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The conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture are key to ensuring that the world will produce enough food to feed its growing population in the future. Read more..
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Newspapers in U.K. and U.S. have given far more column space to the voices of climate skeptics than the press in Brazil, France, India and China. Read more..
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Under the CC DARE project of UNEP and UNDP in Ethiopia, bee farming has successfully integrated climate change adaptation actions with addressing food insecurity, poverty and providing sustainable livelihoods. Read more..
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According to OECD and IEA analyses, removing inefficient subsidies would raise national revenues and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Read more..
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IEA report says funding must increase to more than five times current levels and be matched by faster reforms. Read more..
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Forest Bonds could be the answer to finding finance to conserve the world’s tropical forests, and could close the current financial commitments and the resources needed for forest conservation. Read more..
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A report published by IIED examines how governments, donors and businesses can work together to provide poor communities with low-carbon energy supplies. Read more..
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In an ongoing effort to halt deforestation and bring sustainable palm oil to market, the millionth hectare of palm oil plantations has just been certified by RSPO. Read more..
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In a world facing numerous agricultural challenges, native Hawaiian agriculture provides a lesson in adaptation and sustainability, find scholars from Stanford. Read more..
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Transition from paper to electronic systems would strengthen the capacity of Customs to control international trade in endangered species. Read more..
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According to GRI, more companies are now having their sustainability reports assured, resulting in more accurate and trustworthy data being submitted. Read more..
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The new online maps would allow European citizens to pinpoint the main diffuse sources of air pollution and show where certain air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter are released, thereby engaging them actively in decisions affecting the environment. Read more..
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Agriculture and community-based forestry are key areas for the transition towards a green economy in least developed states, says a new report released jointly by UNEP, UNCTAD and UN-OHRLLS on May 9 in Istanbul, Turkey. Read more..
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The Reforestation Project - Ibi Batéké Carbon Sink Plantation - is DRC’s first CDM project registered under Kyoto Protocol and is helping surrounding communities improve the livelihoods of its people through job creation and provision of health and education. Read more..
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A historical agreement signed by small island nations will help them cut emissions, give easier access to finance, technology. Read more..
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Cap-and-trade program will drive innovation and jobs, and will promote efficiency, clean energy. Read more..
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The landscape around Navaisha town, about an hour's drive from Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is dotted with snaking smooth white pipes and steel drums rather like a modern day snakes-and-ladders set built into the steep valley escarpments, just below pockets of billowing steam floating into the air. Read more..
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Chair of C40 calls on largest cities globally to report carbon emissions to Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Read more..
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The goal of this Global Partnership is to introduce the practice of ecosystem valuation into national accounts at scale so that better management of natural environments becomes “business-as-usual”. Read more..
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“TEEB has documented not only the multi-trillion dollar importance to the global economy of natural world, but also the kinds of policy-shifts and smart market mechanisms that can embed fresh thinking in a world beset by rising raft of multiple challenges,” says TEEB study leader, Pavan Sukhdev. Read more..
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