Brazil launches Green Passport Campaign on Eve of World Environment DaynewsThe Green Passport initiative has been launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the government of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. The campaign, which started ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, aims to help travelers become more environmentally conscious. UNEP spokesperson Nick Nuttall says thousands...
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AfDB and WWF to launch Africa Ecological Footprint ReportnewsThe African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have launched today a joint report on the state of Africa’s environment. The Africa Ecological Footprint Report takes stock of the health of Africa’s ecosystems, as well as trends in resources use...
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Voices from the Waters: 7th International Film Festival on WaternewsBangalore Film Society, in collaboration with Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, SVARAJ, Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), Ithaca College, USA), Christ University, Bangalore, VISTHAR, Charter of Human Responsibilities, SAMVADA, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, YWCA Bangalore, Pacific Asia Resource Centre (PARC), Tokyo and Water Journeys - Campaign for Fundamental Right to Water,...
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Workshop: The Impact of Retreating Glaciers in the Andes - Multidisciplinary International Network for Adaptation StrategieseventThe workshop, organized by the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) and the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme of UNESCO, with the support of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat at FAO, the Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion (CONDESAN), the Andean Climate Change Interamerican Observatory Network (ACCION), the Working Group...
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World Environment Day 2012: UNEP calls for actionnewsWorld Environment Day 2012 will be celebrated on 5 June 2012, under the theme "Green Economy: Does it include you?". World Environment Day 2012, hosted by Brazil, will mark the 40th anniversary of the Day. The celebration began in 1972 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles...
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Mountain Voice for change that mattersnewsOver 200 delegates from Indian eleven mountain States at Gangtok in Sikkim deliberated on mountain issues related to water, livelihoods and Communities & forests of the Indian Himalayan region at the Indian Mountain Initiative summit II, held from 25 to 26 May 2012 at Gangtok, Sikkim in India. In his...
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