From targets to solutions and commitments, the 6th World Water Forum "Time for Solutions" is advocating a strategic approach to solving key water problems. Whether institutional, technical, legal, financial or communication-related, a solution is a successful answer to a problem and contributes to reaching one of the Forum's ambitious thematic and regional targets. Commitments can then be sought at all levels and from all kind of stakeholders to strengthen the implementation and follow-up of the target action plans and promising solutions.

THE PLATFORM OF SOLUTIONS  JOIN THE 1,000 ACTIVE MEMBERS  AND SHARE YOUR SOLUTIONS  WITH THE WORLD The 6th World Water Forum in Marseille will be the Forum of Solutions. The online platform Solutions for Water was developed for everyone to take part and to enable the sharing of solutions on the widest scale possible. Today the Platform of Solutions counts over 1,000 active members. Since its launch in August 2011 there have been nearly 20,000 visitors from 154 countries - approximately 500 per day. Nearly 900 solutions have already been submitted and numbers are growing from day to day. We are proud to announce that a new version of the platform has been launched, with an updated set of functionalities such as saving a solution before submitting, an advanced search system, including geolocation… Also included in the new more dynamic user-interface is a social media sharing system. Members can thus easily exchange ideas and network with each other, to ultimately meet-up in real life during the 6th World Water Forum week in March. With this interactive tool people from all horizons can propose and access concrete and practical solutions. It was designed to receive all types of contributions, whether for finance, governance, education or communication purposes… It will also help foster and secure the necessary commitments for their implementation and upscaling throughout the world. All the solutions submitted via the platform will be put forward in various ways during the Forum week. Share your solutions with the world!  solutionsforwater.org

International Annual Conference and General Assembly: Beyond growth - Steps towards a 2000 Watt society 23 - 26 May 2012 in St. Gallen / Switzerland On invitation of the Executive Committee member Fredy Brunner and the City of St. Gallen, next year's International Annual Conference and General Assembly will be held in St. Gallen from 23 - 26 May 2012. Please save the date! We are looking forward to welcoming you next year in St. Gallen!

Painel de Inovações Ambientais: Compartilhando Conhecimento Prezado(a),                 Em nome do Núcleo Bradesco de Inovação da Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), por meio do projeto de Inovações Ambientais, gostaríamos de convidar a UFBA, através do curso de Economia, para participar do evento "Painel de Inovações Ambientais: Compartilhando Conhecimento", que acontecerá no dia 9 de fevereiro de 2012 na Fundação Dom Cabral - Minas Gerais.O Painel pretende reunir representantes de diferentes universidades e instituições de pesquisa do Brasil que atuem em trabalhos e projetos de pesquisa na área de inovações ligadas ao meio ambiente a fim de que estes projetos sejam apresentados e o tema discutido.Entendemos que o conhecimento é nesta área pode ser complementar e os esforços dos pesquisadores podem ser convergentes. Portanto, o objetivo principal do evento é contribuir para a consolidação do conhecimento científico no campo das inovações ambientais no Brasil através da interação e diálogo entre os pesquisadores envolvidos; da difusão e divulgação dos resultados das atividades de pesquisa ligadas ao tema; da possibilidade efetiva de incorporação e cooperação entre diferentes grupos de pesquisa; além de trazer resultados para os envolvidos com o aumento da eficiência na elaboração de atividades que visem o desenvolvimento e crescimento de iniciativas ligadas a inovações e meio ambiente.Para tanto, é com satisfação que o Núcleo Bradesco de Inovação convida a comunidade acadêmica a participar do Painel de Inovações Ambientais: Compartilhando Conhecimento. Para tal pedimos aos interessados que enviem por email um resumo do projeto desenvolvido, contendo ainda informações técnicas sobre o mesmo, como duração, equipe e fonte de financiamento.No evento teremos espaço para a apresentação de dez grupos de pesquisa, deste modo os trabalhos serão avaliados pela equipe do projeto Inovações Ambientais e se

