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Studies have shown that climate change will cause a shift of climatic zones in the ecosystems of Altai-Sayan, resulting in animal migration. In response, a buffer zone of about 600,000 hectares of protected forests has been created between the Western and Eastern part of the region to protect the migration routes of globally threatened species, such as the snow leopard, lynx, European red deer, elk, argali, and more.

 

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Photo courtesy of UNDP in Kazakhstan

The APFSD is the most inclusive regional platform on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

 

The sixth Forum, as in previous years, served as a preparatory event for the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and engaged member States, United Nations bodies and other institutions, major groups and other stakeholders in highlighting regional and subregional perspectives on the 2019 theme of the HLPF, “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. © ILO

 

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Georgia: Creating enclosures for monitoring climate conditions & anthropogenic impacts. Demonstrating how pastures can grow when managed properly.

© Clima East

Studies have shown that climate change will cause a shift of climatic zones in the ecosystems of Altai-Sayan, resulting in the migration of animals and plants. In response, a buffer zone of about 600,000 hectares of protected forests has been created between the Western and Eastern part of the region to protect the migration routes of globally threatened species, such as the snow leopard, lynx, European red deer, elk, argali, and more.

 

FInd out more about Adapting to climate change in Altai-Sayan

 

Photo courtesy of UNDP in Kazakhstan

Mural at a side event for Rio+20

 

© WWF LAI / Denise Oliveira

WWF International Director General Jim Leape comments on the final text presented by negotiators at the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil - "Pathetic..."

Mariam Badjie from The Gambia was trained to become a barefoot solar engineer at the Barefoot College in India. Mariam returned in May, 2007 to solar electrify her community in The Gambia.

 

Mariama only speaks Jola, a local dialect. She is 44 years old, a mother of four, married to a farmer and illiterate. She comes from a small village, Cafenke, of about 45 houses. She says she likes to learn new things and that it’s never too late to start.

 

Besides learning all about solar electrification in her 6 months of training at the College, she learned many Hindi words and through her friendship with the Bolivian women even started learning Spanish words. In her spare time, she began to study the alphabet and with the help of her new friends she learned how to sign her name.

Children fetch water from a makeshift faucet, which will be used to wash their hands or flush the toilet in school. They stand to benefit from an ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project that aims to provide safe and clean water as well as promote peace and create decent work in conflict-affected areas of the Philippines.

 

Know more about the project implemented in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to promote peace and provide decent work, funded by the Government of Japan: bit.ly/ilowatsan

 

Photo ©ILO / Minette Rimando

28 January 2020

South Upi, Maguindanao, Philippines

 

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To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

 

Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).

 

For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development

 

For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges

Fashion show Eco chic at Mikser festival presenting clothes made of waste materials - plastic bags, old CDs, plugs. UNDP supported the festival through the project Circular Economy for Sustainable Development in Serbia.

 

Photo: Momira Marković / UNDP Serbia

The APFSD is the most inclusive regional platform on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

 

The sixth Forum, as in previous years, served as a preparatory event for the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and engaged member States, United Nations bodies and other institutions, major groups and other stakeholders in highlighting regional and subregional perspectives on the 2019 theme of the HLPF, “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. © ILO

 

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Newcastle Disease (ND) vaccinators in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha state in India can today look towards bright prospects. The demand for their services has not only spawned new employment opportunities within their locales, but has also helped farmers protect their poultry flocks which would routinely be ravaged by Newcastle Disease outbreaks. In addition, the chance to become a poultry vaccinator and the income that comes along with it has empowered rural women, who can now use their hard earned money to invest in a better future for their families. Access to ND vaccination training in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha has been facilitated by the Bhodal Milk Producers Co-operative Society (BMPCS), a local NGO, and Heifer International in partnership with non-profit Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed).

 

Thirty-seven-year-old, Govardhan Naik from Suryapada always wanted to set up his own business. A university graduate, he first heard of an opportunity to be an ND vaccinator through a friend. After a four day training course that covered vaccination and first aid, he ventured into the field as a trained vaccinator. This was about four years ago.

