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...

The overall purpose of the fourth summer IPROMO course on Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Management in Mountain Areas is to provide post-graduate students, researchers and technicians with scientific knowledge...

A documentary on the Mawphlang Agrobiodiversity and Food Festival, prepared by iTALK Production, a group of indigenous youth based in Shillong, India training in mass communication and funded by Slow...

On the occasion of the World Wetlands Day, Graduates’ Workshop on Wetlands was jointly organized by The Small Earth Nepal (SEN) and the Central Department of Environmental Science (CDES), Tribhuvan...

The Municipality of Ormea (Italy) in cooperation with the IPROMO School and the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Turin, is organizing a set of lectures on “Straw buildings”,...

The International Year of Forests was officially launched on 2 February 2011, at the General Assembly Hall in New York City during UNFF9 (24 January – 4 February 2011). Forests...

A two-day fair to promote typical products and the natural and cultural heritage of Pyrenees Mountains is being organized by the Association of World Mountain Population (AINSA) to take place...

The third issue of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme's (IGBP) Global Change magazine is out now. Articles in this issue focus on a range of topics, including the UN's Global Sustainability Panel,...

The first conference on East African Mountains will take place on 21- 23 November 2011 at Mbale Resort Hotel in UGANDA. Mountains of East Africa including highlands of Uganda, Kenya,...

Issue 5 of “Joto Afrika” features articles from different countries which highlight the impacts of climate change on health across Africa. Climate change affect human health both directly, by encouraging...

The Center for People and Forest (RECOFTC) is currently looking for a new Executive Director to be based at the headquarters in Bangkok. RECOFTC (www.recoftc.org) is an international not-for-profit organization...

The Women’s Water Fund, an initiative of the DHI (Danish Hydraulic Institute) Group initially funded by the “King Hassan II Great World Water Prize”, invites women from developing countries in...

The DFID-Hadley Centre Climate Science Research Partnership (CSRP) has launched a Call for Applications for fellowships in African climate science. Three types of fellowship are available: Postgraduate Research Fellowships, Postdoctoral...

A one-day workshop on mountain issues will be organized by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) to take place on 8 February 2011, at Aula Convegni of CNR in Rome....

The “Nature & Faune” Magazine invites to submit manuscript(s) on successes, problems and concerns related to the theme: “Economic and social significance of forests for Africa’s sustainable development”, by 31...

According to two studies published by the review Nature Geoscience, the 75 percent of the Alpine glaciers could disappear by the end of 2100 and a rise of several metres...