Events, reports and announcements
2011, International
Year of Forests
The United Nations General Assembly designated 2011 the
International Year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable management,
conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests.
“Forests for People” is the main theme of the Year, highlighting
the dynamic relationship between forests and the people who depend on them. The UN Forum on Forests
Secretariat (UNFF) is serving as the focal point for Forests 2011, with support
from the Food and Agriculture Organization, in collaboration with Governments,
the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and other relevant organizations.
Forests
are important to nearly all kinds of human activity: providing shelter to people
and habitat to biodiversity; as a source of food, medicine and clean water; and
play a vital role in maintaining a stable global climate and environment. Forests
2011 provides the opportunity to bring attention to the inter connectivity
between people and forests. National, regional and local organizations around
the world
are encouraged to plan Forests 2011 events in line with their own interests
and, in particular, to reach out to those in fields not traditionally
considered directly related to forests.
For
more information visit:
http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification (CRZ)
6th Jaunuary, 2011
The
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has issued the CRZ Notification,
2011 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. In addition, MoEF has also
issues the Island Protection Zone (IPZ) Notification, 2011 covering Andaman and
Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. Both these new Notifications reconcile three
objectives:
•
protection of livelihoods of traditional fisherfolk communities
•
preservation of coastal ecology
•
promotion of economic activity that have necessarily to be located in coastal
regions.
For
detailed reports on the consultation and queries on the CRZ visit:
http://tinyurl.com/CRZ-Notification
and
http://tinyurl.com/FAQs-on-the-CRZ
Brochure on
critically endangered species in India released
India
has staggering variety of flora and fauna, including some of the rarest species
in existence on the planet. There is so far a paucity of information for the
general public on the status, biology, and major threats to the endangered
species of our country. As per the latest (2011) quantitative evaluation done
by the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) there are 57 critically
endangered species of animals in India.
In
an joint effort, the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Zoological Survey
of India has catalogued and share information on these species, which is aimed
at raising awareness among people from all walks of life and strengthen efforts
at conservation.
The
brochure was released on 9th March 2011.
To
download the brochure visit:
http://tinyurl.com/critically-endangered-booklet
4th Annual Urban Mobility Conference cum Exhibition-2011 and Sixth
Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport Sixth Regional (EST) Forum in
Asia: 3-6
December 2011
Theme:
'Sustainable
Mobility'.
An
Annual Conference-cum-exhibition on 'Urban Mobility' is held in Delhi every year (UMI).
The event is being organized by the Institute
of Urban Transport, India
New Delhi in association with Mirabilis advisory an Economic development
consultancy. The conference focuses on
• Dissemination
of information and to facilitate exchange of ideas, and
• it
recognizes good urban transport initiatives by giving awards to selected good
practice projects.
The
conference would also be co-hosting the Sixth Regional Environmentally
Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia
under the aegis of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
with participation from 23 Asian countries.
The
Conference cum Exhibition aims to bring together technology and service
providers in urban transport from India and abroad in various modes;
Pedestrians, non motorized transport, Bus operations, BRT, LRT, metro rail,
Environment and traffic management, congestion management, Ropeways, Parking and
ITS etc. as well as the policy makers, practitioners and officials under one
roof.
For more information visit:
http://iutindia.org/urban2011/index.php/conference/programme
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