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28 February, 1996
POSITION AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
Field Project Manager: Rainforest Conservation through Sustainable Timber
Extraction and Sawnwood Production in Buffer Zones around the Gunung Palung
National Park, West Kalimantan,Indonesia
Applications are being accepted for the position of Field Project Manager for a
new rainforest conservation project at the Gunung Palung National Park. The
project started in January, 1996, and the position is for a two-year term,
beginning immediately, or at the latest in June, 1996.
The objective of the 3-yr project is to develop a community enterprise based on
the sustainable, low-impact extraction of timber and sawnwood production from a
5,000 ha selectively logged, buffer zone forest adjacent to the National Park.
The project is viewed by the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry as a model to guide
future rainforest conservation policies . Project activities include:
1) research to develop a robust model for logging operations and silvicultural
techniques in relation to objectives of enterprise profitability, forest
sustainability (e.g., growth & yield studies), wildlife conservation benefits
and socioeconomic incentives;
2) developing a profitable community-based logging and sawnwood marketing
business;
3) monitoring studies to evaluate project effects on the conservation status of
the buffer zone forest, and on community socioeconomic variables; and
4) training to help community members develop self-sufficiency.
The field project manager will have primary responsibility for #s 1 & 2, and
will work with a small team comprised of Indonesian university, NGO, village and
forest department collaborators, and U.S. students, under the direction of the
Project Director.
The ideal candidate would possess a strong commitment to rainforest
conservation; an academic and practical background in tropical forest ecology
and management, especially emphasizing production forestry; skills in forestry
financial appraisal and business development; a prodigious capacity to learn
and integrate interdisciplinary information, and excellent cross-cultural
management abilities and prior experience living in remote rainforest settings.
Shortcomings in some of these areas are expected (!). Moderate Indonesian
language skill must be rapidly achieved if not already in hand.
The project manager will be based at the field site, with a limited period in
the U.S. each year. Salary of up to $22,000 per annum will be provided,
depending on credentials, in addition to full benefits as a Harvard staff
member.
Please send c.v. and letter to: Dr. Mark Leighton, Project Director
--- or contact by phone or email Peabody Museum
for further details Harvard University
ph: 617-495-2288 11 Divinity Ave.
fax: 617-496-8041 Cambridge, MA 02138
email: leighton@fas.harvard.edu
Applications will be perused in February after Dr. Leighton returns from the
field. A few will be selected for interviews in Cambridge.
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