers: Senior Environmental Specialist – The World Bank(Panama City, Panama): 14 June   37) Spanish speakers: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank(Panama City, Panama): 14 June   38) Marine Program Manager – Gabon – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)(Libreville, Gabon): 16 June   39) Spanish/Portuguese speakers: Portfolio Management Specialist – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (São Paulo, Brazil): 13 June   40) Team Leader (Programme Director) – RAIN – Mercy Corps (Kathmandu, Nepal): Until filled   41) Environment Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila, Philippines): 10 June   42) French speakers: Programme Specialist – Climate and Security Risk – the Lake Chad Basin Commission – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Ndjamena, Chad): 11 June   43) Project Officer – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)(Quetta, Pakistan): 12 June   44) Sri Lanka nationals: Project Coordinator – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Battaramulla, Sri Lanka): 10 June   45) Local recruitment: Programme Associate – Water Resource Management – Sankala Foundation (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 10 June   46) Energy & Water Engineer – Tetra Pak (Pune, Maharashtra, IN): 12 June   47) Local recruitment: Adviseur watersystemen – Waterschap Rijn en Ijssel(Doetinchem, Netherlands): 13 June   48) Local recruitment: Senior Project Manager, Hydrogeologist – City of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada): 13 June   49) Oceans Project Director – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (California, USA): 18 June   50) Local recruitment: Senior Specialist, Riparian Connectivity – National Wildlife Federation (Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   51) Local recruitment: Senior Specialist, Western Water – National Wildlife Federation (Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   52) Local recruitment: Program Director, Dam Removal - River Restoration – American Climate Partners (ACP) (Rapidan, VA, USA): Until filled

10+ years (See all)

53) Lead Global Technical Specialist, Water and Rural Infrastructure – International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD) (Rome, Italy): 18 June   54) Wastewater Treatment Specialist – Desarrollo Multilateral Development (DEM) (Bridgetown, Saint Michael Barbados): 12 June   55) Senior Coordination Officer (Head, Sub-Regional Office) – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Apia, Samoa): 15 June   56) Hindi speakers: GIS and Watershed Expert (State level) – Partnering Hope into Action (Phia) Foundation (Ranchi, Jharkhand, India): 15 June   57) Local recruitment: Earth and Environment US Water Sector Lead – WSP (United States): Until filled   58) Local recruitment: Project Director – USAID LAC Environmental Support Services Contract – II (ESSC-II) – ECODIT (Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled   59) Local recruitment: Senior Project Manager/Stream and River Restorations Group Leader – Otak (Redmond, WA, USA): Until filled

Not specified (See all)

