Bioversity International researcher Silvia Wood explains the process of developing the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals and areas of interest and intervention that the researchers from CGIAR and the Ecosystem Services Partnership could take. Presented at the 7th Annual Ecosystem Services Partnership Conference in Costa Rica, September 8-12, 2014.
Find out more about the Bridging Agriculture and Conservation Initiative: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/about-us/news/bridging-agriculture-conservation/
Integrated Natural Resource Management and the GEF- Reconciling Global Enviro...Iwl Pcu
A Principal Objective: Every integrated program of interventions will be aimed at achieving a principal objective, whose nature will depend upon the “entry point” and whose goal, in line with the MDGs and the WSSD Plan of Implementation, will be the fostering of environmentally sustainable development. In doing so, global benefits will be accrued in a cluster of focal areas, or even in all of them. A tentative/preliminary Operational Program indication will correspond to the Principal Objective.
Eco enterprises opportunity for greening economy in key sectorsJared Omondi Buoga
A presentation on opportunities for greening the economy in Key Sectors. Presented during the 5th National Youth Conference on Climate change at Mully Children's Home.
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Part 3Michelle Crawford
This course is available in video format at https://www.gbrionline.org/un-sdg and www.i-believe.org Programs and policies backed by the United Nations have shaped the world we live in for the past half-century. The latest program, which has been in development for four years, is the release of the Sustainable Development Goals. By 2030, these Goals aim to combat the world’s most wicked and pressing problems, including poverty, hunger, and climate change, among many others. Since this course series runs over 3 hours, we broke it into 3 parts so that users may watch it on their own schedule. Note that the series as a whole is approved for CE and each part is separately approved for CE hours as well. As you can see - each of these 17 goals represent or address an important issue in today’s world. Depending on your interest, you may jump into any part as you wish. When watching this course on-demand, you also have the option of just viewing the goals you are most interested in. Objectives Understand the UN’s contributions to social equality, human wellness, and the environment; and the process used to develop the Goals Identify each Sustainable Development Goal Analyze the Targets of each Goal Understand how governments, businesses, and individuals can have an impact on achieving the Goals Learn how to take immediate participatory action in favor of the Goals
The environment is the natural surroundings that surround us. It is all around us, affecting our lives and shaping the world we live in. Our environment is a complex system of air, land, water and living things that interact with each other and are ultimately shaped by human activity.
From Local to Global: Realizing Water Security for Sustainable Development - ...Global Water Partnership
Presentation at the European River Restoration Conference in Vienna on 27 October 2014: "From Local to Global: Realizing Water Security for Sustainable Development", by GWP Executive Secretary Dr. Ania Grobicki.
The Role of civil society organizations in the promotion of sustainable Bioma...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered during the National Stakeholder’s Dialogue on Biomass Energy organized by the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development, Environmental Alert, SNV, WWF-UCO, UNCDF as part of the several engagements of the Energy week 2019. It’s a platform for information sharing and exchange among key stakeholders in the sector with a purpose of appreciating emerging issues and together identifying practical actions for addressing these issues.
Responsible Consumption and Production: RCE Saskatchewan Leadership in a Glob...ESD UNU-IAS
Responsible Consumption and Production: RCE Saskatchewan Leadership in a Global Higher Education Cluster for the SDGs
Case Study Presentation
Dr. Roger Petry, RCE Saskatchewan
8th Americas Regional Meeting
23-25 September, 2019, Burlington, USA
Management of Congo Basin forest resources: The quest for sustainabilityCIFOR-ICRAF
Robert Nasi, Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees, Agroforestry gives an overview of the evolution of forest management in the Congo Basin. He gave this policy keynote address on 22 May 2013 during a two-day policy and science conference entitled "Sustainable forest management in Central Africa: Yesterday, today and tomorrow", organized by CIFOR and its partners and held in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Discussions for agreement on the specific details for the expansion of Agoro ...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered for discussions during the District Level Stakeholders Meeting for Agoro-Agu Landscape Platform Expansion, which was organized by the International Union for conservation of Nature on 6th June 2019. It highlighted key considerations for reflection to inform establishment of the platform in terms of focus and governance structures.
