BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Foris//Meetings//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Climate Change - FAO events BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031111 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20031115 UID:meetings.1525@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Forestry and Climate Chang e (FNPP/GLO/003/NET) DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1525 LOCATION:Buenos Aires\, Argentina CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080301 UID:meetings.441@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert Meeting on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=441 LOCATION:FAO HQ\, Rome\, Italy ORGANIZER:MAILTO:Jennifer.Nyberg@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080306 UID:meetings.546@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Twentyninth FAO Near East Regional Conference DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/world/Regional/RNE/clima te/climate_en.htm\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeet ing.jsf?meetingId=546 LOCATION:Cairo\, Egypt URL:http://www.fao.org/world/Regional/RNE/climate/climate_en.htm CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080417 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080418 UID:meetings.496@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Coordinating the response of the forest sector to the climate cha nge agenda - meeting among CPF members DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=496 LOCATION:Canada Room\, FAO\, Rome\, Italy CONTACT:Tiina Vahanen (tiina.vahanen@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080516 UID:meetings.519@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Meeting of the Working Group on Climate Change and Forests of the Joint Initiative on Science and Technology of CPF DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=519 LOCATION:FAO\, Mexico Room\, Italy CONTACT:José Prado (joseantonio.prado@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080606 UID:meetings.403@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:High-level Meeting on World Food Security and the Challenges of C limate Change and Bioenergy DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/foodclimate\nForis: http ://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=403 LOCATION:Rome (FAO HQ)\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/foodclimate CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080829 UID:meetings.419@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:SLU-FAO-IUFRO International Conference: Adaptation of forests and forest management to changing climate with emphasis on forest health: A review of science\, policies and practices DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/forestry/forestadaptatio n2008/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=419 LOCATION:Umea\, Sweden CONTACT:Jim Carle (jim.carle@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/forestadaptation2008/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080830 UID:meetings.473@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Regional Symposium on Agriculture mitigation and adaptation optio ns for climate change in South Asia DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/wcp/agm/meetin gs/rsama08/index_en.html\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/v iewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=473 LOCATION:Dhaka\, Bangladesh URL:http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/wcp/agm/meetings/rsama08/index_en.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081008 UID:meetings.452@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:International Conference on role of Forests in Climate Management (Research - Innovations - investments - capacity building) DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.rosleshoz.gov.ru/english/media/a ctions/conference/forest_and_climate/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meeti ngs/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=452 LOCATION:Moscow-Nizhniy Novgorod-St. Petersburg\, Russian Federation CONTACT:Wulf Killmann (wulf.killmann@fao.org) URL:http://www.rosleshoz.gov.ru/english/media/actions/conference/forest_a nd_climate/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081017 UID:meetings.623@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:World Food Day 2008 - World Food Security: the Challenges of Clim ate Change and Bioenergy DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday /en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meeti ngId=623 LOCATION:worldwide URL:http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081031 UID:meetings.552@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Conservation Agriculture Carbon Offset Consultation DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.conservationinformation.org/?act ion=events_events_carbonoffsetmtg\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/ meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=552 LOCATION:West Lafayette\, Indiana\, United States of America URL:http://www.conservationinformation.org/?action=events_events_carbonof fsetmtg CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081128 UID:meetings.641@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Open Science conference on “Africa and Carbon Cycle: the CarboAfr ica project” DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.carboafrica.net/seminars_en.asp\ nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId= 641 LOCATION:Accra\, Ghana URL:http://www.carboafrica.net/seminars_en.asp ORGANIZER:MAILTO:carboafrica@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081218 UID:meetings.616@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:High Level Conference on Water for Agriculture and Energy in Afri ca - The Challenges of Climate Change DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.sirtewaterandenergy.org\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=616 LOCATION:Sirte\, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya URL:http://www.sirtewaterandenergy.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090308 UID:meetings.553@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Beyond Kyoto: Adressing the Challenges of Climate Change DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.klima.au.dk/dk/forside/konferenc ebeyondkyotoconferen/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/view Meeting.jsf?meetingId=553 LOCATION:Aarhus\, Denmark URL:http://www.klima.au.dk/dk/forside/konferencebeyondkyotoconferen/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:lan@adm.au.dk CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090313 UID:meetings.952@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Informal coordination meeting on climate change: impacts\, adapta tion and mitigation in fisheries and aquaculture\, scenario building wor kshop DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=952 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO HQ\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090321 UID:meetings.824@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO Forestry side event on mountain water at the 5th World Water Forum DESCRIPTION:The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO)\, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICI MOD)\, the Nepal Water Conservation Foundation (NWCF) and the Institute of Geography of the University of Berne (GIUB) jointly organise a Side E vent at the forthcoming 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul with the title "Mountains of the World: Water Towers for the 21st Century?" The side e vent takes place on Friday\, 20 March 2009\, from 5-7 PM in the Sutluce / Haskoy Hall. The event aims at sending a clear message to the water co mmunity that mountain water resources are getting under increasing press ure and that innovative management approaches and forward looking politi cal decisions are required in order to face the future challenges.\n\nMe eting web site: http://www.worldwaterforum5.org/index.php?id=1913&L=0\nF oris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=82 4 LOCATION:Istanbul\, 5th World Water Forum\, Sutluce/Haskoy Hall\, Turkey CONTACT:Thomas Hofer (thomas.hofer@fao.org) URL:http://www.worldwaterforum5.org/index.php?id=1913&L=0 ORGANIZER:MAILTO:thomas.hofer@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090418 UID:meetings.804@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on grassland and forage based systems for mitigation of climate change DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/news-e vents-bulletins/detail/en/item/11730/icode/?no_cache=1\nForis: http://fo ris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=804 LOCATION:Rome\, Italy CONTACT:Caterina Batello (caterina.batello@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/news-events-bulletins/detail/en/ item/11730/icode/?no_cache=1 ORGANIZER:MAILTO:caterina.batello@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090426 UID:meetings.982@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Committee on Agriculture (COAG)\, 21st Session DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/coag/coag21 /index_en.htm\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting. jsf?meetingId=982 LOCATION:FAO\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/coag/coag21/index_en.htm CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090430 UID:meetings.665@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:International Workshop on “National Forest Inventory: The Experie nces of Non-Annex I Countries” DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=665 LOCATION:Dehradun\, India CONTACT:Jim Carle (jim.carle@fao.org) ORGANIZER:MAILTO:Mohamed.Saket@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090501 UID:meetings.547@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:International Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in West Af rican Agriculture DESCRIPTION:Specific Workshop Objectives\n\nTo provide a central forum to develop an improved understanding and assessment of the climate change impacts on agriculture and the associated vulnerability in West Africa\; \nTo discuss and develop informed decisions on practical adaptation str ategies for the agricultural sector in different agroecosystems of West Africa\; \nTo discuss and suggest the appropriate ways to promote adapta tion planning and implementation and it's integration into the sustainab le development planning in different countries in West Africa\; and \nTo develop an appropriate mechanism for continuous information exchange on climate change impacts and adaptation amongst the different countries i n West Africa. \nSenior experts in the field of climate change\, agromet eorology\, as well as members of the UNCCD Group of Experts will be invi ted to prepare state-of-the-art discussion papers to address the above o bjectives. The programme for the meeting will be designed to engage all the participants in discussions on each of these discussion papers and d evelop appropriate recommendations for all organizations involved in sus tainable agricultural development in West Africa.\n\nThe workshop should result in enhanced capacity to: identify/understand impacts\, vulnerabi lity and adaptation\; select and implement adaptation actions\; enhance cooperation among West African countries to better manage climate change risks\; and enhance integration of adaptation with sustainable agricult ural development in West Africa.\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.wmo.i nt/pages/prog/wcp/agm/meetings/iwacc08/index_en.html\nForis: http://fori s.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=547 LOCATION:Ouagadougou\, Burkina Faso URL:http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/agm/meetings/iwacc08/index_en.html ORGANIZER:MAILTO:msivakumar@wmo.int CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090506 UID:meetings.953@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on Climate Change and Land Use and Land Use Change and F orestry in Latin America and the Caribbean: Investments and Actions DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/tc/tci/index_en.asp\nFor is: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=953 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO HQ URL:http://www.fao.org/tc/tci/index_en.asp CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090506 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090508 UID:meetings.803@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Symposium: "Mitigating green house gas emissions from animal prod uction: A policy agenda" DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/es/esc/en/15/138/155/eve nts_576.html\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.j sf?meetingId=803 LOCATION:Asunción\, Paraguay URL:http://www.fao.org/es/esc/en/15/138/155/events_576.html ORGANIZER:MAILTO:Merritt.Cluff@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090908 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090911 UID:meetings.895@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Technical meeting on Forest Degradation DESCRIPTION:Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Degradation\n\nMembers of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) and other partners are u ndertaking a special study on forest degradation to identify the paramet ers of forest degradation and the best practices for assessing them.\n\n There is a technical meeting on forest degradation to be held in Rome fr om 8-10 September 2009. \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/forestr y/degradation-cpf/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/view Meeting.jsf?meetingId=895 LOCATION:FAO - Mexico room\, Italy CONTACT:Mette Wilkie (mette.loychewilkie@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/degradation-cpf/en/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:victoria.heymell@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090908 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090911 UID:meetings.1127@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:2nd World Seed Conference DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.worldseedconference.org\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1127 LOCATION:FAO Headquarter\, Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.worldseedconference.