60) Local recruitment: Omgevingsadviseur Waterveiligheid – Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland (Delft, Netherlands): 13 June   61) Netherlands nationals: Beleidsmedewerker afvalwater – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (The Hague, Netherlands): 14 June   62) (Senior Engineer) – Rivers – The Ocean Cleanup (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Until filled   63) Netherlands nationals: (Senior) juristen natuur, waterkwaliteit en landbouw – Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (The Hague, Netherlands): 14 June   64) Local recruitment: Hydroloog – Waterschap Scheldestromen(Middelburg, Netherlands): 16 June   65) Local recruitment: Regional Water Officer – Government of South Australia (South Australia, Australia): 13 June   66) Local recruitment: Senior Water Officer – Queensland Government(Toowoomba QLD, Australia): 5 June   67) Local recruitment: Water Resource Modeller – Victoria Government(Victoria, Australia): 11 June   68) Local recruitment: Water Officer – Queensland Government(Mackay/Rockhampton QLD, Australia): 12 June   69) Local recruitment: Water Monitoring Officer – WaterNSW (Leeton NSW, Australia): 9 June   70) Local recruitment: Senior Urban Water Officer – Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government (Dickson ACT, Australia): 13 June   71) Local recruitment: Water Monitoring Field Officer – WaterNSW (Moree NSW, Australia): 17 June   72) Water Monitoring Officer – WaterNSW (Moree NSW, Australia): 17 June   73) Local recruitment: Senior Urban Water Officer – Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government (Dickson ACT, Australia): 13 June   74) Local recruitment: Principal Project Officer – Queensland Government(Queensland, Australia): 10 June   75) Local recruitment: Senior Project Officer – Victoria Government(Victoria, Australia): 10 June   76) Local recruitment: Water Licensing Officer (Pool) – Government of South Australia (South Australia, Australia): 11 June   77) Local recruitment: Operations Manager Water Monitoring – Australia Northern Territory Government (Palmerston City NT, Australia): 11 June   78) Local recruitment: Senior Community and Stakeholder Engagement Advisor – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 12 June   79) Local recruitment: Program Lead Clearwater – Melbourne Water(Melbourne VIC, Australia): 13 June   80) Local recruitment: Water Officer – Queensland Government (Various, QLD, Australia): 14 June   81) Local recruitment: Principal Policy Officer Murray Darling Basin – Government of New South Wales (Sydney NSW, Australia): 14 June   82) Local recruitment: Senior Project Officer Regulatory Policy – Government of New South Wales (Sydney NSW, Australia): 16 June   83) Local recruitment: Ecologist / Senior Ecologist – Severn Rivers Trust(Worcester, UK): 9 June   84) Local recruitment: Peatlands Programme Manager (Wetland Conservation / River Restoration / Natural Flood Management) – Shropshire Wildlife Trust (Shrewsbury/Shropshire, UK): 14 June   85) Local recruitment: Catchment Assistant – Severn Rivers Trust (United Kingdom/Home-based): 16 June   86) Local recruitment: Water Guardians Projects Officer – Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (Gloucester, UK): 16 June   87) Local recruitment: Campaigns and Policy Officer – Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (Gloucester, UK): 9 June   88) Local recruitment: Water Quality Modelling Scientist – Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI) (Belfast, UK): 14 June   89) Local recruitment: Regional Project Management Lead - Water Sector – Stantec (Edinburgh, UK): Until filled   90) Local recruitment: Principal Drainage & Wastewater Planner – Environment Agency (England, UK): 16 June   91) Local recruitment: Researcher IV – Cherokee Federal (Davis, CA, USA): Until filled   92) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist (Modeler) – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Salt Lake City, UT, USA): 10 June   93) Local recruitment: Agricultural Water Quality Program Membership Coordinator – Ventura County Agricultural Irrigated Lands Group (Ventura, CA, USA): 14 June   94) Local recruitment: Program Associate – Great Lakes Protection Fund(Evanston, IL, USA): Until filled   95) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Boulder City, NV, USA): 18 June   96) Local recruitment: Environmental Engineer (Water Quality) – South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Pierre, SD, USA): Until filled   97) Local recruitment: Drinking Water & Groundwater Field Supervisor – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Various, WI, USA): 10 June   98) Local recruitment: Groundwater Protection Section Manager – State of Idaho (Boise, ID, USA): 16 June

Academic

Professors/Lecturers (See all)

99) Lecturer (Practice) / Senior Lecturer (Practice) - Civil Engineering (Groundwater / Water Engineering) – Monash University (Malaysia): 12 June   100) Tenure-Track Faculty Openings Institute for the Environment and Health, Nanjing University, 2024 – Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (Nanjing, Jiangsu, China): 12 June   101) Lecturer, Water Engineering (Academic Level B) – University of South Australia (Adelaide SA, Australia): 12 June   102) Tenure Track in catchments science at Aarhus University, Denmark – Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark): 15 June   103) Irrigation Technology Specialist - Research Faculty – University of Idaho(Kimberly, ID, USA): Until filled   104) French speakers: Professeur en Hydrogéologie – Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) (Québec, QC, Canada): 17 June   105) Research Assistant Professor – East Carolina University (Wanchese, NC, USA): Until filled   106) Course Lecturer BREE 503 Fall 2024 – McGill University (Montreal, QC, Canada): 15 June

Postdocs (See all)

107) Postdoc position in modelling of hazardous substances in the marine environment – Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark): 13 June   108) Post Doctoral Research Fellow in glacially induced fluid transport processes on continental margins – UiT The Arctic University of Norway(Tromsø, Norway): 14 June   109) Researcher (Postdoc) Monitoring and Modelling Drought Responses of Agriculture and Nature Ecosystems with the Soil-Plant Digital Twin – University of Twente (Twente, Netherlands): 9 June   110) Postdoctoral Researcher on Subsurface and Atmosphere Coupling – The University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, USA): 17 June

