World Green Infrastructure Congress
Australian Technology Park Sydney, Sydney, Australia
The Congress will present the latest technological developments, green industry awards, iconic best practice projects, research data, professional training workshops, Living Art competition and new areas of applications in the field of green infrastructure. It will serve as a surface + space where international urban greenery thought leaders from various disciplines may come together with […]
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. […]
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Webinar: Inversiones en Protección Hídrica en América Latina
Register here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/510310151, Virtual,
Webinar: Inversiones en Protección Hídrica: Un Panorama de América Latina10 de abril 2013, 10:00 a.m. GMT-5Inscríbase en el webinar aquí.¡El cupo es limitado! Te invitamos a unirte al seminario web (“webinar”), “Inversiones en Protección Hídrica: Un Panorama de América Latina,” coordinado por Forest Trends’ Valorando Naturaleza, y el Programa de Agua del Ecosystem Marketplace. Valorando Naturaleza […]
Serviços Ambientais/Ecossistêmicos e Gestão Territorial
Centro de Formação dos Povos da Floresta , Rio Branco, Brazil
OBJETIVO GERAL DA OFICINA: Informar e harmonizar conceitos relacionados a serviços ambientais e ecossistêmicos, salvaguardas socioambientais e gestão territorial. OBJETIVOS ESPECÍFICOS: 1. Apresentar e colocar a debate o conhecimento científico (visão do homem branco) sobre o papel da floresta na regulação do clima mundial e regional (amazí´nico/sul americano); 2. Apresentar os conceitos relacionados í serviços […]
IDB Sustainability Roundtable on the Future of Water Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean
Andres Bello I, Washington D.C. , United States
Water is critical to all aspects of development. The IDB Sustainability Roundtable will provide a forum for leaders working in Latin America and the Caribbean to explore emerging challenges and share new approaches to integrated water resources management. Go to the event website for more information.
2nd International Conference on Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Development
University of Kerala, Kerala, India
Environmental degradation, particularly climate change, is augmenting the impact of natural disasters, thus seriously affecting food security ensured through the sustainable production of agricultural crops, livestock and fisheries. Sustainable development is a certain compromise among environmental, economic, and social goals of community, allowing for wellbeing for the present and future generations. Designing appropriate policies and […]
Training Asumura Cocoa Landscape CREMA Stakeholders on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Ghana
Catholic Pastoral Centre, Goaso, Ghana
The Nature Conservation Research Centre (NCRC) and Forest Trends’ Communities and Markets Initiative organized the workshop “Training Asumura Cocoa Landscape CREMA Stakeholders on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Ghana” held in Goaso, Ghana, on April 18 – 20, 2013. The workshop was generously supported by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). The objective […]
Webinar – Green Infrastructure as a Catalyst to Economic Growth
Webinar, [Virtual]
Over the summer Defra and Natural England published a report on the role Green Infrastructure plays as a catalyst to economic growth. This study pulled together evidence from the UK and around the world demonstrating how investment in GI encourages inward investment and attracts increased visitor spending at a local level and saves environmental costs […]
Katoomba XVIII: Forests, Water, and People
Beijing, China
í í Continuing the tradition of 17 previous international Katoomba meetings, Katoomba XVIII: Forests, Water, and People will gather leading experts, practitioners, policymakers, and investors from China and abroad to advance nature-based solutions to the water crisis for an urbanizing world. Water resources are increasingly jeopardized by climate change, pollution, watershed degradation, and misuse, with […]