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091009 UID:meetings.1131@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Planning for International Expert meeting on Small Scale Bio DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1131 LOCATION:FAO Headquarter\, Rome\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091014 UID:meetings.984@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:High Level Expert Forum 'How to feed the World in 2050" DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/wsfs/forum2050/wsfs-foru m/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meet ingId=984 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/wsfs/forum2050/wsfs-forum/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091018 UID:meetings.985@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Committee on World Food Security (CFS)\, 35th Session DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=985 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091016 UID:meetings.1137@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:UNECE/FAO Policy Forum on “The forest sector in the green economy ” DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://timber.unece.org/index.php?id=201\nF oris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=11 37 LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland URL:http://timber.unece.org/index.php?id=201 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091018 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091024 UID:meetings.415@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:World Forestry Congress XIII DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.wfc2009.org/index_1024.html\nFor is: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=415 LOCATION:Buenos Aires\, Argentina CONTACT:Olman Serrano (olman.serrano@fao.org) URL:http://www.wfc2009.org/index_1024.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091023 UID:meetings.1125@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert Meeting Activity data for Land Use\, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and Agriculture\, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://dwms.fao.org/ipcc/\nForis: http://fo ris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1125 LOCATION:Rome\, Italy URL:http://dwms.fao.org/ipcc/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091023 UID:meetings.1155@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:IPCC\, FAO\, IFAD Expert Meeting on Data for LULUCF and Agricultu re\, Forestry and Other Land Uses DESCRIPTION:The aim of the IPCC-FAO meeting is to provide advice to inven tory compilers on how to access and use international data sets (especia lly those held by FAO) that are suitable for use in the estimation of na tional\, annual\, emission and removals of greenhouse gases from AFOLU a nd LULUCF sectors.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/vie wMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1155 LOCATION:Italy CONTACT:Reuben Sessa (reuben.sessa@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091023 UID:meetings.1135@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Territories\, agriculture\, fisheries and forestry sectors faced with climate change: A better understanding of vulnerabilities for a mor e efficient response DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1135 LOCATION:Brest\, Congress Center “Quartz”\, France CONTACT:Peter Holmgren (p.holmgren@cgiar.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091102 UID:meetings.902@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Regional Workshop on Climate Change impact on Fisheries and Aquac ulture in Central and Eastern Europe DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=902 LOCATION:Romania CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091105 UID:meetings.1140@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:E-conference on Integrated Land and Water Resources Management in Rural Watersheds DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://spmwater-asiapacific.net/econf/\nFor is: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1140 URL:http://spmwater-asiapacific.net/econf/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091106 UID:meetings.1122@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries: Options and Opportunities in Crops\, Forestry\, Livestock\, Fisheries and Agro-indu stry to face the challenges of food insecurity and climate change DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1122 LOCATION:Guadalajara\, Mexico CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091111 UID:meetings.1158@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Forum centred on advancing the climate change agenda in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1158 LOCATION:FAO headquarters\, Italy CONTACT:Luc Dubreuil (luc.dubreuil@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091111 UID:meetings.1622@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:NENA Forum on climate change DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/tc/tci/newsandmeetings/d etail/en/?dyna_fef%5Buid%5D=39144\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/ meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1622 LOCATION:Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/tc/tci/newsandmeetings/detail/en/?dyna_fef%5Buid%5 D=39144 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091112 UID:meetings.1157@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert Consultations on Sustainability and Climate Labelling DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1157 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Italy CONTACT:Nadia Scialabba (nadia.scialabba@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091113 UID:meetings.901@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Regional Workshop “Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Aquacultur e in the Near East and North Africa Region Facing Climate Change” DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=901 LOCATION:Abbassa\, Egypt CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091119 UID:meetings.1128@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:World Summit on Food Security DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/wsfs/world-summit/en/\nF oris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=11 28 LOCATION:FAO Headquarter\, Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/wsfs/world-summit/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091119 UID:meetings.1161@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Genetic Diversity and Food Security DESCRIPTION:A side event on the occasion of the 36th session of th FAO co nference. The event seeks to:\n• Promote the importance of genetic div ersity for securing food for growing populations in an environment in wh ich accelerating climate\nchange poses significant new challenges.\n• Pr esent Nordic cooperation on genetic resources – a model for regional coo peration.\n• Promote the use of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault as a glob al back-up for genebank collections.\n• Reporting progress on the exchan ge of plant genetic resources for food security and benefit-sharing unde r the International Treaty.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/me eting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1161 LOCATION:Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091205 UID:meetings.1159@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert consultation on GHG emissions and mitigation potentials in the agriculture\, forestry and fisheries sector DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/climatechange/59239/en/\ nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId= 1159 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Italy CONTACT:Reuben Sessa (reuben.sessa@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/59239/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100122 UID:meetings.1384@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Forum for Food and Agriculture DESCRIPTION:This year the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) and the Sub-regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe (SEU) will organize two panel discussions in the following thematic areas: \n1 ) Food Safety and nutrition - Impacts of Climate Change and on Climate C hange\n2) Policy Options to improve Sustainability of Agriculture within the Challenges of Climate Change\nOur idea is to have a panel discussio n on the above mentioned topics with representatives from International and UN organizations\, universities/research centres\, NGOs\, private se ctor and policy makers\, who will respond to a number of key-questions\, reflect to each other and respond questions of the audience\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.gffa-berlin.de/en/programme.html\nForis: http://for is.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1384 LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany URL:http://www.gffa-berlin.de/en/programme.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100123 UID:meetings.1446@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Regional technical and validation workshop "Guidelines on Practic es for sustainable forest management in drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa" DESCRIPTION:As part of its support to Sub-Saharan countries in their effo rts towards sustainable forest management\, FAO launched a process for t he preparation of “Guidelines on Practices for Sustainable Forest Manage ment in Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa”. A draft version of the guidelin es\, developed by an FAO international consultant\, was presented and di scussed at an experts' workshop held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) from 3-5 March 2009. \nFAO\, in partnership with the Agence Nationale de la Grand e Muraille Verte (Senegal)\, will organize from 20-22 January 2010 in Da kar (Senegal) a regional workshop with the following objectives: a) Sha re\, finalize and validate the draft version of the Guidelines with par tners and stakeholders active in forest management in the arid zones of the Sub-Saharan Africa. The finalized and validated guidelines will then be submitted to the 17th session of the African Forestry and Wildlife C ommission in Brazaville from 22-26 February 2010\; b) Promote the implem entation of the validated guidelines by partners and stakeholders active in forest management\, forests related environmental and socio-economic issues in the region\, including the Great Green Wall for the Sahara an d Sahel Initiative\, TerrAfrica\, programmes developed and implemented b y regional and international bodies\, Governmental and non Governmental organizations\, research \, forestry centres and networks active in the region\; c) obtain the required support from funding and cooperation org anizations for the effective implementation of the validated guidelines (including European Commission\, Bilateral and Multilateral cooperation agencies\, UN Agencies and the World Bank).\n\n\n\nForis: http://foris. fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1446 LOCATION:Dakar\, Senegal CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100205 UID:meetings.1312@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Area DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.icarda.org/Announcement/2009/Int lConfrnc_FoodSecurity/FoodSecurityAndClimateChangeInDryAreas_2009.htm\nF oris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=13 12 LOCATION:Jordan URL:http://www.icarda.org/Announcement/2009/IntlConfrnc_FoodSecurity/Food SecurityAndClimateChangeInDryAreas_2009.htm ORGANIZER:MAILTO:m.saxena@cgiar.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100213 UID:meetings.1535@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Change and Mediterranean Pines : Alternatives for manageme nt DESCRIPTION:See PDF files with the agenda of this meeting and IUFRO Websi te\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.iufro2010.es/\nForis: http://foris.fa o.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1535 LOCATION:University of Valladolid at Palencia\, Spain\, Spain CONTACT:Oudara Souvannavong (oudara.souvannavong@fao.org)\, Christophe Be sacier (christophe.besacier@fao.org) URL:http://www.iufro2010.es/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:secretariat@iufro2010.es CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100419 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100421 UID:meetings.1643@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Climate Change and Mitigation in Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: Investments and Actions – Climate Change Workshop DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1643 LOCATION:Rome\, Italy CONTACT:Blanca Amado (blanca.amado@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100605 UID:meetings.2058@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Policy Options for Wood Energy in CIS Countries DESCRIPTION:This workshop addressed the environmental economic and social potentials for an effective\, sustainable production and use of bioener gy in the CIS\, focussing on wood. It aimed to explore market and policy options for promoting wood as a renewable energy source. \n\nMeeting we b site: http://www.fao.org/europe/meetings-and-events-2010/wood-energy/e n/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meeting Id=2058 LOCATION:Belarus URL:http://www.fao.org/europe/meetings-and-events-2010/wood-energy/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100620 UID:meetings.1623@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Committee on Agriculture (COAG) DESCRIPTION:The Committee on Agriculture (COAG) conducts periodic reviews and appraisals of agricultural and nutritional problems in order to pro pose concerted action by Member Nations and the Organization. It also re views the agriculture and food and nutrition work programmes of the Orga nization and their implementation\, with emphasis on the integration of all social\, technical\, economic\, institutional and structural aspects in promoting agricultural and rural development.\n\nMeeting web site: h ttp://www.fao.org/unfao/govbodies/Agrifinal_en.asp\nForis: http://foris. fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1623 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO HQ\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/unfao/govbodies/Agrifinal_en.asp ORGANIZER:MAILTO:FAO-COAG@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100624 UID:meetings.1115@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert consultation for development of guidelines to integrate cl imate change considerations into forest management plans DESCRIPTION:The objective of the meeting is to provide guidance on the de velopment of guidelines to help forest managers to analyse the potential for and to implement adaptation and mitigation actions in forest manage ment plans. The meeting is a part of a larger effort to develop guidelin es that will help forest managers decide how best to take adaptation mea sures\; to capitalize on mitigation opportunities\; and to anticipate se condary impacts of climate change on the forest. The meeting is organise d jointly by FAO and ITTO.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/mee ting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1115 LOCATION:Thun\, Switzerland CONTACT:Moujahed Achouri (moujahed.achouri@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100624 UID:meetings.1621@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO climate change days DESCRIPTION:The purpose of the event is to offer an opportunity to FAO fi eld personnel in regional and sub-regional offices and those working on field projects relating to climate change issues\, to meet in Rome\, sha re their experiences\, learn from each other and get training on skills needed for effective field work.