Researchers/Other

111) Research Fellow in Physical Geography and Environmental Science – Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK): 12 June   112) Researcher: Struvite precipitation from wastewater for nutrient recovery – Universita' di Bologna (Bologna, Italy): 13 June   113) Research Associate/Fellow (Fixed term) – University of Nottingham(Nottingham, UK): 14 June   114) Research Assistant/Associate in Machine Learning for Water Resources (Fixed Term) – University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK): 14 June   115) Ecohydrologist (m/f/d) – Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) (Berlin, Germany): 14 June   116) Estimating the seasonal water requirements at a territorial scale: current and future scenarios - Researcher – Università degli Studi di Udine (Udine, Italy): 18 June   117) Research Project Manager – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology(Wallingford, UK): 10 June   118) Researcher: Generation of a georeferenced database of the precipitation stations and their quality-checked data of the Hydrological Yearbooks of the Department of Parma, Trento and Bolzano – Università degli Studi di Brescia(Brescia, Italy): 13 June   119) Research Assistant position in Horizon Europe Project – Transilvania University (Brașov, Romania): 18 June   120) Europe nationals: DepH20 - innovative system in the ceramic production process, aimed at the purification of waste water and the complete reuse of water and sludge obtained, in a circular economy logic - Researcher – Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza (Rome, Italy): 13 June   121) Europe nationals: Innovative wastewater treatments and movement of pathogens and pollutants in waters - Researcher – CNR Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque (Bari, Italy): 14 June   122) Europe nationals: Parsir: Proximal And Remote Sensing Monitoring For Sustainable Management Of Tree Crops Irrigated With Reclaimed Water - Researcher – CNR Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque (Bari, Italy): 18 June   123) AWI Research Scientist – Paul Smith’s College (Paul Smiths, NY, USA): Until filled   124) Assistant Project Scientist – Kisekka Lab for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Dept. of Land, Air and Water Resources – University of California-Davis (Davis, CA, USA): 17 June   125) Researcher 5 – University of Minnesota (Twin Cities, MN, USA): Until filled   126) Project Assistant – Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, USA): 16 June   127) Water Quality Program Coordinator – Utah State University (Logan, UT, USA): Until filled   128) Hydrology Engineer – University of California-San Diego (San Diego, CA, USA): 11 June

WASH (SEE ALL)

0-2 years (See all)

129) French speakers: (1) Un (e) Superviseur Assainissement – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (Bassikounou, Mauritania): 7 June   130) French speakers: WASH Technical Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Djibo, Burkina Faso): 13 June   131) Spanish speakers: Asistente Técnico Agua Saneamiento e Higiene – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia): 10 June   132) Madagascar nationals: WASH Officer (Infrastructure) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Antananarivo, Madagascar): 11 June   133) Madagascar nationals: Programmes Officers Terrain – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Various, Madagascar): 11 June   134) Local recruitment: Faciltador de Proyecto WASH – Guerrero – World Vision (WV) (Ciudad de México, Mexico): Until filled   135) Local recruitment: WASH Facilitator-6 – World Vision (WV) (Herat, Afghanistan): Until filled   136) Local recruitment: WASH Facilitator-1 – World Vision (WV) (Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan): Until filled   137) Local recruitment: WASH Assistant Engineer – FHI 360 (Axum, Ethiopia): Until filled   138) Sri Lanka nationals: Technical Specialist - Climate Resilient Drinking Water Supply (Part-time - 50%) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Colombo, Sri Lanka): 7 June

3-4 years (See all)

139) WASH Program Manager (M/F) – Solidarités International (Nímróz, Afghanistan): Until filled   140) WASH officer – Plan International (Adi Hageray, Ethiopia): 5 June   141) WASH Support Officer – Oxfam Novib (Gaza, Palestine): Until filled   142) Disaster Response Member – Water Mission International (USA/Home-based): 13 June   143) French speakers: (1) Un (e) Technicien.ne Reseau d’eau – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (Bassikounou, Mauritania): 7 June   144) Program Officer- Health, Nutrition & Wash – Global Pathfields (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 14 June   145) Local recruitment: Project Coordinator - Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) – World Vision (WV) (Kamwenge, Uganda): 5 June   146) Local recruitment: Officer, WASH – Engineer – International Medical Corps (Shaheed Benazirabad, Pakistan): 10 June   147) Lebanon nationals: UNV Programme Officer (WaSH) (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Zahlé, Lebanon): 11 June   148) Local recruitment: Shelter & WASH Team Leader – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Ódessa, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine): 14 June   149) Local recruitment: Shelter & WASH Team Leader – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Mykolaiv, Ukraine): 14 June   150) Local recruitment: Hygiene Promotion Supervisor – World Vision (WV)(Herat, Afghanistan): Until filled   151) Local recruitment: WASH Site Engineer-2 – World Vision (WV)(Herat, Afghanistan): Until filled   152) Local recruitment: WASH Site Engineer – World Vision (WV) (Qala-e-Naw, Badghis, Afghanistan): Until filled   153) Sudan nationals: Wash Coordinator – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Kosti, Sudan): 11 June   154) Local recruitment: Water Officer – World Vision (WV) (Aweil, South Sudan): Until filled

