According to the World Bank, more than 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their survival. For this year celebrations, UN will encourage activities which favor knowledge exchange on techniques to improve the sustainable preservation of forests
07 February 2011 TN 2 Year 3
The UN General Assembly meeting in New York this week decided to create this new international body and it is expected that the first meeting will take place next summer
06 December 2010 TN 12 Year 2
Farming must become more resilient to disruptive events like floods and droughts. The vulnerability of farming communities to climate-related disasters must be reduced
01 November 2010 TN 11 Year 2
Reducing the waste of food in the United States could save the energy equivalent of 350 million barrels of oil a year. That represents about 2 percent of annual energy consumption in the U.S
04 October 2010 TN 10 Year 2
The studies will make use of existing data, field studies and modeling to better understand the effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems
02 August 2010 TN 8 Year 2