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org /climatechange/ccdays/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/ viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1621 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO HQ\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/ccdays/en/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:climate-change@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100712 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100715 UID:meetings.1791@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:International Workshop on Addressing the Livelihood Crisis of Far mers: Weather and Climate Services DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/agm/meeti ngs/walcs10/index_en.html\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/ viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1791 LOCATION:Belo Horizonte\, Brazil URL:http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/agm/meetings/walcs10/index_en.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100904 UID:meetings.1870@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on Forest Governance and REDD in Latin America and the C aribbean DESCRIPTION:Country led initiative (Switzerland & Mexico) in support of U NFF\n\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1870 LOCATION:Oaxaca\, Mexico CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100909 UID:meetings.1828@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:African Conference on Agriculture\, Food Security and Climate Cha nge (Pre-conference) DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=1828 LOCATION:UN Conference Centre\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100922 UID:meetings.1117@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on a Practical Guide for Integrating Climate Change into National Forest Programmes. DESCRIPTION:The purpose of the expert workshop is to give guidance on a p ractical guide and analytical tool to help national policy decision-make rs systematically examine climate change issues in relation to forests a nd trees outside forests and their benefits and to identify and prioriti ze areas where changes will have to be made to be better able to respond effectively to climate change. The guide will propose ways to make thes e changes in the context of a policy process involving all relevant sect ors. The principal intended audiences of the practical guide are mid and high level officials of national governments in ministries responsible for policies\, governance processes\, and legal and institutional aspect s of relevance to forests and climate change as well as representatives of other key stakeholder groups. \n\nThe expert workshop will review the current draft of the practical guide\, considering the overall structur e and contents and its individual chapters. We are seeking expert input to improve its relevance and practicability. The meeting will be conduct ed in English.\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.nfp-facility.org/63721/ en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetin gId=1117 LOCATION:FAO HQ\, India Room\, Italy CONTACT:Susan Braatz (susan.braatz@fao.org)\, Marguerite France-Lanord (m arguerite.francelanord@fao.org)\, Ewald Rametsteiner (ewald.rametsteiner @fao.org) URL:http://www.nfp-facility.org/63721/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101002 UID:meetings.1834@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Operation Planning Workshop on Adapting forest policy conditions to climate change in the MENA Region DESCRIPTION:Inception workshop of the GTZ Project (See Agenda)\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/35411/en/\nForis: http:/ /foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1834 LOCATION:Istanbul\, Hotel Richmond\, Turkey CONTACT:Moujahed Achouri (moujahed.achouri@fao.org)\, Christophe Besacier (christophe.besacier@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/35411/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101009 UID:meetings.1153@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Committee on Forestry - 20th Session/2nd World Forest Week DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/forestry/cofo2010/en/\nF oris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=11 53 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO Headquarters\, Italy CONTACT:Peter Csoka (peter.csoka@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/cofo2010/en/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:COFO-2010@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101006 UID:meetings.1902@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:COFO Session Agenda Item 5.3: Forest and water in the context of climate change DESCRIPTION:The focus of the Plenary on forests and water will be to take stock of the many conferences and workshops on forests and water in the recent past\, assemble practical experiences and lessons learned from d ifferent regions and come up with a practical “forests and water agenda” for the next years. The presentations and discussions during the sessio n should to the extent possible make reference to climate change and its expected impact on the linkages between forests and water.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1902 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO\, Green Room\, Italy CONTACT:Thomas Hofer (thomas.hofer@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101017 UID:meetings.1872@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 36th Session DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/UNFAO/Bodies/cfs/cfs36/i ndex_en.htm\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.js f?meetingId=1872 LOCATION:Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/UNFAO/Bodies/cfs/cfs36/index_en.htm CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101016 UID:meetings.1873@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:international conference on agricultural statistics DESCRIPTION:Challenges and solutions for data on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.icas-v.org/\nForis: http: //foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1873 LOCATION:Kampala\, Uganda URL:http://www.icas-v.org/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101030 UID:meetings.1752@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Forum on Salinization and Climate Change DESCRIPTION:The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations a nd the Universidad de Valencia\, together with several sponsors\, are co nvening a Global Forum on Salinization and Climate Change. The Forum wil l be hosted by the Universidad de Valencia and Spanish authorities\, in Valencia\, Spain\, from the 25 to 29 October 2010. \n\n\nMeeting web sit e: http://www.uv.es/jorba/GFSCC2010\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meeting s/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1752 LOCATION:Valencia\, Spain URL:http://www.uv.es/jorba/GFSCC2010 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101106 UID:meetings.1827@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:The Hague Conference on Agriculture\, Food Security and Climate C hange DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.afcconference.com/\nForis: http: //foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1827 LOCATION:The Hague\, Netherlands URL:http://www.afcconference.com/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101102 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101106 UID:meetings.1876@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:UN-REDD Programme 5th Policy Board meeting DESCRIPTION:The next UN-REDD Programme Policy Board meeting is happening from 4-5 November 2010 in Washington D.C. We are also planning a joint m eeting with the FCPF and FIP governing bodies\, to be held on 6 November 2010. \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/5thPolic yBoard/tabid/1002/Default.aspx\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/mee ting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1876 LOCATION:Washington D.C.\, United States of America URL:http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/5thPolicyBoard/tabid/1002/Default. aspx CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101118 UID:meetings.1830@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Land tenure issues and requirements for implementing climate chan ge mitigation policies in the forestry and agriculture sectors DESCRIPTION:Review and raise awareness on land tenure issues and requirem ents in relation to land-based climate change mitigation policies\, and provide substantive inputs to the FAO-led Voluntary Guidelines on Respon sible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources .\n\nMeet ing web site: http://www.fao.org/climatechange/65623/en/\nForis: http:// foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1830 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Rome \, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/65623/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101211 UID:meetings.1317@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UNFCCC and Six th meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://unfccc.int/meetings/items/2654.php\n Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1 317 LOCATION:Cancun\, Mexico URL:http://unfccc.int/meetings/items/2654.php CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101208 UID:meetings.1984@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:High Level Round Table on the Importance of the International Tre aty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Meeting the C hallenge of Enhancing Food Security in the Face of Climate Change and Er osion of Agro-biodiversity DESCRIPTION:The Government of Italy\, with the support of the Secretariat of the International Treaty\, will host a High Level Round Table meetin g entitled 'Leading the Field' where participants will discuss the role of the International Treaty in addressing food security in a time of cli mate change.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.planttreaty.org/meetings/hl rt2010_en.htm\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting. jsf?meetingId=1984 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Red room\, Italy URL:http://www.planttreaty.org/meetings/hlrt2010_en.htm CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110129 UID:meetings.1996@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Training Workshop on the National System for the Greenhouse Gas ( GHG) Inventory DESCRIPTION:The aim of the workshop is to build capacity on setting natio nal systems for greenhouse gas inventories\, reporting emissions and rem oval of REDD+ activities in framework of the UN-REDD Programme. This wor kshop will provide information and training on setting these systems and inform experts from participating developing countries on technical req uirements and institutional actions needed to establish a national GHG i nventory\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.j sf?meetingId=1996 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110128 UID:meetings.1990@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on the FAO Climate Impact Assessment Toolbox DESCRIPTION: Presentation of the prototype and components of the climate impact assessment toolbox. Discussions with national partners on future implementation of the toolbox.\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org /climatechange/mosaicc/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting /viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1990 LOCATION:Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/mosaicc/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110219 UID:meetings.2032@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Taller de Gestión Ambiental / Environmental Management Workshop DESCRIPTION:FAO jointly with the Joint Programme: "Integration of Ecosyst ems and Climate Change Adaptation in the Colombian Massif are organizing a workshop to exchange experiences between the Spanish-funded projects Environment Windows of Colombia\, Ecuador\, Guatemala\, Panama and Peru as well as other projects from El Salvador and Honduras. The aim of the workshop is to discuss the following topics: \n•Inputs for the design of national policies for natural resources management app licable to the supra-national level\, helping to create strategies to ad vance processes of climate change adaptation\;\n•Discuss the links betwe en natural resources management\, risk and disaster management and adapt ation to climate change and the role that institutions play in facilitat ing the link between the 3 dimensions\; \n•Identify synergies between En vironmental Windows projects (Joint Programmes) from different countries and potential future replication of good practices. \nSome 35 participants are expected to attend the workshop including colleagues fr om FAO\, UNDP\, UNICEF and PAHO in Colombia\, and representatives of the Government of Colombia and delegates of the indigenous councils and pro ducer organizations in the pilot area of the JP. \n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/climatechange/68190/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org /meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2032 LOCATION:Popayán\, Colombia URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/68190/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110223 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110226 UID:meetings.1987@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Development of agricultural systems and climate smart agriculture in developing countries - Workshop DESCRIPTION:The workshop will discuss challenges and opportunities for mo re efficient agriculture in the long term\, contributing to thinking bey ond Cancun and The Hague. It will also explore synergies between adaptat ion\, mitigation and biodiversity to respond to competing pressures on l and and water from agriculture\, forests and other ecosystems\, growing population and urban expansion\, as well as energy needs.\nThe focus wil l be on analysis of opportunities and constraints of agriculture-environ ment nexuses\; this should consider climate change adaptation\, efficien t management of inputs (including nutrient\, land and water management)\ ; waste management\, development of low carbon agriculture and farming w ith an ecosystem approach.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/mee ting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1987 LOCATION:Denmark CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110324 UID:meetings.2046@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:UN-REDD Programme Sixth Policy Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:The UN-REDD Programme Policy Board\, made up of representativ es from partner countries\, donors to the Multi-donor Trust Fund\, Civil Society\, Indigenous Peoples and three UN agencies\, provides overall l eadership\, strategic direction and financial allocations to ensure the overall success of the Programme.