Postdoctoral research opportunity: biodiversity offsetting
Fri, 18 Mar 2016An exciting opportunity to join the Threatened Species Recovery Hub and work towards improving the outcomes of Australia's threatened species and ecological
communities.
Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position, within Assoc Prof Martine Maron's
research team. The Research Fellow will also collaborate with researchers across The University of Queensland and at other universities, and work closely
with government departments to provide research that informs better offset policy.
The role involve specific outcome-oriented research focusing on cost effective biodiversity offsetting.
Applications close 31 March 2016. Click here for more information.
Photo: Brigalow, Acacia harpophylla (Margaret Donald, Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0).
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