Promoting Climate Action through Education for Sustainable Development in Lea...ESD UNU-IAS
Case Study presentation: Promoting Climate Action through Education for Sustainable Development in Learning Institutions
Georgina Resiato Minis (NEMA) & Mr. Dennis Onyancha, RCE North Rift
11th Global RCE Conference
7-9 December, 2018
Cebu, the Philippines
Sugarcane and Tobacco growing in Uganda: impacts on soil and water systems – ...Dr. Joshua Zake
In this paper, I shared issues and insights for sustainable production of agro-commodities using sugarcane and tobacco in Uganda as a case. It was presented during the stakeholders dialogue & inception meeting on, ‘Support to communities and private sector to develop partnerships for sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem services, chemicals and waste management, held in Gulu and Masindi.
The meeting was organized by Tree Talk Plus in collaboration with the ENR-CSO Network, Environmental Alert, Ministry of water & Environment and United Nations Development Program through the framework of the Inclusive Growth for Poverty Reduction Program.
Integrated Natural Resource Management and the GEF- Reconciling Global Enviro...Iwl Pcu
A Principal Objective: Every integrated program of interventions will be aimed at achieving a principal objective, whose nature will depend upon the “entry point” and whose goal, in line with the MDGs and the WSSD Plan of Implementation, will be the fostering of environmentally sustainable development. In doing so, global benefits will be accrued in a cluster of focal areas, or even in all of them. A tentative/preliminary Operational Program indication will correspond to the Principal Objective.
Eco enterprises opportunity for greening economy in key sectorsJared Omondi Buoga
A presentation on opportunities for greening the economy in Key Sectors. Presented during the 5th National Youth Conference on Climate change at Mully Children's Home.
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Part 3Michelle Crawford
This course is available in video format at https://www.gbrionline.org/un-sdg and www.i-believe.org Programs and policies backed by the United Nations have shaped the world we live in for the past half-century. The latest program, which has been in development for four years, is the release of the Sustainable Development Goals. By 2030, these Goals aim to combat the world’s most wicked and pressing problems, including poverty, hunger, and climate change, among many others. Since this course series runs over 3 hours, we broke it into 3 parts so that users may watch it on their own schedule. Note that the series as a whole is approved for CE and each part is separately approved for CE hours as well. As you can see - each of these 17 goals represent or address an important issue in today’s world. Depending on your interest, you may jump into any part as you wish. When watching this course on-demand, you also have the option of just viewing the goals you are most interested in. Objectives Understand the UN’s contributions to social equality, human wellness, and the environment; and the process used to develop the Goals Identify each Sustainable Development Goal Analyze the Targets of each Goal Understand how governments, businesses, and individuals can have an impact on achieving the Goals Learn how to take immediate participatory action in favor of the Goals
The environment is the natural surroundings that surround us. It is all around us, affecting our lives and shaping the world we live in. Our environment is a complex system of air, land, water and living things that interact with each other and are ultimately shaped by human activity.
From Local to Global: Realizing Water Security for Sustainable Development - ...Global Water Partnership
Presentation at the European River Restoration Conference in Vienna on 27 October 2014: "From Local to Global: Realizing Water Security for Sustainable Development", by GWP Executive Secretary Dr. Ania Grobicki.
The Role of civil society organizations in the promotion of sustainable Bioma...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered during the National Stakeholder’s Dialogue on Biomass Energy organized by the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development, Environmental Alert, SNV, WWF-UCO, UNCDF as part of the several engagements of the Energy week 2019. It’s a platform for information sharing and exchange among key stakeholders in the sector with a purpose of appreciating emerging issues and together identifying practical actions for addressing these issues.
Responsible Consumption and Production: RCE Saskatchewan Leadership in a Glob...ESD UNU-IAS
Responsible Consumption and Production: RCE Saskatchewan Leadership in a Global Higher Education Cluster for the SDGs
Case Study Presentation
Dr. Roger Petry, RCE Saskatchewan
8th Americas Regional Meeting
23-25 September, 2019, Burlington, USA
Management of Congo Basin forest resources: The quest for sustainabilityCIFOR-ICRAF
Robert Nasi, Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees, Agroforestry gives an overview of the evolution of forest management in the Congo Basin. He gave this policy keynote address on 22 May 2013 during a two-day policy and science conference entitled "Sustainable forest management in Central Africa: Yesterday, today and tomorrow", organized by CIFOR and its partners and held in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Discussions for agreement on the specific details for the expansion of Agoro ...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered for discussions during the District Level Stakeholders Meeting for Agoro-Agu Landscape Platform Expansion, which was organized by the International Union for conservation of Nature on 6th June 2019. It highlighted key considerations for reflection to inform establishment of the platform in terms of focus and governance structures.
