This biannual meeting of regional experts confirmed by the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures of the FAO International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) reviews ongoing work on International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, this meeting focuses on approving draft standards and specifications for member consultation that were developed by various drafting groups.
February 2011: The Sustainable Development of Tourism Programme of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released the February 2011 edition of the Sustainable Development of Tourism Newsletter.
4 February 2011: The 29th session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), took place at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, from 31 January-4 February 2011, bringing together over 640 participants representing COFI member States, UN agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
1 February 2011: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released a report entitled "Managing Forests for Climate Change," which examines the role of forests and sustainable forest management in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
31 January 2011: Opening the first regular session of the Executive Board of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), taking place from 31 January-7 February 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark noted the importance of a strong multilateral system to respond to pressing development needs.
January 2011: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a "Scientific Summary for Policymakers on Ocean Fertilization," which considers the practicalities, opportunities and threats associated with large-scale ocean fertilization.
31 January 2011: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released "State of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture," which stresses that the contribution of fish to global diets has increased and that the status of global fish stocks has not improved.
31 January 2011: The Global Commodities Forum (GCF), a high-level platform on commodity markets organized by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), was held 31 January-1 February 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. Among other issues on its agenda, the forum focused on impacts of volatility in international commodity markets, in particular agricultural commodities, in developing countries.
December 2010: The UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the League of Arab States have launched the "Third Arab Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2010 and the Impact of the Economic Crisis."
24 January 2011: The Global Forest Expert Panel on the International Forest Regime has released its assessment report on international efforts to improve forest governance. The report, titled "Embracing Complexity: Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance," suggests that global efforts too often ignore local needs and fail to address the fact that deforestation is usually caused by economic pressures outside the forest sector.
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