ECOSOC was established under the UN Charter to coordinate economic, social and related work across 14 UN agencies. It receives reports from 11 UN funds and programs. ECOSOC serves as a central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and formulating policy recommendations for member states and UN agencies. Its responsibilities include promoting higher living standards, employment, and economic/social progress as well as respect for human rights. ECOSOC has the power to initiate studies and reports on these issues and assist in organizing major international conferences. With oversight of 70% of UN resources, ECOSOC consults non-governmental organizations in carrying out its mandate.
population development and environment is not directly linked but yet there is a indirect complex relationship between population development/ activities and environment for example urbanization, slums , mega cities emerge and the use of natural resources mush faster then they replanish
Cultivating Schools for Rural Development : Labor, Learning, and the Challenge of Food Sovereignty
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
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Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
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Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Population : The word population has been derived from the Latin word “populatio” which means people.
The group of individual species which occupy a definite geographic area is defined as population.
Population Growth : The change in population per unit area at particular time is called population Growth.
Effect of development on environment and population ecologyMegha Majoe
Brief idea on the Impact of ongoing human development on our environment and Describing and understanding population ecology - Patterns of dispersion, Survivorship curve, Population growth, Exponential growth, ecological footprint etc
In a presentation given at the School of Economic Science’s annual colloquium, STWR outlined why the principle of sharing – as practiced in families and communities since the dawn of civilisation – should be placed at the forefront of policymaking in order to address the social, environmental and security crises that humanity now faces. Read the full transcript at: http://www.stwr.org/economic-sharing-alternatives/one-world-one-wealth.html
This report published by Food Climate Research Network of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
Plates, Pyramids, Planet - covers the Developments in National Healthy and Sustainable Guidelines : A State of Play assessment
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).
Balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future.
population development and environment is not directly linked but yet there is a indirect complex relationship between population development/ activities and environment for example urbanization, slums , mega cities emerge and the use of natural resources mush faster then they replanish
Cultivating Schools for Rural Development : Labor, Learning, and the Challenge of Food Sovereignty
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Population : The word population has been derived from the Latin word “populatio” which means people.
The group of individual species which occupy a definite geographic area is defined as population.
Population Growth : The change in population per unit area at particular time is called population Growth.
Effect of development on environment and population ecologyMegha Majoe
Brief idea on the Impact of ongoing human development on our environment and Describing and understanding population ecology - Patterns of dispersion, Survivorship curve, Population growth, Exponential growth, ecological footprint etc
In a presentation given at the School of Economic Science’s annual colloquium, STWR outlined why the principle of sharing – as practiced in families and communities since the dawn of civilisation – should be placed at the forefront of policymaking in order to address the social, environmental and security crises that humanity now faces. Read the full transcript at: http://www.stwr.org/economic-sharing-alternatives/one-world-one-wealth.html
This report published by Food Climate Research Network of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
Plates, Pyramids, Planet - covers the Developments in National Healthy and Sustainable Guidelines : A State of Play assessment
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987).
Balancing the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future.
Visit http://www.strongeastramapo.org/join to join the growing coalition of East Ramapo alumni and allies who support state oversight of a district in crisis.
I sette principi per un’agricoltura sostenibile descritti nel rapporto di Greenpeace sono:
1. restituire il controllo sulla filiera alimentare a chi produce e chi consuma, strappandolo alle multinazionali dell’agrochimica;
2. sovranità alimentare. L'agricoltura sostenibile contribuisce allo sviluppo rurale e alla lotta contro la fame e la povertà, garantendo alle comunità rurali la disponibilità di alimenti sani, sicuri ed economicamente sostenibili;
3. produrre e consumare meglio: è possibile già oggi, senza impattare sull’ambiente e la salute, garantire sicurezza alimentare e, contemporaneamente, lottare contro gli sprechi alimentari. Occorre diminuire il nostro consumo di carne e minimizzare il consumo di suolo
per la produzione di agro-energia. Dobbiamo anche riuscire ad aumentare le rese dove è necessario, ma con pratiche sostenibili;
4. incoraggiare la (bio)diversità lungo tutta la filiera, dal seme al piatto con interventi a tutto campo, dalla produzione sementiera all’educazione al consumo;
5. proteggere e aumentare la fertilità del suolo, promuovendo le pratiche colturali idonee ed eliminando quelle che invece consumano o avvelenano il suolo stesso;
6. consentire agli agricoltori di tenere sotto controllo parassiti e piante infestanti, affermando e promuovendo quelle pratiche (già esistenti) che garantiscono protezione e rese senza l'impiego di costosi pesticidi chimici che possono danneggiare il suolo, l'acqua,
gli ecosistemi e la salute di agricoltori e consumatori;
7. rafforzare la nostra agricoltura, perché si adatti in maniera efficace il sistema di produzione del cibo in un contesto di cambiamenti climatici e di instabilità economica.
