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A trade fair in one of biggest malls in Davao City, Philippines featuring products from the ILO PLEDGE Programme, which contributed to building peace, developing skills, supporting enterprises, and promoting local economic development with the support of the Mindanao Trust Fund.
Know more about the ILO PLEDGE: www.ilo.org/manila/projects/WCMS_220884/lang--en/index.htm
Photo ©ILO/Minette Rimando
17 October 2016
Davao City, Philippines
The CFI provided funds UBC's Amanda Vincent needed to purchase "Bancas" - boats fishermen use in the Philippines that Vincent's team outfitted to be their primary research and diving vessel. From the back of these bancas her team slips into coastal waters to find seahorse.
Photo by Project Seahorse.
For more on Project Seahorse, click here: seahorse.fisheries.ubc.ca/
The event aimed to shed new light on the implications of the digital transformation in the context of sustainable development.
In finding a way to survive a 36 percent cut in sugar prices, Mauritian farmers are not only exporting a variety of fruit and vegetables to the European Union, but they have also begun farming in a more environmentally sustainable way.
The Smart Move Workshop on Passenger Transport Terminals held in Latvia today, stressed the need for bus and coach operators to be given free access to other transport modes’ terminals in order to provide seamless multi-modal sustainable travel services to customers.
In 2010, Living Earth Foundation launched the pan African Waste to Wealth programme. The project responds to specific challenges faced by poor people living in urban slums in Africa.
The programme encourages all sectors of society to develop collaborative solutions to tackle the challenges of waste management. We support entrepreneurs, micro enterprises, social ventures and community groups to generate an income through waste recycling, and to develop public private partnerships with local government to improve waste collection and waste management in poor slum areas.
Living Earth’s Waste to Wealth programme is funded by the European Union, the UK Government’s Department for International Development and Comic Relief, and is currently active in Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda and Sierra Leone.
Find out more here; wastetowealth.livingearth.org.uk/
In 2010, Living Earth Foundation launched the pan African Waste to Wealth programme. The project responds to specific challenges faced by poor people living in urban slums in Africa.
The programme encourages all sectors of society to develop collaborative solutions to tackle the challenges of waste management. We support entrepreneurs, micro enterprises, social ventures and community groups to generate an income through waste recycling, and to develop public private partnerships with local government to improve waste collection and waste management in poor slum areas.
Living Earth’s Waste to Wealth programme is funded by the European Union, the UK Government’s Department for International Development and Comic Relief, and is currently active in Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda and Sierra Leone.
Find out more here; wastetowealth.livingearth.org.uk/
The event aimed to shed new light on the implications of the digital transformation in the context of sustainable development.
Living Earth Foundation worked in Sakhalin Island, Russia from 2005-2010. Sakhalin Island is the site of the world’s largest Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) processing plants. Offshore oil and gas reserves have been developed by a number of multinationals in the sector, including Shell, Gazprom, Sakhalin Energy International Corporation (SEIC) and BP. These developments are significantly affecting local populations of Sakhalin; environmentally, socially and economically. Living Earth has played an integral role in addressing these effects with its partners.
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The event aimed to shed new light on the implications of the digital transformation in the context of sustainable development.
Wulan (left) was sponsored by YPK to train in the intensive Permaculture design Course in 2017. She was chosen as a Dayak youth leader and a potential candidate for the school garden at that time. She went on to work the in BCU school garden for 2 years where she became the coordinator. Early 2019 she ceased working in the school garden due to family commitments but continued to focus on her own families urban permaculture garden, supporting their self sufficiency and nurturing her young family with organic produce and reducing the need to purchase produce from outside. In early 2020 she joined her family's conservation eco tourism project called Kahui, rehabilitating a pristine forest waterway and opening it up for sustainable eco tourism. Wulan has led her community to rehabilitate the landscape using her permaculture knowledge and skills. She recently posted about the benefits of these skills. "So much knowledge I acquired from here (permaculture). Thank you so much".
The problem of carbon emissions is global and reaches all countries, resulting from similar development patterns all around the world. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs noting, how the development of emerging economies, China and India, has brought an additional 10 billion tons of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. IEA listed annual emissions reaching 31,6 billion tons in 2011, a record high.
www.uncsd2012.org/index.php?page=view&type=1015&n...
In the Rio+20 conference, there is much discussion about a future of low-carbon economy, renewable energies, green jobs and similar solutions to provide less carbon-intensive development paths. In the case of developing countries, also the term "leapfrogging" (over the polluting phase of heavy industry) is used.
Developing countries consider technology transfer as essential to them, but the discussion is politicized, as advanced countries want to protect intellectual property rights (IPR).
From Words to Action: Effectively Driving Trade by International Road Transport through Dedicated Public-Private Initiatives
Global South-South Development Expo 2013 - Solution Forum 6 - Development of Green Economies through Regional Action Plans and Public-Private Partnerships (j.mp/GSSDsf6)
Photo by Davide Piga
The event aimed to shed new light on the implications of the digital transformation in the context of sustainable development.
