COP 21 US Centre 2015 Paris – Question Time – Collapse of Agriculture
The University of Earth: Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: UNFCC Int, Collapse of Agriculture, Question time for Heads of State
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Jon Witlow – Panel and Discussion
Fish Crime Symposium, Dept of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cape Town, 12-15 October 2015, Day 2 No 18 – Jon Witlow – Panel and Discussion regarding the value of media exposes, level of political will to prosecute, profile of fishing vessels
BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW: JOHAN WOLMARANS STH ENERGY SOLUTIONS BIOGAS GENERATORS
BREDASDORP AGRI-SHOW, Western Cape, South Africa. Interview with Johan Wolmarans on the viability of BioGas power, steam & hot water generation, utilising agricultural waste streams from farming operations.
UK Pavilion Green zone – Side event on Climate readiness – Ocean based adaptation and mitigation
A panel discussion on the current and future potential role of the ocean in adaptation and mitigation of climate change and potential uncertainties. These include protection, expansion and location of marine carbon sinks (blue carbon), use of small scale algal farming to enhance local fishers’ adaptive capacity to ocean acidification, large scale capture and storage […]
COP 21 Nature is Speaking
The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Conservation International, Natureisspeaking.org, People Need Nature, Nature doesn’t Need People
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.