Promoting Climate Action through Education for Sustainable Development in Lea...ESD UNU-IAS
Case Study presentation: Promoting Climate Action through Education for Sustainable Development in Learning Institutions
Georgina Resiato Minis (NEMA) & Mr. Dennis Onyancha, RCE North Rift
11th Global RCE Conference
7-9 December, 2018
Cebu, the Philippines
Sugarcane and Tobacco growing in Uganda: impacts on soil and water systems – ...Dr. Joshua Zake
In this paper, I shared issues and insights for sustainable production of agro-commodities using sugarcane and tobacco in Uganda as a case. It was presented during the stakeholders dialogue & inception meeting on, ‘Support to communities and private sector to develop partnerships for sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem services, chemicals and waste management, held in Gulu and Masindi.
The meeting was organized by Tree Talk Plus in collaboration with the ENR-CSO Network, Environmental Alert, Ministry of water & Environment and United Nations Development Program through the framework of the Inclusive Growth for Poverty Reduction Program.
Presented by IWMI's Timothy WIlliams, Director - Africa, at the High-Level Dialogue of African Ministers and Legislators on Mobilising Science Technology and Innovation (STI) for Africa’s Sustainable Development Post 2015 held in Accra - Ghana, July 7, 2015.
Findings of the sixth Global Environment OutlookKisrak Albahr
each slide in this presentation will have a learning objective presented. The purpose is to identify the main message that the presenter should be trying to convey with the slide and also to stress that we are trying to transfer knowledge, not simply raise awareness. In the transfer of knowledge there should retention of that knowledge so that eventually there may be action taken with that new knowledge. Awareness raising, on the other hand, may not lead to action being taken because the knowledge is not retained as readily.
For this slide, the presenter should be trying to convey appreciation their appreciation for the opportunity provided and also that the presentation provides a very high-level overview of the findings from the larger 700 page report, therefore some of the details may be lost.
Another key learning objective of the presentation is that, although GEO-6 presents quite a lot of negative information about the state of the environment, the overall thrust of the publication is optimistic and solutions-oriented, much like the cover of the publication, which tries to portray the sustainable world that we might all be living in by 2050.
Proposed speaking points
Thank you colleagues and I’d like to thank European Council for their generous invitation to review together the findings of the Global Environment Outlook.
I’d like to remind everyone that this is an overview of the main findings from the 700-page report and therefore we won’t really go into the finer details of the findings. Perhaps these can be covered in the question and answer session that will follow.
I’d like to first ask everyone to reflect on the cover of GEO-6. We have tried to provide a vision of what a sustainable world might look like in 2050 using this cover. Our hope is that readers might focus more on the positive and solutions-oriented messages in the report rather than the negative messages about the current state of our environment. We hope that you can each ‘imagine this world’ by looking at our cover, since this is the first step in achieving this world.
Presentation given by Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Anniversary Event, February 2018.
This presentation outlines the results of a feasibility study for a Global Cryo-Collection of crops that cannot be conserved by seed. These include banana, cacao, cassava, coconut, coffee, potato and yams. These crops either don’t produce conventional seeds, like bananas, or because the seeds they do produce do not always resemble their parents, like potatoes and many other roots and tubers making it impossible to reproduce them.
Cryopreservation is safe and reliable and dependable. In cryopreservation, plants are stored in in liquid nitrogen at a temperature of -196 °C, a temperature so cold that it effectively stops all the living processes within the plant tissue, freezing it forever in time. Plants can then be regenerated from tiny stored samples and grown into whole plants.
This study was commissioned by Bioversity International, the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust with financial support from Australia, Germany and Switzerland.
Read it here:
https://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/feasibility-study-for-a-safety-back-up-cryopreservation-facility-independent-expert-report-july-2017/
Ann Tutwiler presents on the importance of agricultural biodiversity for improving planetary health and human health at the Inaugural Planetary Health/Geohealth Annual Meeting - April 29 2017, Harvard Medical School. #PHGH2017
Visit the conference website: https://planetaryhealthannualmeeting.org/
Find out more about agricultural biodiversity for sustainable development
www.bioversityinternational.org/sdgs
Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International presents why food diversity matters for human health and the planet's health using a case study from India detailing how millets were brought back to diets and markets.
Find out more about our work on millets
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/markets-for-diverse-species/millets/
Find out more about the Earth Optimism Summit - April 21-23 2017
https://earthoptimism.si.edu/calendar/summit/events/human-health-planets-health/
Re-collection to assess temporal variation in wild barley diversity in JordanBioversity International
Presentation delivered by Dr Imke Thormann at the International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016, held in Delhi, India, 6-9 November.
