Professional development opportunities: Galilee International Management Institute
The Galilee International Management Institute is inviting applications for a number of professional development courses: The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS), through the Department of Human Development, Education and Employment, and its partner, Galilee International Management Institute, Israel (GIMI), signed a cooperation agreement to establish a …
Webinar: The impact of land-based pollution on coral reefs
On May 24, the United Nations Environment Programme will be presenting a webinar on The Impact of land-based pollution on coral reefs: focus on nutrients, plastics, and wastewater: Over time, our oceans have increasingly become dumping grounds for different types of waste, including sewage, industrial waste, chemicals, plastics andlitter. An estimated 80% …
Free e-learning course: intro to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
Swiss NGO DRR Platform has developed an introductory course on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA), targeted at practitioners new to the DRR and CCA fields: The four course modules cover the key concepts of DRR and CCA, practical case studies of different geographic contexts, illustrative video …
Innovative Seychelles debt-for-nature swap could be a model for the Caribbean
The Seychelles recently declared two new major marine protected areas as part of a groundbreaking new debt-for-nature swap: The Seychelles has created two vast new marine protected areas in the Indian Ocean after a groundbreaking finance deal brokered by the Nature Conservancy and other stakeholders, including environmentalist and Oscar winner …
Science without Borders Challenge 2018 – international student art contest
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation — Science without Borders® Challenge is an international art contest open to students between the ages of 11 and 19. Each year, the contest focuses on the need for protection and restoration of the world’s marine and aquatic ecosystems. This year’s competition celebrates …
Coral bleaching has become the new normal
A recently published study reveals that mass coral bleaching is occuring with increasing regularity, posing a major threat to marine ecosystems and the lives they support: A new study published in the journal Science reveals that such events occurred just once every 25-30 years in the early 1980s, but that …
World Wetlands Day 2018
February 2 is World Wetlands Day. The day is an annual celebration of the entry into force of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and provides a special opportunity to raise awareness about the importance and value of wetlands. The theme of World Wetlands Day 2018 is Urban wetlands making cities livable. …