Photos from the WTO Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO/Jay Louvion
Manish Bapna at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Sustainable Development Dialogues, June 16, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro. Photo credit: Michael Oko/WRI
Pavillion
The clean up of Brandt's Creek, located at the centre of the property, was the focus of CLC’s remediation efforts. At the time, the creek was heavily polluted and crossed the property through a series of culverts and shallow ditches. CLC developed a 4.4-acre (1.8-hectare) stream protection corridor, reinstating Brandt's Creek as a 350-metre waterway.
The new native plantings and natural structures restored the stream bank and in stream character of Brandt's Creek. This led to the return of a number of natural species to the property, including the great blue heron -- a majestic bird that had not been seen along the creek for several years.
Today, Brandt’s Creek Crossing is a thriving residential neighbourhood in one of B.C.’s fastest growing cities. The completed project is a testament to CLC’s strong commitment to environmental remediation.
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Pavillon
Les efforts de nettoyage de la SIC ont été axés sur le ruisseau Brandt, au centre de la propriété. À l’époque, le ruisseau était très pollué et franchissait la propriété par une série de buses et de fossés peu profonds. La SIC a établi un corridor de protection du ruisseau de 4,4 acres (1,8 hectare) et a retracé le ruisseau Brandt sur une distance de 350 mètres.
Le recours à des plantes indigènes et à des structures naturelles a permis de restaurer les berges du ruisseau, et de lui redonner un caractère naturel plus invitant pour la faune. De nombreuses espèces sont donc revenues dans le secteur, y compris le grand héron – un oiseau imposant qui n’avait pas été observé sur la berge depuis des années.
Aujourd’hui, Brandt’s Creek Crossing est un quartier résidentiel animé situé dans une des villes à la croissance la plus rapide en C.-B. Ce projet illustre l’engagement de la SIC en matière d’assainissement environnemental.
The event aimed to shed new light on the implications of the digital transformation in the context of sustainable development.
The event aimed to shed new light on the implications of the digital transformation in the context of sustainable development.
Photos from the WTO Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO/Jay Louvion
Putis woman preparing the fire that will warm the stones used to slow-cook the Pachamanca in celebration of the first potato harvest of EPAF's "Paradero Esperanza" development project. Putis, department of Ayacucho, May 27, 2011. Photo by Catherine Binet
This photo was taken in my fathers back yard in Chestertown, Maryland. My dad learned from a friend that traditional grass lawns do very little for the environment and are “ecological wastelands,” that don’t support many wildlife species, and require excess water (Maryland Department of Natural Resources). Over the summer, he purchased a mixture of seeds from ERNST Conservation Seeds, and chose the mix of native seeds for pollinators, and got started on planting them. The grass is highly invasive and he had to pull each clump out to the root, because of that, so far, he has only managed to wild and maintain this small patch of his lawn. I think the UN Sustainability goal this most relates to, is #15, to restore sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss (United Nations).
Just that small patch has managed to increase the biodiversity of plants and animals, as we are seeing more animals around his house than before. There have been a couple of new snakes, rabbits, lizards, frogs, and many pollinators such as birds, bats, and of course, bees. Pollinators provide an essential ecological function in our environment, they move the pollen from the stamen to the stigma and facilitate the fertilization of plants to produce seeds and fruits (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Now more than ever, pollinators are experiencing danger. Their numbers have been dropping by immense numbers due to disease and their habitats being destroyed as more and more construction occurs. Wilding lawns in an excellent way that people can increase biodiversity and help the endangered pollinators, and it can be done anywhere that has is a patch of dirt.
Sources:
Lawn Alternatives. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. (2019, June 14). Retrieved September 21, 2021, from news.maryland.gov/dnr/2019/06/14/lawn-alternatives/.
Pollinators. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (2021, July 22). Retrieved September 21, 2021, from www.fws.gov/pollinators/#:~:text=Bees%2C%20bats%2C%20bird....
Sustainable Development Goals: 15 Life On Land. United Nations. Retrieved September 20, 2021, from sdgs.un.org/goals/goal15.
Photos from the WTO Aid for Trade Global Review 2017 photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO/Jay Louvion
GPC Lunch and Discussion - Sharing Our Collective Future: - New Forms of Collaboration for Sustainable Global Development
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
The event aimed to shed new light on the implications of the digital transformation in the context of sustainable development.
In 2010, Living Earth Foundation launched the pan African Waste to Wealth programme. The project responds to specific challenges faced by poor people living in urban slums in Africa.
The programme encourages all sectors of society to develop collaborative solutions to tackle the challenges of waste management. We support entrepreneurs, micro enterprises, social ventures and community groups to generate an income through waste recycling, and to develop public private partnerships with local government to improve waste collection and waste management in poor slum areas.
Living Earth’s Waste to Wealth programme is funded by the European Union, the UK Government’s Department for International Development and Comic Relief, and is currently active in Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda and Sierra Leone.
Find out more here; wastetowealth.livingearth.org.uk/
Day 1, Berlin, 27 March 2017
Copyright: Bundesministerium fuer Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB)/ Thomas Trutschel
Global South-South Development Expo 2013 - Solution Forum 6 - Development of Green Economies through Regional Action Plans and Public-Private Partnerships (j.mp/GSSDsf6)
Photo by Davide Piga