Per contribuire alla crescita dell’agricoltura sostenibile, Greenpeace collabora con agricoltori e comunità rurali.
Climate change protection of the environment-biosphere-biodiversity-laudato siDr. Liza Manalo, MSc.
Bioethics 1- Protection of the environment, biosphere and biodiversity in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals, climate change, conflict, health, and education.
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A biotech firm conducts an experiment to examine potential differences between a new organic
fertilizer and a traditional fertilizer product. A large parcel of land is broken down into regions,
and two trials with each fertilizer are used on plots of land within each region. The corn yield
obtained for each of the plots is shown in the above table.
(a) Perform an appropriate analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the data shown in the table.
Construct an ANOVA table and determine whether there is a significant difference among the
fertilizers. Is there a significant difference among regions? (Assume a significance level of ? =
0.05) Is the interaction effect significant?
(b) Assess the treatment and block means using the t-distribution.
(c) Calculate and interpret the model residuels.
(d)Summarize what has been learned from the experiment.
Solution
Diversity means life; diversity means choice. Unfortunately, around the world the
spaces for the maintenance and creation of (new) diversity are becoming more and more
confined. Biological diversity, in environments increasingly disturbed by human intervention, is
under serious threat. Globalization forces are imposing limits on the ways people shape and
reshape socioeconomic, cultural, and political diversity. At the same time, in many places efforts
are underway to maintain or open up new room for the appreciation, use, and further evolution of
diversity. In 1992, following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED or the \"Earth Summit\"), staff at Canada\'s International Development Research
Centre (IDRC) developed a program to support these efforts. IDRC\'s biodiversity program was
born to put and keep biodiversity high on the agenda of research and development organizations
in the South, in Canada, and around the globe. In 1997, the biodiversity program evolved into the
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (SUB) program initiative, retaining its major objectives and
approach: Image to promote the use, maintenance, and enhancement of the knowledge,
innovations, and practices of indigenous and local communities to conserve and sustainably use
biodiversity; Image to develop incentives, methods, and policies that facilitate the development
of strategies for the conservation and enhancement of in situ agricultural and aquatic
biodiversity; and the participation of communities in their design and implementation; and
Image to support the creation of policies and legislation that recognize the rights of indigenous
and local communities to genetic resources and to the equitable sharing of benefits of the use of
these resources. This In_Focus book presents fragments of the arduous biodiversity research
work carried out and ongoing in numerous, often far away and little known places around the
world. The book b.
In July 2014, experts from public, private and research sectors met at the Rockefeller Foundation's "Planetary Health" summit to explore ways to better value ecosystems today to ensure their healthy existence tomorrow.
Similar to Ecosoc topic a, topic b and committee background (20)
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
1. Committee: ECOSOC
ECOSOC was established under the United Nations Charter as the principal
organ to coordinate economic, social, and related work of the 14 UN
specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional
commissions. The Council also receives reports from 11 UN funds and
programs. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) serves as the
central forum for discussing international economic and social issues, and
for formulating policy recommendations addressed to Member States and
the United Nations system. It is responsible for:
• Promoting higher standards of living, full employment, and economic
and social progress;
• Identifying solutions to international economic, social and health
problems;
• Facilitating international cultural and educational cooperation; and
• Encouraging universal respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms.
