The Lake Tana Finance Initiative seeks to restore and maintain the integrity of one of the world’s premier water towers, the Lake Tana watershed, source of the Blue Nile, Ethiopia. The Initiative proposes to catalyze the financing of community based efforts that convert CO2 into things people need (water, food, feed, fiber, fuel, fertilizer, and biodiversity), cool the planet, reduce humanity’s Ecological Footprint, and enhance economic, environmental and human security within the region and beyond.
Planet2025 Communities convert CO2 into things people need. Our integrated agroforestry strategy to sustainable development — the Forest Garden approach — addresses global climate change by planting trees on degraded land which create sustainable livelihoods, carbon offsets, biofuels, valuable ecosystems services, and Profits4Life™.
The HSBC Climate Partnership was a 5-year, $100 million program involving over 100,000 people. It worked with environmental organizations on projects around the world that protected forests, improved access to water for 32 million people, and helped 10 cities reduce carbon emissions. The partnership trained over 2,000 HSBC employees as climate champions to educate others and implement sustainability projects. It achieved significant environmental impacts and engaged many HSBC employees in its work.
Identifying, quantifying and valuing ecosystem services in the context of eco...CIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a presentation on identifying, quantifying, and valuing ecosystem services in the context of ecological restoration. It defines ecosystem services and discusses how restoration can benefit ecosystem services. It also describes frameworks for identifying, quantifying, and valuing ecosystem services. The document then outlines the presenter's own work conducting an assessment of ecosystem services from different land uses in Southeast Austria, finding the highest economic values associated with mature plantations but noting a need for more comprehensive valuation. It concludes by stating the importance of understanding linkages between ecology, economics, and society to ensure human well-being and sustainability.
Taller Las funciones ambientales de los bosques y su rol en la reducción de l...Fundación Natura Bolivia
This document summarizes a presentation on natural resource restoration and pro-poor rural development in South Africa. It provides context on the history of natural resource management in South Africa following the end of apartheid. It outlines objectives to improve water security, biodiversity, land productivity, and rural livelihoods. It details outputs of programs like Working for Water that have restored over 1.9 million hectares and created over 2.32 million person days of employment. However, it notes challenges in fully funding restoration needs, measuring ecosystem services, and sustaining rural livelihoods. It recommends incentivizing private sector investment in restoration and establishing institutional arrangements to unlock resources for continued progress.
Human activities have significantly altered ecosystems over the past 50 years. Ecosystem management aims to sustain ecosystem services that benefit society. This requires recognizing social and ecological linkages, and maintaining natural, built, human, and social capital over time. Sustainable management considers tradeoffs between meeting needs and preserving resources for future generations. Adaptive, participatory approaches are important for navigating complex social-ecological systems under changing conditions.
4 Mark Everard (UWE) The role of valuation worknefcomms
This document discusses the role of valuation work in conservation decision making. It introduces ecosystem services and describes how valuing these services can help reconcile conflicts between nature and economic development. Examples are given where valuation of services like flood control, water purification, and fisheries have influenced decisions to invest in conservation over costly infrastructure. The document argues that a systems approach which values all the benefits nature provides can help maximize services from landscapes in a way that benefits both the environment and human well-being.
Mangrove ecosystem services in the Mekong Delta: drivers and a rapid assessmentCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Dr. Le Thanh Loan, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, on 10 November 2020 at "International workshop: Enhancing wetland management and sustainable development"
This document discusses ecosystem services, which are benefits provided by nature that contribute to human well-being and economic prosperity. It provides definitions and examples of various ecosystem services and their importance. It also outlines how understanding ecosystem services can help decision-making and highlights increasing recognition of these issues in policies and organizations.
Planet2025 Communities convert CO2 into things people need. Our integrated agroforestry strategy to sustainable development — the Forest Garden approach — addresses global climate change by planting trees on degraded land which create sustainable livelihoods, carbon offsets, biofuels, valuable ecosystems services, and Profits4Life™.
The HSBC Climate Partnership was a 5-year, $100 million program involving over 100,000 people. It worked with environmental organizations on projects around the world that protected forests, improved access to water for 32 million people, and helped 10 cities reduce carbon emissions. The partnership trained over 2,000 HSBC employees as climate champions to educate others and implement sustainability projects. It achieved significant environmental impacts and engaged many HSBC employees in its work.
Identifying, quantifying and valuing ecosystem services in the context of eco...CIFOR-ICRAF
This document summarizes a presentation on identifying, quantifying, and valuing ecosystem services in the context of ecological restoration. It defines ecosystem services and discusses how restoration can benefit ecosystem services. It also describes frameworks for identifying, quantifying, and valuing ecosystem services. The document then outlines the presenter's own work conducting an assessment of ecosystem services from different land uses in Southeast Austria, finding the highest economic values associated with mature plantations but noting a need for more comprehensive valuation. It concludes by stating the importance of understanding linkages between ecology, economics, and society to ensure human well-being and sustainability.
Taller Las funciones ambientales de los bosques y su rol en la reducción de l...Fundación Natura Bolivia
This document summarizes a presentation on natural resource restoration and pro-poor rural development in South Africa. It provides context on the history of natural resource management in South Africa following the end of apartheid. It outlines objectives to improve water security, biodiversity, land productivity, and rural livelihoods. It details outputs of programs like Working for Water that have restored over 1.9 million hectares and created over 2.32 million person days of employment. However, it notes challenges in fully funding restoration needs, measuring ecosystem services, and sustaining rural livelihoods. It recommends incentivizing private sector investment in restoration and establishing institutional arrangements to unlock resources for continued progress.
