Two-thirds of the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have already submitted or are preparing to submit to the United Nations their land degradation goals, to combat a problem that threatens agriculture and the lives of their people. In 2015, the parties to the United Nations Convention…
On World Wetlands Day on February 2nd, Indonesia’s Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) will announce the winner of a competition to come up with the best method for mapping the nation’s peatlands. The winning team will be awarded a $1 million prize. For the rest of us, the competition could help…
In Zimbabwe, the bulk of rural communities and urban poor still get their energy supplies from the forests, leading to deforestation and land degradation. The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) 2016 review on forest policies in the country found that fuel wood accounted for over 60…
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is seeking a Chief of Knowledge to lead one of three principal functions of the GLF (Global Landscapes Forum) secretariat.
The Climate Change Knowledge Portal (CCKP) Beta is a central hub of information, data and reports about climate change around the world. Here you can query, map, compare, chart and summarize key climate and climate-related information.
Soils are a double-edged climate sword. They are huge reservoirs of organic carbon and can act as a carbon sink. But they can also release CO2 into the atmosphere when used unsustainably. Forests are often called the lungs of the planet because of the way they "breathe" in carbon dioxide. The role…
By 2050 we would need to double global food production to keep up with the projected population increase. Meanwhile the land from which our food comes from is decreasing in quality. Land degradation is a major global concern as our demands for food, fodder, and fuel continue to accelerate. Drylands…
El Instituto Superior del Medio Ambiente ofrece un curso en línea donde se analizaran los diferentes modelos de restauración llevados a cabo en la realidad en distintos espacios que pueden servir como ejemplo de tratamientos a emplear en entornos degradados similares.
Food-insecure households in many countries depend on international aid to alleviate acute shocks and chronic shortages. Some food security programmes (including Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program–PSNP – which provides a case study for this article) have integrated aid in exchange for labour on…
As farmers, foresters and providers, women have a unique understanding of the ecosystems they live alongside. A pioneering radio programme in Malawi is tapping into this immense body of knowledge by creating a platform for women to engage in landscape restoration.
Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in urban regeneration of underutilized and unutilized areas and the requisite infrastructure…
Addressed to non-Chinese citizens, the program is designed to train students with solid theoretical and systematic professional knowledge and the skills in the field of environmental engineering and management, and to prepare to approach the forefront of environmental engineering and management with a combination of coursework and research components.
Land, air and water are the cornerstones of life on Earth. To sustain the vitality of our global ecosystem, we must understand the health of our natural assets and how to halt and repair damage done to them. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)…
Even though ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is recognised to hold considerable potential to strengthen climate adaption, it is still yet to be fully mainstreamed into development policy and practice. Valuation can provide convincing – and usually much-needed – evidence of the benefits of investing…
The goal of the project is to reduce food insecurity and improve livelihoods of poor people living in African drylands by restoring degraded land, and returning it to effective and sustainable tree, crop and livestock production, thereby increasing land profitability and landscape and livelihood…
Le UNDP offre ce poste ouvert aux candidats des deux sexes et de nationalité haïtienne pour dispenser un appui technique au projet dans le domaine de la gestion des risques et des désastres naturelles avec les expériences acquises à travers la mise en œuvre de programmes d'aménagement du territoire.
Le PNUD (UNDP in English), recherche une assistance technique nationale orientée en suivi et évaluation des programmes pour accompagner la mise en œuvre du plan d’action pour la table sectorielle et thématique « gestion des risques et désastres », entité mise en place par l’Etat Haïtien pour guider le pays dans la réduction de risques de catastrophes et pour fournir également un appui en suivi et évaluation au projet.
Le programme pays du Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement, PNUD (UNDP in English) Haïti 2017-2021 met l’accent sur trois grands domaines de coopération qui se renforcent mutuellement : la gouvernance démocratique et l’état de droit ; la réduction de la pauvreté ; et la résilience (gestion des risques de catastrophes et environnement). Dans ce context, le PNUD recherche un profesionel pour: Participer et contribuer de manière…
La fréquence des catastrophes naturelles et le constat d’accroissement de la vulnérabilité en Haïti nécessitent la mise en place d’un dispositif réglementaire et le renforcement et/ou la mise en place d’une politique de prévention des risques naturels dont l’objectif est d’assurer la sécurité des personnes et des biens et la pérennisation des investissements en anticipant les phénomènes naturels. Le PNUD (UNDP en anglais) cherche un expert en…
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The Global Symposium on Soil Pollution, at FAO headquarters is the first step in implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management in terms of preventing and reducing harmful substances in soil as a way to maintain healthy soils and food safety in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals. Specifically, the symposium outcomes should provide scientific evidence to support actions and decisions to prevent and reduce soil…
The objective of the GEF PPG is to develop the project concept into a full project: Sustainable management of water resources, rangelands and agro-pastoral perimeters in the Cheikhetti Wadi watershed of Djibouti. This project aims to develop an integrated model for the restoration of agropastoral ecosystem services in the Cheikhetti Wadi watershed to reduce land and water degradation, improve self-sufficiency in basic living needs of vulnerable…
The objective of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Project Preparation Grant (PPG) is to develop the project concept into a full project regarding: Sustainable management of water resources, rangelands and agro-pastoral perimeters in the Cheikhetti Wadi watershed of Djibouti. In this way, it is intended to develop an integrated model for the restoration of agropastoral ecosystem services in the Cheikhetti Wadi watershed to reduce land and…
Technological Innovations for Agriculture and Rural Development (TIAR) and IEEE
A majority of the poor in rural areas of the world primarily depend on the wages they earn through unskilled labour. In the event of inadequate labour demand or in the face of unpredictable crises like natural disaster or personal such as ill-health, their employment opportunities and livelihood are adversely affected. In this global scenario, the use of Information and Communication Technologies should solve the issues pertaining to poverty…
Tropical forests are home to more than half of the world’s species and play an important role in offsetting global warming, but they are under threat due to global demand for land, energy, food and other resources. The scale of that threat can now be better understood through the findings of…
