UN Peacekeeping Set To Benefit From New Environmental Practices

UN Peacekeeping Set To Benefit From New Environmental Practices

New York, 1 May 2012 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has today released the findings of a two-year analysis of how peacekeeping missions around the world affect, and are affected by, natural resources and the broader environment.

Supporting Canada's Coasts Can Benefit Climate and Economy

Supporting Canada's Coasts Can Benefit Climate and Economy

Restoring Drained Marshes Will Provide Ecosystem Services Worth Over $14,500 per hectare, says Research - Reversing the degradation of coastal ecosystems in Canada and elsewhere can play an important role in tackling climate change, while bringing additional benefits to biodiversity and the econ...

Five Initiatives Launched Targeting Short-lived Climate Pollutants Black Carbon, Methane, and HFCs

Five Initiatives Launched Targeting Short-lived Climate Pollutants Black Carbon, Methane, and HFCs

The second front in the war against climate change just got major reinforcements in the effort to reduce black carbon (soot), methane, and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), collectively known as short-lived climate pollutants because they remain in the air to warm the Earth for only a few days to a decad...

Bat-killing Epidemic Strikes C&O Canal National Historical Park Stretching Through Nation's Capital

Bat-killing Epidemic Strikes C&O Canal National Historical Park Stretching Through Nation's Capital

A disease that has killed nearly 7 million bats across the eastern United States has struck a colony of bats at the historic C&O Canal National Historical Park, which runs through parts of Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. The popular respite for urban dwellers in the sprawling capi...

Imdaad Strengthens Waste Management Capabilities to Support Government Efforts to Address UAE’s Growing Waste Problem

Imdaad Strengthens Waste Management Capabilities to Support Government Efforts to Address UAE’s Growing Waste Problem

Aggressive investment in waste management and recycling technologies establishes company as leading advocate in waste management in country Imdaad, a leading provider of integrated facilities management solutions in the UAE, has announced that it is stepping up efforts to expand its waste manage...

Signature of Memory of Understanding between UNDP and BankMed

Signature of Memory of Understanding between UNDP and BankMed

With the common aim of raising awareness on the environmental challenges, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and BankMed signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on April 30th at UNDP’s premises.

"Empowering Pioneer Women and Developing Their Capacities”

"Empowering Pioneer Women and Developing Their Capacities”

In Cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme/ MDG Framework project, the Lebanon Family Planning Association (LFPA) organized a training workshop entitled “Empowering pioneer women and developing their capacities”. Funded by “ Senteurs d’Orient”, this workshop took place ...

100,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Given Away Across Country for Earth Day

100,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Given Away Across Country for Earth Day

The Center for Biological Diversity is marking Earth Day this Sunday by giving away 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms around the country. The condoms arrived this week in the mailboxes of 1,200 volunteer distributors who will hand them out at hundreds of Earth Day events and more than 80 col...

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100,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Given Away Across Country for Earth Day

The Center for Biological Diversity is marking Earth Day this Sunday by giving away 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms around the country. The condoms arrived this week in the mailboxes of 1,200 volunteer distributors who will hand them out at hundreds of Earth Day events and more than 80 college campuses. In recent years the condoms have become a wildly popular, innovative way to get people talking about the connection between the rapid growth of the human population and the diminishing survival prospects of endangered plants and animals around the globe.

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