Healthy ecosystems provide essential pieces of daily life for humans such as clean water, food, medicines, carbon sequestration, protection against extreme weather, and much more. Natural capital accounting recognizes that these assets must be maintained, managed, and measured for critical decision-making activities.
Structures such as buildings, roads, and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and water bodies. Urban areas, where these structures are highly concentrated and greenery is limited, become “islands” of higher temperatures relative to outlying areas.
Desde Rimisp – Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural se ha organizado el Seminario Virtual “Crisis alimentaria en América Latina.
To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka and 30 years of PFE "Šume Republike Srpske" ad Sokolac, with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and The International Union for Conservation of Nature , is organizing an international scientific conference FORS²D under the theme ""Perspectives of forestry and related se
Drought, with a focus on early action to prevent disastrous outcomes, is the theme of the Desertification and Drought Day marked on 17 June 2022. The global observance of the event will take place in Madrid, Spain, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has announced.
Conflict, war, and forced displacement affect millions of people each year and have immediate and long-term consequences for human health and development, in addition to causing the degradation of natural and managed landscapes.
En 2022 seguimos en medio de una pandemia única en el siglo, de fenómenos
meteorológicos cada vez más violentos relacionados con el cambio climático y de
tensiones de seguridad a nivel mundial debido a guerras y conflictos. Los pueblos
indígenas y las comunidades locales (PICL) se encuentran entre los más vulnerables y
En la intersección de Asia, Europa y África, Jordania se describe a menudo como un "oasis de estabilidad" en la región. A pesar de su pequeño tamaño, cuenta con una rica historia de imperios y civilizaciones que la han convertido en el país que es hoy.