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.un-red d.org/PolicyBoard/6thPolicyBoard/tabid/6893/Default.aspx\nForis: http:// foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2046 LOCATION:Da Lat\, Viet Nam URL:http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/6thPolicyBoard/tabid/6893/Default. aspx CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110324 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110401 UID:meetings.2044@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:The 5th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation (C BA) to Climate Change DESCRIPTION:The conference aims to:\n\nShare the latest developments in a daptation planning and practices\, priority sectors and measures at diff erent levels and disseminate knowledge among stakeholders and communitie s.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.iied.org/climate-change/key-issues/co mmunity-based-adaptation/cba-conference-2011\nForis: http://foris.fao.or g/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2044 LOCATION:Dhaka\, Bangladesh URL:http://www.iied.org/climate-change/key-issues/community-based-adaptat ion/cba-conference-2011 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110409 UID:meetings.1786@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Second Mediterranean Forest Week DESCRIPTION:Second Mediterranean Forest Week\n\nMeeting web site: http:// www.efimed.efi.int/portal/events/mfw2011/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/m eetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=1786 LOCATION:Avignon\, France CONTACT:Christophe Besacier (christophe.besacier@fao.org)\, Nora Berrahmo uni (nora.berrahmouni@fao.org)\, Pieter van Lierop (pieter.vanlierop@fao .org) URL:http://www.efimed.efi.int/portal/events/mfw2011/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110416 UID:meetings.2061@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:141st FAO Council DESCRIPTION:The Council is the executive organ of the Conference. It has powers delegated to it by the Conference.The Council meets at least four times between regular Conference sessions. In particular\, it exercises functions dealing with the world food and agricultural situation and re lated matters\, current and prospective activities of the Organization\, including the Programme of Work and Budget\, administrative matters\, f inancial management of the Organization\, and constitutional questions.\ n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/bodies/council/cl141/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2061 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/bodies/council/cl141/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110430 UID:meetings.2076@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Integrating climate change issues into national forest programmes DESCRIPTION:A two-three day workshop in Lusaka\, Zambia. The workshop is part of the FAO and NFP-Facility joint effort to assist countries addre ss emerging policy issues related to forests and climate change through integrating climate change considerations into national forest programme s.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/64862/ en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetin gId=2076 LOCATION:Lusaka\, Zambia CONTACT:Ewald Rametsteiner (ewald.rametsteiner@fao.org)\, Jesper Tranberg (jesper.tranberg@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/climatechange/64862/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110509 UID:meetings.2047@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction DESCRIPTION:The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is now the wo rld’s foremost gathering of stakeholders committed to reducing disaster risk and building the resilience of communities and nations. The Third S ession of the Global Platform convened 8-13 May 2011 will bring together disaster risk reduction\, recovery and reconstruction experts. Over 2\, 000 policy makers and practitioners\, from government\, international or ganizations\, NGOs\, academia\, and the private sector from both develop ing and developed countries will gather to assess and share information as well as set new directions for the disaster risk reduction imperative \, with emphasis on local initiatives and activities. High level partici pants are expected to attend from among the stakeholders.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2011/about/\nForis: h ttp://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2047 LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland URL:http://www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform/2011/about/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110513 UID:meetings.2142@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:First Stakeholders Consultation meeting on the implementation of the Program in support of the implementation of FAO strategy for fisheri es and aquaculture in Africa" DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2142 LOCATION:Midrand\, South Africa CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110518 UID:meetings.2180@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Climate Change and Adaptation in Agriculture for East Asia and th e Pacific Region: Issues & Options DESCRIPTION:A joint FAO and World Bank Expert Group Meeting to tackle is sues and option for climate change adaptation in agriculture for East As ia and the Pacific Region \n\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/m eeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2180 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters Rome\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110521 UID:meetings.2060@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert Meeting on Governance of Forests and REDD+ DESCRIPTION:The meeting aims to encourage coordinated monitoring and asse ssment of REDD+ and forest governance. It will mark the joint launch of two new tools to assist practitioners--the Guidance for Monitoring REDD + Governance developed by UN-REDD Programme and Chatham House and the Fr amework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance emerging from the 2010 Stockholm meeting on forest governance led by the World Bank and F AO. \n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?m eetingId=2060 LOCATION:FAO Rome\, Italy CONTACT:Eva Muller (eva.muller@fao.org)\, Peter Holmgren (p.holmgren@cgia r.org)\, Emelyne Cheney (emelyne.cheney@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110602 UID:meetings.2225@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert meeting on assessment of forest inventory approaches for R EDD+ DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2225 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110624 UID:meetings.2216@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert consultation on Climate Change Guidelines for Forest Manag ers DESCRIPTION:FAO is developing guidelines to assist forest managers to res pond to climate change challenges and opportunities at the forest manage ment unit level. These guidelines will highlight adjustments that fores t managers might consider making in the planning\, implementation and mo nitoring phases of forest management to accommodate climate change consi derations. It will also flag the possible changes to the policy\, legal\ , economic and social environment driven by climate change responses tha t forest managers will need to take into consideration in forest plannin g and management. \n\nThe expert workshop will review the current backgr ound information and the results of a survey of forest managers\, discus s the target audience\, structure and contents of the guide among other issues. \n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.j sf?meetingId=2216 LOCATION:Himalaya Hotel\, Kathmandu\, Nepal CONTACT:Simmone Rose (simmone.rose@fao.org) ORGANIZER:MAILTO:climate-change-forest-managers@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110625 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110703 UID:meetings.2062@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:37th Session of the FAO Conference DESCRIPTION:The Conference is the supreme governing body of FAO that meet s in regular session every two years. Its main functions are to determin e the policies of the Organization\, approve the Programme of Work and B udget\, and make recommendations to Members and international organizati ons. It is attended by all Members of the Organization\, as well as by o bservers from non-Member Nations\, intergovernmental organizations and n on-governmental organizations.\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org /bodies/conf/c2011/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/vie wMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2062 LOCATION:FAO Headqaurters\, Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/bodies/conf/c2011/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110704 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110706 UID:meetings.2226@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:“Intégration des considérations liées au changement climatique da ns les Programmes Forestiers Nationaux en Afrique centrale” DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2226 LOCATION:Gabon CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110716 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110717 UID:meetings.2220@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Special information seminar on climate change and genetic resourc es for food and agriculture: state of knowledge \, risks and opportuniti es DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/nr/d ocuments/CGRFA/EN_DaftAgenda_CC_Final.pdf\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/m eetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2220 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/nr/documents/CGRFA/EN_DaftAgen da_CC_Final.pdf CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110726 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110729 UID:meetings.2233@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Technical meeting on climate-smart agriculture\, forestry and fis heries DESCRIPTION:This technical workshop will allow participants to identify t he scope and key areas of the Source Book and knowledge plaform on clima te-smart agriculture being developed by FAO and the World Bank along wit h other partners. \n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/vie wMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2233 LOCATION:FAO HQ\, Rome\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110905 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110908 UID:meetings.2065@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO-OECD Expert Meeting on Greening the Economy with Agriculture DESCRIPTION:FAO is collaborating with partners in analyzing existing info rmation and developing possible scenarios for Greening the Economy with Agriculture (GEA)\, including evaluation of sustainability progress and gaps in the food supply chain to projection of food supply and demand to wards 2050. To review these options a joint FAO/OECD Expert Meeting on G EA will be held in Paris\, 5-7 September 2011. OECD will host the meetin g in its Headquarters and FAO will support the participation to this mee ting of selected experts and chiefly\, those from 7 developing countries . Attendance to the Expert Meeting is by invitation only. Agenda items i nclude issues such as: low footprint and productive food and agriculture systems\; decent rural livelihoods\, green jobs and land tenure\; resil ience to shocks of low carbon food systems\; quality and health of green food\; policy coherence for GEA.\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao. org/fileadmin/user_upload/suistainability/docs/GEA__concept_note_3March_ references.pdf\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting .jsf?meetingId=2065 LOCATION:Paris\, France URL:http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/suistainability/docs/GEA__co ncept_note_3March_references.pdf CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110907 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110910 UID:meetings.2221@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Soil Partnership for Food Security and Climate Change Adap tation and Mitigation Launch DESCRIPTION:On the basis of the recommendation of FAO's High-Level Extern al Committee (HLEC) on the Millennium Development Goals to the Director- General (13-14 October 2009) and the discussions and conclusions from th e 22nd Committee on Agriculture (COAG) on the 16th-19th of June 2010\, p reparatory activities have been initiated to develop a vision statement\ , strategy and action plan towards the establishment of a Global Soil Pa rtnership (GSP) for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Miti gation.\n\nAs information on this new initiative of FAO is spreading to the numerous stakeholders in the world\, expectations on this new partne rship are growing. There is a clear perception by many institutions and stakeholders at global\, national and local level that such a partnershi p is urgently needed. The renewed recognition of the central role of soi l resources for assuring food security and the increased awareness that soils play a fundamental role in climate change adaptation and mitigatio n has triggered numerous projects\, initiatives and actions that need an increased effort of coordination and partnership in order to avoid un-n ecessary duplication of efforts and waste of resources\, especially in t imes of substantial budget restrictions. The added value of the GSP in d eveloping synergies and cost savings among the various existing networks and programs will assure that the partnership receives the necessary su pport and endorsement by all major players and stakeholders. \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/landandwater_gsp.html\nForis: htt p://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2221 LOCATION:FAO Headquarters\, Rome\, Italy CONTACT:Sally Bunning (sally.bunning@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/nr/water/landandwater_gsp.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110917 UID:meetings.2048@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:28th Session of the EFC Working Party on the Management of Mounta in Watersheds “Forests for Water – Water for Forests” DESCRIPTION:The Twenty-eighth Session of the Working Party is being joint ly organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey\, the General Directorate of Forestry and FAO. It will take place in Kastamon u\, Turkey\, from 12 to 16 September 2011.\n\nMeeting web site: http://f orests-water.ogm.gov.tr/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/v iewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2048 LOCATION:Kastamonu\, Turkey CONTACT:Thomas Hofer (thomas.hofer@fao.org)\, Paolo Ceci (paolo.ceci@fao. org) URL:http://forests-water.ogm.gov.tr/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:thomas.hofer@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110913 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110915 UID:meetings.2240@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:African Ministerial Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture - Enh ancing Agricultural Productivity in a Changing Climate DESCRIPTION:The conference is an opportunity for Africa’s leaders to disc uss appropriate policy measures in the climate\, agriculture and food se curity arenas that could advance Africa’s food security and resilience t o climate change.