Job Title: Senior Research AdvisorLocation: Newport, UKJob Type: Full-time, Until 31/03/2026Work Model: Hybrid Minimum Requirement:Project 4: Scoping data sources for developing estimates of depletion for timberThe natural capital accounts are an annual publication which value of natural resources to people in the UK. To align with Account, we plan to develop estimates of depletion for renewable and non-renewable resources, to be productionised in the next 3 to 4 years. To this aim, we will need to develop estimates of the stock of these resources and particularly for renewable ones, of the rate of their regeneration, as well as their consumption. Timber will be one of the renewable resources we seel to develop estimates for.a. Objective of the project would be to scope out what sources of data exist to estimate the physical stock of timber at any given time in the UK, and if there are none, what methodologies exist to estimate this stock, what input data would be needed and which organisations we need to work with. This would require establishing data sources for the initial stock at a certain time and the rate of harvesting and regeneration for a given time period.b. The deliverables of this work would be a report that sets out at least one viable strategy to pursue this datac. Timelinei. 2-3 months to meet all of the above objectives. The project could be broken down into milestones, however, if we could only get someone for 1 month, say. Such milestones could be: ..... full job details .....