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Land Use Planning and Management
OBJECTIVE The projectās main topics include: Land Use Policies Spatial Planning Instruments Organizational Development / Cooperation Model Human Capacity Development PROJECT DESCRIPTION Within the Indo-German Partnership, the āLand Use Planning and Management Projectā by GIZ, the Ministry of Rural Development and the two State Governments of Tamil Nadu and Odisha aims to improve the general culture...
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Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services (HP-FES) Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
OBJECTIVE The Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services project aims to enable the Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh to introduce the Forest Ecosystem Services (FES) approach in the stateās forest management system to improve living conditions of the communities residing in the project areas of the state that are reached by...
2017
At Davos forum, UN chief Guterres calls businesses ābest alliesā to curb climate change, poverty
Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, United NationsĀ Secretary-GeneralĀ AntĆ³nio Guterres on ThursdayĀ called for a new generation of partnerships with the business community to limit the impact of climate change and to reduce poverty. In anĀ addressĀ this morning to a special session on cooperation for peace, the Secretary-General said he was...
2017
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Partnership Project-Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
OBJECTIVE The ABS Partnership project aims at strengthening the capacities of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), selected State Biodiversity Boards (SBB) and Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC). It also aims at creating awareness amongst commercial users of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge for the effective implementation of ABS mechanisms under...
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UN Forum sets landmark target to increase worldās forests by 120 million hectares by 2030
New York, 23 January āĀ Countries reached agreement last Friday on a plan that would significantly improve the outlook for the worldās forests, including a target that would expand the worldās forests by 120 million hectaresāan area about the size of South Africaāby 2030. The agreement, on the first-ever UN Strategic...
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World Ocean Summit 2017: How capital and the private sector can drive scalable, sustainable investment in the ocean
The fourth World Ocean Summit will be held in Bali, Indonesia, on February 22nd-24th 2017 and will bring a critical eye to the vital issue of how to finance a sustainable ocean economy. Our aim is ambitious: to mobilise a new discussion on how capital and the private sector...
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