IIED conference on Innovations for equity in smallholder PES: bridging research and practice
Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
What are the best ways to make schemes that compensate protectors of natural resources fairer and more inclusive? IIED’s conference on Innovations for equity in smallholder PES: bridging research and practice aims to explore the latest thinking on the issue from researchers, policy makers, funders and practitioners, and to share lessons learned. Based at the […]
Addressing Drought and Water Scarcity: Solutions for Safeguarding the Global Food System in the 21st Century
The Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA
Agriculture is feeling the brunt of prolonged droughts at home and abroad. While California, Colorado, and Texas are having one of the worst droughts on record, numerous other countries are also dealing with water shortages, including Brazil, northern India, northern China, south and central Australia, and every European nation around the Black Sea. […]
WaterSmart Innovations Conference
South Point Hotel and Conference Center, Las Vegas, USA
The purpose of this conference is to broaden the knowledge of innovations in urban water efficiency including products, policies, techniques and ideas. All topics related to innovations in water conservation will be considered. Potential topics include: Water/Energy Production Nexus Water Efficiency for Sustainable Building and Development Conservation Policy, Enforcement and Administration Community Outreach Programming Water […]
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International Workshop on Promoting Legal and Sustainable Trade and Investment of Forest Products
Shanghai, China
From March 25-27, 2014 in Shanghai, China, the Center for International Forest Products Trade (CINFT) of China’s State Forestry Administration (SFA) hosted the “International Workshop on Promoting Legal and Sustainable Trade and Investment of Forest Products.” The event was co-organized by Forest Trends, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the EU FLEGT Facility […]
Webinar: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2014
4:30 PM - 6:00 AM EDT, [Webex Webinar],
On May 28, Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace successfully launched the executive summary of our 2014 State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report before the largest standing-room-only audience to date at Carbon Expo in Cologne. Now, we warmly invite you to an event on June 24th hosted by Hunton & Williams, where a panel of carbon […]
Lacey & EU Timber Regulation Enforcement Workshop: Substantiated Concerns, Producer Country Cooperation, and Cameroon Supply Chains
Rome, Italy
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. Days 1 & 2 The workshop on October 28-29th was co-organized by Chatham House and Forest Trends […]
Sustainable Water Management Conference
The Curtis Hotel, Denver, CO, USA
Presenting solutions for balancing the benefits of conservation with the costs, managing infrastructure, developing robust supply models and watershed management plans, water reuse, resource management, green infrastructure and more. This conference seeks to combine technical presentations with in-depth discussions on legal, regulatory and legislative matters water utilities face today. Get started today and don’t miss […]
Illegal Forest Conversion in the Mekong: Policy Implications for Land Investments, Climate, and Forest Legality Initiatives
Novotel Vintage Park Resort, Phuket, Thailand
This two and a half day workshop aims to bring together experts from five focal countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam) and a range of relevant policy processes (REDD+, FLEGT, corporate responsibility) to engender a regional discussion about the conversion of forests in the Mekong region for commercial […]
International Water and Energy Conference
Lyon Convention Centre, Lyon, France
On October 29, 30 and 31, the Greater Lyon Authority, the Rhone-Alpes Regional Council, the Rhone-Mediterranean and Corsica Water Agency and EDF, in partnership with the World Water Council, the French Water Partnership, the GRAIE and SHF are hosting the international water and energy conference Water and Energy Interactions: Strategic Challenges to Territorial Development. […]
Webinar: Natural Capital Markets for Watershed Services
Online,
In this webinar, Natural Capital Markets (NCM) together with Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) will focus on the use of market (based) instruments to conserve watershed services. In particular, the role of different actors such as the private sector and local communities will be discussed. Panelists will also explore leading and emerging models for investments in natural […]