http://rmportal.net daily 1 2009-07-09T15:21:27Z http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/the-atlanta-summit-on-sustaining-u.s.-leadership-in-global-health-water The World Affairs Council of Atlanta, CARE USA, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) invite you to a live webcast of a major conference on how the United States, even in the midst of fiscal austerity and political division, can best advance the world’s health. No publisher webeditor CSIS Conference CSIS Global Health News: USAID NRMD Portal News Water 2012-05-21T15:50:23Z News Item http://rmportal.net/library/content/getting-to-grips-with-the-water-energy-food-2018nexus2019 The ‘nexus’ has become a popular buzz word to describe the complex linkages among water, energy and food security – sectors that have traditionally remained fairly separate. Talk of the water-energy-food nexus was a hot topic at last month’s Planet Under Pressure conference; it is also the focus of a significant German government-organised input to the UN Rio+20 Summit. What has brought nexus thinking to the fore, and what does this nexus look like? How does it relate to climate compatible development? No publisher webeditor CDKN Food Energy CDKN Water Nexus Climate Compatible Development 2012-05-16T23:13:36Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/peru-water-crisis-investment-in-nature The Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM), working with Forest Trends and with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), today launched the Watershed Services Incubator – an incubator for projects and an institutional commitment to the sustainable management of water through investing in nature and compensating the communities who are stewards of healthy watershed ecosystems. No publisher webeditor Forest Trends Watershed Management Forest Trends News: USAID NRMD Portal News 2012-05-16T17:02:29Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/community-scale-greenhouse-gas-emissions C40, ICLEI, WRI and partners achieve a significant milestone towards establishing a single standard for measuring emissions for cities No publisher webeditor WRI Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions News: USAID NRMD Portal News World Resources Institute 2012-05-16T17:02:01Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/usaid-impact-weekly-newsletter-april-6-2012 A weekly look at USAID around the world. No publisher webeditor USAID Impact USAID Newsletter News: USAID NRMD Portal News 2012-05-16T02:59:46Z News Item http://rmportal.net/library/content/fwd-ends-but-work-continues As you know, this past summer famine and drought swept through the Horn of Africa impacting more than 13.3 million people. Through international aid efforts and rainfall across the region, famine abated in Somalia and improvements were seen across the region in February of this year, saving the lives of millions of people. No publisher webeditor USAID 2012-05-14T00:38:53Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp-partner-newsletters/news-partner-newsletter-bbop-may-2012 The BBOP Newsletter for the month of May 2012. Featured articles include: BBOP Releases the Standard on Biodiversity Offsets; IFC Revised Performance Standard 6 Goes into Effect; First Meeting of the EU No Net Loss Initiative Working Group; BBOP launches a Community of Practice – open to all; and BBOP Website re-launched. The newsletter also includes the following sections: BBOP Training News; News from Around the World; Reports, Interviews, Tools; Recent and Upcoming Events; and Job Opportunities. No publisher webeditor Forest Trends Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP) News: USAID NRMD and Partner Newsletters Forest Trends Newsletter 2012-05-10T23:52:33Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/abcg-as-announcer-jobs-and-opportunites-may-2012 The Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group announces three job openings. These include: CARPE Director Position (USAID) based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; Director of Environmental & Social Assessment; and Conservation Research and Monitoring Internship. No publisher webeditor Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group Internship ABCG News and Announcements News: USAID NRMD Portal News 2012-05-11T13:12:39Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/bbop-community-of-practice BBOP is launching a Community of Practice to provide a network and forum for the growing number of organizations and individuals working on various aspects of the mitigation hierarchy, including biodiversity offsets. The purpose of this Community of Practice is to enable anyone - whether a BBOP member or not - to share practical experiences, skills and lessons learned. No publisher webeditor Copyright © 2012 Forest Trends Association Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP) Community of Practice News: USAID NRMD Portal News 2012-05-10T15:39:33Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-nrmd-video-spotlight/i-am-congo The Enough Project's Raise Hope for Congo Campaign is proud to present "I Am Congo", a video series that has been months in the making. "I Am Congo" features five amazing people living in eastern Congo amid the deadliest war in the world. These are their stories, in their own words. No publisher webeditor News: USAID NRMD Video Spotlight 2012-05-02T19:21:22Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/un-biodiversity-platform Representatives from 90 governments have approved the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to provide a common platform for science, government, and the private sector to exchange research on the economic value of ecosystem services. It will be housed in the former German capital of Bonn, which hosts such treaties as the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Convention on Migratory Species, won the bid to host the secretariat of the new independent body at a meeting held in Panama City. No publisher webeditor Ecosystem Services (ES) Biodiversity Panama News: USAID NRMD Portal News Ecosystem Marketplace 2012-05-02T07:50:08Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/surui-carbon-credits A small tribe of indigenous people unknown to the outside world a half-century ago and once on the brink of extinction has harnessed an innovative forest carbon project to shield their territory from illegal logging and preserve their chosen way of life. As a result, the 1300-strong Paiter-Surui last week became the first indigenous tribe in the Amazon and globally to earn carbon credits under internationally recognized standards for keeping carbon locked in trees – setting the stage for scores of similar projects that can unleash needed funding for indigenous people who preserve endangered tropical rainforest across the Amazon. No publisher webeditor Forest Trends Forest Trends News: USAID NRMD Portal News Environment Amazon Carbon Credits 2012-05-02T21:18:06Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/earth-week-2012 The year 2012 is the United Nations International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, and this Earth Day, USAID acknowledged the critical role that clean energy plays in promoting development. USAID is proud to highlight our record of working around the world to help provide clean, renewable energy for citizens to power their homes, schools, health clinics, and businesses. This helps foster energy independence through increased use of renewable energy, improved energy efficiency, and the establishment of local renewable energy industries. No publisher webeditor Environment USAID News: USAID NRMD Portal News Press Release 2012-04-27T14:12:18Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/international-community-announces-new-partnership The U.S. Agency for International Development, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, African partners, and the international community announced a new partnership today to promote resilience against disasters. Senior officials made the announcement at a two-day development conference on the Horn of Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. No publisher webeditor USAID Disaster Response Africa News: USAID NRMD Portal News USAID Press Release Drought Adaptation 2012-04-10T19:53:34Z News Item http://rmportal.net/news/news-usaid-rmp/africa-biodiversity-collaborative-group-jobs-and-opportunities ABCG's mission is to tackle complex and changing conservation challenges by catalyzing and strengthening collaboration, and bringing the best resources from across a continuum of conservation organizations to effectively and efficiently work toward a vision of an African continent where natural resources and biodiversity are securely conserved in balance with sustained human livelihoods. No publisher webeditor ABCG ABCG ABCG News and Announcements News: USAID NRMD Portal News 2012-04-05T03:48:53Z News Item