World Environment Day 2011 - Forests: Nature at Your Service - 5 JunenewsThe World Environment Day (WED) has been launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 1972 and celebrated every year on 5 June. WED aims to stimulate public awareness on environmental issues and to urge politics to act in favour of these. This year’s theme is dedicated to: “Forests:... Leer más » |
Greenland Glaciers Lose Enough Ice to Fill Lake Erie, Study SaysnewsThe rate of ice loss at two of Greenland’s largest glaciers has increased so much over the last decade that, if melted, the amount would be enough to fill Lake Erie, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Researchers found that the rate of ice... Leer más » |
Sustainable Mountain Development Summit – 21-22 May, Nainital (Uttarakhand), IndianewsA Sustainable Mountain Development Summit organized by the Indian Mountain Initiative (IMI) was held on 21 and 22 May in Nainital (Uttarakhand), India. The summit covered issues related to hydropower, climate change adaptation, rural tourism and community forestry. Mrs. Margaret Alva, Governor of Uttarakhand State in India pointed out that... Leer más » |
SERVIR seeking for the East Africa Regional DirectornewsSERVIR seeks to recruit a highly motivated and skilled individual for the position of East Africa Regional Director, to be based at the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), in Nairobi, Kenya. Founded in 2005 by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the US... Leer más » |
Alpine Climate Change DayseventThe Italian Ministry for the Environment together with the Institute for Timber Plants and for the Environment (IPLA) and the Piedmont delegation of the National Union of Mountain Communities, Municipalities and Authorities (UNCEM Piemonte) organized the Conference “Alpine Climate Change Days” at the Regional Museum of Natural Science in Turin... Leer más » |
International workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populations and Climate Change – Call for papers by 18 March 2011newsAn international workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populations and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Traditional Knowledgehas will be convened by United Nations University (UNU), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural... Leer más » |
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