5-9 years (See all)

155) Global WASH Advisor (Africa) – Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (Calgary, AB, Canada): Until filled   156) Coordinator, WASH – International Medical Corps (Sudan): Until filled   157) Senior Manager - WASH (Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity) – Abt Global (Dhaka, Bangladesh): 7 June   158) Spanish speakers: WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Lima, Peru): 9 June   159) Senior Program Officer (Rehabilitation & WASH Engineer) – FHI 360(Mekelle, Ethiopia): Until filled   160) French/Arabic speakers: WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Rabat, Morocco): 18 June   161) French speakers: Global WASH Cluster: Field Support Team Strategy, Preparedness and Transition Coordinator – Oxfam (Home-based): 13 June   162) Local recruitment: Lead Policy Analyst – Climate – WaterAid(Various): 23 June   163) Sudan nationals: WASH & Site Management Support Coordinator – Danish Refugee Council (Gadaref/Port Sudan, Sudan/Nairobi, Kenya): 10 June   164) Solomon Islands nationals: WASH Specialist (Construction) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Honiara, Solomon Islands): 9 June   165) Local recruitment: Programme Associate – Water & Sanitation – Sankala Foundation (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 10 June   166) Local recruitment: WASH Specialist – World Vision (WV) (Kolda, Senegal): 10 June

10+ years

167) Local recruitment: Global Policy and Research Director – WaterAid(Various): 18 June   168) Senior WASH Expert – Aguaconsult (Wivenhoe, Colchester, UK/Home-based): 15 July   169) Bangladesh nationals: Communication Advisor – SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Dhaka, Bangladesh): 13 June

Not specified

170) French speakers: Senior Eau Hygiène Assainissement (Wash)-Urgences – Mercy Corps (Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo): Until filled   171) French speakers: Responsable Projet Eha (H/F) – Solidarités International (Adre, Chad): Until filled   172) Spanish speakers: Monitor de terreno WASH & DRR Emergencia Tumaco – Action Against Hunger (Colombia): 15 June   173) Hindi speakers: Mission Technical Referent Watsan – Médecins Sans Frontières (India): 14 June   174) Bangladesh nationals: Knowledge Management Officer – SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Rajshahi, Bangladesh): 10 June

Consultancies (SEE ALL)

175) International consultant to develop a concept note on the project of Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable communities in Niger through Climate Sensitive WASH Services and IWRM – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Niamey, Niger): 5 June   176) Consultancy: Towards Climate Resilient Hydropower Infrastructures – Adding to Design Guidelines – Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)(Home-based): 9 June   177) Consultant - Normative and country guidance on Hand Hygiene in Community Settings – World Health Organization (WHO) (Home-based): 10 June   178) EOI - Namibia - Project Implementation Team-Project Manager - WWTP W2E – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Namibia): 13 June   179) Consultant for construction of Small-Scale Water Harvest Structure – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Mongolia): 10 June   180) Two (2) Individual Consultants for the Water Sector Sustainability Activity, MCA-Mongolia – Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia): 13 June   181) Call for Experts - USAID LAC Environmental Support Services Contract – II (ESSC-II) – ECODIT (Home-based): Until filled   182) Climate Change and Environment Expert – Expertise France(Syria/Home-based): 6 June   183) Spanish speakers: Disaster and Climate Change Risk Engineering Consultant – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (Washington, D.C., USA): 10 June   184) Spanish speakers: “Consultoría para facilitador(ra) en temas ambientales, agua y saneamiento para 3 comunidades en Guatemala: El Zapote, municipio de Atescatempa; Jicar – GOAL (Guatemala): 11 June   185) Consultant, Environmental Health – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (New York, NY, USA): 5 June   186) Faith & Ecosystems Coordinator – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya): 6 June   187) Consultant - Climate Change and Health Project in Kiribati and Fiji – World Health Organization (WHO) (Suva, Fiji): 9 June   188) Consultancy: Developing Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and NAP roadmap – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Lebanon): 17 June   189) Niger nationals: Consultant to develop a concept note on the project of Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable communities in Niger through Climate Sensitive WASH Services and IWRM – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Niamey, Niger): 5 June   190) Local recruitment: Groundwater Engineer – The World Bank(Mogadishu, Somalia): 14 June   191) Thailand nationals: Municipal Engineer (Drainage, wastewater, water, solid waste management) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Thailand): 6 June   192) Uzbekistan nationals: Consultant to support climate-resilient WASH Program in Uzbekistan – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Tashkent, Uzbekistan): 13 June   193) Mexico nationals: Adaptation Governance and Policy Enhancement Individual Consultant – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Mexico City, Mexico): 12 June   194) Mexico nationals: Adaptation Monitoring and Evaluation Individual Consultant – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Mexico City, Mexico): 12 June

