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MMSD – workshops, meetings and presentations
… Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are looking for. All project publications are available for free download. MMSD – … and small-scale mining: how can the sector better contribute to sustainable development? Project list of participants  Consultation with … on Managing Mineral Wealth - International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions Workshop on Managing Mineral …
Article, 04 March 2009
Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment of Brazil, taken during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011.
Influencing the outcomes at Rio+20
… process. The “zero draft text” produced by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development so far suggests that leaders won’t be asked to … to invest it. Some European Union countries recently decided to press for new controls on credit ratings agencies , but it  is also the ideal … – by 2030, even two planets will not be enough.” The International Energy Agency has shown us that global emissions of greenhouse gases in …
Insight, 24 May 2012
MMSD – draft materials
… Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are looking for. All project publications are available for free download. MMSD – … for International Development (DFID) Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union Center for Science in Public Participation Chamber of Mines … and Human Rights Society of St Columban RV Berkel (Western Australian Sustainable Industry Group ) Virotec TW Waelde World Bank Mining …
Article, 04 March 2009
MMSD – working papers
… Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you are looking for. All project publications are available for free download. MMSD – … and resources development No. 22 The community health dimension of sustainable development in developing countries No. 24a The life cycle … Development: the links to trade and investment rules No. 41 Energy and sustainable development in the mining and minerals industries …
Article, 04 March 2009
Young people in Okola, Cameroon, cluster around a Global Positioning System that they are using to create a community map with geographical features.
Future world: addressing the contradictions of planet, people, power and profits
… and effective partnerships. The new strategy is a great opportunity for us to build on what we know, collaborate with new organisations, … of consumption and increasing demands on food, water and energy resources. What impact will all this have on marine and land … framed by the post-2015 development agenda , and in particular the UN Sustainable Development Goals , currently being negotiated by the …
Insight, 07 June 2013
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
Article, 09 July 2013
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… resources and absorb carbon dioxide. So we live in interesting times. For people and the forests we depend on to share this planet of ours, we … the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that end in 2015. Any new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or revamped MDGs would be New … to smuggle in their pet themes – food security, water and sanitation, energy, health, gender and so on. It will gradually boil down into a …
Insight, 20 December 2013
This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
… Action, and Susan Nanduddu (SN), director at the African Centre for Trade and Development based in Uganda, explain how the sessions will … in arid or drought-prone areas. Renewable off-grid systems provide energy for milling, cooking, processing and refrigeration – all services … by climate change. Technologies must be easy to access, they must be sustainable and there must be potential to scale up, modify or innovate …
Article, 27 February 2019
Power and politics in Nigeria
Insight, 24 February 2011
Members of the Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development Africa leaders' group. From left to right: Kauna Schroder, Marie-May Jeremie, Juliane Zeidler, Samson Mulonga, Dineo D Gaborekwe, Baboloki Autlwetse, Felix Monggae, Chipanqura Chirara.
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development
… Conservation Monitoring Centre , the project built capacity for biodiversity mainstreaming, developed tools, provided technical … Are you wanting to raise awareness of the benefits of considering sustainable use of biodiversity with people in working in government … to understand and act on the issues requires determination and energy. These stories highlight where this has been done in five African …
Project, 11 May 2014