At the Rio Dialogues, civil society and business showed through their online votes and panelist speeches increasing leadership when it comes to water issues. And interesting enough, the right to water was not the number one recommendation passed on to the heads of States.
As world leaders pour in to Rio de Janeiro for the UN's Sustainable Development Summit civil society, business and governments are making commitments that will make a difference, according to 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's Director General Julia Marton-Lef猫vre.
With just two days left there is a feeling of frustration on the part of many governments here at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in Rio. And many of those are from South America.
A landmark global forum on parks and protected areas is to be hosted in Australia in November 2014. The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Parks Congress takes place only once every 10 years, and is the world鈥檚 most influential gathering of people involved in protected area management.
香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and the UN Global Compact are helping business in聽Rio get serious about biodiversity, boosting private sector efforts in conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services 鈥 the benefits we get from nature.
Transboundary cooperation among adjacent countries epitomizes the ambition of the Rio +20 conference. As discussed during the side event organized by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 and the Italian Government (DGCS) at the UN Conference on sustainable development (Rio+20), it offers some early results and insights into鈥
Several centuries of farming have left the Atlantic rainforest north of Rio de Janeiro scarred and with just a few patches of forest left as havens to rare birds and mammals. Recovery of this forest would seem a tall order. But for Mauricio Ruiz, founder of Instituto Terra de Preservacao鈥
During the last聽breeding season of the Galapagos Islands' mangrove finch, the SOS project team identified at least 13 fledged nests out of which have emerged around聽19 juveniles. This is a real boost for the population which is thought to number only around 100 individuals.
Outstanding natural and cultural areas to be added to UNESCO鈥檚 World Heritage List will be announced at the World Heritage Committee meeting in St Petersburg, Russian Federation from 24 June until 6 July 2012. A total of 36 cultural and natural sites will be considered for inscription鈥
In celebration of World Oceans Day, the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 World Commission on Protected Areas and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre are launching a new iPhone application. This year鈥檚 Oceans Day theme 鈥淵outh: the Next Wave for Change鈥 inspired the development of the mobile application, which will act as a鈥