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The New Phenomenon of Land Grabbing in Africa and its Impact on Livelihoods and Ecosystems
Friday, 13 November 2009, 2:00-3:30pm at UNU-IAS in Yokohama. Key presenter: Zeremariam Fre.
 

Beyond Copenhagen: Climate, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being
Policy Discourse organised by the UNU-IAS and the Sapporo Nodal Office of the Global Land Project (GLP). Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 2:00 – 5:30pm at the Conference Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
 

International Symposium: One Year Before CBD COP10 -- Post 2010 Biodiversity Target and the Asian Vision
Saturday, 10 October 2009 from 10:00 - 17:00 at UNU Headquarter, Tokyo
 

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Environmental Film Festival in Kanazawa
2009/09/11
The Environmental Film Festival in Kanazawa explores the power of visual media to go beyond buzzwords and bring environmental issues back into the personal sphere. It is an invitation to rediscover our intimate bond with natural resources, the silent dangers in our daily lives, the joy, meaningfulness and security that come from community relationships, and a forgotten sense of wonder.

Symposium: Water, Cultural Diversity and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?
2009/09/10
Organized by UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP), Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), and UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative October 1-3, 2009 at the RIHN, Kyoto, Japan.

Reports! Recent Seminars
2009/09/10
Seminar reports will now be available online for UNU-IAS Seminars. The Webcast videos are also archived and can be viewed for events September '08-'09.

  
Learning from the Practitioners
Benefit Sharing in ABS: Options and Elaborations
Looking Beyond the International Polar Year
REDD Guide for Indigenous Peoples
MDG on Reducing Biodiversity Loss and the CBD’s 2010 Target


The Whizz of Electrons and the Wisdom of Elders:  Linking Traditional Knowledge and Western Science

The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Promoting Sustainable Development

Discovering the Urban Moss Community

Typhoon Intensity and the Japanese Economy

The Doha Deadlock from the Asian Perspective
    

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