Rural transformation
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world’s largest and most important conservation event. Held every four years, it aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development. In 2012 it is being held on the island of Jeju, Republic of Korea.
Today the main part of the conference got up and running, the theme was Nature+ Climate. In the main auditorium high level dialogues were running throughout the day whilst smaller sessions between 1-6hrs were held in the surrounding conference area. SIANI was present at two of these sessions and you can read my session notes below.
With 40 million people pushed into poverty since 2010, and a world population predicted to rise to 9 billion by 2050, the demands on already diminishing finite resources are growing. Countries...
Today was the main Nature+ Food day at the IUCN Congress. There was clearly a lot on people's minds as they headed to their various morning sessions. In summary it came out of discussions that there was a need for the conservation community to engage more directly with agriculture because it is the most significant driver of environmental change.
SIANI reported from the IUCN World Conservation Congress in South Korea between the 6-8th September participating in events relating to Food Security. We produced daily digests from the events we attended and these you can find below.
THIS EVENT HAS NOW FINISHEDThe seminar "Cash transfers, resilience and agriculture development" is streaming LIVE!For a full description of the event, with documents and agenda, please see the Event page.If you have any questions about the live streaming or the event, please contact SIANI Programme Manager Matt
Cash transfers help to tackle poverty and vulnerability. During the last decade, middle income countries such as Brazil, Mexico and the Republic of South Africa have rapidly expanded their cash...
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On the 11th September 2012, SIANI, FAO Norden, Sida and Svenska kyrkan held a seminar called "Cash Transfers, resilience and agriculture development".
Some personal thoughts from SIANI member Dr. Tom Alberts on the seminar, 11 September 2012, organised by the Swedish Church, Sida and SIANI (Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative)