November 2011: The Biotechnology Forum of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has announced the latest in its series of moderated "email conferences," titled "Strengthening partnerships in agricultural biotechnologies for the benefit of smallholders in developing countries: Discussing North-South, South-South, Public-Private cooperation and more."
28 October 2011: The Community-based Forest Enterprise Development programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a training package on Market Analysis and Development (MA&D). The manual is the result of 10 years of input from partners implementing MA&D in developing countries.
1 November 2011: Several UN entities have issued a Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability, which highlights the role of oceans in sustainable development and offers recommendations ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
1 November 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
November 2011: Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the November issue of the Aichi Targets Newsletter includes several articles on regional and national processes for the revision of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), among other topics.
28 October 2011: The Third Ministerial Meeting of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs Fisheries and Food Security opened this week, with environment and fisheries ministers from six Asia-Pacific countries meeting to advance their collective agenda for protecting and managing the fragile Coral Triangle.
This Day is organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention). The World Wetlands Day theme for 2012 is "Wetlands and Tourism" and is linked to the theme for the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP 11) to the Ramsar Convention, which is "Wetlands, Tourism and Recreation." COP 11 will take place in June 2012, in Bucharest, Romania.
12 October 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has reported on the results of the seventh European Ramsar Meeting, which addressed major themes that will influence the management and use of water-related ecosystems in the coming years.
26 October 2011: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the new phase of the GloBallast Partnerships Project, which aims to protect marine biodiversity by addressing the global spread of invasive species and pathogens in the ballast tanks of international cargo vessels. The EBRD supports GloBallast, which is conducted by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UN Development Programme (UNDP) and International Maritime Organization (IMO).
24 October 2011: The Asian Wetland Symposium on Human Well-being and Wetlands brought together 800 participants from 19 countries, including many officials from local governments in China. The event concluded with the adoption of the Wuxi Declaration, in which participants call for a series of actions to be taken for wetland conservation and wise use.
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