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		<title>ITTO and Government of Japan to Fund Forest Rehabilitation in Côte d&#039;Ivoire</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/itto-and-government-of-japan-to-fund-forest-rehabilitation-in-cote-divoire/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government of Japan and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) have jointly signed an agreement to fund implementation of a large forest land rehabilitation project in Côte d'Ivoire. The financing, at the level of 1.8 million USD, will support a project to rehabilitate Côte d'Ivoire's forest lands degraded during civil warfare in 2002–2005 and 2010–2011.]]></description>
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		<title>GEF Reports on Federated States of Micronesia IWRM Demonstration Project </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The project titled 'Ridge to Reef – Community to Catchment', which is funded by the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) 'Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries' project (GEF Pacific IWRM Project), has reported improved national coordination in the water and sanitation sectors and enhanced community involvement in water resource management in the Pohnpei and Chuuk states, part of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).]]></description>
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		<title>Bioversity International Supports Resilience to Coconut Diseases</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/bioversity-international-supports-resilience-to-coconut-diseases/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Genetic Resources & Benefit-sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faced with a new lethal disease, Bogia syndrome, which affects coconut palms,  and other palm species and some banana varieties, Bioversity International, a member of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR), is working with a coconut genebank in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea to fight the disease and to re-locate the genebank.]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank, GEF Foster Sustainable Land and Water Management in Burundi</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/world-bank-gef-foster-sustainable-land-and-water-management-in-burundi/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank has approved a US$4.2 million grant to support the Government of Burundi's efforts in promoting sustainable land and water management in coffee farms, within the pilot Sustainable Coffee Landscape Project.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Land for Business–Business for Land</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture & Food Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The workshop on 'Land for Business – Business for Land: The Economics of Land Degradation' will serve as catalyst for private sector involvement in the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative. Corporate strategists, leaders in sustainability and other representatives of the business community will be asked to outline their needs within the context of further development of the ELD private sector work programme. The objectives of the workshop are to: Understand companies‘ needs; Profile the economic valuation of land and ecosystems services within business strategy development; Identify business sectors most affected by land degradation and explore how to document the impact of unmitigated risk on business strategy and value chains; Raise awareness of options for managing land degradation risk; Explore examples of sustainable land use in specific sectors and showcase enterprises
implementing scalable, win-win solutions; Identify barriers to scaling up good practices and explore options to enable the private sector to invest in sustainable land management; and Identify a programme of work and sector leaders to be integrated into subsequent stages of the ELD Initiative. The workshop will take place in the context of the BONN PERSPECTIVES, an initiative of the City of Bonn and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia.]]></description>
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		<title>Hydraulic Engineer Wins Prize for Restoring Iraqi Marshlands</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/hydraulic-engineer-wins-prize-for-restoring-iraqi-marshlands/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Azzam Alwash has been awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts to restore the Mesopotamian Marshlands in Southern Iraq, which were extensively drained and damaged by dam construction upstream, resulting in ecological damage and displacement of the Marsh Arab communities.]]></description>
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		<title>IDB Provides $72 Million for Sustainable Forestry and Poverty Reduction in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/idb-provides-72-million-for-sustainable-forestry-and-poverty-reduction-in-brazil/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing a US$ 72 million loan to the Brazilian state of Acre to promote sustainable forestry and agroforestry to keep deforestation in check while contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction.]]></description>
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		<title>CIF Calls for Proposals that Involve the Private Sector in REDD+ and Climate Resilience</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/cif-calls-for-proposals-that-involve-the-private-sector-in-redd-and-climate-resilience/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is calling for proposals to enhance the involvement of the private sector under the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) and the Forest Investment Program (FIP).]]></description>
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		<title>CGIAR Creates Open Access to Agriculture Information</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/cgiar-creates-open-access-to-agriculture-information/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has taken steps to move toward wider availability of information and data through the circulation of a draft Open Access policy among the CGIAR Programs and Centers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bioversity International Project Explores Link between Farming and Biodiversity in Cuba</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/bioversity-international-project-explores-link-between-farming-and-biodiversity-in-cuba/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-Global Environment Facility (GEF) Project, implemented by Bioversity International, will be officially launched in May to address issues of farming and biodiversity conservation within two Cuban '\"Man and the Biosphere Reserves."]]></description>
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