Human activities have significantly altered ecosystems over the past 50 years. Ecosystem management aims to sustain ecosystem services that benefit society. This requires recognizing social and ecological linkages, and maintaining natural, built, human, and social capital over time. Sustainable management considers tradeoffs between meeting needs and preserving resources for future generations. Adaptive, participatory approaches are important for navigating complex social-ecological systems under changing conditions.
4 Mark Everard (UWE) The role of valuation worknefcomms
This document discusses the role of valuation work in conservation decision making. It introduces ecosystem services and describes how valuing these services can help reconcile conflicts between nature and economic development. Examples are given where valuation of services like flood control, water purification, and fisheries have influenced decisions to invest in conservation over costly infrastructure. The document argues that a systems approach which values all the benefits nature provides can help maximize services from landscapes in a way that benefits both the environment and human well-being.
Mangrove ecosystem services in the Mekong Delta: drivers and a rapid assessmentCIFOR-ICRAF
Presented by Dr. Le Thanh Loan, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, on 10 November 2020 at "International workshop: Enhancing wetland management and sustainable development"
This document discusses ecosystem services, which are benefits provided by nature that contribute to human well-being and economic prosperity. It provides definitions and examples of various ecosystem services and their importance. It also outlines how understanding ecosystem services can help decision-making and highlights increasing recognition of these issues in policies and organizations.
Collaboration, Science, and Technology Merge to Improve Water QualityArbor Day Foundation
Collaboration, Science, and Technology Merge to Improve Water Quality
Dave Gamstetter, City of Cincinnati | Donna M. Murphy, US Forest Service Northeastern Area
In 2010 the Cincinnati Park Board (CPB) formed a partnership with the Metropolitan Sewer Department of Greater Cincinnati (MSDGC) to assist with the implementation of green solutions to meet the regulatory requirements of the consent decree using a triple bottom line approach. This presentation discusses how natural design solutions, BMPs, stormwater controls, and forests are being used to enhance green infrastructure and reduce stormwater flow on a watershed scale. The program is Project Groundwork.
This document discusses ecological footprints and how to measure them. An ecological footprint calculates the amount of productive land and water required to support a population based on its consumption and waste production using current technology. The document notes that global footprints exceeded the Earth's carrying capacity in the mid-1980s. It provides ecological footprint sizes for various countries, with the highest footprints belonging to Qatar, the USA, and Australia.
Ecological footprints measure the extent of biologically productive land and sea area required to produce the resources an individual, population or activity consumes and to absorb the corresponding waste, using prevailing technology levels. They are measured in global hectares, where one hectare represents the world average productivity. Current estimates indicate that humans are overshooting Earth's carrying capacity by 25-50% and that at current population growth and consumption rates, we will need 1.5 Earths by 2030 to sustain our footprint.
The document discusses ecological footprints, which measure the amount of productive land and water required to support an individual or entity's lifestyle and waste absorption. It provides data on countries' ecological footprints in global hectares per capita and deficit. The global average footprint exceeds biocapacity by 1.1 global hectares per person. Ecological footprints are estimated based on categories like carbon, food, and goods/services. They help educate about overconsumption and sustainability. Reducing footprints involves actions like using renewable energy and reducing waste and driving.
Nature-based solutions for agricultural water management and food security (W...FAO
This document discusses nature-based solutions (NBS) for agricultural water management and food security. It provides an overview of a webinar series on scaling up adaptation in the agricultural sectors that included a webinar on NBS for agricultural water management. The webinar agenda covered an FAO discussion paper on the topic, presentations on NBS in the UN World Water Development Report and guidance from the Convention on Biological Diversity, and a case study on wasabi cultivation in Japan. The document discusses definitions of NBS, different types of NBS interventions, and concludes that while NBS are not a panacea, they can make an important contribution to addressing upcoming water challenges if certain requirements for success are met, such
The document discusses the Green Economy Initiative (GEI) led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It defines a green economy as one that improves human well-being and social equity while significantly reducing environmental risks. The UNEP is supporting green economy initiatives in 20 countries and its approach includes establishing enabling conditions through regulations and incentives, promoting investment in key sectors like agriculture and energy, and using modeling to analyze scenarios. Transitioning to a green economy could lead to enhanced wealth, higher GDP growth, more jobs, and reduced poverty according to the analysis.
This document provides an event guide for the IUCN World Conservation Congress being held in Hawaii in 2016. It lists 175 events taking place at the congress under categories like pavilion events, workshops, knowledge cafes, and conservation campuses. Some of the highlighted events include a discussion on innovative governance approaches for mangrove ecosystems in Ecuador, a global green islands summit, and the release of a landmark report on ocean warming that analyzes its impacts. The document also includes maps and information on locations for the various events and facilities at the congress venue.
This document discusses strategies for transitioning to a green economy proposed by various international organizations. It provides examples of green economy initiatives in key areas like buildings, appliances, transportation, lighting, and industry implemented by G8 countries. Specific policies promoted include super insulation standards for new buildings, regulations on standby power and eco-design of appliances, fuel efficiency standards and eco-driving programs for vehicles, phasing out incandescent bulbs, and energy management programs for industry. International consensus indicates these types of coordinated policy measures can significantly reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions over the long term.
Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE): Building resilience in food production systems FAO
http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/afns/en/
Presentation from Fabrice De Clerck (Bioversity International) describing CGIAR’s Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) research program and outlining its relevance to sustainable intensification and ecosystems preservation. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition, held at FAO in Rome on 18-19 September 2014.
Green Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentAkshita Jain
The document discusses green economy and sustainable development. It defines a green economy as one that reduces pollution and carbon emissions through investments in clean energy and resource efficiency. The goals of a green economy are shared prosperity and societal resilience through economic, social and environmental pillars of inclusive growth. Key areas of a green economy include renewable energy, green buildings, clean transportation, land and water management, and waste reduction through recycling and reuse. Transitioning to a green economy can help achieve the goals of sustainable development.
Revolutionary Rural Economic and Environment DevelopmentBrian Lewis
The document discusses the REED Program, which aims to promote sustainable rural development through integrated aquaculture, agriculture, and environmental protection. It outlines the program's objectives of establishing model communities that produce food while restoring ecosystems. The REED Program addresses issues like water and land degradation, as well as the growing global demand for food, through community empowerment and diverse green production for local and international markets.
The document discusses the establishment of the Global Partnership for Oceans by the World Bank to address threats to ocean health and human well-being. A Blue Ribbon Panel of ocean experts was convened to provide strategic guidance to the partnership. The panel identifies five guiding principles: sustainable livelihoods, social equity and food security; a healthy ocean; effective governance; long-term viability; and capacity building and innovation. The panel recognizes regional variation requires flexible, not "one-size-fits-all" solutions. The ocean faces rapid deterioration from pollution, overfishing, climate change threatening its ability to support hundreds of millions of people.
This document provides an overview of the ecological footprint, a tool created by William Rees and Mathis Wackernagel to measure human demand on the biosphere. The ecological footprint measures the amount of biologically productive land and sea area required to support human consumption and waste absorption. It indicates that humanity is currently in global ecological overshoot, using more than what the Earth can regenerate. The document discusses the methodology, components, and implications of ecological footprint accounting.
Michael B Ef D Meeting Presentation (3 Nov 2008)a95osksj
1) The document reports on an inventory of payments for ecosystem services (PES) and market-based environmental schemes (MES) in China, including watershed compensation programs, water rights trading, forestry programs, and more.
2) These programs were initiated in the 1990s and have expanded significantly, motivated in part by environmental disasters. The national government now promotes "ecocompensation" policies.
3) There is significant diversity in local policies and initiatives that blend central government policies and funding in innovative ways to address resource issues, primarily involving water resources.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module1_#1, Principles of IWRM and IRBM: Challenges for the Himal...ICIMOD
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) and integrated river basin management (IRBM) approaches. It emphasizes that water resources should be managed holistically by considering the interactions between water, land, ecosystems, and human activities across an entire river basin. The document also outlines several key principles of IWRM and IRBM, such as stakeholder participation, treating water as an economic good, and ensuring intergenerational equity when allocating water resources.
REDD+ aims to provide funding to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. It has expanded to include conservation, sustainable forest management, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks. Forested wetlands could make large contributions to carbon sequestration and storage but realizing their potential faces challenges, including developing robust monitoring of carbon, biodiversity, and socioeconomic impacts, and ensuring participation and benefits for local communities. Practical guidance is needed to implement restoration that achieves multiple objectives of carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, and community support.
Biodiversity represents the genetic diversity within and between species and ecosystems. It provides benefits to human beings through resources like new medicines and ecosystem services worth trillions of dollars. However, biodiversity is under threat from factors like climate change, habitat loss, and pollution. The 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference aims to adopt a new 30-year plan for conservation and sustainable use of nature. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region contains four global biodiversity hotspots but its biodiversity is projected to plummet by 2100 due to threats. Biosphere reserves aim to foster sustainable development through zoning of core, buffer and transition areas.
This document outlines a 12-month timeline for developing mastery in creative writing. The student hopes to learn various writing techniques and formats, including character development, episodic writing, and the business of writing. Strategies include online courses, books, and connecting with other writers. The end goal is to apply the skills in a portfolio through outlines, scripts, and professional networking.
Innovación: nuevas formas de gestión, nuevas tecnologíasIgnacio Riesgo
Presentación realizada en la Jornada CISFARH IX (Innovación: nuevas formas de gestión, nuevas tecnologías), organizada por la Fundación Gaspar Casal, Madrid, 28-29 noviembre, 2012
This document discusses the epidemic of "affluenza" in America. It defines affluenza as a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. The document examines how affluenza has impacted society through excessive consumption and the culture of materialism. It suggests that living more simply with less excess and waste may help alleviate some of the negative effects of affluenza.
Planet2025 Network’s outreach and educational activities promote healthy and sustainable lifestyle choices which enable people, organizations, and nations to become invested in a successful transition to a sustainable future. Decisive policies, citizen action, and political will are required to adequately respond to the challenges and opportunities of living within the reality of one planet.
Collaboration, Science, and Technology Merge to Improve Water QualityArbor Day Foundation
Collaboration, Science, and Technology Merge to Improve Water Quality
Dave Gamstetter, City of Cincinnati | Donna M. Murphy, US Forest Service Northeastern Area
In 2010 the Cincinnati Park Board (CPB) formed a partnership with the Metropolitan Sewer Department of Greater Cincinnati (MSDGC) to assist with the implementation of green solutions to meet the regulatory requirements of the consent decree using a triple bottom line approach. This presentation discusses how natural design solutions, BMPs, stormwater controls, and forests are being used to enhance green infrastructure and reduce stormwater flow on a watershed scale. The program is Project Groundwork.