It has the power to make or initiate studies and reports on these issues. It
also has the power to assist the preparations and organization of major
international conferences in the economic and social and related fields
and to facilitate a coordinated follow-up to these conferences. With its
broad mandate the Council's purview extends to over 70 per cent of the
human and financial resources of the entire UN system.
In carrying out its mandate, ECOSOC consults with academics, business
sector representatives and more than 3,200 registered non-governmental
organizations. The Council holds a four-week substantive session each July,
alternating between New York and Geneva . The session consists of the
High-level Segment, Coordination Segment, Operational Activities
Segment, Humanitarian Affairs Segment and the General Segment.
2. The High-level segment serves as a forum for Ministers and executive heads
of international institutions and high-ranking officials, as well as civil society
and private sector representatives to discuss key issues on the international
agenda in the area of economic, social and environmental development.
A new feature of the ECOSOC, mandated by the 2005 World Summit, are
the Annual Ministerial Review and the Development Cooperation Forum ,.
At the end of the High-level segment, a Ministerial declaration is adopted,
which provides policy guidance and recommendations for action.
Topic A) Utilizing and implementing sustainable agriculture
Discussions about sustainable agriculture are apt to be lively, emotional,
and sometimes controversial. Those who have sustainable agriculture as a
stated goal sometimes feel that those who don’t mention it directly are not
concerned about it. At the same time, those who don’t mention it directly
often claim they have it as an assumed goal or feel that short-run economic
necessity prevents giving it the attention it deserves. Indeed, a commonly
held view has been that increasing the productivity of agriculture was
compatible and largely synonymous with sustainable agriculture. However,
there is mounting evidence that one of the major ways of increasing farm
production, through use of chemicals on-farm, can accelerate ecological
problems. Unfortunately, many researchers still do not openly concern
themselves much with sustainability issues and have the common attitude
that "everything we do is sustainable." Many advocates of sustainable
agriculture would not agree and argue that success in moving toward
sustainable agriculture depends on using the limited nonrenewable
resources (e.g., fossil energy fuels, certain chemicals) as sparingly as
possible and getting maximum return from their application by using the
biological cycles that exist in nature and are largely ignored in present-day
agriculture.
A sustainable agriculture is one that, over the long term, enhances
environmental quality and the resource base on which agriculture
depends; provides for basic human food and fiber needs; is economically
viable; and enhances the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole.
Development of sustainable agriculture not only depends on the potential
of technology to meet the objectives of farmers and its appropriateness for
the site-specific ecological and economic conditions. Other factors, like
farmers' capacity to adapt their farm systems to changing conditions, the
capacity of research and development organisations to support farmers,
policy makers' capacity to create favourable conditions for agricultural
development, the capacity of agribusiness to distribute products and inputs
3. efficiently and the capacity of educational institutes to transfer appropriate
knowledge and skills are important as well. There are many external and
internal forces that influence agricultural change. Ecological, economic,
social, cultural and political conditions differ widely. Therefore, there is a
clear need for different approaches to agricultural development. Before
discussing opportunities and constraints to development of sustainable
agriculture it is necessary to analyze this need for differentiation.
Some people believe that the terms organic and sustainable are the same.
In fact, the word organic refers to particular farming practices that have
been followed and certified by a third-party inspector. This organic
certification is found on the product in the marketplace, indicating to
consumers that it has been grown in a specific way. Briefly, organic
guidelines have been written in an attempt to be as sustainable as possible
(using the definitions above), while assuring the consumer that the amount
of pesticide residue on the food product is minimized.
Although ultimately the decision as to whether or not to practice
sustainable agriculture is the made by the farmers and their families, the
ease and practicality of doing so are affected heavily by a number of
factors, some of which they can influence, but some of which are
completely out of their control.
Topic B) The overpopulation´s repercussions and effects of on the
environment
Throughout history, the world’s population has expanded in an extremely
exponential fashion-- taking over three million years to achieve a one billion
person benchmark, it then only took 130, 30, 15, 12, and 11 years to reach
subsequent billions, respectively. (Southwick, 159) Such a massive and still
increasing population, combined with the environmentally detrimental
repercussions of industrialization (as a result of the need to sustain such a
large population), namely pollution from fossil fuels, has begun to take a
serious toll on our planet’s ecosystem. Moreover, “some scientists have
calculated that an optimal human population on earth in terms of
reasonable living standards is no more than 2 billion people.” (Southwick,
161) Already, we are well over this “optimal” population level at more than
6 billion people with projections of growing by another 2 to 4 billion in this
4. century. Still, with the advent of modern technologies, primarily in the areas
of medicine and agriculture, humans.
