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First Global Soil Week Will Urge Stakeholders To Take Actions For Soils: They Are Crucial For Life!by:
Alexander Müller, Assistant Director-General, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO, Jes Weigelt, Project Leader, Global Soil Forum, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam -
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CITES Releases New Documents for CoP 16[viewed]The revised Strategic Vision includes a reference to promoting a green economy as part of the outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). In the submission on saiga antelope, concern is raised over the ongoing construction of a border fence between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. | MOP 24 Adopts 19 Substantive Decisions, Fails to Reach Agreement on HFC Amendment[viewed]Participants at the 24th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 24) to the Montreal Protocol could not reach agreement on controlling HFCs. Many stressed that because the Protocol introduced HFCs as a substitute, parties have a responsibility to address the harmful climatic effects of these chemicals. Others oppose including HFCs within the Protocol, arguing that tackling HFCs is outside the Protocol’s mandate. |
International Conference Discusses Ways to Operationalize Zero-Net Land Degradation[viewed]The Conference discussed the Rio+20 outcome call for zero-net land degradation, and sought to define this objective as a concrete goal and to identify operational targets related to the objective. UNCCD Executive Secretary Gnacadja noted the concept of zero-net land degradation provides the opportunity to frame land and soil degradation as global issues and to ensure that sustainable land management and restoration are reflected everywhere at every scale. | Event: 11th Meeting of the Working Group on the 10th Principle Against Corruption[viewed]This event will feature a high-level panel discussion to commemorate the Ninth Annual International Anti-Corruption Day. |
EC Launches Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Waters[viewed]"A Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Water Resources" released by the European Commission outlines ways to speed up implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) target to improve the ecological status of European waters to "good" by 2015. The Blueprint identifies water policy actions to improve ecological status, chemical status and pollution, and water efficiency, reduce vulnerability, and promote water for economic and sustainable development and integrated water resources management (IWRM) globally. | African Youth Forum Provides Recommendations for Development Beyond 2015[viewed]The three-day African Regional Youth Forum in Benin, organized by the country’s Ministries of Development and Youth and supported by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), has engaged African young people in reviewing the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Beyond 2014 process, and the post-2015 development agenda. |
Event: Toward a New Generation of Development Goals[viewed]The objective of this event is to bring together key participants in the relevant stakeholder groups to help further the discussions on what is needed in the post-2015/pre-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework. | Event: Beyond 2015 - Rethinking Learning in a Changing World[viewed]This meeting is organized by the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with support from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and builds on discussion led by UNESCO around a new vision of education and the development of a post-2015 education agenda and recommendations made at the previous meeting: “Towards EFA 2015 and Beyond – Shaping a New Vision for Education”. |
Event: International Workshop on Sustainable Pro-poor Development of Aviation Biofuels[viewed]This event on Sustainable Pro-poor Development of Aviation Biofuels aims to promote discussion between global stakeholders to discuss development of the aviation biofuels industry to assure its sustainability and that it maintains a pro-poor focus. | Guest Article #18: First Global Soil Week Will Urge Stakeholders To Take Actions For Soils: They Are Crucial For Life![viewed]Managing soils in a sustainable way is essential in the fight against hunger. This is particularly true with regard to the poorest people in the world, as their survival often hinges on the soils that are most severely degraded. But arable land is very limited. The first Global Soil Week will bring together stakeholders from around the world to develop future plans of action for the sustainable management and governance of soils. |
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