This document discusses ecological footprints and how to measure them. An ecological footprint calculates the amount of productive land and water required to support a population based on its consumption and waste production using current technology. The document notes that global footprints exceeded the Earth's carrying capacity in the mid-1980s. It provides ecological footprint sizes for various countries, with the highest footprints belonging to Qatar, the USA, and Australia.
Ecological footprints measure the extent of biologically productive land and sea area required to produce the resources an individual, population or activity consumes and to absorb the corresponding waste, using prevailing technology levels. They are measured in global hectares, where one hectare represents the world average productivity. Current estimates indicate that humans are overshooting Earth's carrying capacity by 25-50% and that at current population growth and consumption rates, we will need 1.5 Earths by 2030 to sustain our footprint.
The document discusses ecological footprints, which measure the amount of productive land and water required to support an individual or entity's lifestyle and waste absorption. It provides data on countries' ecological footprints in global hectares per capita and deficit. The global average footprint exceeds biocapacity by 1.1 global hectares per person. Ecological footprints are estimated based on categories like carbon, food, and goods/services. They help educate about overconsumption and sustainability. Reducing footprints involves actions like using renewable energy and reducing waste and driving.
Nature-based solutions for agricultural water management and food security (W...FAO
This document discusses nature-based solutions (NBS) for agricultural water management and food security. It provides an overview of a webinar series on scaling up adaptation in the agricultural sectors that included a webinar on NBS for agricultural water management. The webinar agenda covered an FAO discussion paper on the topic, presentations on NBS in the UN World Water Development Report and guidance from the Convention on Biological Diversity, and a case study on wasabi cultivation in Japan. The document discusses definitions of NBS, different types of NBS interventions, and concludes that while NBS are not a panacea, they can make an important contribution to addressing upcoming water challenges if certain requirements for success are met, such
The document discusses the Green Economy Initiative (GEI) led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It defines a green economy as one that improves human well-being and social equity while significantly reducing environmental risks. The UNEP is supporting green economy initiatives in 20 countries and its approach includes establishing enabling conditions through regulations and incentives, promoting investment in key sectors like agriculture and energy, and using modeling to analyze scenarios. Transitioning to a green economy could lead to enhanced wealth, higher GDP growth, more jobs, and reduced poverty according to the analysis.
This document provides an event guide for the IUCN World Conservation Congress being held in Hawaii in 2016. It lists 175 events taking place at the congress under categories like pavilion events, workshops, knowledge cafes, and conservation campuses. Some of the highlighted events include a discussion on innovative governance approaches for mangrove ecosystems in Ecuador, a global green islands summit, and the release of a landmark report on ocean warming that analyzes its impacts. The document also includes maps and information on locations for the various events and facilities at the congress venue.
This document discusses strategies for transitioning to a green economy proposed by various international organizations. It provides examples of green economy initiatives in key areas like buildings, appliances, transportation, lighting, and industry implemented by G8 countries. Specific policies promoted include super insulation standards for new buildings, regulations on standby power and eco-design of appliances, fuel efficiency standards and eco-driving programs for vehicles, phasing out incandescent bulbs, and energy management programs for industry. International consensus indicates these types of coordinated policy measures can significantly reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions over the long term.
Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE): Building resilience in food production systems FAO
http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/afns/en/
Presentation from Fabrice De Clerck (Bioversity International) describing CGIAR’s Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) research program and outlining its relevance to sustainable intensification and ecosystems preservation. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition, held at FAO in Rome on 18-19 September 2014.
Green Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentAkshita Jain
The document discusses green economy and sustainable development. It defines a green economy as one that reduces pollution and carbon emissions through investments in clean energy and resource efficiency. The goals of a green economy are shared prosperity and societal resilience through economic, social and environmental pillars of inclusive growth. Key areas of a green economy include renewable energy, green buildings, clean transportation, land and water management, and waste reduction through recycling and reuse. Transitioning to a green economy can help achieve the goals of sustainable development.
Revolutionary Rural Economic and Environment DevelopmentBrian Lewis
The document discusses the REED Program, which aims to promote sustainable rural development through integrated aquaculture, agriculture, and environmental protection. It outlines the program's objectives of establishing model communities that produce food while restoring ecosystems. The REED Program addresses issues like water and land degradation, as well as the growing global demand for food, through community empowerment and diverse green production for local and international markets.
The document discusses the establishment of the Global Partnership for Oceans by the World Bank to address threats to ocean health and human well-being. A Blue Ribbon Panel of ocean experts was convened to provide strategic guidance to the partnership. The panel identifies five guiding principles: sustainable livelihoods, social equity and food security; a healthy ocean; effective governance; long-term viability; and capacity building and innovation. The panel recognizes regional variation requires flexible, not "one-size-fits-all" solutions. The ocean faces rapid deterioration from pollution, overfishing, climate change threatening its ability to support hundreds of millions of people.
This document provides an overview of the ecological footprint, a tool created by William Rees and Mathis Wackernagel to measure human demand on the biosphere. The ecological footprint measures the amount of biologically productive land and sea area required to support human consumption and waste absorption. It indicates that humanity is currently in global ecological overshoot, using more than what the Earth can regenerate. The document discusses the methodology, components, and implications of ecological footprint accounting.