 

Govardhan gets his supplies of the ND vaccine from a market at a nearby town, Kosta. He has also procured a refrigerator to store the vaccines and a motorcycle to help him reach the farmers. He serves around 400 households vaccinating close to 5,000 chickens every month. Providing additional services such as deworming and first aid, Govardhan brings home a net income averaging INR 8,000 (US $ 122) monthly, which has positively contributed to the economic well-being of his family.

 

His work as a vaccinator has brought him recognition from the locals and several of his friends have now shown an interest in the occupation, with one of them now an active vaccinator. “I will continue as a vaccinator even after this current project ends,” he says, referring to the ongoing GALVmed sponsored initiative, much to the relief of numerous households who are grateful for his services and want him to continue.

 

The effects of the poultry vaccinators’ work on the local economy are visible. When Govardhan first began vaccinating, an average village consisting of about 20 households would have a maximum of 70-80 chickens. After the first year of vaccination, the number skyrocketed to over 1,000. Farmers’ earnings from poultry rearing increased.

 

“If you work as a vaccinator, you can have an independent enterprise,” he adds.

 

A vial of the ND vaccine costs between INR 75 (US $1.16) and INR 100 (US $1.55). One vial can vaccinate up to 100 chickens. A vaccinator can charge INR 2 (US $ 0.03) per vaccination. There is also additional income derived from services such as deworming and first aid. For example, Govardhan earns another INR 3,000 or (US $46) from these additional services.

 

The involvement of women as vaccinators has also contributed to their economic empowerment and participation in decision making within the family unit and their communities. Mamata Mandal, 42, from Tikayatpur village in Ras Gobindpur block, is one such vaccinator. Mamata first got to know about vaccination from Anup Behra, the team leader of Unnayana, a local NGO. Coming from a family that has traditionally reared poultry and having witnessed high mortality of the birds, she readily took up the occupation.

 

Mamata procures her supplies from a small shop, about 7 km away from her village. Carrying a cool box to store the vaccines, she serves around 250 households in a 3km radius and vaccinates around 5,000 birds. Her services get her an income of INR 3,000 (US $ 46) every month. “With this income I can school my children and buy agricultural inputs for the farm,” she says.

 

BMPCS started the programme with just 7,500 families in 2011. By December 2016, the NGO had already reached more than 175,000 households. Today BMPCS supports more than 320 vaccinators in the project area.

 

Heifer International’s project was launched in September 2015. By May 2017, they had served as many as 62,316 households. Today, Heifer International supports more than 218 active vaccinators in the field.

 

Newcastle disease vaccination has helped turn around the lives of many individuals in Mayurbhanj. The vaccinators stand at the frontlines in the fight against the deadly poultry disease and their services are benefitting many smallholder farmers. And with a stable demand for their services, the vaccinators can hope for a better future.

 

Written by: Deepak Bhadana and edited by Prasenjit De of Alternatives for GALVmed.

 

Photography by Prasenjit De.

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Studies have shown that climate change will cause a shift of climatic zones in the ecosystems of Altai-Sayan, resulting in the migration of animals and plants. In response, a buffer zone of about 600,000 hectares of protected forests has been created between the Western and Eastern part of the region to protect the migration routes of globally threatened species, such as the snow leopard, lynx, European red deer, elk, argali, and more.

 

FInd out more about Adapting to climate change in Altai-Sayan

 

Photo courtesy of UNDP in Kazakhstan

The DGF meeting was held on 15 December 2011 to plan activities for DGF Phase 2. The group comprised the DGF partners: UNEP, ICIMOD, World Bank and Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS).

 

Photo credit: ©FAO/Tullia Baldassarri H. von H.

 

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Children fetch water from a makeshift faucet, which will be used to wash their hands or flush the toilet in school. They stand to benefit from an ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project that aims to provide safe and clean water as well as promote peace and create decent work in conflict-affected areas of the Philippines.

 

Know more about the project implemented in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to promote peace and provide decent work, funded by the Government of Japan: bit.ly/ilowatsan

 

Photo ©ILO / Minette Rimando

28 January 2020

South Upi, Maguindanao, Philippines

 

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Children fetch water from a makeshift faucet, which will be used to wash their hands or flush the toilet in school. They stand to benefit from an ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project that aims to provide safe and clean water as well as promote peace and create decent work in conflict-affected areas of the Philippines.

