The Business Case for Water Sustainability
Troutman Sanders , Washington D.C., USA
Kick off Water Week by joining us for Breakfast and a discussion with Robert Glennon, best-selling author of Unquenchable and co-author of the newly released report Shopping for Water on Monday, April 13th. Clean, safe and reliable water remains a cornerstone of AmericaÂs public health system and a mainstay of our local economies. Yet severe […]
Vietnam-China Timber Trade in 2012-2014: Present Status and Trends
Cong Doan Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
Presented by the Vietnam Timber and Forest Products Association (VIFORES), Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City (HAWA), Forest Products Association of Binh Dinh (FPA Binh Dinh), and Forest Trends, this workshop will assess the present status, dynamics, and future trends of timber trade relations between Vietnam and China in the context […]
Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange: Chinese Supply Chains, Risk, and Legal Compliance
Barcelona, Spain
This three-day event brought together enforcement officials involved with the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) and US Lacey Act as part of an ongoing series of workshops encouraging collaboration and effective implementation of forest product legal trade legislation. The sessions were focused on China, and covered trade data analysis of Chinese imports from high-risk regions and […]
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Timber Regulation Enforcement Exchange
UNODC, Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria
This four-day event brought together enforcement officials involved with the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR), Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act (ILPA), and US Lacey Act as part of an ongoing series of workshops encouraging collaboration and effective implementation of forest product legal trade legislation. The sessions were focused on EUTR implementation and domestic forest legislation in Eastern […]
First Water Stewardship Credit Auction April 2015
New York City, USA
Meet Sustainability Goals. Offset Supply Chain Impacts. Support Farmers. Improve Water Quality. Private dollars have been invested in farm management practices to improve water quality, support farmers, and provide important ecosystem benefits in the Ohio River Basin, the world’s largest water quality trading project. Now, the resulting credits are available for purchase in the […]
SOCAP 2015
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, USA
SOCAP15 is the world’s leading conference on impact investing and social enterprise. Held in San Francisco, October 6-9, SOCAP15 will unite innovators in business, tech, the sharing economy, health, philanthropy, and more to advance environmental and social causes. The event is a network of heart-centered investors, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders who believe in an […]
Energy-Water-Food Nexus Roundtable
National Geographic Society Headquarters, Washington D.C., USA
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center is hosting the third in a series of roundtables, The Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Risks and Opportunities for the Private Sector. The roundtables identify the nexus risks to businesses, and examine why and how leadership from the private sector, in collaboration with key stakeholders, is critical to successfully […]
Green Infrastructure and Water Management in Growing Metropolitan Areas
University of South Florida, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Tampa, Florida
Urbanization, the change of forest and agricultural lands to concentrated development, is proceeding at an unprecedented pace. The majority of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. Impervious surface, such as roadways and rooftops are now estimated to cover approximately 10% of the earth’s land mass, is concentrated in these urban areas and dramatically […]
ACES 2014 Conference: Linking Science, Practice, and Decision Making
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Washington D.C., USA
ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services represents a dynamic and growing assembly of professionals, researchers, and policy makers involved with ecosystem services. The ACES 2014 Conference brings together this community in partnership with Ecosystem Markets and the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP), providing an open forum to share experiences, methods, and tools, for assessing and incorporating […]
3rd Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology
Crowne Plaza Portland-Downtown Convention Center and Hotel, Portland, USA
The Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology is a meeting of stream ecologists held approximately every five years aiming to further the scientific study of stream ecosystems in urban landscapes. In 2014, the third symposium will be held in Portland in the days preceding the joint meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) and […]