FAO is part of the new Partnership for Mediterranean forests launched at the Second Mediterranean Forest Week in Avignon, France (5-8 April 2011). Mediterranean forests play a key role for...

The new publication “Energy budget of fodder harvesting pattern along the altitudinal gradient in Garhwal Himalaya” by Shalini Dhyani of G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, R.K. Maikhuri...

SERVIR 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...

ICIMOD has now released a new book, ‘Framework for Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Himalayas’ by Golam Rasul, Nakul Chettri and Eklabya Sharma. This paper outlines a general framework for...

22 March is the International World Water Day (WWD). Following a decision of the General Assembly in 1993, WWD is held annually on this day as a means of focusing...

On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, decimating villages, agricultural land and infrastructure. Measuring 8.9 (later referred as 9.0) on the Richter scale, the earthquake was...

The Joint Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) – World Commission on protected Areas (WCPA) Theme on Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, Equity and Protected Areas (TILCEPA) is looking...

At the launch of the United Nations International Year of Forests, the Rwandan minister of land and the environment, Stanislas Kamanzi, announced a forest landscape restoration initiative, being the first...

The XIth Alpine Conference will take place on 8 and 9 March 2011 in Brdo pri Kranju (Slovenia). The Alpine Conference is the political decision-making organ of the Alpine Convention...

The “Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Alpes”(CIPRA) is looking for a Major Donor Fundraiser to be based in Schaan in the Principality of Liechtenstein. The incumbent will work with...

The International Conference "Alpine Climate Change Day" organized by the Italian Ministry for the Environment together with the Institute for Timber Plants and for the Environment (IPLA) and the Piedmont...

Deadline for African Climate Change and Political Stability (CCAPS) pre-doctoral fellowship have been extended to 31 March 2011. The CCAPS programme at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the...

An 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),...

The Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI) invites to submit papers for the International Conclave on Climate Change (ICCC-1) "Clean Energy & Energy Security" that will take place on 12...

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) have jointly developed an eight-week blended distance learning programme...

Dr Poul Engberg-Pedersen has been nominated IUCN Deputy Director General and he will join IUCN on 16 May 2011. During 2005-2010, Poul Engberg-Pedersen was Director General of Norad, the Norwegian...

Reports based on action research by the Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) are online for free download. DCG is a Norwegian NGO that supports and facilitates mutual exchange of practical experiences...

From 21 to 25 March 2011 the UNECE/FAO Regional Forest Information Week will take place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. A series of events and meetings regarding...

The Mountain Research and Development (MRD) Journal in collaboration with University of Central Asia’s Mountain Societies Research Centre has launched a call for papers regarding practices and systems relevant to...

A new paper from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) on women’s contribution to climate-friendly approaches to agriculture and water is now online. The author Shiney Varghese examined...