Incessant human population growth is viewed as the leading cause of most
of humanity’s scourges, such as poverty, war and starvation. While the
wildlife-conservation movement is valiantly attempting to save the world’s
remaining diversity of life, this effort is overwhelmed by the demands of
mounting numbers of people. The obvious solution of birth control and
family planning remains largely unknown or ignored -- a heritage of our
ancient customs and religious beliefs.
Under the onslaught of an ever-increasing human population, it has
become clear that humanity and the world’s environments and ecosystems
are under serious threat. In their landmark books, Ehrlich and Ehrlich (1970)
and Wilson (1992) demonstrated with overwhelming evidence that
reducing the human population, and hence lessening demands on natural
ecosystems, is the over-riding factor in the struggle to conserve the natural
world.
The current frenzy for exploiting natural resources and the escalating
environmental degradation by the world community are in stark contrast to
traditional beliefs of Aboriginal Peoples about Mother Earth. The spiritual
inter-relatedness of earth, water, plants, animals and people demanded
that great respect be shown to each part of this unity of life. They
appreciated (as few people do today) that their very survival depended on
caring for the natural world.
However, in past times and present, when people are in desperate need,
they have little choice but to exploit Nature to the fullest of their abilities
and technologies. Witness the rapid extinction of hundreds of species of
large animals in North America, Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New
Zealand, shortly after early people arrived and populated these land
masses. The American Great Plains region formerly supported a fauna of
large animals as rich as that found today in Africa. In the last 18,000 years,
rapid climatic changes, ecosystem dislocations, and particularly over-
hunting by early people, have left a decimated assemblage of large
animals. Over 73% of large mammals and large birds in North America were
wiped out (Martin and Klein 1984) before the arrival of Europeans and the
assault process has continued ever since -- witness the almost-complete
elimination of the Tall-grass Prairie Community, which formerly stretched
from Manitoba to Texas. Dedicated wildlife conservationists valiantly try to
manage ecosystems and wildlife populations by conducting research
projects, establishing large natural preserves, signing cooperative
agreements with landowners, maintaining genetically diverse captive-
5. breeding programs, developing education programs, and many other
activities. But increasingly, all these positive efforts are being overwhelmed
by the demands of an ever-growing human population. As a biologist and
educator, I find it disheartening how infrequently the critical topic of birth
control and family planning are stressed in society. We feel justified and safe
in discussing human overpopulation and the resulting habitat loss and
environmental degradation, but fear to tread further to the logical
conclusion. True, family planning is a taboo subject fraught with public-
relations risks, and it may challenge dearly held concepts about individual
rights and family, however, it is ultimately the most important message our
leaders and educational institutions can champion in saving the Earth’s
ecosystems, their treasury of wondrous life forms, and for our very survival.
The discovery of agriculture around 9,000 years ago changed everything,
generating a giant leap in human birth rate and survival. Starvation
lessened as an ever-looming factor in limiting population numbers, as it had
likely operated effectively over several million years of human evolution.
During the period of the Egyptian Pharaohs, the world’s population passed
100 million, 250 million at the time of Christ, 500 million by 1650, and 1 billion
by 1850 (Ehrlich and Ehrlich 1970). With improving technology for food
production and distribution, medical care, and social programs, numbers
climbed to 2.5 billion in 1950 and 6 billion in 1999. Over 78 million people are
currently added each year, and the population-doubling time continues to
drop dramatically. I find it appalling that the human race has more than
tripled (2 to 6.7 billion) in just my life time, and may quadruple before the
end of my life. Obviously this rate of growth cannot continue indefinitely
without severe repercussions, which are becoming more evident everyday
(e.g., acidification and pollution of the oceans, global warming).