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Collaborative Implementation
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Synergies. Interagency collaboration. Integration. A number of stories in this issue of Linkages Update relate to these often discussed goals and how they can be implemented in practice. More. |
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D., Manager, Knowledge Management Projects, IISD Reporting Services |
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The First Interagency “Forum on Green Jobs: Local Strategies and Actions”
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What are the linkages between climate change and sustainable local development? What are green jobs and how do they come into the equation? How to shape local strategies and actions for green jobs? How to synchronise local initiatives with national policies intended to foster a low-carbon economy and promote green jobs? More. |
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Patricia O'Donovan, Director, International Training Centre of the ILO |
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UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: An international network for sustainable development learning
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The concept of biosphere reserve has evolved since its origin in the 1970s to fully embrace the notion of sustainable development, but integration of the CBD's objectives into sustainable development has not been an easy task. The World Network of Biosphere Reserves could help integrate the three objectives of the CBD into land/seascape-level sustainable development practices. More. |
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Dr. Natarajan Ishwaran, Director, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, Secretary, Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO |
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| IISD RS' Policy & Practice Knowledgebases |
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| Latest News - 29 April 2011 |
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CITES Plants Committee Convenes
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21 April 2011: The 19th meeting of the Plants Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) convened from 18-21 April 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates discussed, inter alia: CITES participation in the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership; CITES collaboration with the UN Environment Programme and biodiversity-related conventions on the definition of the content and modalities of the relationships between the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and other Conventions' scientific bodies; CITES' role in the Convention on Biological Diversity's Global Strategy for Plant Conservation; and climate change impacts on CITES' science-based decision-making processes. More. Photo: L-R: PC Chair Margarita Clemente and CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon |
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UN-HABITAT Governing Council Focuses on Sustainable Urban Development
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15 April 2011: The 23rd session of the Governing Council (GC-23) of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), which convened from 11-15 April 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya, concluded with the adoption of 18 resolutions on issues relating to, inter alia: gender equality and empowerment of women in sustainable urban development; the World Urban Forum; expanding equitable access to land, housing, basic services and infrastructure; and natural disaster risk reduction, preparedness, prevention and mitigation. More. Photo: L-R: Joan Clos, UN-HABITAT Executive Director; and GC-23 President Vincent Karega (Rwanda), shake hands at the end of the session. |
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| Biodiversity and Wildlife |
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| Forests, Desertification and Land Issues |
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| Intergovernmental Organizations |
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| Trade, Finance & Investment |
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| Water, Oceans and Wetlands |
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| Key meetings in the next two weeks |
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CSD 19: 2-13 May 2011. New York, United States of America |
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IPCC 33: 10-13 May 2011. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
IISD Reporting Services will be reporting on 5 May 2011 from the Central America Regional Workshop on Biodiversity and Finance  |
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