April 2011: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released the April edition of "Focus," the organization's newsletter, highlighting stories of conservation's "unsung heroes."
March 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has released the March issue of its “REDD-plus & Biodiversity e-Newsletter.”
31 March 2011: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has made a submission to the UNFCCC Secretariat on "Climate Change and Food Security in the Context of the Cancun Agreement."
21 March 2011: The Group on Earth Observation (GEO) has released the March 2011 issue of its newsletter, "GEO News," which includes information on the new GEO Geohazard Supersite on the Tohoku-oki Event, established immediately after the 11 March earthquake and tsunami to aid rescue efforts and advance scientific understanding.
March 2011: At its first meeting, the International Working Group on Coastal "Blue" Carbon underscored the need for active and effective measures to protect the large and vulnerable carbon pools stored in seagrasses, tidal marshes, and mangroves, and to restore and reestablish their carbon sequestration capacity.
March 2011: The Forestry Information Centre of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a guide on the implementation of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) in forestry.
28 March 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has released an introductory note to prepare for the signature and ratification of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
28 March 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has released the eighth issue of "Biosafety Protocol News." Marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the issue highlights examples of cooperation among Parties and relevant organizations in the Protocol's implementation.
March 2011: A recent UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report, titled "Governing Marine Protected Areas: Getting the Balance Right," highlights the growing recognition in governance debates of the need to move beyond ideological arguments as to which approach is "best" or "right," and to instead develop governance models, frameworks and approaches that combine the role of states, markets and people.
24 March 2011: Bioversity International has released a publication assessing the impacts of "in trust agreements" on the International Rice Collection at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
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