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Peace Portal Project
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Agadir Conference Image Gallery
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What We Eat Can Save the Oceans
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1/2 billion pounds of fish are being taken from the oceans each day. &n... |
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Integration of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Context of Climate Change, the Energy Crisis and Food Insecurity
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Integration of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Context of Climate Change, the Energy Crisis and Food Insecurity
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The Conference is an unparalleled opportunity for stakeholders to identify obstacles and constraints across specific regions of the world, and to gain from from lessons learned and best practices shared. As the remit of the Conference is global, experiences and issues from any part of the world are welcome.
Background, Scope and Aims
Food security is a human right, and its provision is a common responsibility. Recognition of this fundamental right by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) has been marked by a progressive evolution.
After 20 years, the Global Agreement on Food Security has reiterated this common responsibility of humankind as well as the need for both moral engagement and cooperation. The World Declaration on Nutrition adopted by the 1992 International Conference on Nutrition laid out clearly problems of hunger, of malnutrition, and of nutrition-related diseases; and it highlighted the import of poverty, ignorance and lack of education as significant drivers of global hunger and malnutrition.
A focus on agriculture raises other political and scientific debates on land use, technology, redistribution mechanisms, public health, biodiversity, sovereignty and collective security. Exacerbation of the current world food and energy crises and the human and environmental impacts of globalization and climate change (especially on the world’s poor) call for a rethinking of development in an holistic manner—and agricultural and rural development in a particular way. There is no question, there is need for an holistic approach—addressing problems with all their recognizable complexity, in a spirit of economic, social and environmental sustainability, equity and solidarity. This calls for a new paradigmatic approach to address the multiple dimensions of the issue area, interrelated with the overarching theme of this international scientific meeting.
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International Ecotourism Conference comes to Vancouver
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The 2008 Ecotourism & Sustainable Tourism Conference will be held in Vancouver between October 27-29. Click here for more information and to register. |
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Think Green World Music Festival
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The Think Green-World Music Festival endeavors to build a community where conscious living and world music is embraced.
We believe that thinking green is like breathing air, it must be done or we just won’t survive. The more people demand sustainable goods and services, business will acknowledge and meet with supply. We want to bring those businesses that work hard towards creating sustainability in the environment to the people.
We believe that music gives power to the people to move mountains and change paradigms. A mass of people in one place, celebrating music, can create a transcendent energy like no other. We want to enjoy this energy with one another, and use it for the purpose of creativity.
Our goal: to unite our community in a creative space for bearing the fruits of activism, partnership and change so that future generations can enjoy the same resources and beauty that the Earth shares with us now.
Join us for this special day in the scenic outdoors of the Napa Valley. You'll enjoy a multitude of green businesses, great workshops on sustainable living, a fun and interactive kids area, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live world music including the 9-piece salsa music of Candela, reggae beats of the Caribbean Allstars, passionate flamenco of Sang Matiz, and the rich vocal harmonies of West African Highlife Band!
We will be doing our part to reduce the festival’s carbon footprint by providing solar power to the music stage and food vendors, composting stations for food and beverage biodegradable products and recycling stations for all glass, cans and paper items. Last year, we achieved a 94% divergence rate! |
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Integration of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Context of Climate Change, the Energy Crisis and Food Insecurity
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Integration of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Context of Climate Change, the Energy Crisis and Food Insecurity
Visit the Agadir Conference Portal
Visit the Conference Website
The Conference is an unparalleled opportunity for stakeholders to identify obstacles and constraints across specific regions of the world, and to gain from from lessons learned and best practices shared. As the remit of the Conference is global, experiences and issues from any part of the world are welcome.
Background, Scope and Aims
Food security is a human right, and its provision is a common responsibility. Recognition of this fundamental right by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) has been marked by a progressive evolution.
After 20 years, the Global Agreement on Food Security has reiterated this common responsibility of humankind as well as the need for both moral engagement and cooperation. The World Declaration on Nutrition adopted by the 1992 International Conference on Nutrition laid out clearly problems of hunger, of malnutrition, and of nutrition-related diseases; and it highlighted the import of poverty, ignorance and lack of education as significant drivers of global hunger and malnutrition.
A focus on agriculture raises other political and scientific debates on land use, technology, redistribution mechanisms, public health, biodiversity, sovereignty and collective security. Exacerbation of the current world food and energy crises and the human and environmental impacts of globalization and climate change (especially on the world’s poor) call for a rethinking of development in an holistic manner—and agricultural and rural development in a particular way. There is no question, there is need for an holistic approach—addressing problems with all their recognizable complexity, in a spirit of economic, social and environmental sustainability, equity and solidarity. This calls for a new paradigmatic approach to address the multiple dimensions of the issue area, interrelated with the overarching theme of this international scientific meeting.
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