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COP 20 Interview with head of REDD+ Management Agency Heru Prasetyo
COP 20 Lima Interview with REDD+ Management Agency Heru Prasetyo who reports to the President in a similar position as a minister, Mr Prasetyo discusses: Halting deforestation for Palm Oil Plantations in spite of increased global market demands with better plantation productivity. Reflooding of Peatlands to reduce fires, methane and CO2 emissions. Mr Heru Prasetyo provides a great […]
Recognising the Role Oceans Play ~ Core Issue Solutions
This Oceans Action Event at COP 22, Marrakech covers solutions to Core Issues, i.e. Food Security, Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience – challenges are far more easily identified than solutions, with this being a time of ‘Action’, the first step to the solutions space is a recognition of the role the Oceans play. Moderator, Manuel Barange, […]
Chris Kasten – WWF SA Sustainable Seafood Initiative
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 3 – Chris Kasten from World Wildlife Fund and the Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative – Green List is fish that is produced in a sustainable and responsible manner, Orange List are fish sources that are cause for […]
COP 21 – Prof Braga, Mr Holmgren, Mr Alifal – The Importance of Water
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: The Importance of Water in Climate Change, Prof Benedito Braga (Secr. for Sanitation and WAter Resources, Sao Paulo), Torgny Holmgren (Executive Director SIWI), Charafal Alifal (Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment) – and Question Time
COP 22 Methane Emissions in Livestock ~ Managing Impacts
A Q&A Discussion Panel of experts from Uruguay, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Brazil, address the issues of mitigation impacts in livestock production systems and share how they are managing their measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems in terms of livestock emissions and to identify practical innovations for the collection and coordination of activity data […]
Tracking Corporate Commitment to ‘Zero” Deforestation by 2020
Tropical rainforests are known to be the green lungs of the planet, yet they are constantly being diminished by agri-industries such as palm oil, wood harvesters, soy growers and beef farmers. At a press conference held at COP22 in Marrakesh, a report back was given of progress on the TFA 2020, with speakers Stephen Donofrio […]
COP 21 Deforestation and Beef Production in South America
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Presentation on market driven, export driven beef and soybean production in South America leading to large-scale deforestation to create farms and cattle ranches. Most emissions (70%) are due to the deforestation and change in land-use with only 20% due to enteric fermentation.
Gary Orr – Organised Crime
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 11 – Nondumiso Mfenyane of Management Centre for Fishing at the Maritime Safety Authority SA introduces Gary Orr of Compliance Operations Manager of Primary Industries, New Zealand. We are dealing with highly organised crime and we need pro-active, […]
COP 21-UNI. READING & WALKER INST. AFRICAN FARMERS SUPPORT WITH CLIMATE DATA
COP 21 PARIS University of Reading UK speaker Dr. Peter Dorward & Walker Inst. Prof. Ros Cornforth on: Supporting African farming communities with climate data to enable improved decision making criteria, food crop security and create sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.
GLOBAL FORESTRY ISSUES AND DEFORESTATION EMISSION REDUCTIONS
In this Mother Channel interview at COP 22, with Christopher Martius (Principal Scientist Climate Change, CIFOR) – We work globally on forests and forestry issues, particularly in the Tropics and also on Climate Change problems related to forests and deforestation. One of our research aspects is a comparative study on mechanisms to reduce emissions from […]
COP 21 – Pacific Regional Environment Programme
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Pacific Regional Environment Programme, World Oceans, Forests, Climate Change
COP 20 Pacific Ocean El Niño Impacts
NASA presenter, speaks on the observation results of the physical, biological and atmospheric impacts of the Pacific Ocean El Niño, taken via various measuring and recording methodologies, e.g. satellite imagery, ocean measuring instruments, among others, at US Center, Pacific Ocean El Niño impacts, COP 20, Lima. NASA’s Earth Observing fleet in space has greatly contributed […]
Oceans Action Event – No Ocean…. No Blue Zone !
This Oceans Action Event at COP 22, Marrakech, focuses on Core Issue Solutions, i.e. the 5-year Oceans and Climate Strategic Action Roadmap, Seychelles innovative initiatives and Blue bonds, as well as Science Solutions, i.e. Ocean Value Assessment, Roles of Science and Investors, Local Community involvement and Science to Action time. Solutions to Core Issues (Part […]