Lucerne World Mountain Conference (11-12 October 2011)newsParticipants at this conference will discuss regional and global experiences in mountain development since Rio 1992. The results of the Conference will produce insights that will feed into initiatives and events such as the UN Secretary General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP), the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD...
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Conversations with the Earth: Indigenous Voices on Climate ChangenewsConversations with the Earth: Indigenous Voices on Climate Change is an exhibit being held at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Indian (NMAI) in Washington DC (USA) from 22 July 2011 to 2 January 2012. It is a premiere installation of Conversations with the Earth (CWE) - an indigenous-led initiative...
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Second World Landslide Forum: Putting science into practicenewsThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will be hosting the Second World Landslide Forum (WLF) from 3 to 7 October in Rome, Italy. The Forum has the objective to further develop the outcomes of the First Forum (Tokyo, 2008) by providing a global cross-cutting information and...
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FAO-OECD Expert Meeting on Greening the Economy with AgriculturenewsThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is collaborating with partners to analyze existing information and develop possible scenarios for Greening the Economy with Agriculture (GEA), including an evaluation of sustainability progress and gaps in the food supply chain to project food supply and demand towards 2050....
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Establishment of Altai Trans-boundary ReservenewsOn 15 September 2011, Ministers of the Russian Federation and Republic of Kazakhstan officially signed an intergovernmental agreement regarding the establishment of the Trans-boundary Reserve “Altai” on the basis of Katunskiy Biosphere Reserve in Russia and Katon-Karagaiskiy National Park in Kazakhstan. The signed agreement is based on the six-years of...
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In Memoriam of the ''Tree Lady" Wangari MaathainewsKenyan social activist and environmental crusader, Wangari Maathai, passed away on 25 September in Kenya. She was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. The Green Belt Movement, which she founded in 1977, has planted an estimated 45 million trees around Kenya to combat deforestation that often...
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