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INSIGHTS: Africa's future...
can biosciences contribute?

18 short essays in Insights that examine the implementation of biosciences for farming in Africa. more...

OUR PLANET
OurPlanetORIO+20: FROM OUTCOME TO IMPLEMENTATION: "The Future We Want"must be considered as a starting point, establishing guidelines and launching global processes to integrate sustainability into decision making. Thus "Rio+20" should be seen as the beginning of a process and not an end. Turning it into a success, or failure, is therefore up to us and will depend on what we are able to achieve from now. The next few years will be decisive. This issue showcases current thought on exactly what that future will be, and how best to achieve it. more...

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Where we stand

The decisions of the Conferences of the Parties. The texts – what was actually achieved
COP152009 COP15 The Copenhagen Accord


COP162010 COP16 The Cancun Decisions

Reports on current thinking on various biodiversity issues, from mountain areas to coldwater corals, and bamboos to carbon and biodiversity. more...
International figures examine our current relationship with the natural world and discuss what tomorrow might bring. more...
 

TUNZARepair, Recycle, Reuse, Reduce: Resources - water, minerals and materials - are limited, yet ever more of us are consuming. So we will must make more from less, use truly renewable resources, and recognise many wastes as valuable resources. And we have to remember that some of the things we throw away will last in land fill for over 1 million years. But the use of renewable energy is increasing and metal recycling is a good news story.There is much to do, and much that can be done. 4-R innovators are doing remarkable things everywhere. more ...

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Tunza special supplement on health and the environment: Healthy people in a healthy environment
SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH SPORT

Sustainability Through SportSport presents broad opportunities to promote environmental awareness, capacity building and far-reaching actions for environmental, social and economic development across society. It also can be a means of achieving peace and reconciliation as a fundamental prerequisite for sustainability. more...

 

For a Living PlanetFor a Living Planet

WWF, the world's best known conservation organization, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011. Learn more about its achievements and concerns both for today and tomorrow. more...

The Energy ReportThe energy report
100% renewable energy by 2050

Such a transition is not only possible but cost-effective, producing energy that is affordable for all in ways that are sustainable. more...

 

THE LIVING PLANET REPORT 2012
"We are living as if we have an extra planet at our disposal. We are using 50 per cent more resources than the Earth can provide." more...

 

LIVING WITH CHANGE: adaptation and innovation in Ladakh

Ladakh provides a case study for exploring the ways in which adaptation to environmental change is taking place at a community scale, both through the implementation of technologies adapted to suit extreme and changing conditions and through decision making by adaptive and resilient communities. more...

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Crafting GeoinformationCrafting geoinformation:
the art and science of Earth observation

takes you behind the scenes to see how environmental data is gathered, processed, integrated and transformed into information for decision making. more...

AAAS Atlas of Population and EnvironmentAAAS ATLAS OF POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT
“If a picture is worth a thousand words this presentation of the
environmental impact of human activity is worth at least a million."
The Ecologist
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