Full coverage: Environment

16.06.2006 Qendra Rajonale e Edukimit dhe Informacionit për Zhvillim të Qëndrueshëm (QREI) shpalli njoftimin për Shkollën Verore “Integrimi Mjedsor në fushën e Menaxhimit dhe planifikimit” nga 28 Gusht – 10 Shtator 2006 në partneritet me UNESCO – BRESCE dhe Qendrën për Studime të Evropës Qendrore dhe Jugore të universitetit të Bolonjës.

16.06.2006 The Regional Education and Information Centre for Sustainable Development (REIC), Sarajevo announces Summer School ‘Environmental Integration in Territorial Management and Planning’ from August 28 – September 10, 2006 in partnership with UNESCO – BRESCE and the Centre for Central and Eastern Europe Studies at the University of Bologna.

16.06.2006 One quarter of the global disease burden in adults is related to environmental risk factors that could be modified with existing interventions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report.

16.06.2006 Eight thousand families in northern Pakistan left destitute by last OctoberÂ’s devastating earthquake that killed around 80,000 will receive financial and technical support to rebuild their houses and buy livestock through a new project supported by a $26.4 million loan from the UnitedNations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

16.06.2006 Flood preparation, including adequate provisioning of emergency supplies, their fair distribution and management of the entire relief efforts, all assume critical importance in decreasing human sufferings in flooded areas and help in their recovery from floods.

16.06.2006 FAO has created a discussion forum on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) for participants to share experiences and resources, seek advice and test ideas with colleagues working on similar issues.

16.06.2006 In the coming weeks, the Ramsar Regional Center for Training and Research on Wetlands in the Western Hemisphere (CREHO) will launch an electronic newsletter, INFOWETLAND.

15.06.2006 A general diagram is provided that describes the data analysis questions that you can ask when analysing biodiversity based on the methodologies that are provided in this manual.

15.06.2006 Reliable information on water depletion for agricultural production is much needed when freshwater resources are getting scarcer. This is the case in the irrigated Indus basin.

15.06.2006 A global campaign for disaster reduction education will be launched on 15 June at UNESCO (6 p.m., Room II), by the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), UNESCO and the French National Committee for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.

15.06.2006 "Sustainable development must be seen as an opportunity for progress, not as an obstacle", said EPP-ED spokesman Anders Wijkman leading today's debate with Commission and Council in the EP on the Sustainable Development Strategy.

15.06.2006 from Ecologist:
You can watch the football and also behave in an ecologically sound manner, thanks to a new website called ‘Who should I cheer for?’
* Who should I cheer for?

14.06.2006 The Regional Environmental Centre for SEE (REC), and the Swedish International Agency for Development and Cooperation (SIDA) started the four-year SECTOR: Supporting Environmental Civil Society Organisations Project.

14.06.2006 Regionalni centar za zivotnu sredinu za Centralnu i Istocnu Evropu (REC) i Svedska medunarodna agencija za razvoj i saradnju (SIDA) su četvorogodišnji projekat podrške nevladinim organizacijama SECTOR: Supporting Environmental Civil Society Organisations / Podrška nevladinim organizacijama za zaštitu životne sredine u Jugoistocnoj Evropi.

14.06.2006 Tiistaina julistetun vesiluonnon juhannusrauhan avulla kannustetaan vesillä liikkujia, mökkeilijöitä ja muita juhannuksen viettäjiä vähentämään melua rannoilla, välttämään maihinnousua lintuluodoilla ja ajamaan maltillisesti satamiin ja kapeikkoihin. Luonnonsuojelujärjestö WWF julisti tänä vuonna juhannusrauhan Savonlinnassa.

13.06.2006 Organizaciones ambientalistas, indígenas y campesinas de Guatemala se unieron a la Semana Centroamericana contra la Minería de Metales, actividad que impulsan las transnacionales, principalmente de Canadá y que pone en riesgo la biodiversidad, se conoció aquí.

13.06.2006 Almora in Uttranchal, India, is facing an acute water crisis, which has been exacerbated by rapid, unplanned urban growth and the mismanagement of vital natural resources that has led to the drying up of natural sources of water. A critical piece by Bidisha Kumar in CSE's Science and Environment Magazine 'Down To Earth'.

13.06.2006 The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information System (MENRIS), also recognised as UNEP GRID-Kathmandu, is promoting the use of geospatial science, technology and applications for sustainable mountain development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region.

13.06.2006 As a result of a long and continuous usage of natural resources, these communities have acquired a broad knowledge base of the behaviour of complex ecosystems of their locality.

13.06.2006 Natural disasters impart lessons at a very high cost of life and property. But if those lessons do not lead to learning and knowledge generation, then the costs could be higher.