COFO 2012: World Forest WeekeventWorld leaders at Rio+20 agreed that forests have a significant role to play in addressing many sustainable development challenges. To help fulfil this role, the Committee on Forestry (COFO) 2012 will focus on translating the results of Rio+20 into action and strengthening forestry’s many cross-sectoral linkages. In the COFO framework,...
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Inter-Religious Dialogue on Climate ChangeeventThe Inter-Religious Dialogue on Climate Change, organized by the International Network of Engaged Buddhist (INEB), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Sewalanka Foundation, will be held in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, from 23 to 27 September 2012. The Conference is one component of a larger programme identified...
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The Mountain PartnershipnewsThe Mountain Partnership is a United Nations voluntary alliance of partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around the world. The partnership addresses the challenges that mountain regions are facing by tapping the wealth and diversity of resources, knowledge, information and expertise, in...
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Climate change adaptation: CAMP Alatoo experiencenewsThe Public Foundation ‘CAMP Alatoo” has been actively engaged in capacity building work for Central Asian communities for increasing their resilience and adaptation to changing climate. Below we provide some highlights for climate change adaptation related activities undertaken in the region: September 2011- August 2012: Jointly with the Swiss National Center...
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Адаптация к изменению климата: опыт САМР АлатооnewsОбщественный фонд «САМР Алатоо» активно содействует повышению потенциала стран Центральной Азии по адаптации к изменению климата. С этой целью проводятся различные мероприятия и проекты, в которые вовлекаются как простые фермеры, так и представители государственных и научных учреждений: САМР Alatoo совместно со Швейцарской научно-исследовательской программой NCCR и Кыргызко-Русско-Славянским Университетом реализовал демонстрационный проект...
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: Update from Central AsianewsDevising the country and site specific, on-going sustainable schemes for rewarding people to protect or enhance environmental services beneficial to an even wider population remains as a challenge. Nevertheless, sharing stories of success, trial and errors on application of the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) concept is considered to be...
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