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22 February 2020
As climate change deepens, forests –– those lush, abundant, mysterious stands of trees that for millennia have quietly produced the air we breathe and the water we drink –– have never been more critical to our survival. It’s become clear that, as leading scientists have said, “Our planet’s future…
21 February 2020
Politicians and influencers are signing up to the campaign, but to get things right we must keep in mind the science behind it, says Tom Crowther
The recent explosion of interest in tree restoration has transformed the climate change conversation. Although the trillion tree campaign – 1T.org – is…
20 February 2020
Prazo para inscrições: 1º de março de 2020
A Land Portal Foundation procura um Diretor (a) de Gerenciamento de Informações dinâmico e altamente motivado para nos apoiar na liderança das necessidades de compartilhamento de informações e dados do Land Portal. O Diretor (a) de Gerenciamento de…
19 February 2020
Segundo Escritório das Nações Unidas para Redução do Risco de Desastres, em 2018, desastres deslocaram 17,2 milhões de pessoas; 90% fugiram por causa de questões e riscos relacionados ao clima.
O Escritório das Nações Unidas para Redução do Risco de Desastres informa que à medida que a mudança…
19 February 2020
As the brutal reality of climate change dawned this summer, you may have asked yourself a hard question: am I well-prepared to live in a warmer world?
There are many ways we can ready ourselves for climate change. I'm an urban forestry scientist, and since the 1980s I've been preparing students…
18 February 2020
Más de la mitad de la población de la Tierra vive ya en las ciudades y, para 2050, las proyecciones de Naciones Unidas calculan que apenas un treinta por ciento de los seres humanos permanecerá en el mundo rural
Alfredo Semprún
Yamaguchi también existe. Es la capital del distrito japonés del…
13 February 2020
Terminó el X World Urban Forum y ONU-Hábitat publicó su pliego de acciones de cara al 2030.
La cultura, la mujer y los datos se posicionan como los agentes fundamentales para esta década clave para el desarrollo de ciudades verdaderamente humanas y sostenibles.
Al menos esta es la idea que…
10 February 2020
Ya se trate de una plaga de langostas en África Occidental o de la desaparición de insectos en Alemania: estas catástrofes se deben al cambio climático, la alta demanda de alimentos y errores en la agricultura.
"Nuestras tierras están rindiendo bajo presión”, advirtió recientemente la ministra…
8 February 2020
The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10), the largest global gathering on the future of cities, opened on Saturday with thousands taking part in lively discussion, through different assemblies representing youth, women, grassroot communities, local and regional governments and business…
3 February 2020
"I believe indigenous peoples can teach us a lot about the power of resilience, alongside lessons on how to save Planet Earth. May we be open to them."
With 20,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest lost to flames and unprecedented bushfires causing a catastrophe in Australia, indigenous voices offer…
3 February 2020
The Land Portal Foundation seeks dynamic and highly motivated Coordinator to establish and lead an international land-related Network of Researchers to scale up the land data and information available on the Land Portal and to cement the Land Portal’s role as a reputable sources of well-founded…
3 February 2020
The Land Portal Foundation seeks dynamic and highly motivated Coordinator to establish and lead an international land-related Network of Researchers to scale up the land data and information available on the Land Portal and to cement the Land Portal’s role as a reputable sources of well-founded…