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/view Meeting.jsf?meetingId=2240 LOCATION:South Africa CONTACT:Peter Holmgren (p.holmgren@cgiar.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110923 UID:meetings.2239@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Forests\, rangelands and climate change in the Near East Region DESCRIPTION:The workshop will focus on prioritizing issues and exploring regional and/or sub-regional cooperation related to climate change\, for ests and rangelands for the Near East region. \n\n\nForis: http://foris. fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2239 LOCATION:Flamenco Hotel\, Cairo\, Egypt CONTACT:Simmone Rose (simmone.rose@fao.org) ORGANIZER:MAILTO:simmone.rose@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111002 UID:meetings.2143@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:UN-REDD Programme Seventh Policy Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/tabid/58 8/Default.aspx\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting .jsf?meetingId=2143 LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany URL:http://www.un-redd.org/PolicyBoard/tabid/588/Default.aspx CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111016 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111017 UID:meetings.2063@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:World Food Day 2011 DESCRIPTION:The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations c elebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October\, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.o rg/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/me eting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2063 LOCATION:Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111018 UID:meetings.2305@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Publication Launch - Highlands and drylands: Mountains\, a source of resilience in arid regions DESCRIPTION:During the UNCCD COP10 - scheduled to convene from 10 to 21 O ctober in Changwon City\, Gyeongnam Province\, Republic of Korea - an ev ent will be held to launch a new publication entitled "Highlands and Drylands: Mountains\, a source of resilience in arid regions" publish ed by FAO\, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat\, UNCCD\, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)\, with the support of an international group of e xperts.\nThe publication launch event will take place in the Main Commit tee Room (Plenary of the High-level Meetings) on Monday\, 17 October fro m 13:30 to 15:00. The event will be opened by Mr Luc Gnacadja -Executive Secretary\, UNCCD. The speakers include Nora Berrahmouni\, FAO Sergio Z elaya\, UNCCD\; Hanspeter Liniger\, CDE/WOCAT\; and Thomas Schaaf\, UNESCO as well as several other High-level Ministers and NGO/CSO Repres entatives.\n\n \n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewM eeting.jsf?meetingId=2305 LOCATION:Plenary of the High Level Meetings\, Changwon\, Republic of Kore a CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111027 UID:meetings.2176@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:GEO-Carbon Conference: Carbon in a changing world DESCRIPTION:This conference will be organized by FAO jointly with the Eur opean project COCOS (COordination action on Carbon Observing Systems).\n \nCOCOS (www.cocos-carbon.org) is an international project funded by the European Commission with the aim to improve the harmonization\, interop erability and assessment of global carbon cycle monitoring. Its conduct specific works on the regional carbon assessment\, forestry and soil vul nerability. COCOS contributes to GEO and link the relevant international community\, especially UN organizations.\n\nThe aims of the conference will be to:\n• Present the latest scientific developments in understandi ng the global carbon cycle\n• Present an overview of the building and im plementation of a Global Carbon Observing System for land\, oceans and a tmosphere\n• Identify progress and gaps in obtaining politically meaning ful estimates of regional carbon budgets on land and ocean \n\n\nMeeting web site: http://dwms.fao.org/geo-carbon/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/ meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2176 LOCATION:FAO HQ\, Rome\, Italy CONTACT:John Latham (john.latham@fao.org)\, Antonio Bombelli (antonio.bom belli@fao.org)\, Adam Gerrand (adam.gerrand@fao.org) URL:http://dwms.fao.org/geo-carbon/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111027 UID:meetings.2237@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture DESCRIPTION:The objectives of the GSCSA are: first\, to take stock of the current state of global knowledge of the science and best practices con cerning climate smart agriculture\, in OECD and developing countries\, a nd among private and public stakeholders\; second to identify key priori ties for further knowledge development\; and third\, to summarize key fi ndings for discussion at Durban and the follow up global conference on F ood Security and Climate Change in Vietnam in early 2012. \n\nMeeting we b site: http://www.gscsa2011.org/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/ meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2237 LOCATION:Wageningen University\, Netherlands URL:http://www.gscsa2011.org/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111116 UID:meetings.2313@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Taller sobre el Cambio Climático y los Programas Forestales Nacio nales - Amenazas y Oportunidades que Presenta el Cambio Climático Para e l Sector Forestal y sus Políticas en Ecuador DESCRIPTION:Two day workshop "Amenazas y Oportunidades que Presenta el Ca mbio Climático Para el Sector Forestal y sus Políticas en Ecuador" in Qu ito\, Ecuador. The workshop is part of FAO\, NFP Facility and FAO-Finlan d Forestry Programme joint effort to assist forest policy makers to addr ess emerging policy issues related to forests and climate change through integrating climate change considerations into national forest programm es and forest policies.\n\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meet ing/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2313 LOCATION:Quito\, Hotel Dann Carlton\, Ecuador CONTACT:Ewald Rametsteiner (ewald.rametsteiner@fao.org)\, Marjo Maidell ( marjo.maidell@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111118 UID:meetings.2146@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:International Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in Agricul ture in West Asia and North Africa DESCRIPTION:Workshop organized in collaboration with WMO\, IFAD and the A ssociation of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and No rth Africa (AARINENA). In conjunction with the 12th General Conference o f AARINENA.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeetin g.jsf?meetingId=2146 LOCATION:Kuwait CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111210 UID:meetings.2029@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the United Nati ons Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/\nForis: ht tp://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2029 LOCATION:Durban\, South Africa URL:http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111201 UID:meetings.2350@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global forest land-use change from 1990 to 2005. Initial results from the Remote Sensing Survey of the FAO Global Forest Resources Assess ment DESCRIPTION:The side-event will present the initial results from the Remo te Sensing Survey (RSS) of the Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010 (F RA2010) of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN). \n\nMe eting web site: http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/remotesensingsurvey/en/\ nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId= 2350 LOCATION:European Union pavilion (Warsaw Room)\, South Africa CONTACT:Adam Gerrand (adam.gerrand@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/remotesensingsurvey/en/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:fra@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111205 UID:meetings.2314@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Forest Day 5 DESCRIPTION:Forest Day\, now moving into its fifth year\, is a platform for anyone with an interest in forests and climate change to meet once a year to ensure that forests remain high on the agenda of global and nat ional climate strategies\, and that those strategies are informed by the most up-to-date knowledge and experience. Each Forest Day\, which takes place annually on the sidelines of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties \, is designed to inform and engage world leaders\, researchers\, donors \, policymakers\, climate change negotiators\, media\, nongovernmental a nd intergovernmental organisations\, indigenous peoples' groups and othe r forest-dependent people.\n\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.forestscl imatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-5.html\nForis: http://foris .fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2314 LOCATION:Olive Convention Centre\, Durban\, South Africa CONTACT:Susan Braatz (susan.braatz@fao.org)\, Eduardo Rojas-Briales (edua rdo.rojas@fao.org) URL:http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-5.ht ml CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111205 UID:meetings.2352@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Roundtable of REDD+ Legislation Initiatives DESCRIPTION:Conference on Climate Change Law and Governance in the Glo bal SouthAs the REDD+ process advances\, the central role of domesti c laws and regulations in REDD+ implementation is becoming increasingly evident. Several initiatives have responded to the call for supporting c ountries as they strengthen their legal and institutional capacity for R EDD+. In a roundtable organised by the UN-REDD Programme\, FAO and IDLO\ , leading experts on REDD+ will discuss their respective initiatives on REDD+ legislation in countries such as Mexico\, Zambia\, Vietnam\, Indon esia and the DRC with a view to identifying synergies and areas of futur e collaboration. Speakers will include Alberto Sandoval (UN-REDD/FAO)\, Sarah Mason-Case (IDLO)\, Chris Stephens (GLOBE Forest Legislators Initi ative)\, John Costenbader (IUCN)\, Thais Linhares-Juvenal (UN-REDD Secre tariat)\, Florence Daviet (WRI Governance of Forests Initiative)\, Danie la Rey Christen (ClientEarth)\, and Rosalind Reeve (Chatham House & Aten eo School of Government).\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meet ing/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2352 LOCATION:Faculty of Law\, University of Kwazulu-Natal\, South Africa CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120226 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120302 UID:meetings.2446@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO 31st Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC) DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://neareast.fao.org/Pages/Index.aspx\nF oris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=24 46 LOCATION:Baghdad\, Iraq URL:http://neareast.fao.org/Pages/Index.aspx CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120312 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120317 UID:meetings.2447@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO 31st Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/rap/regional -conference/31st-aprc-2012/vn/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/mee ting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2447 LOCATION:Hanoi\, Viet Nam URL:http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/rap/regional-conference/31st-aprc-2012 /vn/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120324 UID:meetings.2399@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Soil Partnership workshop "Towards global soil information : contributions from e-Soter" DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.fao.org/climatechange/en/\nForis : http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2399 LOCATION:FAO Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120331 UID:meetings.2448@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO 32nd Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC) DESCRIPTION:presentation of joint work agenda FAO-IICA partnership\n\nMee ting web site: http://www.rlc.fao.org/en/regional-conference/\nForis: ht tp://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2448 LOCATION:Buenos Aires\, Argentina URL:http://www.rlc.fao.org/en/regional-conference/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120421 UID:meetings.2137@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO 28th Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) DESCRIPTION:Regional CSO/NGO Consultation 37th Session of the European Co mmission on Agriculture (preparatory meeting for ERC) 28th Regional Conf erence for Europe \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/europe/region al-conference/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeet ing.jsf?meetingId=2137 URL:http://www.fao.org/europe/regional-conference/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120419 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120421 UID:meetings.2585@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Experts'meeting for the technical validation of the harmonized st rategy for the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative DESCRIPTION:The main objective of the meeting is to “examine and technica lly validate the draft regional harmonized strategy for the implementati on of the GGWSSI submitted by the Coordination Unit of the project “supp ort to the implementation of the GGWSSI in eight African countries” fina nced by the European Union and implemented by FAO with co-financing from the GM-UNCCD and FAO. More specifically\, participants will be responsi ble for deciding on the content of the document submitted to them\, to e nrich it with additional concrete proposals and to mandate the AUC to su bmit it for adoption during a second larger regional meeting.\n\nThe Afr ican Union Commission (AUC) with its mandate received from the African U nion to ensure the policy coordination of the implementation of the Grea t Green Wall Initiative\, has wished\, in the context of the project fun ded by the European Union with co-financing from the Global Mechanism of the CCD and implemented by FAO\, that all the stakeholders agree on a h armonized strategy for the implementation of the Initiative\, in order t o ensure that everyone has one vision and that the actions of the variou s stakeholders are complementary and strengthened. In the same vein\, th e participants to the first African Drylands Week held in Dakar (Senegal ) from 10 to 17 June 2011\, indicated in their final declaration that: “ It is necessary to establish an harmonized strategy for the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel\, integrating scientific\, technical\, social and political areas of intervention. This first Africa Drylands Week has highlighted that an alliance between the various actors and org anizations of the different sectors should be established”.