2 February 2011: The International Year of Forests was officially launched on 2 February 2011, in conjunction with the High-Level Segment of the ninth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF 9), at UN Headquarters in New York, US.
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.
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.
January 2001: The January 2011 issue of World Conservation, a publication of IUCN, highlights new challenges, approaches and partners, including the outcomes from the Nagoya meetings for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Tiger Summit.
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."
21 January 2011: UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark visited the Rosh Protected Area Community, in the island of Socotra off the coast of Yemen, to present the Equator Initiative prize. The Rosh Community was among the 25 winners of the 2010 Equator Prize but was unable to send a representative to the Awards Ceremony in September 2010.
20 January 2011: The World Bank has released a book titled "The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium," which contends that most countries are relatively highly dependent on natural capital initially, and the ones that progress most successfully are those that manage their assets for the long term and reinvest in human and social capital as well as in building strong institutions and systems of governance.
January 2011: In order to combat iron deficiency found in many rural communities, the International Potato Center (CIP) has engaged in biofortification efforts to develop potato strains that are rich in iron and ascorbic acid, which contributes to individuals' ability to absorb iron.
13 January 2011: A recent study carried out by IUCN and Zoo Outreach Organisation, entitled "The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalaya," emphasized the need for extensive new research on freshwater species in the Eastern Himalaya region.
January 2011: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) economic report titled "Latin America and the Caribbean: A Biodiversity Superpower" has been made available online.
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