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Predicting Stakeholder Support for Fishery Policies Preview Buy now DOI:10.1080/08920753.2011.637484 Arren Mendezona Allegrettia, Jerry J. Vaskea & Stuart Cottrella pages 20-32 Available online: 09 Dec 2011 Alert me Abstract Fisheries management has been used to address declining fisheries and threats to livelihood and food security. Past research suggests that public support for fishery policies is a necessary component for sustaining the long-term success of fisheries management. This study predicted public support by examining fishers' perspectives on co-management and fish catch since the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs), a commonly employed fisheries management tool. Data were obtained from onsite surveys (n = 505) with fishers from three municipalities in Cebu, Philippines: Oslob, Santander, and Samboan. Structural path analyses revealed that beliefs about co-management and fish catch predicted support for fishery policies (R2 = 59%). Separate path analyses for each municipality showed that co-management had greater influence in predicting public support for fishery policies in Oslob and Santander. Fish catch was a better predictor for public support for fishery policies in Samboan. Results can help local governments, non-governmental organizations, and fishery managers to prioritize, plan, and improve fisheries management in municipal waters.

Antes del diluvio, el ecosocialismo, la apuesta política actual Autor(es): Löwy, Michael Löwy, Michael. Nació en Brasil en 1938, hijo de inmigrantes judíos vieneses. Se graduó en Ciencias Sociales en la Universidad de San Pablo en 1960, y se doctoró en la Sorbona, bajo la dirección de Lucien Goldmann, en 1964. Vive en París desde 1969. Es director de investigación emérito en el Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Centro Nacional de Investigación Científica); fue profesor en la École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Escuela de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales). Sus obras han sido publicadas en 24 idiomas. Entre sus libros más recientes se encuentran Redención y utopía. El judaísmo libertario en Europa central (1988); Rebelión y melancolía. El romanticismo como contracorriente de la modernidad (1992); Walter Benjamin: aviso de incendio (2001); Kafka, soñador insumiso (2004); Sociologías y religión. Aproximaciones insólitas (2009); Ediciones Herramienta y El Colectivo publicaron, en 2010, su libro La teoría de la revolución en el joven Marx. Es miembro del consejo editor de la Revista Herramienta, donde ha realizado numerosas contribuciones. El ecosocialismo es una corriente política basada en una constatación esencial: la protección de los equilibrios ecológicos del planeta, la preservación de un medio favorable para las especies vivientes -incluida la nuestra- son incompatibles con la lógica expansiva y destructiva del sistema capitalista. La búsqueda del "crecimiento" bajo la égida del capital nos conduce, en efecto, a corto plazo -los próximos decenios-, a una catástrofe sin precedentes en la historia de la humanidad: el calentamiento global. James Hanson, climatólogo de la NASA, uno de los mayores especialistas mundiales en la cuestión del cambio climático -la administración Bush había intentado impedir, en vano, impedirle que hiciera públicos sus diagnósticos-, escribe esto en el p

>Transporte Ativo  A importância da acessibilidadePosted: 01 Dec 2011 08:59 AM PSTPara os pedestres, uma calçada mal conservada é sinômino de desconforto e muitas vezes acidentes. Um estudo de 2005 feito no Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo atestou que a circulação de pedestres é na verdade um enorme problema de saúde pública. São milhares de casos todos os anos que oneram os custos dos hospitais que também geram um enorme prejuízo econômico para a sociedade. Já para um cadeirante, calçadas sem condições de circulação representam um custo ainda maior, a perda de acesso à cidade. De maneira consistente ou com improvisos, garantir o direito de ir e vir à pessoas com mobilidade reduzida ganha a devida atenção em nossas cidades. É a luta em prol do que se convencionou chamar de acessibilidade, ou "desenho universal". Ao reforçar a lógica de pensar primeiro no mais frágil, o planejamento urbano garante acesso à todos. Sejam ciclistas nas ruas ou os cadeirantes nas calçadas. Parabéns aos irmãos Ramon e Thomaz Ballverdu que junto com Marcelo Silva, produziram o vídeo que ilustra esse post. Moradores de Pelotas, nenhum dos três é cadeirante, mas sabem da importância de uma cidade inclusiva. Com informações de:Parkour Roulant: atletismo sobre rodas - Pelotas, Capital CulturalCerca de 100 000 pedestres caem e se machucam nas calçadas todos os anos - VejaSP