Imke Thormann's presentation focused on crop wild relative genetic erosion and how it can be studied.
Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/iac2016/
Presentation delivered by Dr Jacob van Etten at the International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016, held in Delhi, India, 6-9 November.
In his talk, Dr van Etten brought attention to the power of citizen scientists and crowdsourcing, which has particularly helped initiatives such as 'Seeds for Needs'.
Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/iac2016/
Securing plant genetic resources for perpetuity through cryopreservationBioversity International
Presentation delivered by Dr Bart Panis at the International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016, held in Delhi, India, 6-9 November.
Among other international endeavors, this presentation highlighted the efforts of the International Transit Centre in conserving plant genetic resources such as Musa (banana) for our consumption today and tomorrow.
Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/iac2016/
We Manage What We Measure: An Agrobiodiversity Index to Help Deliver SDGsBioversity International
Presentation delivered by M. Ann Tutwiler at the International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016, held in Delhi, India, 6-9 November.
The presentation outlined a new Agrobiodiversity Index that will enable governments, private sector and other decision-makers to assess and track agrobiodiversity in food systems. Currently there is no consistent way to do this.
Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/iac2016/
IAC 2016 gathered 850 delegates from over 40 countries across the world who presented the results and stories of progress of agrobiodiversity research they are involved in.
Bioversity International policy scientist Ronnie Vernooy gave this presentation at the the Global Consultation on Farmers’ Rights, Indonesia, 27-30 September 2016, organized by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty).
The importance of farmers’ rights is recognized in Article 9 of the Plant Treaty.
In this presentation Vernooy shows how a community-based approach to the management of agricultural biodiversity, including supporting community seedbanks, can empower and benefit smallholder farmers and farming communities economically, environmentally and socially. This approach makes implementing farmers’ rights at national level both practical and effective contributing to food and seed security, sustainable livelihoods and resilience.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/conservation-of-crop-diversity/community-seedbanks/
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/policies-for-plant-diversity-management/the-plant-treaty/
Presentation given at the session on 'Seeds of Resilience - Novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation' at Tropentag 2016, September 21st, Vienna, by Bioversity International scientist Ronnie Vernooy.
Future impacts of climate change are expected to become more pronounced in many parts of the world, forcing farmers to change their practices and causing them to find crops and varieties better adapted to new weather dynamics. Providing farmers with better access to crop and varietal diversity can strengthen their capacity to adapt to climate change. Under supportive policy and socioeconomic conditions, such strengthened capacity could contribute to greater food availability throughout the year, the production of more nutritious and healthy crops, and income generation. This is easier said than done.
How do we design and implement a comprehensive strategy that will allow farmers to access and use plant genetic diversity more effectively in the context of climate change adaptation? This session responded to this question through an interactive introduction to the challenge of enabling farmers to use climate-adapted germplasm (led by Bioversity International), a practical example from the field to bring new diversity to farmers fields (a case study from Uganda), and a “this is how we support crop diversification for climate change adaptation” exchange among a number of experts from government (development cooperation), private sector and civil society.
Find out more:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/tropentag2016/
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/resource-box-for-resilient-seed-systems-handbook/
A short booklet that describes how and why Bioversity International carries out research for development in agricultural and tree biodiversity. The booklet gives information about why agricultural and tree biodiversity matters for sustainable development, our strategic initiatives, where we work and our areas of scientific expertise. Find out more on www.bioversityinternational.org
Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International gave this presentation at the Eighth Biodiversity Conference, Trondheim on 31st May 2016.
Current agricultural intensification practices are the biggest threat to sustainability and a major force behind breaching multiple planetary boundaries (Steffen et al., 2015). Agriculture contributes to between 19 and 29% of total GHG emissions (US EPA 2011, Vermeulen et al. 2012), uses of 69% of freshwater resources (AQUASTAT 2014), and 34% of the terrestrial, icefree surface of the planet accounting for 31% of wild biodiversity loss (Ramankutty et al. 2008). It is the primary driver for the substantial breach of the planetary boundary for phosphorous, and nitrogen (Carpenter and Bennett 2011, Steffen et al. 2015). The foods we produce from these systems struggle to nourish a growing global population where nearly 2 billion suffer from nutrient deficiencies, and another 2 billion suffer from obesity.
