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World Wetlands Day 2011 – Forests for Water and Wetlands
As of January 2011, there are over 1,900 wetland sites, totalling over 180 million hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar Convention’s List ...
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Good news for Brazilian tropical forests
The Amazon constitutes approximately 30% of the world’s tropical forests and stores 20% of the global above ground forest carbon, yet currently it suf...
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New Soil Carbon Sequestration Methodology from the World Bank for small farmers
It is the first approved methodology for agricultural soil practices generating carbon credits.
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Planet under Pressure
The conference must make sure it doesn’t just give warnings, voice complaints about the lack of progress in achieving the goals of earlier treaties, b...
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Green Economy – the theme of this year’s World Environment Day
The theme aimed at highlighting the central role of communities in the transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially inclusive green eco...
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Genetic Diversity in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change
Recent new rules and regulations have increased challenges in accessing plant genetic resources.
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Future Policy Award 2012 – Palau is a winner!
“The aim of the World Future Council is to raise awareness for exemplary policies and speed up policy action towards just, sustainable and peaceful so...
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“Securing healthy soils for a food secure world” – World Soils Day
“Despite efforts by the IUSS and soil scientists around the world, soils have in recent decades been seen as a second-tier priority in international a...
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A video of the melting Greenland ice sheet - The Arctic Report Card 2012
2012 recorded the lowest September sea ice extent.
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Horizon scanning for the coming year
Important global conservation issues for 2013
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