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At Davos forum, UN chief Guterres calls businesses ā€˜best 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...

Registration is now open for the 2nd Biocontrol Asia Conference and Exhibition!

The Largest International Event covering Biocontrol in ASIA Following the inaugural Biocontrol Asia Conference & Exhibition that took place in New Delhi in 2015 and gathered more than 200 people from 20 countries and the recent inaugural Biocontrol LATAM conference & Exhibition that took place in Campinas, Brazil and gathered...

Thailand and Germany Jointly Celebrate 60 Years of Successful Cooperation for Sustainable Development

From left to right: Mr. Hagen Dirksen, Honorary consul of Germany for northern Thailand Dr. Peer Gebauer, Minister Deputy Head of Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to Thailand Mr. Peter PrĆ¼gel, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Thailand Mrs. Suphatra Ā Srimaitreephithak, Director – General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency...

SNRD Asia Window to the World!

That digital change canā€™t be stopped, but that today we are still in a position to shape it. -Sabine MĆ¼ller, head of the Sectoral Department, GIZ The Sector Network Natural Resources and Rural Development (SNRD) Asia Ā has been making a progress on the digital front over the past year with the launch...

Sustainable Rice Platform Standard: The worldā€™s first sustainability standard for rice

Sustainable Rice Platform Certified Rice Thailandā€™s Rice Department, Better Rice Initiative project, OLAM International, and Bayer have jointly initiated pilot testing of the Sustainable Rice Platform Standard with farmer groups in the north-eastern province of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The Sustainable Rice Platform Standard on Sustainable Rice Cultivation can be regarded...

“Ecosystem and Community-based Adaptation and the Landscape Approach” Webinar and Discussion

The Climate Change Adaptation Working Group of SNRD-Asia organised a webinar and discussion meeting on ā€œEcosystem and Community-based Adaptation and the Landscape Approachā€. Dieter Nill from the GIZ headquarter introduced the topic:Ā Do we really have different approaches or are we looking on the same reality but with different glasses? The article...

Vulnerability Assessment of Socio-Ecological Systems Report in Viet Nam is now out! Read more here.

The GIZ project ā€œStrategic Mainstreaming of Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Vietnamā€ finalised vulnerability assessments of Ha Tinh and Quang Binh province. In order to integrate the view on ecosystems in the assessments, the consultant team defined socio-ecological systems (SES) and key economic areas (KEA) by analysing the social, economic, and...