The Right to Water: Politics, Governance and Social StrugglesEntradax  Farhana Sultana farhana@jonosc.com20:55 (21 horas atrás) para URBGEOG Hello everyone, Apologies for cross-postings and mass email, but a new book has just been published that may be of interest to folks on the list. Details of the book description, table of contents, and reviews are provided below, and as well as the link to the publisher's website for further information. Please feel free to circulate this email to other interested colleagues and institutions. Thanks! Best wishes,Farhana  "The Right to Water: Politics, Governance and Social Struggles" Edited by Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus Earthscan (Taylor and Francis), UK, 2011 http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781849713597/  Description: The right to clean water has been adopted by the United Nations as a basic human right. Yet how such universal calls for a right to water are understood, negotiated, experienced and struggled over remain key challenges. The Right to Water elucidates how universal calls for rights articulate with local historical geographical contexts, governance, politics and social struggles, thereby highlighting the challenges and the possibilities that exist. Bringing together a unique range of academics, policy-makers and activists, the book analyzes how struggles for the right to water have attempted to translate moral arguments over access to safe water into workable claims. This book is an intervention at a crucial moment into the shape and future direction of struggles for the right to water in a range of political, geographic and socio-economics contexts, seeking to be pro-active in defining what this struggle could mean and how it might be taken forward in a far broader transformative politics. The Right to Water engages with a range of approaches that focus on philosophical, legal and governance perspectives before seeking to apply these more abstract arguments to an array of conc

Journal "Environmental Economics", #3/2011 Available files Some papers of the issue are freely available. Please check contents below for hyperlinks pointing to appropriate files. All other issues will be available only for subscribers, see more information about subscribing and single issue purchasing conditions.

Raising cattle in the feedlot industry is a constant challenge. In tough times, the return on an animal can be just a few dollars per head ECOLOGIST GREEN DIRECTORY Rathbone Greenbank "Understanding social, ethical and environmental issues is integral to Rathbone Greenbank Investments' approach..." read more More articles about food & farming | foston | industrial farming | animal welfare | nocton | smithfield food | soil association Related Articles Common infections will be 'untreatable' if antibiotic misuse continues Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses' The hidden costs of gold: mercury poisoning blights mining communities Durban climate change conference: is it time to forget about 2 degrees of warming? Durban climate change conference: 'Sideline the UN' says leading academic Photo Special Revealed: the secret horror of the world's 'mega' factory farms Matilda Lee 9th November, 2011 As the UK grapples with the arrival of 'mega' farms like Nocton and Foston, a shocking new book, CAFO, reveals the cruelty and vast scale of the global meat and dairy industry CAFO or 'Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation' is the acronym used to describe the industrial farming model that America has perfected and is currently exporting abroad. CAFOs have taken farming to a frightening new level of 'efficiency'. By concentrating farm animals in the smallest space possible, to gain weight as quickly as possible and at the least cost, CAFOs deny the most basic rights of an animal as a living being. Doug Tompkins, whose Foundation for Deep Ecology published the book, argues in the forward that CAFOs should be renamed for what they really are: industrial animal concentration camps. After reading this book, it's hard not to agree. Shock, horror, and disgust are just a few of the feelings you get flicking through the 450 behind-the-scenes images, but the fact is that we are all connected to CAFOs. Already the majority of animal products

Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for 'systematic human rights abuses' Matilda Lee 16th November, 2011 Permanent Peoples' Tribunal accuses biotech giants Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF of promoting dangerous pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids The world's major agrochemical companies, Monsanto, Dow, Bayer, Syngenta, DuPont and BASF, will face a public tribunal in early December accused of systematic human rights violations. They are accused of violating more than 20 instruments of international human rights law through promoting reliance on the sale and use of dangerous and unsafe pesticides including endosulfan, paraquat and neonicotinoids. The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT), an international opinion tribunal created in 1979, will hear expert testimony from scientists, medical doctors and lawyers to prove the charges. Victims who have been injured by these products - from farmers, farmworkers, mothers and consumers from around the world - will also testify to the causes and nature of their injuries. The cases will be heard over a four-day trial in Bangalore, India beginning December 3. While the Tribunal has no legal weight, and cannot force sanctions on companies, it aims to expose and raise awareness of large-scale human rights violations. Pesticides Action Network (PAN) International, a global network comprised of 600 organisations in 90 countries, has spent years collecting information to bring about the indictments and is seeking justice for more than 25 specific cases - such as Silvino Talavera, an 11-year-old from Paraguay who died days after breathing in a cloud of Monsanto's RoundUp herbicide sprayed by a crop duster. The trial will also hear evidence of the link between pesticide use and a decline in bees. The corporations, known as the 'Big 6' control 74 per cent of the global pesticide market, as well as dominating the global seed market. Bayer reject the allegations saying they are a 'wholesale

Call For Papers: Conference: Science, Space, and the Environment Location: Smith Centre, Science Museum, LondonDate: Tuesday/Wednesday July 17-18, 2012 Sponsor: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich Organizers: Helmuth Trischler, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich; Ludmilla Jordanova, King's College London Department of History; Simon Werrett, University of Washington Department of History/ Science Studies Network, Seattle; Science Museum, London. Although the sciences have provided critical resources in environmental debates, their own role in environmental change has been little studied. This conference will explore how the sciences have affected the physical environment. How have scientific practices and ideas impacted on nature - for example do practices such as voyages of exploration or natural history collecting exploit plants and animals and their environments? Does scientific activity cause pollution, depletion of resources, or other forms of damage to ecosystems? How are such practices to be evaluated, and how are they related to scientific and other ideas of nature and the environment, e.g. notions of conquest, mastery, or interrogation. How should scientific ideas about the environment be related to the impacts of scientific research on it? In particular papers should address scientific activities involving the circulation of knowledge and materials. A growing body of work in the history of science has explored the issue of circulation, examining how physical specimens, books, people, and materials related to science have been made to move around the globe in the service of producing or disseminating scientific knowledge. What has been the environmental significance of such circulations? How has the movement of people, plants, animals, and scientific instruments, books and personnel affected environments, e.g. on voyages of exploration, in processes of establishing colonial scientific institutions, or in undert

Rights to nature: ecological, economic, cultural, and political principles of institutions for the environment Susan Hanna, Carl Folke, Karl-Göran Mäler, Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics 0 ResenhasIsland Press, 1996 - 298 páginasProperty rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental management and conservation.Rights to Nature is a nontechnical, interdisciplinary introduction to the systems of rights, rules, and responsibilities that guide and control human use of the environment. Following a brief overview of the relationship between property rights and the natural environment, chapters consider: ecological systems and how they function the effects of culture, values, and social organization on the use of natural resources the design and development of property rights regimes and the costs of their operation cultural factors that affect the design and implementation of property rights systems coordination across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries The book provides a valuable synthesis of information on how property rights develop, why they develop in certain ways, and the ways in which they function. Representing a unique integration of natural and social science, it addresses the full range of ecological, economic, cultural, and political factors that affect natural resource management and use, and provides valuable insight into the role of property rights regimes in establishing societies that are equitable, efficient, and sustainable.« Menos

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