\n\nThe devel opment of such a strategy was planned as the first result of the project in order for it to be used by the countries\, starting with the initial implementation phase of the initative\, that is\, the preparation of th eir action plans and investment.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetin gs/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2585 LOCATION:Ocean Bay Hotel\, Banjul\, Gambia CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120425 UID:meetings.2498@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO/OECD workshop on Building resilience for adaptation to climat e change in the agriculture sector DESCRIPTION:The FAO/OECD Workshop on Building Resilience for Adaptation t o Climate Change in the Agriculture Sector will consider the various typ es risks to which agriculture is prone\, the incidence climate change is expected to have on them\, and various risk management strategies\, dep ending on types of risks\, and the country in question. It will examine technical issues and case studies in order to determine how addressing v arious types of risks and vulnerabilities\, including plant pests and di seases\, animal health\, socio-economic vulnerabilities can contribute t o prepare agriculture for future climate induced risks and uncertainties . \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/news-events -bulletins/detail/en/item/134976/icode/?no_cache=1\nForis: http://foris. fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2498 LOCATION:Rome FAO Headquarters\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/news-events-bulletins/detail/en/ item/134976/icode/?no_cache=1 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120517 UID:meetings.2588@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Expert Meeting : Investing in Agriculture and Natural Resources M anagement in the context of Climate Change in East Asia and the Pacific DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2588 LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120516 UID:meetings.2612@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Building resilience for adaptation to climate change in the agric ultural sectors DESCRIPTION:Building resilience for adaptation to climate change in the a gricultural sectors \n\nThere are huge uncertainties on the way climate change will directly and indirectly impact agricultural and food systems \, and related vulnerabilities. It adds new risks and changes already ex isting risks. Therefore one of the most effective ways for agriculture t o adapt to climate change could be to increase its resilience. Building resilience now is central to being prepared to future changes. The notio n of resilience enables to consider together various domains - biophysic al (ecosystems)\, economic\, social and institutional and at various sca les. It also enables to consider interactions between domains and betwee n scales. The side event will offer different perspectives and approache s for building resilience in agriculture for adaptation to climate chang e. \n\n \n* Resilience in Agriculture for Adaptation to Climate Change B y Alexandre Meybeck (FAO)\n* Sustainable management of forest to build r esilience By Tiina Vahanen (FAO) \n \n\nPanel Discussion:\nWhat d o we need to do now in order to build resilience?\n\nKarl Schule\, Brot für die Welt\nRobert Jordan\, International Federation of Organic Agricu lture Movements -\nJames Kyniangi\, International Livestock Research Ins titute\nAlexandre Meybeck\, FAO \n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/mee tings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2612 LOCATION:Bonn\, METRO (MoT)\, Germany CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120520 UID:meetings.2354@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Second International Symposium on “Effects of climate change on t he world's oceans” DESCRIPTION:Scientific Program\n \nA 5-day (May 15–19) symposium will con sist of:\nMorning plenary sessions on Days 1–5\, each with 3 keynote spe akers to introduce themes for the concurrent sessions to be convened on the same day and to provide overarching presentations focusing on the in tegration or more general hot topics\, and a plenary session in the afte rnoon of Day 5 (immediately prior to the closing ceremony)\, to summariz e the results and provide a wrap-up of the symposium\; \nConcurrent (2 to 3) theme sessions every day\, following a morning plenary session\;\n Workshops on the day prior to and the day immediately after the symposiu m\; the number of the concurrent workshops depends on the capacity of th e venue.\n\nScientific sessions will include invited and contributed pap ers. Contributed papers will be selected for oral and poster presentatio n.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.pices.int/meetings/international_symp osia/2012/Yeosu/sci_program.aspx\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/m eeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2354 LOCATION:Yeosu\, Republic of Korea URL:http://www.pices.int/meetings/international_symposia/2012/Yeosu/sci_p rogram.aspx CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120517 UID:meetings.2604@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Toward climate smart agricultural systems: ways forward on agricu lture and REDD+ DESCRIPTION:Toward climate smart agricultural systems: ways forward on ag riculture and REDD+ \n\nWith decades of experience in promoting land use practices and policies that safeguard natural resources for food securi ty\, FAO and its partners offer pragmatic approaches to climate change i n the agricultural sectors\, including fisheries and forestry. This even t will present information and brief updates on FAO programmes and activ ities related to climate change\, more specifically on climate-smart agr iculture and REDD+\, and provide a venue for dialogue among Parties and other stakeholders on solutions to climate mitigation and adaptation.\n\ n\n* Launch of “Soil carbon monitoring using surveys and modeling” publ ication\n* Efficiency and Resilience: Climate-Smart Agriculture and Gre en Economy - Alexandre Meybeck (FAO)\n* Climate Smart Agriculture: the Danish example - Anette Engelund Friis (Danish Farmers Organisation)\n* Transitioning to Climate Smart Agriculture (title tbc) - Andrea Cattane o (FAO)\n* Looking at Landscapes: Bridging Agriculture and Forestry Nee ds - Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom (FAO)\n* Advances on MRV and Monitoring for REDD+ Phase 2 - Danilo Mollicone (FAO)\n\nMeeting web site: http://w ww.fao.org/climatechange/unfccc-process/77031/en/\nForis: http://foris.f ao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2604 LOCATION:GSI\, Bonn\, Germany URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/unfccc-process/77031/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120518 UID:meetings.2605@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Launch of Global Organic Soils and Peatlands Climate Change Mitig ation Initiative DESCRIPTION:Peatlands are major carbon stores. However\, when they are dr ained and used – mainly for agriculture\, grazing and forestry – peatlan ds become significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions fro m peatlands drainage and peat fires are responsible for almost one quart er of carbon emissions from the land use sector. Peatlands' vital role i n avoiding and reducing GHG emissions\, as well as in water regulation a nd biodiversity conservation\, is insufficiently recognized. Peatlands c onservation and restoration\, and improved peatlands management are real istic goals and well within our grasp. It is low-hanging fruit in our ef forts to make progress on climate change mitigation\, adaptation and cli mate-smart agriculture. \n \n\nFAO and Wetlands International invite co untries and observers to the launch of the global 'Organic Soils and Pea tlands Climate Change Mitigation Initiative'. The event presents the act ivities of the Initiative to promote emissions reductions under REDD+\, NAMA's and LULUCF. \n \n\nSpeakers at the event include representative s from FAO\, IUCN UK\, CIFOR\, Greifswald University and Wetlands Intern ational. \n\nA new publication ‘Peatlands – guidance for climate chang e mitigation by conservation\, rehabilitation and sustainable use’ will be launched in the event. Download the publication at www.fao.org/climat echange/micca.\n \n \n\nThe Organic Soils and Peatlands Climate Chang e Mitigation Initiative is an informal network of organizations and peop le interested in reducing emissions from peatlands and safeguarding thei r other vital ecosystem services. Institutions involved in the initiativ e at the moment include FAO\, Wetlands International\, Greifswald Univer sity\, IUCN UK\, Global Research Alliance\, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)\, Global Environment Centre (GEC)\, the Inter national Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Uni versity of Helsinki.\n\n \n\nwww.fao.org/climatechange/micca | www.wetl ands.org/peatclimate\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/climatechan ge/unfccc-process/77031/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meetin g/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2605 LOCATION:Bonn\, WIND (MoE)\, Germany URL:http://www.fao.org/climatechange/unfccc-process/77031/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120521 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120526 UID:meetings.2411@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Commitee on Agriculture 23rd (COAG) DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2411 LOCATION:FAO Rome\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120619 UID:meetings.2637@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Mediterranean Forests for Development : A key for adapting polici es\, territories and societies to climate change in the Middle East/Nort h Africa region DESCRIPTION:The important benefits resulting from sustainable forest reso urce management in MENA countries\, particularly in terms of attaining t he objectives of the three Rio conventions UNFCCC\, UNCCD and CBD an d the contribution of the MENA forest sector to the Rio+20 outcomes and recommendations.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/ind ex.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=39&menu=126\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/m eetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2637 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\, Room T-9 \, RioCentro\, Brazil URL:http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=39&me nu=126 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120620 UID:meetings.2669@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Energy Enabling the MDGs: Water and food security DESCRIPTION:In this session\, on the relevance of the agriculture-energy nexus for the MDGs\, moderator Alexander Müller\, Assistant Director-Gen eral\, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)\, called on pan elists to reflect on what must be done\nto put theory into practice at l ocal\, national and international levels.\nSusan Reichle\, USAID\, empha sizing the links between agriculture and energy\, stressed: the need for partnerships between government\, civil society\, financial institution s\, and the private sector\; agriculture-energy nexus opportunities for business and investment\; and transformative change through scaling-up t echnological and institutional innovations.\nOn scaling-up innovation\, Greg Murray\, Chairman of CleanStar Mozambique\, remarked that synergies between food and energy production can drive environmental restoration rather than destruction\, and rural development rather than rural declin e. Murray said experience proves these synergies shatter the fallacy of tradeoffs between energy and food\, citing CleanStar Mozambique’s invest ments in sustainable cookfuels that benefit rural producers and urban co nsumers alike.\nChristian Friis Bach\, Danish Minister for Development C ooperation\, said the nexus between water\, food and energy\nintroduces tough policy challenges regarding standards and regulations for ensuring sustainable biofuels\, guidelines for\nprotecting against land grabs\, and incentives for getting prices that are low enough to promote energy access yet high\nenough to foster energy efficiency.\nSimon Trace\, CEO\ , Practical Action\, indicated that energy access can support food secur ity through increasing yield and production\, easing labor-intensive pro cessing\, reducing food waste\, and adding value for economically-viable livelihoods. In addition to cookfuels and electricity\, Trace remarked that mechanical energy is the under-appreciated “Cinderella of energy ac cess.” The subsequent discussion explored sustainable agricultural expan sion\, cross-sectoral governance\, tradeoffs between organic and convent ional agriculture\, and challenges to securing domestic finance.\n\n\nFo ris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=266 9 LOCATION:Rio\, P3-1\, Brazil CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120620 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120623 UID:meetings.2335@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development DESCRIPTION:The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNC SD) is being organized in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 64/23 6 (A/RES/64/236). The Conference will take place in Brazil on 20-22 June 2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)\, in Rio de Janeiro\, and the 10 th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD ) in Johannesburg. It is envisaged as a Conference at the highest possib le level\, including Heads of State and Government or other representati ves. The Conference will result in a focused political document. The obj ective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for s ustainable development\, assess the progress to date and the remaining g aps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustai nable development\, and address new and emerging challenges \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/m eetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2335 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil URL:http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622 UID:meetings.2668@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Partnership for Oceans: Coming Together for Healthy and Pr oductive Oceans DESCRIPTION:The Principality of Monaco\, Republic of Kiribati\, and World Bank Group have convened an event to showcase the recently announced Gl obal Partnership for Oceans. The event will include remarks from Prince Albert II of Monaco\, President Tong of Kiribati\, International Develop ment Minister Heikke Holmås of Norway\, Director-General Julia Marton Le fèvre of IUCN\, and other government\, private sector\, and civil societ y leaders who are committed to responsible ocean stewardship. Limited se ating is available.