RFP (SEE ALL)

195) Consultancy-Capacity needs assessment of key stakeholders to contribute to coastal and marine resources governance, management and development of a regenerative blue economy – Mozambique – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Mozambique): 10 June   196) Consultancy to Review Detailed Feasibility and Design Studies and Construction Supervision of Lembani and Bwanje Irrigation Schemes – The World Bank (Malawi): 14 June   197) Consultancy Services for Sanitation Marketing and Design of Resilient Household Toilet Models for Rural and Small Towns Areas in the Provinces of Nampula and Zambézia – The World Bank (Mozambique): 14 June   198) RFP: Consultancy Services on water losses and reuse of treated sanitary effluents – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Brazil): 17 June   199) Spanish speakers: RFP: Proyecto de Promoción de Higiene, Salud e Higiene Menstrual (PH/SHM) y escuelas resilientes en 15 Unidades Educativas en el municipio de Montero del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bolivia): 8 June   200) RFP: Support capacity and action development by young people to address climate change and environmental degradation – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia): 9 June   201) RFP: Technical Assistance on Capacity Building for Greening and Water Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH Fit) in Health Care Facilities – APW – World Health Organization (WHO) (Philippines): 10 June   202) ITP for Assessing Socio-Ecological State and Trends within the Watersheds to Formulate a Community-Based Watershed Management Plan in Cox’s Bazar – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)(Bangladesh): 12 June   203) French speakers: Mission de consultant en communication pour les deux contrats de concession de service d’assainissement collectif dans les périmètres de Tunis Nord et Sud – The World Bank (Tunisia): 12 June   204) Call for offers 16/2024/Alter Aqua – Phase IV: Installation of the Second-Class Water System at St. Joseph Junior School, Sliema, Malta – Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) (Malta): 12 June   205) Call for offers 20/2024/Alter Aqua Production & Delivery of Educational Cards – Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med)(Malta/Home-based): 14 June

Internships (SEE ALL)

206) Intern, Water Systems Strengthening – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (Geneva, Switzerland): 12 June   207) French speakers: Assistant.e Programme EHA (H/F) – Solidarités International (Marseille, France): Until filled   208) Local recruitment: Stage Water & Omgeving – Modelleren – WSP(Nieuwegein, Netherlands): Until filled   209) Ghana nationals: Intern- Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Accra, Ghana): 13 June

Scholarships/Assistantships

210) Partial Scholarships for Latin American students in the field of Sanitary Engineering and Sanitation – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Delft, Netherlands): 1 July   211) PhD position in Integrated Assessment of Drought Resilience and Alternative Futures in the Context of Climate Change – University of Twente(Twente, Netherlands): 12 June   212) Doctoral student in Water Resources Engineering focusing on Microbiology – Lund University (Lund, Sweden): 12 June   213) PhD Studentship: Strengthening governance and policy for climate, biodiversity and water on the island of Ireland – Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland): 14 June   214) PhD: Naturebased solutions in freshwater systems to improve climate resilience, water quality and biodiversity – University of Southern Denmark(Odense, Denmark): 14 June   215) PhD: Strengthening governance and policy for climate, biodiversity and water on the island of Ireland – Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland): 14 June   216) PhD & MSc positions: Adaptive Management of Green Stormwater Infrastructure to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Watersheds – University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada): 15 June   217) PhD: Developing a comprehensive management approach to PFAS - The London NERC DTP – Brunel University London (London, UK): 17 June   218) Integrated PhD Stipend in Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Data for Urban Hydrological Applications Under the Impact of Climate Change – Aalborg University (Aalborg, Denmark): 14 June

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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 3 June 2024

Water-MDPI, Volume 16, Issue 10 (May-2 2024) 144 Articles 31 May 2024

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 3 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Radium and the hydrothermal system of Yellowstone

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/using-radioactive-radium-better-understand-yellowstones-hydrothermal-system 

Visiting the habitat of the Kraken

• https://hakaimagazine.com/news/visiting-the-kraken-at-home/ 

Blue Dragon geologic map of the Grand Canyon is back on exhibit at the Museum of Northern Arizona

• https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1881177/iconic-blue-dragon-map-grand-canyon-back-museum-northern-arizona 
• Exhibit:  https://musnaz.org/on-view/dragonmap/ 

