International Conference on East African Mountains - 21- 23 November 2011, UgandanewsThe first conference on East African Mountains will take place on 21- 23 November 2011 at Mbale Resort Hotel in UGANDA. Mountains of East Africa including highlands of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda suffer from increasing land pressure coupled with climate change which threatens sustainable use of these mountain ecosystems....
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Third issue of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme’s Global Change magazinenewsThe third issue of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme's (IGBP) Global Change magazine is out now. Articles in this issue focus on a range of topics, including the UN's Global Sustainability Panel, South American palaeoclimate, Geoengineering and Ocean Acidification. The regulars include news from the IGBP and global-change communities. The magazine is...
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Joto Afrika 5: Implications of climate change for health in AfricanewsIssue 5 of “Joto Afrika” features articles from different countries which highlight the impacts of climate change on health across Africa. Climate change affect human health both directly, by encouraging the production of disease vectors and parasites such as those causing malaria, than indirectly (impacts on water availability, air quality,...
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The Center for People and Forest (RECOFTC) - Executive Director and other vacanciesnewsThe Center for People and Forest (RECOFTC) is currently looking for a new Executive Director to be based at the headquarters in Bangkok. RECOFTC (www.recoftc.org) is an international not-for-profit organization that specializes in capacity building for community forestry and devolved forest management. The organization focuses since 20 years on capacity...
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WSSCC’s Global Sanitation Fund programme in Nepal seeks sub-grantees – by 28 January 2011newsUN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme), the Executing Agency for the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC - http://www.wsscc.org/gsf), is seeking expressions of interest for potential sub-grantees to carry out field work for its Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) programme in NEPAL. UN-Habitat will implement the hygiene and sanitation programme...
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Women’s Water Fund Call for Applications – visit/study in Denmark 30 April – 15 May 2011newsThe Women’s Water Fund, an initiative of the DHI (Danish Hydraulic Institute) Group initially funded by the “King Hassan II Great World Water Prize”, invites women from developing countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America to apply for a short capacity building visit from 30 April to 15 May 2011,...
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