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.uncsd2012.org/index. php?page=view&type=1000&nr=405&menu=126\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/mee tings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2668 LOCATION:Rio de Janeiro\, Riocentro\, T6 \, Brazil URL:http://www.uncsd2012.org/index.php?page=view&type=1000&nr=405&menu=12 6 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120703 UID:meetings.2671@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:REDD+ Partnership Meeting and Workshop DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2671 LOCATION:Estelar Santamar Hotel y Centro de Convenciones\, Santa Marta\, Columbia\, Colombia CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120716 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120718 UID:meetings.2620@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on NAMAs: national mitigation planning and implementatio n in agriculture DESCRIPTION:Purpose: Support development of NAMAs as a tool for national mitigation planning and climate smart agriculture \n\nSponsoring and ho sting organizations: Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS ) Research Program and FAO\n\nWorkshop Objectives\nAdvance understanding and practice on\n• Decision making on national mitigation priorities\n• What role NAMAs can play and establishing NAMAs as a policy instrument \n• Implementing NAMAs: what kind of support is needed in terms of inves tments and finance\, policy\, MRV \n\nProposed outputs\n• Publication on lessons learned from NAMA implementation and commonalities and contrast s of NAMA experiences\no Elaboration of examples of NAMAs and related MR V/infrastructure/ institutional mechanisms as examples to share\no Minim um requirements for effective implementation of NAMAs – institutions and capacities \no Decision trees/templates showing how countries can estab lish priorities and advance implementation\n• Enhanced knowledge on asso ciated tools and resources for NAMA decision making and implementation\n • Identification of research and capacity development needs for effectiv e planning around agriculture \n• Ways forward for effective NAMA planni ng\n\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?m eetingId=2620 LOCATION:FAO\, HQ\, Italy CONTACT:Christina Seeberg-Elverfeldt (christina.seebergelverfeldt@fao.org ) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120903 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120908 UID:meetings.2360@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:2nd Global Conference on Agriculture\, Food Security\, and Climat e Change DESCRIPTION:Global leaders\, practitioners\, scientists\, civil society a nd the private sector will demonstrate early action on climate-smart agr iculture as a driver for green growth during the 2nd Global Conference o n Agriculture\, Food Security and Climate Change that includes a High Le vel Meeting and will be co-organized by Vietnam and the Netherlands\, in close collaboration with other partners\, including the World Bank and FAO. \n\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.afcconference.com\nForis: http ://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2360 LOCATION:Hanoi\, Viet Nam URL:http://www.afcconference.com CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120914 UID:meetings.2672@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on the Strategic Framework on Mediterranean Forests (SFM F): policy orientations for integrated management of forest ecosystems i n the Mediterranean landscapes DESCRIPTION:See attached ToRs and Agenda\n\nMeeting web site: http://www. fao.org/forestry/silvamed/35411/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meeting s/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2672 LOCATION:Chania (Crete) - CIHEAM Training Center\, Greece CONTACT:Christophe Besacier (christophe.besacier@fao.org)\, Caterina Marc hetta (caterina.marchetta@fao.org)\, Valentina Garavaglia (valentina.gar avaglia@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/35411/en/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:christophe.besacier@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120919 UID:meetings.2724@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:REDD+ Financing in the Congo Basin DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2724 LOCATION:Chad CONTACT:Okwen Tenjoh (okwen.tenjohokwen@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120922 UID:meetings.2302@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Inception Workshop and First Steering Committee FFEM Project on R EDD+ in the Mediterranean DESCRIPTION:Steering Committee of the new project to be financed by FFEM on REDD+ in the Mediterranean\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/fo restry/silvamed/35411/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/ viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2302 LOCATION:Rome - FAO headquarters - Malaysian Room (18/19/20/21 September 2012)\, Italy CONTACT:Christophe Besacier (christophe.besacier@fao.org)\, Douglas McGui re (douglas.mcguire@fao.org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/35411/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120925 UID:meetings.2654@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative DESCRIPTION:The side event will be an opportunity to present:(i) the outc omes and results of the GGWSSI African Union commission projects support ed by FAO\, EU and the GM-UNCCD in 13 countries\; (ii) showcase the use of landscape and inter-sectoral approaches and partnerships to support t he effective planning and implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel initiative . \n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/mee tings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2654 LOCATION:Iran Room\, Italy CONTACT:Nora Berrahmouni (nora.berrahmouni@fao.org) ORGANIZER:MAILTO:nora.berrahmouni@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120927 UID:meetings.2662@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Watershed management and its contribution to food security and cl imate change adaptation DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2662 LOCATION:Iran Room\, Italy CONTACT:Thomas Hofer (thomas.hofer@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120928 UID:meetings.2655@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Building forest landscapes resilient to global change in drylands DESCRIPTION:(i) To present the collaborative drylands restoration initiat ive as well as the outcomes of the international Konya workshop\, Turke y 2012 \; (ii) present the preliminary findings of the analysis and guid elines on drylands restoration conducted by FAO.\n\n\nForis: http://fori s.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2655 LOCATION:Iran Room\, Italy ORGANIZER:MAILTO:nora.berrahmouni@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120929 UID:meetings.2760@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:WFW Side Event on Forests and Climate Change: Impacts\, Needs and Responses DESCRIPTION:The event will provide an overview of what climate change and related responses mean to forest policy makers and managers\, followed by presentations highlighting FAO’s activities and support to countries on climate and forest policy\, management and monitoring. COFO particip ants will be invited to provide their views on the current and future di rections of FAO’s work related to forests and climate change. \n\n\nFo ris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=276 0 LOCATION:Green Room\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121007 UID:meetings.2808@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Inception Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2808 LOCATION:Da Lat\, Viet Nam CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121027 UID:meetings.2816@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:A Dialogue for Climate Services Users and Providers: SIDE EVENT - Dialogue on Climate Services DESCRIPTION:This side event focuses on Global Agroecological Zoning (GAEZ )\, agoclimatic database\, monitoring of agro-climatic indices\, crop yi eld prediction and climate change impact assesment. The presentation wi ll also introduce e-learning tools and specific case studies on climate information services for food and agriculture.\n\nMeeting web site: http ://www.wmo.int/pages/gfcs/office/documents/FAO_SIDEEVENT.pdf\nForis: htt p://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2816 LOCATION:Salle 10 (Level-1) International Conference Centre Geneva\, Swit zerland URL:http://www.wmo.int/pages/gfcs/office/documents/FAO_SIDEEVENT.pdf CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121028 UID:meetings.2798@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:A Dialogue for Climate Services Users and Providers: Towards Impl ementation of the GFCS DESCRIPTION:The WMO and partner agencies will convene a two-day Dialogue between the users and providers of climate information and services in c onjunction with the forthcoming Extraordinary World Meteorological Congr ess. The purpose of the dialogue is to establish a solid foundation for the intergovernmental deliberations on the implementation of the GFCS. Noting that the User Interface Platform (UIP) remains the “pillar” of th e GFCS that is least well defined\, the Dialogue will give particular at tention to defining and characterizing how the UIP will be implemented s o as to continuously add value to the GFCS. \n\n The Dialogue will furth er the stakeholders’ understanding of how implementation can assist deci sion making “on the ground” and how to better work across communities so as to maximize the benefits of the GFCS at the national\, regional and global levels. The Dialogue will also provide an opportunity for climate services users and providers to learn from one another about the challe nges and opportunities ahead\, thus paving the way for effective impleme ntation of the GFCS. An important focus of the discussion will be linkin g the service requirements with the end-to-end GFCS capability character ized in its “pillars”\; Observations and Monitoring\, Research\, Modelin g and Prediction\, Climate Service Information Systems\, User Interface Platform (UIP)\, and the overarching one of Capacity Building.\n\nMeetin g web site: http://cg-ext-2012.wmo.int/gfcs-user-conference\nForis: http ://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2798 LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland URL:http://cg-ext-2012.wmo.int/gfcs-user-conference CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121116 UID:meetings.2793@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands DESCRIPTION:The conference will bring together ministers and senior gover nment officials\, policy developers\, researchers\, scholars and experts \, development practitioners and representatives of international and re gional organizations\, farmers’ unions\, NGOs\, private and public finan cial institutions and funds\, private agri-business enterprises and the media. In addition to 12 technical sessions addressing various challenge s in the context of Food Security\; Water Resources\, Demand and Managem ent\; and Responsible Investment\, the conference will include a Ministe rial Dialogue on Dry Land Agriculture under Climate. The Ministerial Dia logue will focus on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus and Investment in Dry La nd Agriculture. \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fsdl.qa\nForis: http:// foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2793 LOCATION:Ibn Kalhdoun Conference Centre of Qatar University \, Qatar URL:http://www.fsdl.qa CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121123 UID:meetings.2846@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:First Global Soil Week DESCRIPTION:The First Global Soil Week will provide a platform to initiat e follow-up actions on land and soil-related decisions made at the Rio+2 0 Sustainable Development Conference and will take place within the fram ework of the FAO’s Global Soil Partnership.\nThe First Global Soil Week offers a forum of interactive exchange and dialogue.\n\nMeeting web site : http://www.globalsoilweek.org/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/m eeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2846 LOCATION:Berlin\, Scandic Hotel Berlin Potsdamer Platz\, Germany URL:http://www.globalsoilweek.org/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121208 UID:meetings.2464@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Conference of the Parties (CoP18) UNFCCC DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://unfccc.int/meetings/doha_nov_2012/me eting/6815.php\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting .jsf?meetingId=2464 LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar URL:http://unfccc.int/meetings/doha_nov_2012/meeting/6815.php CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121128 UID:meetings.2817@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Sustainable Agriculture\, Food Security and Climate Change - How can climate-smart approaches help to build resilience in the agricultura l sectors? DESCRIPTION:Achieving food security and combating climate change are clos ely linked and interdependent. Climate-smart approaches can increase agr icultural productivity and farmers’ income\; strengthen the resilience ( adaptation) of ecosystems and livelihoods\; and reduce greenhouse gas (G HG) emissions. This event will feature programmes and best practices\, i ncluding integrated approaches such as landscape and ecosystem approache s within agriculture\, forestry and fisheries. It will specifically look at program\, policy and financial mechanisms for transition to climate change resilient systems\, e.g. through resource efficiency and reductio n of losses in the whole value chain from production to consumption. \n\ nMeeting web site: http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list .html?session_id=COP18/CMP8\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meetin g/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2817 LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar National Convention Centre\, Room 3 \, Qatar CONTACT:Reuben Sessa (reuben.sessa@fao.org)\, Tiina Vahanen (tiina.vahane n@fao.org) URL:http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id =COP18/CMP8 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121129 UID:meetings.2890@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:European Forest Institute and REDD+ Facility DESCRIPTION:The event will focus on REDD+ and legal reforms and law enfor cement. To what extent can REDD+ be a process/catalyst for countries to engage in legal reforms and improve law enforcement and what reforms are needed to make sure REDD+ can be implemented at country level. \n\n\nFo ris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=289 0 LOCATION:Qatar National Convention Centre\, EU Pavilion\, Qatar CONTACT:Thais Juvenal (thais.juvenal@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121130 UID:meetings.2819@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Engaging and empowering children and young people for resilience and green development DESCRIPTION:Educational approaches are key elements of a green economy an d empowered intergenerational citizenry. The value of community based en vironmental restoration and preservation to adaptation\, mitigation and disaster risk reduction must include young people as key stakeholders to sustainable development. \n\n\nMeeting web site: http://regserver.unfcc c.