World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Type: Organization

Name: World Conservation Monitoring Centre

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

£836,000 for collaborative environmental history project

A tri-university project entitled ‘The Power and the Water: Connecting Pasts with Futures’, led by Professor Peter Coates of the Department of Historical Studies, has been awarded £836,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).The three-year ... [Published University Of Bristol - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Peter Coates, Environment, United Kingdom, World Conservation Monitoring Centre

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations Development Programme

Africa: New Toolkit Supports Conservation By Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Darwin The first World Indigenous Network (WIN) meeting recently concluded in Darwin, Australia, from 26-31 May 2013 bringing together indigenous land and sea managers from around the world.UNDP and UNEP were present at the gathering to jointly launch ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Communities, UNEP UN Environment Programme, United Nations Development Programme

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

UNEP UN Environment Programme

Investing in Small-Scale Farmers Can Help Lift Over 1 Billion People Out of Poverty - UN Report

Given the right conditions and targeted support, small farmers can unleash a new and sustainable agricultural revolution, the United Nations environment agency a partner agricultural development organization reported today on the eve of World Environment ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: International Fund for Agricultural Development, UNEP UN Environment Programme, Achim Steiner

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 2 reports

Poverty Eradication: UN Report Urges Investment In Small-scale Farmers

Will subsidy savings reach the poor?Abiodun Oluwarotimi.Given the right conditions and targeted support, small farmers can unleash a new and sustainable agricultural revolution, the United Nations Environment Agency (UNEA), a partner agricultural ... [Published Nigeria Intel - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: International Fund for Agricultural Development, Poverty Reduction, UNEP UN Environment Programme

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

New York, US: UN report calls for investment in small-scale farmers

Investment in small-scale farmers - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in a report on Tuesday said that investing in small farmers can unleash a new and sustainable agricultural revolution, ... [Published Afrique En Ligne - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: International Fund for Agricultural Development, UNEP UN Environment Programme, Achim Steiner, United Nations

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Lost forest cover is a threat to our lives

The deteriorating environment in the country is reflected in an increasing loss of forest cover despite efforts by the government and focused groups to reverse the trend.Records show that between 1990 and 2010, the country lost an average of 403,350 hectares ... [Published IPP Media - May 29 2013]

Entities: Deforestation, ENDEMIC, Threat, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Tanzania

First reported Apr 04 2013 - Updated Apr 04 2013 - 1 reports

World: Balancing conservation and people’s access to land

Source: IRINCountry: Chile, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, World LONDON, 4 April 2013 (IRIN) - In the great plains of northern Tanzania, close to the world-famous Serengeti National Park, a bitter row has broken out over an ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 04 2013]

Entities: Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Philippines

First reported Jan 25 2013 - Updated Jan 25 2013 - 1 reports

Microsoft Research and the UN team up to build a computational model of ecosystems across the world

Microsoft Research and UN scientists have teamed up to build the first general-purpose computer model of whole ecosystems across the entire world. The project was detailed in a recent Nature article titled “Ecosystems: Time to model all life on Earth,” ... [Published The Next Web - Jan 25 2013]

Entities: Ecosystem, Microsoft Corporation, United Nations

First reported Jan 17 2013 - Updated Jan 17 2013 - 1 reports

Cropland Expansion Increases Biodiver...

Nairobi An increase in the amount of land being used for crops is one of the main reasons for the continuing loss of biodiversity and threatens to undermine attempts to meet international environmental goals, according to a new report backed by the United ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jan 17 2013]

Entities: Biodiversity, UNEP UN Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Quotes

5 June 2013: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme UNEP) have launched "A toolkit to support conservation by indigenous peoples and local communities" which highlights community approaches to the conservation of Indigenous Peoples' and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs)...

UNDP, UNEP Toolkit Showcases Community Approaches to ICCAs [Published Biodiversity Policy & Practice - Jun 10 2013]

Professor Coates said: "Since 2005, when the AHRC launched its five-year ‘Landscape & Environment’ programme – a programme I benefitted from by running a project on ‘Militarized Landscapes’ with my colleague, Professor Tim Cole – it has been a really good time to be an environmental historian in the UK."

£836,000 for collaborative environmental history project [Published University Of Bristol - Jun 06 2013]

"Smallholder farmers can continue to be marginalized or be recognized as catalysts for a transformation of the way the world manages the supply of food and the environmental services that underpin agriculture in the first place" Mr. Steiner added in a joint news release by UNEP and IFAD

Investing in Small-Scale Farmers Can Help Lift Over 1 Billion People Out of Poverty - UN Report [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]

"One study demonstrated that for every 10 per cent increase in farm yields, there was a seven per-cent reduction in poverty in Africa, and a reduction of over five per-cent in Asia" it noted

New York, US: UN report calls for investment in small-scale farmers [Published Afrique En Ligne - Jun 05 2013]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
This Week In Biodiversity: A High-Level Commitm... [Published Ecosystem Marketplace - Jun 12 2013]
UNDP, UNEP Toolkit Showcases Community Approach... [Published Biodiversity Policy & Practice - Jun 10 2013]
£836,000 for collaborative environmental histor... [Published University Of Bristol - Jun 06 2013]
Africa: New Toolkit Supports Conservation By In... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]
Investing in Small-Scale Farmers Can Help Lift ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jun 06 2013]
Poverty Eradication: UN Report Urges Investment... [Published Nigeria Intel - Jun 06 2013]
UN Advocates Global Investment in Small-scale F... [Published This Day Online - Jun 06 2013]
New York, US: UN report calls for investment in... [Published Afrique En Ligne - Jun 05 2013]
Lost forest cover is a threat to our lives [Published IPP Media - May 29 2013]
Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together [Published IIED - May 22 2013]
World: Balancing conservation and people’s acce... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 04 2013]
Microsoft Research and the UN team up to build ... [Published The Next Web - Jan 25 2013]
Cropland Expansion Increases Biodiver... [Published AllAfrica.com - Jan 17 2013]

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Microsoft Research and the UN team up to build ... [Published The Next Web - Jan 25 2013] Microsoft Research and UN scientists have teamed up to build the first general-purpose computer model of whole ecosystems across the entire world. The project was detailed in a recent Nature article titled “Ecosystems: Time to model all life on Earth,” ...