In as much as agricultural practices are important parts of the problem, they are likely to be our best bet for novel solutions addressing both human and environmental health. Increasing and improved use of agricultural biodiversity has the capacity provide both food and nutritional security, providing the ingredients of healthy, culturally sensitive, and enjoyable meals.
Mounting evidence suggests that producing food for diversified diets is often complementary with improving agriculture’s sustainability record. Agricultural biodiversity provides the core ecosystem services that underpin sustainable agricultural intensification: pollination, pest control, and sustainably stored and sourced soil nutrients. Finally, as the planet’s largest ecosystem, sustainable intensification of agricultural ecosystems has the capacity to provide multiple ecosystem services converting agriculture from a net source, to net sink of green house gases; reigning in planetary boundaries on phosphorus, nitrogen, and water; and creating a safe space for wild biodiversity .
Achieving agricultural biodiversity’s potential however, requires stronger support of the
research and development community, better articulation of biodiversity’s contribution to
multiple sustainable development goals, and improved indicators and indices that facilitate impact and progress both environmental and human well-being targets.
Find out more about Bioversity International's research on productive and resilient farms, forests and landscapes:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/initiatives/farms-forests-landscapes/
Visit the official Trondheim 8th Biodiversity Conference page:
http://www.trondheimconference.org/
Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International presentation on NOT finding the world's next superfood. This presentation was delivered at Kew Gardens on May 12th 2016 at the State of the World's Plants Symposium.
Abstract: In the last few years, superfoods such as quinoa, amaranth and goji berries have been celebrated in the international media in recognition of their rich nutrient content.
But it is not just Western consumers that can benefit from rediscovering these forgotten foods.
M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, will explain how many nutritious traditional foods, which have largely fallen off menus and research-for-development agendas in favour of a handful of staple grains, are starting to make a comeback on the plates of the world’s poorest and most malnourished populations.
Bioversity International carries out research on a diverse range of underutilized crops, and advocates for their wider use in healthy diets from sustainable food systems. This overview will include examples of how research-for-development efforts on quinoa in the High Andes and minor millets in India have helped bring diverse varieties back to the farm, the market and the plate. She will highlight how these crops are often not just nutrient-rich but also have a high potential to contribute to livelihoods. They are often also highly resilient to today’s production challenges, such as climate change.
In conclusion, M. Ann Tutwiler will outline the urgent need to identify, promote and protect these useful plants which all have the potential to be placed into a diverse basket of Super Foods when it comes to delivering food and nutrition security.
In light of the 'Soils and pulses: symbiosis for life – A contribution to the Agenda 2030' event that took place at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Bioversity International's researcher Paola De Santis highlighted the importance of pulse diversity in managing pests and diseases in farmers' fields. Planting diverse pulse varieties can reduce the farm’s vulnerability to pests and diseases, and is a risk management strategy for unpredictability in rainfall and temperatures.
Learn more about Bioversity International's research on managing pests and diseases: http://bit.ly/23ZWtBW
Without safeguarding trees, one can't safeguard the forest - Soutenir les Arb...Bioversity International
Keynote presented by Bioversity International's scientist Dr Laura Snook about the importance of forest genetic resources and how without safeguarding trees, one can't safeguard the forest.
Learn more about Bioversity International's research: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/forests/
Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning: An analysis of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action - a presentation given at the 15th meeting of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO, Rome, January 2015. Presentation given by Ana Bedmar Villanueva, Michael Halewood and Isabel López from Bioversity International.
Read a news announcement about the new guidelines for use of agrobiodiversity in climate change adaptation planning
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/detail/new-guidelines-for-use-of-agricultural-biodiversity-in-climate-change-adaptation-planning/
This work is carried out in collaboration with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Presentation given by Pierre du Plassis, SADC Secretariat, at the Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol Workshop, Addis Ababa, November 16th.