Geological view of Adam’s Inlet which drains into East Arm of Glacier Bay in Alaska

• https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152864/a-geological-wonderland-in-alaska 

Change as a more accurate measure of time – 12 photographs from El Camino del Diablo

• https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/05/23/change-is-more-accurate-measure-time/ 

New type of volcanic eruption happened during 2018 explosions of Kilauea – like a stomp-rocket toy

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2024/05/29/analyzing-kilaueas-2018-explosions-geologists-discover-new-type-of-volcanic-eruption/?sh=4c3379f36f6a 
• https://www.sciencealert.com/devastating-outburst-could-be-a-whole-new-kind-of-volcanic-eruption 

Geologic history of Swatara Creek – tributary of the Susquehanna River

• https://lebtown.com/2024/05/30/unraveling-age-old-mysteries-of-swatara-creek-a-journey-into-geologic-time/ 

“Heavenly pits” – giant sinkholes in China that house ancient forests

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/chinas-heavenly-pits-the-giant-sinkholes-that-have-ancient-forests-growing-within 

“Fairy Chimneys” – stone spires in Cappadocia, Turkey

• https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/fairy-chimneys-the-stone-spires-in-turkey-that-form-the-worlds-most-unusual-high-rise-neighborhood 

Architecture meant to “echo the geological character of the Tetons”

• https://www.dezeen.com/2024/05/28/wyoming-house-lever-architecture/ 

Variation in rate and style of lava flow from volcanic system near Grindavik, Iceland

• https://phys.org/news/2024-05-lava-iceland-volcano-powerful-eruption.html 
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-volcanic-eruption-hits-iceland-launching-lava-more-than-160-feet-into-the-air-180984442/ 

Gamma tomography of spent nuclear fuel for geological repository safeguards in Finland

• https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-gamma-tomography-spent-nuclear-fuel.html 

British Ordnance Survey adding geological data to Data Hub

• https://geographical.co.uk/news/ordnance-survey-adds-geological-data-to-its-data-hub 
• Hub:  https://osdatahub.os.uk/ 

The art of restoring fossils

• https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202405/27/WS6653e20fa31082fc043c941c.html 

The “Anthropocene” is not a recognized geologic age but it reflects the damage humans have wrought upon Earth 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/photos-show-what-humans-have-done-to-the-planet-in-the-anthropocene-age/ar-BB1kPITD 

Haiyang Dizhi-26 commissioned as first integrated island and reef geological survey vessel in China

• https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/3855787-chinas-first-integrated-island-reef-geological-survey-vessel-commissioned-in-hainan 

Tsunami sand in sediment cores being used to assess models for Cascadia earthquake of 1700

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/tsunami-sands-help-scientists-assess-cascadia-earthquake-models 
• Paper:  https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JF007444 

Predicting significant groundwater depletion in South Korea over next 6 decades by 2080

• https://phys.org/news/2024-05-scientists-high-groundwater-depletion-south.html 
• Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969724023647 

Microscopic deformations in glacial ice may influence glacier flow

• https://phys.org/news/2024-05-microscopic-defects-ice-massive-glaciers.html 

Visualizing the locations of the largest landfills in the US – two of the top 10 are in Nevada

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/map-where-are-americas-largest-landfills/

Visualizing the wettest & driest counties of the world – no surprise they are all in the tropics

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-worlds-wettest-and-driest-countries/ 

Visualizing the top lithium producing countries in the world in 2023 – most from just 5 counties

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-worlds-largest-lithium-producers-in-2023/

USGS focuses on strategic monitoring of wildfire impacts on water resources

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/usgs-research-brings-new-focus-strategic-monitoring-wildfire-impacts-water 

USFS warning system predicts post-wildfire debris flows in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/ashes-alerts-science-helps-protect-colorado-travelers 

Two climbers remain stranded on Denali – hunkered down in snow cave – third climber rescued

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/05/two-climbers-stranded-denali-frostbite-hypothermia-third-airlifted 
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/05/stranded-denali-climbers-hunkered-down-snow-cave-awaiting-rescue 

Musankwa sanyatiensis - Late Triassic Sauropodomorph dinosaur on shoreline of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/musanwka-sanyantiensis-12979.html 

3 new species of Cretaceous monotremes found in Lightning Ridge opal fields of New South Wales, Australia

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/lightning-ridge-monotremes-12964.html 
• Paper:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753 

ESA will fund project to study effects of earthquakes on occurrences of other natural hazards

• https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/studying-multi-hazards-from-space/ 