 

Know more about the project implemented in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to promote peace and provide decent work, funded by the Government of Japan: bit.ly/ilowatsan

 

Photo ©ILO / Minette Rimando

28 January 2020

South Upi, Maguindanao, Philippines

 

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Belarus: The regular machinery can hardly go into the fen mires unstable soils that is why the light-weight tractor is used.

© Clima East

Almost 150 women’s rights advocates, members of UN Women’s Civil Society Advisory Groups from around the world gathered in New York City on 23–24 November for a two-day conference to discuss strategies for reaching a Planet 50-50 by 2030. The Global Civil Society Dialogue united women of diverse backgrounds to share their ideas on the regional and global implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in partnership with UN Women.

 

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/11/civil-society-str...

 

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Photos from the WTO Aid for Trade Global Review 2019 photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © STDF/José Carlos Alexandre

Peter Byck at Afterparty for Projecting Change Film Festival 2010 held at Upholstery Arts store

Projet agricole individuel

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Unité de méthanisation de 240 kWél

Valorisation de 8 000 tonnes de gisements par an

Procédé utilisé : infiniment mélangé

Valorisation thermique : chauffage d'une industrie agroalimentaire

En exploitation depuis avril 2013

To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

 

Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).

 

For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development

 

For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges

The APFSD is the most inclusive regional platform on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

 

The sixth Forum, as in previous years, served as a preparatory event for the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and engaged member States, United Nations bodies and other institutions, major groups and other stakeholders in highlighting regional and subregional perspectives on the 2019 theme of the HLPF, “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. © ILO

 

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We have helped the school to renovate almost all the classrooms, as well as improving access for wheelchairs and providing other facilities for students with special educational needs.

Deyanira Cordoba belongs to a family of coffee growers of Tablon de Gomez, in the of Nariño region of Colombia. As part of a UN Women project, she has learned about her economic rights, bodily autonomy and more. The future holds many possibilities for this talented artist and coffee grower, but whichever path she chooses, she feels she belongs with her community, in the mountains of Colombia, watching the coffee grow.

 

Two years after the historic peace agreement that formally ended five decades of conflict between the Government of Colombia and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), peace is intimately linked with economic empowerment, justice and decent life. For the coffee-growing women of Tablón de Gómez, life is safer, at last. Now they are working to make their lives better, growing coffee and sowing peace.

 

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2018/5/from-where-i-stand...

 

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Apart from analyzing documents regarding sustainable development, participants had a chance to use their creativity. “Sustainable development is like an organism, because…”

 

Obok analizy dokumentów dot. zrównoważonego rozwoju było też trochę kreatywnego myślenia. „Zrównoważony rozwój jest jak organizm, ponieważ…”

 

To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

 

Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).

 

For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development

 

For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges

Collection of sprouted Melia volkensii seeds. Prized for its drought tolerance, this indigenous species is planted for the production of high quality timber even in semi-arid climates.

 

Kenya, February 2017

  

The New Restoration Economy is working to make restoration profitable and capable of attracting private investment.

Learn more here.

 

Photo by Andrew Wu, World Resources Institute.

Children fetch water from a makeshift faucet, which will be used to wash their hands or flush the toilet in school. They stand to benefit from an ILO Japan Water and Sanitation Project that aims to provide safe and clean water as well as promote peace and create decent work in conflict-affected areas of the Philippines.

 

Know more about the project implemented in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to promote peace and provide decent work, funded by the Government of Japan: bit.ly/ilowatsan

 

Photo ©ILO / Minette Rimando

28 January 2020

South Upi, Maguindanao, Philippines

 

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US.

To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

 

Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).

 

For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development

 

For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges

Un minicapteur photovoltaïque repliable de SolarWorld pour recharger tablettes, téléphones, iPods divers et même ordinateurs portables

Photo credit: ©FAO/Richard Slaby

 

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Projet de territoire

bit.ly/1fszisu

Unité de méthanisation de 1 067 kWél

Valorisation de 40 000 tonnes de gisements par an

Procédé utilisé : infiniment mélangé

Valorisation thermique : production de valeur approvisionnant une usine de production d'aliments pour animaux (Sud Ouest Aliment) via un réseau de vapeur de 200 m

Mise en service depuis août 2013

The DGF meeting was held on 15 December 2011 to plan activities for DGF Phase 2. The group comprised the DGF partners: UNEP, ICIMOD, World Bank and Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS).

