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Forests: The 8th Roundtable
- 19 June 2012, Royal Tulip Hotel, Gavea Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) will hold a conference on the eve of the Rio+20 Summit to inform 400-500 environmental negotiators, global and national leaders, policy makers and other leading stakeholders on critical role forests play a global green economy. The event will... More information »
49th Annual Meeting of the Assosciation for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC2012)
- 19 June 2012 - 22 June 2012, Bonito Convention Center, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
The ATBC2012 meeting's theme was "Ecology, Evolution and Sustainable use of Tropical Biodiversity". The meeting focused on the interface between ecology and evolution, stimulating discussion on ecological questions from an evolutionary standpoint, as well as potential applications of... More information »
Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20 - Lessons in Sustainable Landscapes and Livelihoods
- 18 June 2012, Sul America Convention Center Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The purpose of the 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day is to ensure that the vision for a sustainable green economy includes clear steps for building a sustainable food system.The half-day event will give voice to a wide cross section of people working on land, food and sustainability.... More information »
12th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)
- 16 June 2012 - 19 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ISEE holds a biennial conference on even numbered years. The biennial conference provides an excellent opportunity for members to meet other ecological economists, test their ideas by presenting papers, and participate in the governance of the Society. more.. More information »
Side Event at Rio+20: Economic and policy drivers of deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon
- 15 June 2012, T-10, RioCentro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This side event aims at reviewing the recent economic and social drivers of the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region, as well as analyzing to which extent environmental policies have been effective in decreasing deforestation rates recently. New policy proposals that combine forest... More information »
16th Indonesia Environment Week
- 14 June 2012 - 17 June 2012, Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Indonesia will host the 16th Indonesia Environment Week, from 14-17 June 2012, in order to commemorate World Environment Day. The Indonesia Environment Week is a series of events including exhibitions on corporate social responsibility, environmental... More information »
ICLEI World Congress 2012
- 14 June 2012 - 18 June 2012, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
The ICLEI World Congress takes place every three years and provides Mayors, local government elected officials and staff, representatives from international agencies, national governments, donors and other partners with the opportunity for peer exchanges, knowledge-sharing, capacity building and... More information »
14th International Peat Congress
- 3 June 2012 - 8 June 2012, Stockholm, Sweden
The International Peat Congress (IPC) takes place every forth year. The theme of the 14th IPC is ”Peatlands in Balance” and its core will be presentations and documentation of the latest research results on peat and peatlands in the broadest sense from the boreal, temperate, and tropical regions of... More information »
9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference
- 3 June 2012 - 8 June 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA
The mission of the 9th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference is to provide a platform to review advances in the physical, biogeochemical, and social sciences as they are related to wetlands, to provide integrated solutions for sustainable management of wetland resources in a complex world, and... More information »
Climate Adaptation Futures: Second International Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2012
- 29 May 2012 - 31 May 2012, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Co-hosted and convened by the University of Arizona in the southwestern United States and by UNEP’s Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA), the conference focuses on adaptation to climate variability and change. The conference will bring together... More information »
