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Ford Foundation Commits $85 Million to Advance Rural Land Rights and Reduce Climate Change

Posted Wed, 08/04/2010 - 08:01 by ASB Blog Editor

The Ford Foundation has announced a five-year, $85 million initiative that will make rural and indigenous people a stronger part of the world's response to climate change, saying that engaging these populations is essential to reducing poverty and building long-term climate solutions.

VCS Public Consultation: Proposal for Inclusion of Peatland Rewetting and Conservation

Posted Thu, 05/20/2010 - 23:14 by ASB Blog Editor

The Voluntary Carbon Standard Association (VCSA) today announces a public consultation on the proposed inclusion of Peatland Rewetting and Conservation (PRC) under the VCS Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) program. The current scope of the VCS AFOLU program includes four project categories;

New journal: Carbon Management

Posted Thu, 04/01/2010 - 09:34 by ASB Blog Editor
Following on from the success of newly launched journal Biofuels in January 2010, Carbon Management represents the next step in what is set to be an exciting series of environmental titles.

Identification of Agricultural Mitigation Projects in Developing Countries

Posted Tue, 03/16/2010 - 22:41 by ASB Blog Editor
Under the Agricultural Mitigation Programme at FAO a new five-year project was launched at the beginning of this year on Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA: http://www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/en/) with initial funding from the Finnish Government.

Call for Papers: Governing and Implementing REDD+

Posted Mon, 02/15/2010 - 23:47 by ASB Blog Editor
Call for papers for a special section of a leading international journal in environmental science and policy on Governing and Implementing REDD+, edited by Esteve Corbera (University of East Anglia), Heike Schroeder (University of Oxford) and Oliver Springate-Baginski (University of East Anglia); supported by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, the Oxford Centre for Tr

AWARD: Successful women, successful science

Posted Mon, 01/25/2010 - 23:23 by ASB Blog Editor
AWARD is now accepting accepting applications for the 2010 AWARD Fellowships African women working in agricultural research and development from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia who have completed a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in selected disciplines are invited to apply.

Land Systems, global change and sustainability - Meeting and call for abstracts

Posted Mon, 01/25/2010 - 23:11 by ASB Blog Editor
The Global Land Project (GLP) is pleased to announce the GLP 2010 Open Science Meeting (GLP OSM), to be held 17-19th October 2010 at Arizona State University. This Meeting is organized in close cooperation with IHDP’s Urbanization and Global Environmental Change project (UGEC).
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