Posted in ambiente, ecologia, ecology, ecosostenibilità, energia, energy, enviroment, green, health, international organization, ngo, ong, resource, risorse, salute, sustainability, tagged acqua, ambiente, biodiversità, carburanti, cibo, CO2, cooperation, degradation, degrado, depletion, development, diversity of life, earth, ecologia, ecosistema, ecosistemi, ecosystem, ecosystems, enviroment, fiber, food, forest, fuel, impoverimento, incentivi perversi, legname, life, ma, millenium development goals, natural resources, nature, povertà, resources, risorse naturali, social ecosystem assessment, sustainability, sustainable development, sviluppo, water, well-being on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was called for by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2000. Initiated in 2001, the objective of the MA was to assess the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and the scientific basis for action needed to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of those systems and their [...]
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Posted in cooperation, ecosostenibilità, international organization, lobby, ngo, ong, pace, peace, people, politic, resource, risorse, security, sicurezza, sustainability, tagged banche, banchiere dei poveri, banker, banker to the poor, beneficienza, causes, charity, cooperation, cooperazione, dal basso, development, economia, economic development, economic system, economist, economy, ecosostenibilità, enterpreneurs, finanziamenti, from below, global elders, grameen, grameen bank, grameen foundation, imprenditori, lend, lenders, loan, loans, microcredit, microcredito, muhammad yunus, nobel, nobel peace prize, nobel prize, pace, peace, poor, povertà, poverty, premio nobel, prestiti, sistema economico, social development, sustainable development, sustanaibility, sviluppo, sviluppo economico, sviluppo sociale, turner, UN, united nations, united nations foundation, yunus on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. He previously was a professor of economics and is famous for his successful application of microcredit – the extension of small loans. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus is also [...]
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Posted in media, ngo, ong, society, tagged article, competition, contest, development, freelance, guardian, journal, journalism, media, poverty, writers, writing on May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have the ability to be a top-notch journalist? Could you write the sort of articles the Guardian would be happy to publish? Here is the chance for your work to be published alongside some of the best journalism in the UK.
The Guardian, in partnership with eight UK-based international non-government organisations (NGOs), wants to [...]
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Posted in ambiente, cooperation, ecology, ecosostenibilità, energy, enviroment, health, international organization, peace, people, politic, resource, risorse, salute, society, solidarity, sustainability, tagged aids, deseas, development, empower women, enviroment, gender equality, global partnership, hiv, hunger, jeremy rifkin, malaria, maternal health, MDG, poverty, primary education, UN on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to [...]
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