 

Photo credit: ©FAO/Tullia Baldassarri H. von H.

 

You are welcome to use the photos from the Mountain Partnership photo gallery for non-commercial use. Please provide appropriate attribution, including the name of the photographer.

UNFCCC Momentum for Change booth at the Knowledge and Innovation Fair at the Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development at the World Conference Center (WCC) in Bonn, March 03, 2017. © photothek/Inga Kjer.

To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

 

Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).

 

For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development

 

For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges

To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

 

Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).

 

For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development

 

For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges

To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.

 

Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).

 

For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development

 

For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges

Putis woman warming up near the fire to be used for the Pachamanca in celebration of the first potato harvest of EPAF's "Paradero Esperanza" development project, under the watchful eye of the local orphaned bottle-fed lamb. Putis, department of Ayacucho, May 27, 2011. Photo by Catherine Binet

Photos from the WTO Aid for Trade Global Review 2019 photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO/Jay Louvion

As part of the Côte Sud Initiative, UNEP is working with fishermen in Port Salut and surrounding areas to promote marine ecosystems regeneration and the sustainable management of marine resources while improving the fisheries market, diversifying fisheries products and developing coastal-based eco-tourism activities. The programme - call MER (Marine Environment Regeneration) Sud - aims to help rural coastal communities make the switch from poverty and unsustainable livelihoods to more economically productive and sustainable ecosystem-based livelihoods.

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La pêche est une activité économique prépondérante en Haïti

 

Dans le cadre de l'Initiative Côte Sud, le PNUE travaille avec les pêcheurs de Port Salut et des environs pour promouvoir la régénération des écosystèmes marins et la gestion durable des ressources halieutiques, tout en améliorant le marché du poisson, en diversifiant les produits issus de la pêche et en développant les activités écotouristiques côtières. Le programme Régénération de l'Environnement Marin (REM) vise à soutenir les communautés du littoral rural, en favorisant la transition de la pauvreté vers la productivité et la durabilité de modes de vie en harmonie avec les écosystèmes.

 

2014 © UNEP/Marc Lee Steed

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Sipéa builds and runs social housing in Poitiers, central France. This new building houses their headquarters. It was conceived so that its operating cost would be negative : the selling to the grid of the electricity produced by the photovoltaïc array incorporated into the south-facing side ot the roof more than offsets the running costs of the building (heating, ventilation, etc.). This is achieved not only by producing energy locally (photovoltaïc array : 80m², 8,2 kWp, 9 000 kWh/year), but also through a sharp reduction in the heating and cooling requirements of the building, thanks to careful design and construction. The roof is a see-through photovoltaïc installation : the cells are spaced out between two sheets of glass, mouted in a double-glazed sun-roof. The roof lets natural lighting though, affords protection against direct solar glare, reduces heat loss and produces electricity. The yearly operation of the building requires very little active heating, thanks to an oustanding insulation (22 cm of cellulosic wool in the outer walls) and no active cooling at all. Because the building was well conceived, construction costs were kept at 1500 €/m² (roughly $207/square foot) and yearly operating costs run 30 000 € less than their previious headquarters, which were smaller than this building.

At the height of summer, a transparent horizontal screen is drawn accross the atrium, under the photovoltaïc roof, so as to confine the radiant heat under the glass and significantly reduce heating requirements.

Photo credit: ©FAO/Richard Slaby

 

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Almost 150 women’s rights advocates, members of UN Women’s Civil Society Advisory Groups from around the world gathered in New York City on 23–24 November for a two-day conference to discuss strategies for reaching a Planet 50-50 by 2030. The Global Civil Society Dialogue united women of diverse backgrounds to share their ideas on the regional and global implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in partnership with UN Women.

 

Pictured: Tarcila Rivera, from Peru, Executive Director and founder of CHIRAPAQ

 

Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/11/civil-society-str...

 

Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

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