International World Water Day 2011 - 22 March 2011news22 March is the International World Water Day (WWD). Following a decision of the General Assembly in 1993, WWD is held annually on this day as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The theme of this year...
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Dramatic consequences of the most severe earthquake and tsunami in Japan’s historynewsOn 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, decimating villages, agricultural land and infrastructure. Measuring 8.9 (later referred as 9.0) on the Richter scale, the earthquake was the most severe in the history of Japan. BBC reports over 2400 people killed and more than 3000 people as...
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ACP-FLEGT Support Programme - Call for Proposals – by 20 May 2011newsThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is issuing a call for proposals through its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Support Programme to African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP-FLEGT Support Programme). The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme, through funding from the European Commission, provides assistance to ACP countries...
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TILCEPA Social Policy Specialist Group on Mountain Connectivity, mountain Protected Areas & mountainous Transboundary Conserved LandscapesnewsThe Joint Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) – World Commission on protected Areas (WCPA) Theme on Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas (TILCEPA) is looking for experts / specialists / mountain community constituency members interested in joining the new TILCEPA Mountain Social Policy Specialist Group....
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Saving Rwanda forests by 2035 becomes a national prioritynewsAt the launch of the United Nations International Year of Forests, the Rwandan minister of land and the environment, Stanislas Kamanzi, announced a forest landscape restoration initiative, being the first developing country making such a commitment nationally. The situation is urgent as in 1994 after the genocide large part of...
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Women of the Mountains ConferenceeventMountain Partnership Event
The second international conference, “Women of the Mountains” was held in Orem, Utah, 8-9 March 2011. It was organized in the context of the Mountain Partnership by Utah Valley University, the Mountain Partnership member who also organized the first such conference in 2007. The...
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