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Princeton UniversityThe Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment at Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior researcher to conduct research related to biodiversity conservation, with a dual focus on (a) rural cropland abandonment and (b) development of metrics suitable for crediting biodiversity offsets. The research is designed to facilitate the development of effective yet practical policy solutions to important conservation issues. This position reports to Professor David S. Wilcove (see https://scholar.princeton.edu/dwilcove). Details on the two areas of research are as follows: (1) Rural cropland abandonment. When people in rural communities move to urban areas, croplands are abandoned