Africa
Los mejores candidatos en Bhután, Gambia, Nepal, Rwanda, Suiza y Estados Unidos
Nueva York / Montreal / Hamburgo / Roma, 5 de julio 2011 - Las Políticas de seis países están preseleccionados para el Premio de 2011 de la Política del Futuro. Bhután, Gambia, Nepal, Rwanda, Suiza y Estados Unidos siguen en competencia de las políticas forestales más inspiradoras,...
Top candidates found in Bhutan, The Gambia, Nepal, Rwanda, Switzerland and the USA
New York / Montreal / Hamburg / Rome, 5 July 2011 – Policies from six countries are now shortlisted for the 2011 Future Policy Award. Bhutan, The Gambia, Nepal, Rwanda, Switzerland and the USA are still in the running for the most inspiring, innovative and influential forest policies...
The University of Sussex invites applications for a fully funded PhD scholarship for research into climate change and the African climate system.
The ‘The Peter Carpenter Climate Change Scholarship’ is open to citizens of African countries only, and has a start date of October 2011. The scholarship covers 100% of tuition fees and provides a stipend for living expenses of approximately £...
As you know, 2011 is the International Year of Forests. As a contribution to this International Year, and also as an element in the process aiming to ensure appropriate recognition of the world's mountain areas and their resources and people in the 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has commissioned a report on the world's mountain...
OVERVIEW
* Payments for Environmental Services in Mountain Areas: An Overview of the Options and Challenges for Mountain Systems and People
FEATURE ARTICLES
* Payments for Environmental Services: The Need for Redefinition? - Beria Leimona and Rudolf de Groot
* Addressing Equity and Poverty Concerns in Payments for Environmental Services
* Delivering Environmental...
Please see the attached announcements for posts with WaterAid in Africa:
* Head of Region – Southern Africa
* Regional Support Officer
* Regional Technical Adviser (Africa Regions)
* Regional Programme Manager
Closing date: 30 April 2011
WaterAid works with people in the world’s poorest countries to provide access to safe water, sanitation and improved...
Mountain areas cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface, with 26 percent of the global population living in them or very close by.
Mountain people and mountain environments are particularly threatened by global environmental change and economic and political forces. A disproportionate number of conflicts occur in mountain regions, and their inhabitants include many of the...
The Strategic plan is meant to guide the development of the Mountain Forum (MF) activities in the period 2008‐2011.
The first part of this document outlines the strategy as developed during the strategic planning process in May 2008 in Chambéry, attended by the Mountain Forum Board, representatives of the host institutions, managers of the regional networks and representatives of other...
The past year has been a very intensive one for our global network because of the enormous global challenges and the thorough institutional change process.
More than ever before, in 2009 the world was worried about the effects of climate change and this attention was concentrated at the Copenhagen Conference of Parties in December. During the whole year, as well as at the Copenhagen...
In 2008, the new strategy was developed with partners and approved by the Board of Directors. Whereas information sharing and mutual support will remain important pillars, support to strategic policy and advocacy processes was identified as an area for increased attention. On behalf of the Mountain Forum Board I like to thank the Swiss Development Cooperation for supporting the implementation...
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