The Harrat Khaybar major volcanic field in Saudi Arabia

• https://scitechdaily.com/white-and-black-unveiling-the-secrets-of-saudi-arabias-volcanic-giants/ 

The end of the world is a Hollywood movie – not necessarily reality

• https://theconversation.com/is-collapse-of-the-atlantic-ocean-circulation-really-imminent-icebergs-history-reveals-some-clues-230534 

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 3 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

For all those who let the media damage their psyche – 20 end of humanity scenarios

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/20-scenarios-that-could-spell-the-end-for-humanity/ss-AA1nlqBF  

17 major fails by humans in manipulating nature (slide show) – includes Grey squirrels in UK, Mississippi Levees, rabbits in AUS, Operation Cat Drop, Aral Sea, kudzu, Colorado River Catastrophe, Love Canal

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/17-major-fails-when-humans-overreached-against-nature/ss-BB1jOO1C 

Rating reports on “green” hydrogen pipelines

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/26/another-day-another-bad-bought-paid-for-hydrogen-pipeline-report-this-one-from-arup/

Confronting Transportation Secretary on the reality of EVs – massive subsidies & very low market share

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/cbs-anchor-tells-buttigieg-trump-230055165.html 

Questions regarding incineration of medical waste & public health implications in Maryland

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27052024/maryland-medical-waste-incineration-environmental-violations/ 

Book Review:  “Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question” – should not be a “climate” question but should be a question addressing the over-populated world and desecration of limited resources

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27052024/jade-sasser-eco-anxiety-and-reproduction-decisions/ 

Falling debris is hazardous beneath $1.4B Loop 1604 construction zone in San Antonio

• https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/loop-1604-safety-19472851.php 

Final Environmental Review released for 38-mil Palmdale-Burbank segment of California High-Speed Rail Project - $144M spent on developing plans which are not yet completed – more approvals & $$$ needed

• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-24/final-environmental-review-of-high-speed-rails-burbank-palmdale-portion-released 

Claim that nuclear power is more mining-intensive is false – renewables require 70% to 80% more mining of rock and metal verified by new report

• https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/its-settled-more-nuclear-energy-means-less-mining
• Report:  https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/updated-mining-footprints-and-raw-material-needs-for-clean-energy 

80-year border dispute with Mexico over 1944 water treaty for the Rio Grande – Mexico not meeting treaty requirements

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28052024/south-texas-mexico-water-treaty-dispute/ 

Update:   FOIA scandal – “conspiracy at highest levels of NIA and NIAID to avoid public transparency”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/at-the-nih-a-scandal-grows-around-an-official-s-evasion-of-public-records-law/ar-BB1nbOwn 

WHO Pandemic Treaty “crashed and burned” – that is a very good thing despite WHO DG saying “this is not a failure” – “threat to Constitutional rights and freedoms” – would negate national sovereignty 

• https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/28/who-pandemic-treaty-fizzles-amid-disagreements-between-member-states/ 
• https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/whos-pandemic-treaty-dead-in-the-water-for-now/ 

Romancing the River:  Win-winning the West & our Unimaginable Future – First People water rights

• https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-win-winning-the-west-and-our-unimaginable-future/ 

Lightning strike kills Colorado cattle rancher & 34 of his cattle in Jackson County

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/lightning-strike-kills-colorado-cattle-203716545.html 

EVs need 5X as much copper as gas-powered vehicles – an impending environmental crisis

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technologyinvesting/new-study-suggests-evs-are-supercharging-an-impending-environmental-crisis/ar-BB1ndL5Q
• Report Summary & Link to download:  https://www.ief.org/focus/ief-reports/copper-mining-and-vehicle-electrification#:%7e:text=To%20electrify%20the%20global%20vehicle,require%20negligible%20extra%20copper%20mining. 

Another $900M in federal subsidies for EVs – this time for 3.200 school bus rebates

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/29/usa-nearly-900-million-for-3400-clean-electric-school-buses/ 

Perspective on plastic packaging – plastic recycling is a sham

• https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/29/interview-with-jenny-wassenaar-chief-sustainability-officer-about-plastic-packaging-waste/ 

The “Anthropocene” is not a recognized geologic age but it reflects the damage humans have wrought upon Earth in just a few hundred years

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/photos-show-what-humans-have-done-to-the-planet-in-the-anthropocene-age/ar-BB1kPITD 

Urbanization in Africa is accelerating quickly & threats food systems & biodiversity

• https://phys.org/news/2024-05-rapid-urbanization-africa-local-food.html 
• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01362-2 

Illinois State Fire Marshal has begun investigating massive fire at poultry farm in Farina

• https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/05/30/large-fire-breaks-out-poultry-farm-illinois/ 
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/30/fire-illinois-poultry-farm/73908555007/ 

USDA implementing Phase VII of Lacey At provisions for plant & wood products

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/aphis-extends-protections-worlds-plants-through-implementation-revised 

Do not emulate these dumb tourons!!!

