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Държава-членка на света за 2011 г. е на разположение сега! Кликнете тук Апр 23 Подхранващ планетата околна среда , здравеопазване До Алисън Blackmore Това е втората публикация в нашия 2-част серия на Goldman на околната среда през 2012 г. награда. Щракнете тук, за да прочетете първия пост. По-рано тази седмица, ние включени три от шестте 2012 г. получателите на най-престижните Goldman околната среда награда победителите. Днес, ние се подчертае още три тези вдъхновяващи екологични лидери: Едвин Gariguez на ... Апр 16 Подхранващ планетата за опазване на околната среда , риба От Eun Jae парк Камъчето Limited партньорство (PLP), консорциум от Северна династия Minerals Ltd. На Канада и англо-американската АД на Великобритания, твърди, изключителните права, за да започне минерална мини в Бристол Бей, Аляска. Около 36,6 млрд. кг (80.6 млрд. паунда), на мед, 2,5 млрд. килограми (5.6 млрд. паунда) на молибден, и 3.0 ...
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State of the World 2011 is available now! Click here Category: Environment May 05 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, Erosion, Farmers, organic, Research, Soil, Sustainable Check out this recent article by David Biello in the Scientific American, where he discusses a new report by environment scientists at McGill University that examines organic agriculture’s ability to feed a population of 9 billion people. The report suggests that although organic agriculture can protect soils by retaining water and can result in large yields ... May 04 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Children, Climate Change, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Environment, Innovation, Policy, Research, School, Technology, Youth By Laura Reynolds The Millennium Institute, the Biovision Foundation, and the game company, CodeSustainable, have collaborated to develop a computer game called Game Change Rio. In preparation for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20 in June, this game hopes to educate players about sustainability issues and help shape new policy options for sustainable and ... May 02 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Environment, Investment, Policy, Poverty, Women By Laura Reynolds The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) has released a report entitled “Food and Agriculture: The future of sustainability.” The report will provide input for UNDESA’s Sustainable Development in the 21st century (SD21) Report for Rio+20, which will serve as a roadmap during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development this June. Apr 23 Nourishing the Planet Environment, Health By Alison Blackmore This is the second post in our 2-part series on the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize. Click here to read the first post. Earlier this week, we featured three of the six 2012 recipients of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize winners. Today, we highlight three more of these inspiring environmental leaders: Edwin Gariguez of the ... Apr 21 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environment, Farmers, Food Security, Livestock, Nourishing the Planet, Urban Farming, Water, Women For the last 40 years, Earth Day has been celebrated around the world to call attention to some of our most pressing environmental and social problems, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and dwindling natural resources. This year, the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet highlights 15 agricultural innovations that are already working on the ground to address some ... Apr 19 Nourishing the Planet Conservation, Environment, Ethiopia, Kenya This is the first in a series of blogs on the 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners. By Alison Blackmore The Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded annually to six environmental heroes whose local and community-based efforts to protect natural resources have created significant change, often at great personal risk. Each recipient receives an award of US$150,000 to ... Apr 16 Nourishing the Planet Conservation, Environment, Fish By Eun Jae Park The Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP), a consortium of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. of Canada and Anglo-American plc of the UK, has claimed exclusive rights to begin mineral mining in Bristol Bay, Alaska. An estimated 36.6 billion kilograms (80.6 billion pounds) of copper, 2.5 billion kilograms (5.6 billion pounds) of molybdenum, and 3.0 ... Apr 14 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Environment, Innovation, Mali, Technology By Graham Salinger For 25 years Yacouba Sawadogo, a small-scale farmer in Mali, has been working to stop the process of desertification in the Sahel region of western Africa. During the 1970s and 1980s the Sahel, a semi-arid area along the southern edge of the Sahara desert that stretches from Senegal’s Atlantic coast to the Ethiopian ... Apr 13 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Development, Environment, Food, Food Security This week, PBS’ Newshour featured the One Acre Fund and their work helping small farmers in East Africa. The organization supports farmers by providing them with credit, good-quality seeds and fertilizer, and insurance. The report on the One Acre Fund is part of the Food for 9 Billion project, which looks at the challenge of feeding ... Apr 10 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Environment, Food, Food