Michael B Ef D Meeting Presentation (3 Nov 2008)a95osksj
1) The document reports on an inventory of payments for ecosystem services (PES) and market-based environmental schemes (MES) in China, including watershed compensation programs, water rights trading, forestry programs, and more.
2) These programs were initiated in the 1990s and have expanded significantly, motivated in part by environmental disasters. The national government now promotes "ecocompensation" policies.
3) There is significant diversity in local policies and initiatives that blend central government policies and funding in innovative ways to address resource issues, primarily involving water resources.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module1_#1, Principles of IWRM and IRBM: Challenges for the Himal...ICIMOD
The document discusses integrated water resources management (IWRM) and integrated river basin management (IRBM) approaches. It emphasizes that water resources should be managed holistically by considering the interactions between water, land, ecosystems, and human activities across an entire river basin. The document also outlines several key principles of IWRM and IRBM, such as stakeholder participation, treating water as an economic good, and ensuring intergenerational equity when allocating water resources.
REDD+ aims to provide funding to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. It has expanded to include conservation, sustainable forest management, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks. Forested wetlands could make large contributions to carbon sequestration and storage but realizing their potential faces challenges, including developing robust monitoring of carbon, biodiversity, and socioeconomic impacts, and ensuring participation and benefits for local communities. Practical guidance is needed to implement restoration that achieves multiple objectives of carbon sequestration, ecosystem services, and community support.
Biodiversity represents the genetic diversity within and between species and ecosystems. It provides benefits to human beings through resources like new medicines and ecosystem services worth trillions of dollars. However, biodiversity is under threat from factors like climate change, habitat loss, and pollution. The 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference aims to adopt a new 30-year plan for conservation and sustainable use of nature. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region contains four global biodiversity hotspots but its biodiversity is projected to plummet by 2100 due to threats. Biosphere reserves aim to foster sustainable development through zoning of core, buffer and transition areas.
This document outlines a 12-month timeline for developing mastery in creative writing. The student hopes to learn various writing techniques and formats, including character development, episodic writing, and the business of writing. Strategies include online courses, books, and connecting with other writers. The end goal is to apply the skills in a portfolio through outlines, scripts, and professional networking.
Innovación: nuevas formas de gestión, nuevas tecnologíasIgnacio Riesgo
Presentación realizada en la Jornada CISFARH IX (Innovación: nuevas formas de gestión, nuevas tecnologías), organizada por la Fundación Gaspar Casal, Madrid, 28-29 noviembre, 2012
This document discusses the epidemic of "affluenza" in America. It defines affluenza as a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. The document examines how affluenza has impacted society through excessive consumption and the culture of materialism. It suggests that living more simply with less excess and waste may help alleviate some of the negative effects of affluenza.
Planet2025 Network’s outreach and educational activities promote healthy and sustainable lifestyle choices which enable people, organizations, and nations to become invested in a successful transition to a sustainable future. Decisive policies, citizen action, and political will are required to adequately respond to the challenges and opportunities of living within the reality of one planet.
Marissa Menendez Major Nutrition Project presentation 1-30-15Marissa Menendez
This study investigated the relationship between subjective and objective exertion in minority obese youth. The results showed that 55% of adolescents stopped the fitness test due to their perceived exertion, while 17% stopped due to reaching their maximum heart rate. There was a weak relationship found between perceived and actual exertion. Higher body fat percentage was found to affect this relationship, with higher-fat adolescents more accurately perceiving exertion levels based on heart rate. The study concluded that adolescents need better training to accurately identify exercise intensity in order to meet physical activity guidelines.
This document summarizes several recent Canadian court cases related to Aboriginal law and the duty to consult. Key issues addressed in the cases included what triggers the duty to consult, the standard of review for consultation, the admissibility of evidence, delegation of consultation, remedies, and the division of federal and provincial powers related to consultation. The document provides summaries of the fact scenarios and key holdings of each case.
Prestaciones sanitarias y cohesión en el Sistema Autonómico españolIgnacio Riesgo
Este documento discute varios temas relacionados con el sistema de salud autonómico español. Explora los efectos positivos y negativos de las transferencias sanitarias a las comunidades autónomas, y examina los riesgos para la equidad y cohesión del sistema. También analiza si las prestaciones sanitarias actuales se ajustan a las exigencias de la sociedad y si el sistema constituye un laberinto para los proveedores.
The document provides standards of practice for a general home inspection conducted by Greenbush Property Services. It outlines the inspector's scope of work, which involves visual examination of accessible systems and components to identify material defects. Specific inspection standards are provided for roofing, exterior, foundation/structure, heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical systems. Limitations state that inspections are not technically exhaustive and will not identify concealed or latent defects.
Don't neglect to hold this meeting soon after your contract has signed. Discusses the topics that must be reviewed and agreed by the Buyer and Seller for successful contract outcomes. Benefits of holding this meeting versus the risks of not.
1) Cape Verde faces chronic water scarcity due to low rainfall and has implemented various water collection and desalination methods.
2) The document proposes establishing wastewater treatment plants in Praia using membrane bioreactor technology to treat and reuse water for irrigation, industry, and other purposes.
3) The treatment plants would help address water scarcity while providing environmental, economic, social and educational benefits to the community.
