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The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) wrapped up its annual session today by emphasizing the need for ramping up investment in research and development in innovative and sustainable agricultural technologies and infrastructure in poor countries.
Hanoi, Vietnam – PEMSEA has announced the designation of Mr. Raphael P.M. Lotilla as the new Executive Director of the PEMSEA Resource Facility (PRF). The announcement was made on 9 April by Dr. Chua Thia-Eng, Chair of the East Asian Seas Partnership Council, during a Reception hosted by PEMSEA...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Brett Kitchen of the Environmental Law Institute, +1- 202-939-3833 WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The aquaculture industry is growing and now produces approximately 40 percent of the seafood consumed around the world each year.
Dubai: The region has experienced a very positive development in environmental protection, a leading United Nations professor and environmentalist said. The region is changing and it is fascinating and amazing to see, said Klaus Toepfer, leading professor in environment for sustainable...
Fourteen leading experts will today challenge developers to improve their visions for eco-towns and deliver world class proposals for the first new towns in the UK for 45 years. The panel of leading figures from the worlds of design, the environment, transport and sustainability, was selected by...
Column: Andreas von Warburg Book Review: Common Wealth, Economics For A Crowded Planet By Andreas von Warburg - Indeed, economist Jeffrey Sachs has given his best in his newly-released book “Common wealth, economics for a crowded planet,” published by the Penguin Press. Sachs, currently the...
was also held from 14-16 May, with nearly 60 ministers in attendance. Speakers also tied their discussions to upcoming meetings, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization’s High-level Conference on Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, and ongoing processes,...
BOULDER - Business leaders from throughout Boulder and Broomfield counties will address the emerging "green" sector and New Energy Economy as part of the inaugural Green Summit on Friday, June 6, in Boulder. "We are extremely excited to launch the Green Summit in the Boulder Valley," said...
Posted to the web 19 May 2008 New York Production of bio-fuels in Angola is not harmful to the cultivation and harvesting of crops. This was said Thursday in New York by Angolan deputy minister of Urbanisation and Environment, Mota Liz, when addressing the 16th session of the UN Commission for...
Former Brazilian Environmental Minister Marina Silva has finally pointed the finger at someone as one of the causes of her resignation last Tuesday: Blairo Maggi, one of the world's biggest soy producers and governor of the Mato Grosso State. According to Pagina 12 newspaper, Silva said Maggi has...