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/heres-demonstration-not-photograph-bison-135742258.html
  

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/05/scotts-bluff-national-monument-summit-closure-herbicide-application 

White-nose syndrome found at Carlsbad Cavern National Park in Myotis bats

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/05/white-nose-syndrome-turns-carlsbad-cavern-national-park 

UN warns of risk of disease outbreak in Papua New Guinea following landslide

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/UN_warns_of_disease_risk_after_Papua_New_Guinea_landslide_999.html 

Technological hazard – large language models like ChatCPT guzzle enormous amounts of energy with proclivity for tax avoidance, invasion of private & exploitation of attention spans as they gobble up mineral resources

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-ugly-truth-behind-chatgpt-ai-is-guzzling-resources-at-planet-eating-rates/ar-BB1niVbN 

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 3 June 2024 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

2007 Wind-Mit Program in Mississippi finally gets some limited funding – only $5M for grants in 6 Counties closest to the gulf coast

• https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2024/05/28/775843.htm 

Pioneer Square Habitat Beach project creates habitat in Seattle

• https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/article/2024/05/seattle-waterfront-project-restores-beach-habitat 

Beachgoers let their dogs run loose posing a very real threat to nesting shorebirds in Georgia

• https://thecurrentga.org/2024/05/28/beachgoers-and-their-dogs-threaten-nesting-shorebirds/ 

Increased flood risk along North Carolina coast – it is result of coastal subsidence (not man-made global warming) and decisions to build in risk prone coastal zones – more media hype

• https://abc11.com/post/coastal-flooding-rise-north-carolina-new-climate-data/14887926/ 

• https://myfox8.com/news/map-shows-which-coastal-u-s-cities-are-sinking-face-greater-flood-risk/ 

• https://coastalreview.org/2024/03/sinking-land-could-exacerbate-coastal-flooding-study/ 

• Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07038-3

3,000 acres added to Gull Rock Game Lands in Hyde County in North Carolina

• https://coastalreview.org/2024/05/coastal-land-trust-deal-adds-3000-acres-to-state-game-land/ 

Rhode Island CRMC approves plan to reconstruct 2 East Bag Bike Path bridges

• https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2024/05/28/r-i-coastal-regulators-ok-east-bay-bike-path-replacement-bridges/

Proposed temporary mandatory harvest reporting rules draw 3,700+ public comments in North Carolina

• https://coastalreview.org/2024/05/harvest-reporting-rules-draw-expletive-laden-comments/ 

• Reporting:  https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/marine-fisheries/licenses-permits-and-leases/mandatory-harvest-reporting 

Point Reyes National Seashore plan to continue coastal dune restoration

• https://www.nps.gov/pore/getinvolved/planning_dunerestoration.ht 

Poorly built thatched roof shanty villages in coastal areas hit by cyclone winds & floods in Bangladesh & India

• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/in-bangladesh-and-india-cyclone-floods-coastal-villages-blows-away-thatched-roofs-and-cuts-power 

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Deadly_Bangladesh_cyclone_one_of_longest_seen_999.html 

New legislation would increase housing density in California coastal neighborhoods but not coastal zones?

• https://fox5sandiego.com/news/california-news/bill-to-increase-housing-density-in-californias-coastal-areas-moves-forward/ 

Plan to radically transform Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority in Louisiana?

• https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/05/129249-louisiana-coastal-protection-agency-under-threat 

Another round of dredging and beach nourishment “completed” at Cape Lookout National Seashore – cost for this round = $6.9M using about 30,000 cubic yards of dredge sand

• https://coastalreview.org/2024/05/cape-lookout-dredging-beach-nourishment-work-complete/ 

Development threatens to transform Baja Ppeninsula coast – would dry up aquifers & damage fragile ecosystem

• https://hakaimagazine.com/features/buying-baja/ 

Modeling projected groundwater flow and water level declines in confined aquifers in the New Jersey Coastal Plain 2014 to 2040

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/simulated-effects-projected-2014-40-withdrawals-groundwater-flow-and-water-levels-new 

• USGS SIR 2024-5028:  pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2024/5028/sir20245028.pdf 

“Green tourism” adversely impacting fishing communities in Benin

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Green_tourism_project_uproots_Benin_fishing_communities_999.html 

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