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This presentation is a call to action, inviting everyone to embrace the power of EbA. Let's work together to transform the Bedkot-Jhilmila corridor into a beacon of climate resilience, where communities and nature thrive in harmony.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Marianne Kettunen at the Stockholm World Water Week in 2011. The presentation discusses the importance of ecosystems, biodiversity, and ecosystem services, especially as they relate to water resources and a green economy. It highlights initiatives like TEEB that assess the economic value of nature. The presentation provides examples of how maintaining natural infrastructure like wetlands and protected areas can provide cost savings and business opportunities compared to engineered solutions. It argues that a truly green economy depends on sustainably managing natural capital and the interdependency between water and nature.
The document summarizes the challenges facing water resource management in South East England due to population growth and climate change. It describes an EU-funded project that used an integrated catchment management approach across three demonstration catchments. The project promoted practices like sustainable farming, sustainable drainage systems, water efficiency, and improved public access to waterways to address issues like pollution, flooding, and resource pressures. It achieved outcomes like farm plans covering over 8,000 hectares and estimated potential savings of £100 million if expanded regionally.
Deltares Green Adaptation Brochure11 2010helenahulsman
A Deltares brochure on how Green, Ecosystem based Adaptation approaches can be cost-effective tools to adapt to climate change in developing countries.
Urban Flood Management: Towards A Holistic Approach. Ecological Consideration...Oswar Mungkasa
This document discusses holistic approaches to urban flood management. It provides examples of flooding issues and lessons learned from cities like Thailand, Mumbai, Cherrapunji and San Francisco. The key lessons discussed are the importance of protecting natural watersheds and drainage systems, implementing integrated waste management, and taking an interdisciplinary approach to flood planning that considers both gray and green infrastructure solutions. The San Francisco case study highlights how considering social, economic and environmental sustainability together can help optimize flood management outcomes.
The document discusses four projects being carried out by the Nile Basin Development Challenge to improve rainwater management and increase the resilience of livelihoods in rural Ethiopia. The projects work to 1) match rainwater management technologies with environments, 2) quantify the consequences of improved systems on communities and the environment, 3) ensure synergies and lessons are shared between projects, and 4) examine how technologies, policies, and institutions can be integrated to spur widespread innovation in rainwater management strategies.
Wetlands International had several successes in 2010-2011, including influencing targets in the Convention on Biological Diversity to safeguard freshwater ecosystems and protect peatlands. They also completed the Wings Over Wetlands project which developed tools to protect migratory waterbird habitats. Challenges in 2012 include strengthening waterbird monitoring, demonstrating the role of wetlands in water management, and influencing policies to reduce the environmental impact of development projects and improve guidance on wetland carbon storage and restoration. Wetlands International will work on initiatives in several regions involving wetland conservation, restoration, and sustainable livelihoods while continuing organizational development.
The document summarizes a dialogue session on ecoregion-specific water conservation in India. It discusses that India has 90 agro-ecological zones requiring different approaches to water conservation based on local conditions. Examples are shared from different regions of how communities are addressing water scarcity through reviving traditional structures and adopting localized solutions. Key recommendations include respecting geo-cultural diversity, converging government schemes for maximum impact, strengthening local institutions, recognizing traditional knowledge, and ensuring participation of communities, governments, and civil society in water security efforts. The dialogue series aims to develop solutions for water and livelihood security in India.
Seismics and the City – Creating a Greater Christchurch – Envisioning. Engaging. Energising was held on 27th March 2015, Christchurch.
Earthquake Recovery Programme for the Natural Environment
This interactive workshop discussed the development and implementation of the earthquake recovery programme for the natural environment (NERP).
Engaging the Private Sector in Climate Change Adaptation in Dominican RepublicNAP Global Network
Presentation given by Karem Rivero, Project Manager, Ministry of Environment, Dominican Republic, as part of the NAP Global Network's Peer Learning Summit on Vertical Integration in the NAP Processes, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from October 11 to 13, 2023.
The document discusses projects by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), an international NGO, in Ethiopia. It focuses on LWF's soil and water conservation projects, including river diversions and micro earth dams. The projects aimed to increase food security and household incomes. Key outcomes included increased agricultural production, irrigation, and environmental impacts like some deforestation. While successes were achieved, some projects faced challenges like unexpected floods and issues with watershed management.
The Clean Water America Alliance has released Water Sustainability Principles for a National Policy Framework available at www.CWAA.US. The principles were developed through several 2010 national dialogues and refined further by a recent meeting of 50 water leaders representing water associations from drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, energy, research, and other interests. “Shrinking budgets and increasing demands are putting pressures on the water sector overall to embrace innovation, integration and collaboration like never before. Engaging Water Association leaders to discuss and revise the draft framework was a step toward unifying the voice for water,” explains Alliance President Ben Grumbles. “We will continue to take comments on the water sustainability principles and broaden the scope of its collaboration to all interested sectors and citizens from coast to coast.” The Clean Water America Alliance’s goal is to collaborate on a flexible framework that highlights the value of water and the need for specific and sustainable actions.
Making Gods Own country truly Green | MBAtiousaneesh p
A presentation on making Kerala - Gods own country truly green. Kerala is one of the 10 paradises on earth for its natural beauty, greenery rich cultural heritage and tranquility - National geographical traveler.
The document summarizes the Water and Nature Initiative, which aims to improve watershed health and livelihoods by applying an ecosystem approach to river basin management. It discusses the initiative's goals, partners, projects in various basins, and tools to assess environmental flows and the economic value of ecosystems. The initiative applies these tools in partner regions and builds lessons on setting environmental flows, valuing ecosystem services, and using valuation to inform payments for ecosystem services and management decisions. Challenges include valuing non-use values and complex biophysical relationships between ecosystems and human activities.
