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Ethiopia's Movement for Ecological Learning and Community Action
MELCA works for a healthy ecosystem, vibrant culture and improved lives of communities. CEC member Million Belay shares success stories from the Suba-Sebeta and Sheka communities, where livelihood improvements are protecting fragile forests. …
14 Nov 2011 | News story
Responsible forestry
On the fourth day of the Asia Pacific Forestry Week, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) held a session ‘FSC: It’s Role in the Region and the Global Market-Its Contribution to a Green Economy’, writes Kristen Carusos. …
11 Nov 2011 | News story
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Getting the message across
Art is one of the most cross-cultural communications tools, writes Kristen Carusos on day three of Asia-Pacific Forest Week. The day started with a mesmerizing sand painting performance by Zhang Xiaoyu, who drew scenes of natural landscapes by sprinkling and moving sand on a light box with her bare hands. …
10 Nov 2011 | News story
Addressing illegal logging
During the ‘New Challenges and New Opportunities towards Green Business’ session, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) described the advantages and incentives for green finance and investment, writes Kristen Carusos from the Asia-Pacific Forest Week. …
09 Nov 2011 | News story
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Charting a new course for Asia-Pacific forests
“Every seed is a dream, waiting to be fulfilled. Every tree is a reality… Every forest is a community, joining together to stand as one.” This extract from Randell Terre Aranza’s winning essay in the Asia Pacific Forestry Week (APFW) writing competition sums up the spirt of the event, writes Kristen Carusos, of IUCN's China office. …
08 Nov 2011 | News story
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Young Green Patrols in action: “By protecting trees we protect our future”
School-based forest units: the tradition existed in Azerbaijan before, now it’s time to restore it and to make it fi t the contemporary environment. So far, children have been sensitised to forest protection thanks to the efforts of the Centre of Environmental Education in Baku. Now, a European-supported initiative is aiming to extend their work and to create school-based teams of ‘Young Foresters’. Because the necessity to prevent deforestation and to expand the green topsoil is today a priority in the country, which cannot be met without increasing the population’s environmental education. …
27 Oct 2011 | News story
Women provide input for the progression of Cameroon’s REDD+ process
Yaounde, September 28: A five day workshop was organised for representatives from government and Civil Society in Cameroon on the mainstreaming of gender in the country’s strategy for the implementation of ‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation’ (REDD+). The meetings took place from 19 till 23 September and were organised by IUCN and the Women’s Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) in the context of the on-going implementation of IUCN’s Pro-Poor REDD+ Project in Cameroon. …
29 Sep 2011 | News story
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Mainstreaming Gender Considerations into REDD-Plus Policy Implementation in Ghana
In view of the critical need to ensure that national REDD-plus strategies address social safeguards, particularly the recognition of the rights and interests of women and other vulnerable groups, IUCN, in collaboration with The Women’s Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO) facilitated a five-day engagement with key stakeholders on the mainstreaming of gender considerations in REDD-plus policy making in Accra from 5th – 9th September, 2011. …
28 Sep 2011 | News story
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La naturaleza pierde a una heroína
La UICN lamenta profundamente la pérdida de Wangari Maathai, una de las mayores ambientalistas de África y gran defensora de la justicia social, los derechos humanos, la paz y la democracia. Wangari Maathai falleció el martes en Nairobi, a los 71 años. … | English
26 Sep 2011 | News story
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Líderes trazan el camino para restaurar 150 millones de hectáreas de bosques degradados
Un compromiso central para restaurar 150 millones de hectáreas de bosques y tierras degradadas en todo el mundo para el año 2020, se puso en marcha hoy en la conferencia ministerial celebrada en Bonn. Un nuevo análisis de la UICN estima que la restauración de 150 millones de hectáreas podría generar beneficios por USD 85 mil millones por año a las economías nacionales y globales. … | English
02 Sep 2011 | News story
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