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Urgent need to prepare developing countries for surge in e-wastes: UN

22-Feb-2010 United Nations University, Tokyo / United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Rocketing sales of cell phones, gadgets, appliances forecast in China, India, elsewhere Sales of electronic

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Water experts of 26 UN agencies meet in Canada, plan coordinated response to looming crisis

United Nations University 1-Feb-2010More than two dozen leading United Nations water experts will convene in Hamilton, Canada Feb. 2-4 to plan fresh strategy for a

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Traditional indigenous fire management techniques deployed against climate change

29-Nov-2009 United Nations University Tokyo / Darwin Carbon credits bring millions for new jobs in indigenous communities; Australian project a model of opportunity, especially for

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Set world standards for electronics recycling, reuse to curb e-waste exports to developing countries

United Nations University 15 September 2009 Sold in 2006: 230 million computers, 1 billion cell phones, 45.5 million TVs; many destined for uncontrolled disposal without

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Indigenous peoples at world summit to share climate change observations, coping techniques

United Nations University Tokyo, Japan 19-Apr-2009 With the first climate change-related relocation of an Inuit village already underway, some 400 Indigenous People and observers from

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Biotech Scientists Team with Curators to Stem Decay of World’s Art, Cultural Heritage

United Nations University Programme for Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC), Caracas, Venezuela 8-Feb-2009 The growing relationship between scientists and curators is the focus of a

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‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands

United Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to

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Providing toilets, safe water is top route to reducing world poverty: UN University

United Nations University Tokyo Japan / Hamilton, Canada 19-Oct-2008   Simply installing toilets where needed throughout the world and ensuring safe water supplies would do

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Environmental migrants: UN meeting aims to build consensus on definitions, support, protection

United Nations University Tokyo, Japan 8-Oct-2008 A growing international consensus to formally recognize and protect people uprooted by environmental problems is expected to accelerate at

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Experts meet on need for new rules to govern world’s fragile polar regions

United Nations University Tokyo 7-Sep-2008 A new co-ordinated international set of rules to govern commercial and research activities in both of Earth’s polar regions is

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Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops

United Nations University 25-Jul-2008Critical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today

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Massive greenhouse gases may be released as destruction, drying of world wetlands worsens: UN

United Nations University 20-Jul-2008 700 leading experts convene at edge of Brazil’s vast Pantanal to take stock, offer policy prescription to remedy wetlands crisis Leading

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Coastal management cooperation, enforcement key to avoid pending crisis for millions: UN experts

United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada June 4, 2008 Current coastal management practices are ineffective and their continuation endangers ecosystems

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Indigenous peoples hardest hit by climate change describe impacts

United Nations University – Institute of Advance Studies Yokohama 2-Apr-2008 Biofuel production, renewable energy expansion, other mitigation measures uprooting indigenous peoples in many regions Indigenous

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Sanitation investment in poor countries would yield $9-to-1 benefits in productivity, health: UN

United Nations University / International Year of Sanitation 20-Mar-2008 Experts estimate that $9 in productivity, health and other benefits are returned for every dollar invested

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Great potential to improve collection, recycling of Europe’s electronic waste, says UN report

United Nations University 15-Nov-2007 Low collection rates and consumer awareness, rising need to harmonize regulations, UNU advises European Commission Only about 25% of Europe’s medium

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Human clones: New U.N. analysis lays out world’s choices

United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan 10-Nov-2007 Report says ban on human reproductive cloning, coupled with restricted therapeutic research, is global compromise

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Restoring soils vital to feed world, forestall climate change: experts

Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, Reykjavik, and United Nations University 30 Aug 07 Protecting soils claimed as an immediate fix to counter climate change; 150

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Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations

United Nations University 27 Jun 07 Desertification, exacerbated by climate change, represents “the greatest environmental challenge of our times” and governments must overhaul policy approaches

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Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed

19-Mar-2007 United Nations University Book catalogues unethical research, gene theft in Pacific countries The Pacific region has experienced some of the world’s worst examples of

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UN, industry, others partner to create world standards for e-scrap recycling, harvesting components

6-Mar-2007 United Nations University Growing need for elements in high-tech scrap –- often incinerated in poor countries Standardizing recycling processes globally to harvest valuable components

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Experts advise world policies to cope with causes, rising consequences of creeping desertification

14-Dec-2006 United Nations University Joint International Conference Algiers, Dec. 17-19 About 200 experts from 25 countries are convening in Algiers Dec. 17-19 to advise shifts

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