The Interreg project 鈥淒estiMED鈥 has been officially launched in Rome on聽January 19th,聽2017.聽The inaugural address was given by the regional director of the environment and natural system department from the Lazio Region, Vito Consoli, to the representatives of the seven project partners.
The Government of Uganda, in partnership with 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and other government agencies, conducted an extensive assessment of restoration potential in the country. The study identified 8,079,622.1 ha. of land that could benefit from restoration and will help Uganda鈥
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播鈥檚 Global Forest and Climate Change Programme (GFCCP) has launched a call for abstracts on 鈥淎chieving deforestation-free commitments through forest landscape restoration.鈥 The deadline is February 5, 2017.
Restoration of the world鈥檚 ecosystems is a huge challenge. In many cases, restoration processes occur at a landscape scale and so require the coordinated decision making of many stakeholders and landowners including communities, governments and the private sector. Working across so many sectors鈥
On Nov. 28 - 30, the Workshop on Mapping Asia Plants (MAP): Southeast Asia Plant Database Development was held in Beijing. The workshop was organised by the Biodiversity Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences (BC-CAS), a member of 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播. In attendance were 24 participants from China, India,鈥
This blog, published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News, highlights how MFF harnesses the natural functions of ecosystems and women鈥檚 strength in resource management to bring about better solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Recently, seven climate change specialists from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand came together and wrote seven chapters for a book entitled Climate Change in the Bay of Bengal Region: Exploring Sectoral Cooperation for Sustainable Development.聽
Current generations and those to come are faced with this complex challenge:聽given the scarcity of productive land, how to ensure the well-being of 7.4 billion people and聽accommodate an estimated聽1 billion more in the next 13 years without further depleting the base of life itself 鈥 our land and鈥
Growing global population and affluence means there are increasing and multiple demands on forest and other ecosystems to produce commodities and provide ecosystems services. While the demands for production continue to grow, the restrictions on where and how we can produce and protect become鈥