The presentation discusses The Nature Conservancy's experience with water funds. It summarizes that water funds are an innovative model for long-term watershed conservation where cities and other users provide steady funding to protect upstream lands through conservation actions. The Latin America Water Funds Partnership aims to create and strengthen at least 32 water funds in the region by 2015, impacting over 3 million hectares and benefiting over 50 million people. Examples of water funds in Colombia, Brazil, and Peru are provided.
The Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (NK-CAP) expanded the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in Bolivia by 832,000 hectares between 1997-2005 to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation. It was the first REDD project certified by the Clean Development Mechanism. The expansion allowed the park boundaries to be defined by rivers, ensuring biological viability of species populations, and established a trust fund for long-term park protection.
The document discusses sustainable water management and outlines several key points:
1) Water pollution has devastating consequences and a global effort is needed to keep water clean and prevent misuse.
2) Simple individual actions like turning off taps when not in use, being careful what is poured down drains, and limiting pesticide and fertilizer use can help.
3) Cooperation across borders is essential for sustainable water management since water flows irrespective of political boundaries.
4) Several international organizations are working on initiatives to organize and promote sustainable water management.
Earth Child Institute and Planet2025 Network have developed this discussion paper to introduce a seminal research-based body of work which substantiates the rights and practical value of children and their local actions in economic terms. Building on collaborative efforts to date, our goal for this paper is to influence emerging policy decisions toward acknowledgement and investment by leaders of the private and public sectors in support of child-centered, participatory approaches.
The Power of One school project was born in the Guraghe zone, a rural area several hours south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was inspired by the dual challenge of providing a fast growing young population a hopeful future through education and the urgent need to regenerate Ethiopia’s degraded ecosystems.
The Lake Tana Finance Initiative seeks to restore the Lake Tana watershed in Ethiopia, the source of the Blue Nile, through community-based reforestation and sustainable development projects. It aims to plant 1 billion trees over 5 years to sequester 25 million tons of carbon annually while creating jobs and improving livelihoods. An integrated approach will focus on afforestation, agroforestry, water management, and engaging youth. Innovative financing mechanisms will leverage public and private funds to monetize carbon offsets and provide payments for ecosystem services to support local communities dependent on Lake Tana.
Planet2025 is a non-profit organization that aims to lower humanity's ecological footprint and support a globally sustainable way of life by 2025. It seeks to do this through innovative financing initiatives for ecosystem protection and by mobilizing individuals and organizations to participate in transforming society. The organization's mission is urgent, as scientific facts make clear that humanity must implement better management of 21st century risks to the environment, economy, and human security to ensure sustainability.
The document discusses the GoDutch Consortium, which takes an integrated approach to sustainable urban development and design. It states that cities will be critical for addressing humanity's environmental, social, and economic challenges in the 21st century. The GoDutch Consortium aims to identify and finance innovative urban redevelopment projects that grow community assets in economic, social, environmental, cultural, and spiritual areas in a sustainable way. Its vision is of thriving urban communities living sustainably and prosperously within planetary boundaries through social and technological innovation.
By 2025, children who are 18 years or younger today will represent more than half of the world‘s workforce. A critical strategic opportunity exists to insure‘ the resiliency, effectiveness, and overall return on investment on 20-30 year REDD projects by investing in innovative school-based integrated educational approaches which empower young people to build better futures through life-sustaining values, practical skills and knowledge.
The Earth's ability to sustain life for all is threatened by global overshoot: human demand exceeding the regenerative capacity of the biosphere. Today, it takes one year and over two months to regenerate what humanity uses.
This Consultation Paper and its Report on Initial Consultations with experts introduces Eco-Insurance for a Sustainable Future to a broader audience of stakeholders from around the world for comments and suggestions. It is the first step of what will be a challenging journey towards practical implementation of an exciting initiative through public-private international cooperation.
Eco insurance - risk management for the 21st century - final - printPlanet2025 Network
Humankind’s failure to reinvest a portion of the monetary riches provided by nature back into the globe’s life-supporting ecosystems has produced a mounting deficit on the world’s ecological balance of payments. This deficit has now grown to be 20 percent of the Earth's capacity - we are consuming resources 20 percent faster than they regenerate.
Earth Child Institute believes that empowering children and young people with knowledge about environmental interconnectedness and their ability to think and act harmoniously will lead to lives that benefit both people and the planet. The organization sees children and young people as leaders today, not just tomorrow, and that giving them a voice and opportunities to take action can have profound impacts. Earth Child Institute's core strategies include international policy and advocacy, education for sustainable development, and seeding and nurturing youth-led networks.
This is a background paper designed to initiate a series of strategic explorations as part of an international articipative process geared to examining the next frontier of practical formal (K1-12, University), non-formal (on-the-job training & education), and informal (TV, radio, phones, games, recreation, edutainment, etc.) accelerated learning solutions that are to prepare humanity for a successful transition to a globally sustainable lifestyle.
This document discusses accelerated learning pathways for sustainable development within an international context. It identifies key drivers of change like emerging technologies and participatory culture that will influence education for sustainable development. It also describes strategic exploration sessions that were held using a tool called the I-Wheel process to envision faster ways of finding sustainable futures. The document concludes by connecting these discussions to events around the world and proposes opportunities for cooperation to further the goals of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
Fast Forward to 2025: Three Decision our Children will Thank Us forPlanet2025 Network
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow, releases endorphins, and promotes changes in the brain which help regulate emotions and stress levels.
