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Water

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. 

Biodiversity

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 […]

Water

2013 NGWA Summit-National and International Groundwater Conference

Hyatt Regency San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States

Groundwater is a resource to be protected. It ignores political boundaries, transports contaminants, floods mine and construction sites, spins communities into an uproar, and can’t be found when you need it. Model, explore, characterize, bank, inject, extract, treat, and predict all your subsurface needs with everything groundwater at the 2013 NGWA® Summit. This year’s Summit program […]

Communities

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 […]

Water

International Conference on Water, Wastewater & Isotope Hydrology

Bangalore University Central College, Bangalore, India

The conference will discuss and explore new and innovative methods of treatment, better understanding and assessment of resources and their supporting ecosystems, proper management for conservation and approaches to achieve the dual aim of economic development and ecological sustainability. The focus is the necessary infrastructure to provide good quality water, in sufficient quantity, in the most sustainable manner. The conference will […]

Water

WEF Stormwater Congress

McCormick Place South, Chicago , US

The inaugural WEF Stormwater Congress, taking place in Chicago on October 5-9, 2013, is an exciting place to engage with leaders in the stormwater sector and is a unique opportunity to be part of something innovative and different at WEFTEC. Because this audience and topic is growing rapidly, and has a long and successful history […]

Biodiversity

National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference

Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

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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 […]

Water

WEF/IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2013: Trends in Resource Recovery and Use

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel , Vancouver, Canada

The Water Environment Federation and the International Water Association, in cooperation with the British Columbia Water & Waste Association and the Water Environment Research Foundation are pleased to announce a Specialty Conference covering the latest research and experience in all management aspects of nutrient removal.       An important focus of this conference includes […]

5th World Conference on Ecological Restoration

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, Madison, WI, USA

The SER2013 World Conference on Ecological Restoration: Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future will bring together more than 1,500 individuals and organizations from around the world interested in the science and practice of ecological restoration as it relates to natural resource management, climate change, biodiversity conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, environmental policy and sustainable […]