Male, Maldives, March 13-16, 2011
The Fifth Session of the South West Indian Fisheries Commission (SWIOF) was organized upon invitation of the government of Maldives from the 13 to the 16 of March 2011 in the the Nasandhura Hotel in Male, Maldives. The session was opened and facilitated by the HE Dr. Hussein Rasheed Hassan, Minister of Fisheries who took part in every session and showed a strong commitment on this key issue for all coastal and island countries of the region.
March 23, 2011- On March 22 the BioGuinea Foundation was officially established with the objective of promoting the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment and biodiversity of Guinea Bissau prioritizing the country’s national system of protected areas.
March 14 - The Amazon represents the largest area of tropical rainforest in the world. It provides essential global environmental benefits in terms of preservation of significant levels of unique biological diversity and carbon sequestration through averted deforestation, which results in mitigation of climate change.
March 14, 2011, Washington DC - It is with most heartfelt sorrow that on behalf of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) I offer the Secretariat's deep condolences to the people of Japan especially those who have lost loved ones from the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that have affected the country and the world.
Contributed by Isabel Hagbrink, Senior Communications Officer, Carbon Finance Unit, The World Bank
Monique Barbut, we are hearing a lot about the Green Wall. Can you explain the concept to us?
The Green Wall is an initiative spearheaded by African Heads of State to combat soil degradation in a zone spanning Senegal to Djibouti. The wall is a visual concept symbolizing the collective work we all have to do in order to combat environmental degradation, in particular desertification and the impoverishment of populations.
Washington DC, February 22, 2011 - As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the GEF in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme's Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) hosted an exhibit at the annual meeting of the world's largest general scientific society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of Science Magazine.
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February 1, 2011
Buenos Aires, February 1st, 2011 – The Argentine Republic is preparing its Third National Communiqué on Climate Change, a study that will provide updated information regarding its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, allowing it to identify mitigation measures for the country.
The initiative will benefit from a US$2.4 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and will be carried out with the collaboration of the World Bank as implementation agent.