Security, Hunger, Policy On April 12, researchers, policymakers, and academics are coming together to address what steps need to be taken in the agricultural sector in order to successfully feed a growing population amid changes in the climate. Join speakers, including EcoAgriculture Partners’ Sara Scherr, Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture’s Fred Kirschenmann, and the Millennium Institute’s Hans ... Mar 29 Nourishing the Planet Energy, Environment On Saturday, March 31, hundreds of millions of people, businesses, and governments around the world will be turning off their lights in support of Earth Hour. Started by WWF-Australia in 2007, Earth Hour encourages everyone to show their support for stopping climate change by turning off their lights for one hour on the last Saturday of ... Mar 19 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Development, Drought, Environment, Farmers, Innovation, Irrigation, Research, Water By Jerome Bossuet Jerome Bossuet is a Marketing Communication and Multi-media Specialist with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Bossuet is a specialist in international agriculture development and development communications with 15 years experience in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He is interested in agricultural innovations to help smallholder farmers in the South. Mar 15 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Climate Change, Conservation, Development, Drought, Economy, Environment, Erosion, Farmers, Fertilizer, Food Sovereignty, Funding, Green Revolution, Herbicide, Income, Indigenous, Investment, Research, Soil, Sustainable, Waste, Water By Philip Newell Recently, the United Nations Development Policy and Analysis Division (UN DPAD) released their annual World Economic and Social Survey. This report calls for an increase in government support to aid small-scale farmers and reduce environmental damage from conventional agriculture. The report finds that the Green Revolution practices of the last century have had harmful ... Mar 14 Nourishing the Planet Economy, Energy, Environment, Food, Health, Hunger, Income, Sanitation, Storage, Waste by Marlena White Jonathan Bloom recently discussed his book, American Wasteland at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, MD. The book highlights the economic and environmental costs of food waste, and how consumers and policymakers can play their part in reducing waste to protect the environment, fight hunger, and save money. Why We Waste Bloom estimates that as ... Mar 12 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, Conservation, Culture, Economy, Environment, Erosion, Income, Indigenous, Indigenous Vegetables, Livestock By Joseph Zaleski Alpaca are a species of South American camelid, a two-toed herbivore similar to the guanaco, vicuña, and llama. There are two types of alpaca: the Huacaya and the Suri. The former is more common, but the Suri distinguishes itself with long, dangling fleece. Alpaca are docile and able to endure harsh environments, such ... Mar 06 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Conservation, Diet, Environment, Ethiopia, Farmers, Food, Food Security, Indigenous, Kenya, Madagascar, Nutrition, Uganda By Jenna Banning According to the United States Department of Agriculture, grains account for more than half of the calories consumed by people in developing countries. Yet, over the last few decades, grain production has been narrowed to only a limited number of varieties – wheat, for example, has over 200,000 varieties, yet only a few ... Feb 17 Nourishing the Planet Agriculture, agroforestry, Environment, Food, Food Security, Water By Dana Drugmand With the world population already at 7 billion, producing food in environmentally sustainable ways will be one of the key challenges we face this century. Investing in the connections between ecosystems, water management and food production will be an important part of the solution to reducing hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation, according to ... Feb 09 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Agriculture, Environment, Farmers, Innovation, Innovation of the Week, Kenya, Water By Jesse Chang The Sasumua dam supplies Nairobi, Kenya with 20 percent of its fresh water, but land use changes have started to contaminate this important source of water. Forests and wetlands are being converted into agricultural land and commercial plots. This reduces water flow during the dry season and increases surface runoff during the wet ... Feb 08 Nourishing the Planet Education, Environment, Ethiopia, Health, Women, Youth By Robert Engelman Valentine’s Day has long celebrated love with caring notes, decadent chocolates, and romantic arrangements of flowers. But this Valentine’s Day, perhaps it’s time to celebrate with a gift many of the world’s women desperately want and need: reproductive health. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 1,000 women die every day due to ... Feb 03 Nourishing the Planet Africa, Environment, Letter to the Editor, Nigeria, Nourishing the Planet, Nourishing the Planet in the News Check out our latest op-ed, co-authored with Sue Edwards, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development, which was published in Nigeria’s Punch, the country’s largest and most widely read daily newspaper. The article discusses 12 steps that people in developing countries can take to be more green in 2012. Click here to read the full article. To purchase State ...