Feedback on survey results, Ana Bedmar / Michael Halewood, Bioversity International. Presented at the Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and Nagoya Protocol Workshop, Addis Ababa, 17th November
Resilient seed systems and Adaptation to climate change: Some Results from Participatory Climate & Crops Suitability modeling in 8 African Countries. Presentation by Gloria Otieno, Bioversity International given at the 'Mutual Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol' workshop, Assia Ababa, November 16th 2015
Micro RNA genes and their likely influence in rice (Oryza sativa L.) dynamic ...Open Access Research Paper
Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs molecules having approximately 18-25 nucleotides, they are present in both plants and animals genomes. MiRNAs have diverse spatial expression patterns and regulate various developmental metabolisms, stress responses and other physiological processes. The dynamic gene expression playing major roles in phenotypic differences in organisms are believed to be controlled by miRNAs. Mutations in regions of regulatory factors, such as miRNA genes or transcription factors (TF) necessitated by dynamic environmental factors or pathogen infections, have tremendous effects on structure and expression of genes. The resultant novel gene products presents potential explanations for constant evolving desirable traits that have long been bred using conventional means, biotechnology or genetic engineering. Rice grain quality, yield, disease tolerance, climate-resilience and palatability properties are not exceptional to miRN Asmutations effects. There are new insights courtesy of high-throughput sequencing and improved proteomic techniques that organisms’ complexity and adaptations are highly contributed by miRNAs containing regulatory networks. This article aims to expound on how rice miRNAs could be driving evolution of traits and highlight the latest miRNA research progress. Moreover, the review accentuates miRNAs grey areas to be addressed and gives recommendations for further studies.
"Understanding the Carbon Cycle: Processes, Human Impacts, and Strategies for...MMariSelvam4
The carbon cycle is a critical component of Earth's environmental system, governing the movement and transformation of carbon through various reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. This complex cycle involves several key processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and carbon sequestration, each contributing to the regulation of carbon levels on the planet.
Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, have significantly altered the natural carbon cycle, leading to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and driving climate change. Understanding the intricacies of the carbon cycle is essential for assessing the impacts of these changes and developing effective mitigation strategies.
By studying the carbon cycle, scientists can identify carbon sources and sinks, measure carbon fluxes, and predict future trends. This knowledge is crucial for crafting policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and promoting sustainable practices. The carbon cycle's interplay with climate systems, ecosystems, and human activities underscores its importance in maintaining a stable and healthy planet.
In-depth exploration of the carbon cycle reveals the delicate balance required to sustain life and the urgent need to address anthropogenic influences. Through research, education, and policy, we can work towards restoring equilibrium in the carbon cycle and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
Diabetes is a rapidly and serious health problem in Pakistan. This chronic condition is associated with serious long-term complications, including higher risk of heart disease and stroke. Aggressive treatment of hypertension and hyperlipideamia can result in a substantial reduction in cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes 1. Consequently pharmacist-led diabetes cardiovascular risk (DCVR) clinics have been established in both primary and secondary care sites in NHS Lothian during the past five years. An audit of the pharmaceutical care delivery at the clinics was conducted in order to evaluate practice and to standardize the pharmacists’ documentation of outcomes. Pharmaceutical care issues (PCI) and patient details were collected both prospectively and retrospectively from three DCVR clinics. The PCI`s were categorized according to a triangularised system consisting of multiple categories. These were ‘checks’, ‘changes’ (‘change in drug therapy process’ and ‘change in drug therapy’), ‘drug therapy problems’ and ‘quality assurance descriptors’ (‘timer perspective’ and ‘degree of change’). A verified medication assessment tool (MAT) for patients with chronic cardiovascular disease was applied to the patients from one of the clinics. The tool was used to quantify PCI`s and pharmacist actions that were centered on implementing or enforcing clinical guideline standards. A database was developed to be used as an assessment tool and to standardize the documentation of achievement of outcomes. Feedback on the audit of the pharmaceutical care delivery and the database was received from the DCVR clinic pharmacist at a focus group meeting.
Natural farming @ Dr. Siddhartha S. Jena.pptxsidjena70
A brief about organic farming/ Natural farming/ Zero budget natural farming/ Subash Palekar Natural farming which keeps us and environment safe and healthy. Next gen Agricultural practices of chemical free farming.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT GREEN WASHING IS!.pdfJulietMogola
Many companies today use green washing to lure the public into thinking they are conserving the environment but in real sense they are doing more harm. There have been such several cases from very big companies here in Kenya and also globally. This ranges from various sectors from manufacturing and goes to consumer products. Educating people on greenwashing will enable people to make better choices based on their analysis and not on what they see on marketing sites.
Artificial Reefs by Kuddle Life Foundation - May 2024punit537210
Situated in Pondicherry, India, Kuddle Life Foundation is a charitable, non-profit and non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to improving the living standards of coastal communities and simultaneously placing a strong emphasis on the protection of marine ecosystems.
One of the key areas we work in is Artificial Reefs. This presentation captures our journey so far and our learnings. We hope you get as excited about marine conservation and artificial reefs as we are.
