The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI) is seeking a full-time scientist with a background in ecology, conservation biology, primatology, or equivalent, to lead biological research at our field site in the Nkuba Conservation Area (NCA), a community forest reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The successful candidate will be expected to design, lead and execute research projects on unhabituated Grauer’s gorillas as well as vegetation, large and small mammals, birds, and potentially other taxa present in this forest. This position will be predominantly field-based, where the candidate will actively oversee data collection, but will also be able to spend time based out of our facility in Rwanda for periods of desk-based research and analyses – culminating in various peer-reviewed publications. Finally, when requested and aligned with the candidate’s skills, the candidate may participate in larger projects that concern the overall management of the NCA, including those related to community-based conservation, capacity building of staff, outreach, etc.....
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