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January 2011 Blog Posts (6)

Chair of Friends of CMS Receives Environment Prize

Hannes Jaenicke wins NatureLife Environment Prize

Bonn, 25 January 2011 - German actor, film producer and Chair of the Friends of CMS Mr. Hannes Jaenicke was awarded the NatureLife Environment Prize 2011 for his commitment towards saving…

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Added by Veronika Lenarz on January 25, 2011 at 15:44 — No Comments

Marine Centre Development in Tonga

Hi there, I wanted to let any interested scientists, marine educators, health care workers and journalists know that we are developing a Marine Research Centre and Diabetes awareness program in the provence of Vava'u, Tonga. The centre will be a not for profit, collaborative project focussing on the areas of marine conservation and ecology, marine education, marine mammal, turtle and coral research, and any other research related to the local environment. I won't go into all the information… Continue

Added by Richard Wylie on January 23, 2011 at 5:23 — No Comments

State of the World 2011 Symposium in Washington DC and Live Streaming Online

Today is the Worldwatch Institute’s 15th Annual State of the World Symposium, hosted at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. It is being live streamed on the Nourishing the Planet blog at 1:15PM (EST) for those unable to join the event in person. Bringing together leading thinkers in agricultural development,… Continue

Added by Danielle Nierenberg on January 19, 2011 at 16:12 — No Comments

State of the World 2011 Launches in NYC Today

Today the Worldwatch Institute launches its flagship publication, State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet in New York City. The report spotlights successful agricultural innovations and unearths major successes in… Continue

Added by Danielle Nierenberg on January 12, 2011 at 18:30 — No Comments

Press Release: Sharing power - the end of 'fortress' conservation?

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), Inter Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association (IMPECT), Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples Network (IKAP), Thailand, United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU) and Vereniging van Inheemse Dorpshoofden in Suriname (VIDS), Suriname have released the following press information (click the title to read the full press release):

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Added by Annabelle Galt on January 11, 2011 at 14:09 — No Comments

2011 is the International Year of Forests.... Tick... Tock...

2011 is the International Year of Forests, so here is a link to a new post on IIED's Due South blog by Duncan Macqueen — Tick tock — it’s the year of forests

In it he explains why more than a billion forest-dependent poor will probably not see 2011 that way and why local control is key to the…

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Added by Mike Shanahan on January 7, 2011 at 11:46 — No Comments