Please visit our website: https://kuddlelife.org
Our Instagram channel:
@kuddlelifefoundation
Our Linkedin Page:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kuddlelifefoundation/
and write to us if you have any questions:
info@kuddlelife.org
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...Open Access Research Paper
The objective of this work is to contribute to valorization de Nephelium lappaceum by the characterization of kinetics of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum. The seeds were dehydrated until a constant mass respectively in a drying oven and a microwawe oven. The temperatures and the powers of drying are respectively: 50, 60 and 70°C and 140, 280 and 420 W. The results show that the curves of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum do not present a phase of constant kinetics. The coefficients of diffusion vary between 2.09.10-8 to 2.98. 10-8m-2/s in the interval of 50°C at 70°C and between 4.83×10-07 at 9.04×10-07 m-8/s for the powers going of 140 W with 420 W the relation between Arrhenius and a value of energy of activation of 16.49 kJ. mol-1 expressed the effect of the temperature on effective diffusivity.
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...
Landscape Approaches & Ecosystem Services in the post-2015 SDGs
1. Landscape Approaches &
Ecosystem Services in the
post-2015 SDGs
Sylvia Wood
‘Bridging Agriculture and Conservation Initiative’
2. Sustainable Development Goals
Part of a larger, longer process…
• Called for out of the Rio+20 UN Sustainable Development
Meeting 2012
• Build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
• SDGs are a set of internationally recognized goals which will
guide the global development agenda from 2015-2030
• limited in number
• aspirational
• easy to communicate
3. Target 7.A:
Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country
policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental
resources
• Forests are a safety net for the poor, but they continue to disappear at an alarming rate.
• Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have increased by more than 50 per cent since
1990.
• Afforestation and the natural expansion of forests have reduced the net loss of forest from an
average of 8.3 million hectares annually in the 1990s to an average of 5.2 million hectares
annually between 2000 and 2010.
Target 7.B:
Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant
reduction in the rate of loss
• Protected ecosystems covered 14 per cent of land and coastal marine areas worldwide by
2012.
Target 7.C:
Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without
sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
• The world has met the target of halving the proportion of people without access to improved
sources of water, five years ahead of schedule, but 748 million people still lack access to an
improved source of drinking water.
• Over a quarter of the world’s population has gained access to improved sanitation since 1990,
yet one billion people still resort to open defecation, but 2.5 billion in developing countries still
lack access to improved sanitation facilities.
4. “Forests are a safety net for the poor, but they
continue to disappear at an alarming rate
Forests are disappearing at a rapid pace, despite
the establishment of forest policies and laws
supporting sustainable forest management in many
countries. The largest net loss of forests has
occurred in South America and Africa—around 3.6
million hectares and 3.4 million hectares per year,
respectively, over the period from 2005 to 2010.
Close to 75 per cent of the world’s forests are
covered by national forest programmes. However,
in many cases, deforestation is caused by
factors beyond a programme’s control. One of
the primary drivers of deforestation is the
conversion of forests into agricultural land to
feed the world’s growing population”
5. Learning from the MDGs
Criticism:
MDGs did not sufficiently include environmental sustainability in its targets –
emphasis on social and economic issues meant too little attention to the third
dimension of sustainable development – the environment.
Learning:
“More integrated approaches between agriculture and forest sectors are
needed to make real progress in reversing the loss of natural resources,
including forests, and to fulfil international commitments related to climate
change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and sustainable land
management.”
Change:
SDGs are expected to adopt an approach that fully integrates the social,
economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
6. Sustainable Development Goals
for 2015-2030
• Many parallel processes have been concurrently
developing proposals for goals, targets and
indicators for the SDGs
Open Working
Group
7.
8. • July released Outcome Document
• Proposal for the SDGs to UN Secretary General
• Presented to the UN General Assembly in Sept 2014
• 17 Aspirational Goals
• 169 Targets
http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/owg.html
9. . 2.3 by 2030 double the agricultural productivity and
the incomes of small-scale food producers….
