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As announced by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), Oman will host a Ministerial Conference on water and the ITPGR on 21 September 2013, immediately prior the fifth session of the ITPGR Governing Body (GB). ITPGR GB 5 is scheduled to take place from 24-28 September 2013, in Muscat, Oman.
The Ministerial Conference will focus on...
The Nordic and Baltic Wetlands Conference was organized around the theme 'Baltic Wetlands in a time of climate change- mitigation, resilience and adaptation.' The event was held as part of the Greenland Chairmanship (2012-2014) of the NorBalWet, a regional initiative for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention) that aims to contribute to more effective conservation and wise...
The project “Andean Paramo: Diversity Conservation of the Desert in Northern and Central Andes”, known as "Andean Paramo Project" Venezuela coordinated by the Institute of Environmental and Ecological Sciences , University of Los Andes - ICAE - turned Award winning Popular Science, Humanistic and Technological Disclosure Statement Best Initiative in issue for the 2012.
The...
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) convened the second meeting of the negotiations for the sixth replenishment of the GEF, bringing together representatives from 29 donor countries, four non-donor recipient countries, civil society, GEF agencies, Trustee, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP), the Evaluation Office and the Secretariat.
The meeting took place in New Delhi, India,...
Under the name of "knowledge platform for sustainable mountain development", on Wednesday, September 18, Miguel Saravia gave a presentation of the Mountain Forum as a platform for knowledge management in the service of those interested in the topics of mountains and those working for its revaluation and conservation.
The presentation of the Mountain Forum (MF) as a knowledge platform...
Volume 04 Number 245 - Tuesday, 17 September 2013
UNCCD COP 11 HIGHLIGHTS
MONDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2013
The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 11) opened on Monday afternoon, 16 September 2013, in Windhoek, Namibia...
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Systematic evaluation of the environmental and socioeconomic effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs is crucial for guiding policy design and implementation. We evaluated the performance of the Natural Forest Conservation Program (NFCP), a national PES program of China, in the Wolong Nature Reserve for giant pandas. The environmental effects of the NFCP were evaluated...
Climate change has been on the global agenda for over 20 years, but international co-operation has shown mixed results. The collapse of negotiations at Copenhagen contributed to disillusionment in civil society and signaled a gradual retreat from engagement in international climate policy processes. So, a much broader perspective and fresh strategy are...
Climate change has been on the global agenda for over 20 years, but international co-operation has shown mixed results. The collapse of negotiations at Copenhagen contributed to disillusionment in civil society and signaled a gradual retreat from engagement in international climate policy processes. So, a much broader perspective and fresh strategy are...
The call for full papers for the 3rd World Landslide Forum has been extended to 30 September 2013.
The Forum will be held on 2-6 June 2014 in Beijing and FAO is actively involved in the preparation of the event as a supporting institution of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), which is the main...