The document discusses how humanity's demand on ecological resources exceeds what the Earth can regenerate, putting sustainability at risk. It proposes "shrink and share" scenarios to reduce humanity's ecological footprint and balance it with the planet's biocapacity. A key approach is "Eco-Insurance," which would see small voluntary premiums paid into a fund to invest over $100 billion per year in stabilizing ecosystems by 2025. This internalizes principles like precaution and equity to stimulate sustainable behavior and a shared sustainable future for all.
The first and second industrial revolution brought us tremendous financial wealth. Now we need to address the more difficult task of bequeathing a peaceful, sustainable future to next generations. Imagine catalyzing the next revolution through community and entrepreneurship in service of the whole - jump started with a gift.
The Antyodaya Saral Haryana Portal is a pioneering initiative by the Government of Haryana aimed at providing citizens with seamless access to a wide range of government services
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
United Nations World Oceans Day 2024; June 8th " Awaken new dephts".Christina Parmionova
The program will expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action toward necessary change.
UN WOD 2024 will take us on a journey of discovery through the ocean's vastness, tapping into the wisdom and expertise of global policy-makers, scientists, managers, thought leaders, and artists to awaken new depths of understanding, compassion, collaboration and commitment for the ocean and all it sustains. The program will expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action toward necessary change.
Bharat Mata - History of Indian culture.pdfBharat Mata
Bharat Mata Channel is an initiative towards keeping the culture of this country alive. Our effort is to spread the knowledge of Indian history, culture, religion and Vedas to the masses.
Indira awas yojana housing scheme renamed as PMAYnarinav14
Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) played a significant role in addressing rural housing needs in India. It emerged as a comprehensive program for affordable housing solutions in rural areas, predating the government’s broader focus on mass housing initiatives.
4. Lake Tana Financing Initiative
A BILLION TREES THAT LAST
• A five year goal to plant a total of 1 billion trees on 500,000 hectares at an average cost of $ 0.15 per tree
and expected to yield 25 million tCO2e per annum valued at a price of $ 1.00 to 10.00 per tCO2e.
• Resiliency and dignity of people living in harmony with and supported by healthy ecosystems and services
yielding an estimated $ 2‐3,000 of income or income equivalents per hectare.
ALL IT TAKES IS A SEED……
[insert representative pictures here of key activities + link to video clip]
Seeds Nurseries
Transplanting
Types and density
Survival Irrigation
Mountainsides upper
Before After
Mountainsides lower
Before After
Accounting
Field monitoring Remote sensing
April 12, 2009 Concept Note Version 0 – Discussion Draft P a g e | 4
Numbers are estimates subject to change and further verification
6. Lake Tana Financing Initiative
April 12, 2009 Concept Note Version 0 – Discussion Draft P a g e | 6
Numbers are estimates subject to change and further verification
FOUNDING PARTNERS
Planet2025 (www.planet2025.net) is a non‐profit social venture testing innovative concepts to mobilize new
sources of sustained financing for long term‐investment in the globe's life‐supporting ecosystems, including its
centerpiece activity, Planet2025 Communities, which focuses on integrated agroforestry and systems thinking to
assist communities in developing countries to convert CO2 into things people need in cooperation with others.
Greener Ethiopia (www.greenerethiopia.org) has successfully engaged in the establishment and management of
nurseries, the planting of fast growing multipurpose trees, the regeneration of local ecosystems, the creation of
sustainable livelihoods in cooperation with local communities in the Guraghe zone, and a five year 100 million tree
planting program in cooperation with Ethiopian Airlines, Planet2025, and other partners. Greener Ethiopia planted
close to 7 million trees in 2008 and expects to plant over 10 million trees in 2009.
ORDA (www.ordainternational.org) is the leading organization in forest resource, water resource, and integrated
agricultural development among non‐governmental organizations in Amhara and has the overriding mission to
empower the Amhara Region food and livelihood insecure households and communities to maximize their
development potentials and benefits by developing their capacity and self‐esteem. ORDA planted 50 million trees
and opened ?? water points in 2008; a thirty percent growth rate is expected in 2009.
ADVISORY PANEL OF EXPERTS*
Dr. Mersie Ejigu | Dr. Hans Herren | Dave Deppner | Barbara Bramble | Jeff McNeely | Dr, Alemayehu |
[recommendations for additional experts?]
*to be invited
SUPPORTING PARTNERS*
Institute for Environmental Security | Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels | Millennium Institute | American
Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE) | Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability | Trees for the
Future | Global Footprint Network | TransGlobal Ventures | Ethiopian Airlines | Biovision | HoA‐REC/N | IUCN |
[recommendations for additional organizations?]
*to be invited
CONTACT INFO
Steven Lovink
Founder and CEO
Planet2025 Network
1403 30
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Street NW
Washington DC 20007
USA
T +1 202 333 8878
F +1 202 333 8879
E jslovink@planet2025.net
Bedru Sultan
Vice Chairman
Greener Ethiopia
4326 Marjoram Court
Alexandria, Va 22310
USA
T +1 202 553 8027
T +251 912 012717
E bedru@greenerethiopia.org
Wuletaw Hailemariam
Executive Director
Organization for Rehabilitation and
Development in Amhara
Bahi Dar
Ethiopia
T +251 58 2200985
F +251 58 2200987
E orda‐1@ethionet.et