. 2.4 by 2030 ensure sustainable food production systems
and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase
productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems,
that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change,
extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters, and that
progressively improve land and soil quality
• 2.a increase investment, including through enhanced international
cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and
extension services, technology development, and plant and livestock
gene banks to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing
countries, in particular in least developed countries
. 2.c. adopt measures to ensure the proper functioning of food
commodity markets and their derivatives, and facilitate
timely access to market information, including on food reserves, in
order to help limit extreme food price volatility
OWG Goal 2: End
Hunger, Achieve
Food Security and
Improved Nutrition
and Promote
Sustainable
Agriculture
Targets
10. OWG Goal 6.
Ensure availability
and sustainable
management of
water and
sanitation for all
Targets
. 6.3 by 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution,
eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous
chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated
wastewater, and increasing recycling and safe reuse by x%
globally
. 6.4 by 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency
across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals
and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and
substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water
scarcity
. 6.5 by 2030 implement integrated water resources
management at all levels, including through transboundary
cooperation as appropriate
. 6.6 by 2020 protect and restore water-related
ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers,
aquifers and lakes
. 6.b support and strengthen the participation of local
communities for improving water and sanitation
management
11. OWG Goal 14.
Conserve and
sustainably use the
oceans, seas and
marine resources for
sustainable
development
Targets
. 14.1 by 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution
of all kinds, particularly from land-based activities,
including marine debris and nutrient pollution
. 14.2 by 2020, sustainably manage, and protect
marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant
adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience
and take action for their restoration, to achieve healthy and
productive oceans
. 14.7 by 2030 increase the economic benefits to SIDS and
LDCs from the sustainable use of marine resources, including
through sustainable management of fisheries,
aquaculture and tourism
. 14.a increase scientific knowledge, develop
research capacities and transfer marine technology taking
into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology,
in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the
contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of
developing countries, in particular SIDS and LDCs
12. OWG Goal15.
Protect, restore and
promote sustainable
use of terrestrial
ecosystems,
sustainably manage
forests, combat
desertification, and halt
and reverse land
degradation and halt
biodiversity loss
. 15.1 by 2020 ensure conservation, restoration
and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland
freshwater ecosystems and their services, in
particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in
line with obligations under international agreements
. 15.4 by 2030 ensure the conservation of mountain
ecosystems, including their biodiversity, to enhance
their capacity to provide benefits which are
essential for sustainable development
. 15.9 by 2020, integrate ecosystems and
biodiversity values into national and local
planning, development processes and poverty
reduction strategies, and accounts
. 15.a mobilize and significantly increase from all
sources financial resources to conserve and
sustainably use biodiversity and ecosystems
. 15.b mobilize significantly resources from all
sources and at all levels to finance sustainable
forest management, and provide adequate incentives
to developing countries to advance sustainable forest
management, including for conservation and reforestation
.
13. SDSN
1. Support the High-Level Panel, OWG and other post-2015 SDG
processes
2. Thematic Groups to identify long-term pathways to sustainable
development
3. Promote testing, demonstration, development of promising new
“solutions”
4. Build a global Knowledge Center Network for local and regional
problem solving
5. Global online university for sustainable development
http://unsdsn.org
14. SDSN
Mission: Mobilizes scientific and technical expertise from academia, civil
society, and the private sector in support of sustainable development problem
solving at local, national, and global scales.
Aim: to accelerate joint learning and help to overcome the compartmentalization
of technical and policy work by promoting integrated approaches to the
interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the
world.
Regional/National SDSN networks
SDSN Membership
Solutions Initiatives
National Gov’t
How can we achieve Solutions Initiatives
our SDG targets?
SDSN
Universities, research Institutes, NGOs
http://unsdsn.org
16. SDSN Regional Networks
The purpose of Regional SDSNs is to mobilize universities, research centers,
civil society organizations, business, and other knowledge centers around
practical problem solving for sustainable development. Each Regional SDSN
has its own priorities focusing on all or a subset of the following objectives:
1. Engaging in the global discussion on shaping the next generation of post-
2015 development goals, including help to national governments to
participate and lead in the global negotiations;
2. Promoting Solution Initiatives for sustainable development in the region or
beyond that can have a transformative impact on sustainable development;
3. Promoting education for sustainable development;
4. Assisting governments in diagnosing local, national, and regional
sustainable development challenges and in devising long-term strategies.
http://unsdsn.org
18. OWG Goal 2: End
hunger, achieve
Food Security and
Improved Nutrition
and Promote
Sustainable
Agriculture
Developing Indicators and Metrics
OWG Goal 6.
Ensure availability
and sustainable
management of
water and sanitation
for all
19. OWG Goal 14. Conserve
and sustainably use the
oceans, seas and marine
resources for sustainable
development
OWG Goal15.
Protect, restore and
promote sustainable use
of terrestrial ecosystems,
sustainably manage
forests, combat
desertification, and halt
and reverse land
degradation and halt
biodiversity loss
Developing Indicators and Metrics
More Innovative, cross-cutting
Indicators are needed!!
http://unsdsn.org/