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id=COP18/CMP8\nForis: http: //foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2819 LOCATION:Doha\, COP18 venue\, Room 3\, Qatar CONTACT:Reuben Sessa (reuben.sessa@fao.org) URL:http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id =COP18/CMP8 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121201 UID:meetings.2820@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) DESCRIPTION:The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)\, a UN syste m-wide initiative\, will amplify the benefits from global to national le vels of efforts to adapt to climate variability and change for improved health\, water management\, disaster risk reduction\, agriculture and fo od security from 2013. \n\nMeeting web site: http://regserver.unfccc.int /seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id=COP18/CMP8\nForis: http://for is.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2820 LOCATION:Doha\, COP18 venue\, Room 2\, Qatar CONTACT:Reuben Sessa (reuben.sessa@fao.org) URL:http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id =COP18/CMP8 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121202 UID:meetings.2822@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO Knowledge Event on Climate-Smart Approaches to Agriculture DESCRIPTION:FAO's Knowledge Event will provide an opportunity to present information and updates on relevant FAO programmes and activities\, and to illustrate the comparative advantage of FAO and other Rome-based agen cies in providing a comprehensive view of agriculture (including fisheri es and forestry) in the climate change context. The information presente d will support countries during the UNFCCC negotiations and also increas e the impact of FAO messages during COP 18.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao .org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2822 LOCATION:Doha\, Hotel Crown Plaza \, Qatar CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121203 UID:meetings.2800@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Forest Day 6 DESCRIPTION:This event will seek to inform UNFCCC's global agenda and for est stakeholders on ways to move forward with REDD+ agreements reached a t COP17 in Durban\, to produce social and environmental benefits\, good governance\, long-term financing and the integration of forests into ada ptation strategies on the ground. \n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fores tsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/forest-day-6.html\nFo ris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=280 0 LOCATION:Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel\, Doha\, Qatar URL:http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/fo rest-day-6.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121203 UID:meetings.2832@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Forest Day 6 - Parallel Discussion Forum - Governance frameworks for REDD+ DESCRIPTION:FAO interventions: Eduardo Rojas\n\nMeeting web site: http:// www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/discussion-f orums/governance-frameworks-for-redd.html\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/m eetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2832 LOCATION:Doha\, Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel \, Qatar URL:http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/di scussion-forums/governance-frameworks-for-redd.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121203 UID:meetings.2831@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Forest Day 6 - Parallel Discussion Forum - National forest monito ring systems for REDD+ DESCRIPTION:FAO interventions: María José Sanz Sanchez \n\nMeeting web si te: http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/d iscussion-forums/National-forest-monitoring-systems-for-REDD.html\nForis : http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2831 LOCATION:Doha\, Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel \, Qatar URL:http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/di scussion-forums/National-forest-monitoring-systems-for-REDD.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121202 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121203 UID:meetings.2833@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Forest Day 6 - Parallel Discussion forum - Financing REDD+: Clos ing the gap DESCRIPTION:FAO interventions: UN-REDD Programme\n\nMeeting web site: ht tp://www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/discuss ion-forums/financing-redd-closing-the-gap.html\nForis: http://foris.fao. org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2833 LOCATION:Doha\, Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel \, Qatar URL:http://www.forestsclimatechange.org/events/forest-day/forest-day-6/di scussion-forums/financing-redd-closing-the-gap.html CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121204 UID:meetings.2823@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Agriculture\, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5 DESCRIPTION:FAO\, as in previous years\, will be one of the main partners of Agriculture\, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day. FAO will therefore sup port the planning and development of the day and implement various compo nents in Doha. These will include the organisation of a learning event ( + participation in other learning event)\, FAO presentation\, as well as the formulation of key messages and follow up. \n\nMeeting web site: ht tp://www.agricultureday.org/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeti ng/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2823 LOCATION:Doha\, Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel \, Qatar URL:http://www.agricultureday.org/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121204 UID:meetings.2824@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Mountain Day DESCRIPTION:Mountain Day is led by the Mountain Partnership Secretariat\, hosted by the Forestry Department\, in collaboration with UNEP\, ICIMOD \, WB in the context of a project funded by the World Bank – the Strateg ic Initiative on Mountains and Climate Change. The objective of the Day is to raise awareness among negotiators and other COP participants about the impact of CC on mountain areas and promote adaptation activities. T he first Mountain Day took place last year at COP 17 in Durban and was a ttended by an average of 100 people with about 200 during the first sess ions.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2824 LOCATION:Qatar CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121204 UID:meetings.2891@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Launch of the United Nations Alliance on Climate Change Educatio n and Public Awareness DESCRIPTION:At this side event the UNFCCC Executive Secretary together wi th senior representatives of other founding members will launch the Unit ed Nations Alliance on Climate Change Education and Public Awareness. Hi gh-level representatives from the Parties and the Global Environment Fac ility will highlight examples of successful cooperation with founding me mbers on climate change education and public awareness activities. The Alliance’s objectives will be presented and member organizations will sh owcase how they will provide support to and benefit of this new interage ncy cooperation. Participants will be invited to share their views on th e draft framework for action and contribute to its further development.\ n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetin gId=2891 LOCATION:Qatar CONTACT:Reuben Sessa (reuben.sessa@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121205 UID:meetings.2825@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Land Day - Land-degradation neutrality (LDN) and the Durban platf orm for enhanced action DESCRIPTION: “Land Day” is a forum aiming to heighten policy attention to critical land issues of global relevance. It spotlights vital issues li ke improved land productivity and the rehabilitation\, conservation and sustainable management of land and water resources\, especially in dryla nds. With its focus on sustainable land management\, the UN Convention t o Combat Desertification (UNCCD) complements the sustainable development initiatives addressed by its sister Rio conventions\, the United Nation s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/me eting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2825 LOCATION:Qatar CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121206 UID:meetings.2897@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Side event on the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel I nitiative DESCRIPTION:The Great Green Wall Initiative is a direct contribution to a joint implementation of the Three Rio Conventions (UN Convention to Com bat\nDesertification\, UN Framework Convention on Climate change and UN Convention on Biodiversity) and particularly to Climate Risk\nManagement in the Africa drylands. This was recently emphasized by the fourteenth (14th) Session of the African Ministerial Conference on\nEnvironment (AM CEN) held in September 2012\, Arusha\, Tanzania which decided to conside r the GGWSSI\, in the framework of the\nEnvironmental Action Plan of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)\, as a flagship progra mme that represents the African\ncontribution to the achievement of a La nd degradation neutral world in the context of sustainable development\, as recommended by the\nUnited Nations Conference on Sustainable Develop ment.\nSince early 2011 an African Union Commission programme in support to the implementation of the GGWSSI\, is being implemented by FAO in\nc ollaboration with 13 partner countries. The programme is funded by the E uropean Union within the framework of the theme 6 “Climate\nChange and E nvironment” of the AU-EU strategic partnership and benefits from technic al and financial support of FAO and the GM-UNCCD.\nFurthermore\, the GEF and the World Bank are also supporting the implementation of the initia tive in 12 countries through the Sahel and\nWest Africa Program (SAWAP). The 18th session of COP/UNFCCC offers an opportunity to inform the inte rnational community and African countries on the results so far achieved by the initiative and to discuss the way forward to build a solid and w ider partnership/coalition to support Africa for the\nimplementation of the GGWSSI. In addition to the status of the implementation of the Initi ative\, the potential of the GGWSSI for carbon\nsequestration as well as for adaptation and resilience to climate change will be presented and d iscussed.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting. jsf?meetingId=2897 LOCATION:European Union Pavilion\, Hall 3\, Doha\, Qatar ORGANIZER:MAILTO:nora.berrahmouni@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121206 UID:meetings.2826@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Grasslands climate change mitigation and adaptation potential DESCRIPTION:Grasslands cover 26% of the terrestrial surface and store 8% of global carbon\, yet the majority are degraded which lends itself to i ncreases in carbon storage while simultaneously increasing productivity (biomass and livestock)\, food security and nutrition\, adaptation capac ity\, and resilience.\n\nMeeting web site: http://regserver.unfccc.int/s eors/reports/events_list.html?session_id=COP18/CMP8\nForis: http://foris .fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2826 LOCATION:Doha\, COP18 venue\, Room 6\, Qatar URL:http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id =COP18/CMP8 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121206 UID:meetings.2892@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Joining efforts to support the preparation and implementation of NAMAs: An international partnership DESCRIPTION:The secretariat has been supporting a number of multilateral organizations\, development banks\, bilateral agencies and think tanks i n the establishment of an international partnership on NAMAs. A side eve nt is needed to present the partnership to Parties and launch its activi ties.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2892 LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar National Convention Centre\, Room 2\, Qatar CONTACT:Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström (marjaliisa.tapiobistrom@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121206 UID:meetings.2827@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:UN-REDD Programme: Meeting country needs for concrete progress th rough REDD+ readinesss DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear about the advances of partner countries in im plementing national REDD+ readiness activities and developing of nationa l REDD+ strategies. Partner countries together with the support of the U N-REDD Programme have taken great strides over the years to advance thei r work on REDD+. \n\nMeeting web site: http://regserver.unfccc.int/seor s/reports/events_list.html?session_id=COP18/CMP8\nForis: http://foris.fa o.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2827 LOCATION:Side Event Room 1\, QNCC\, Qatar URL:http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id =COP18/CMP8 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121206 UID:meetings.2828@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Indonesia's 15 Years Contribution to Combat Climate Change: Reduc ing Deforestation – DESCRIPTION:The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry will present the National Forest Monitoring System which among others reveals significant decline in deforestation. Some lessons learned from Demonstration Activities of REDD+ will also be presented. FAO will be invited to present the State of the World Forest. \n\nMeeting web site: http://regserver.unfccc.int/s eors/reports/events_list.html?session_id=COP18/CMP8\nForis: http://foris .fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2828 LOCATION:Doha\, COP18 venue\, Room 1\, Qatar URL:http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id =COP18/CMP8 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121208 UID:meetings.2799@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Global Soil Partnership technical workshop on “Managing Living So ils” DESCRIPTION:The objective will be to review the state of the art in regar d to soil management across the world and within each region\, drawing o n participants knowledge of the status and trends in specific countries and contexts\, practical experiences and case studies\, including releva nt processes or mechanisms that can be built on or scaled up to support sustainable soil management. Technical\, institutional\, financial and policy issues and constraints and opportunities will be discussed as th e basis for identifying priorities and future actions for a proposed Pla n of Action for Pillar 1 of the Global Soil Partnership on Promoting sus tainable management of soil resources worldwide.\n\nMeeting web site: ht tp://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/events/detail/en/?dyna_fef[uid]=1 54384\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meet ingId=2799 LOCATION:FAO\, Rome\, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/globalsoilpartnership/events/detail/en/?dyna_fef[u id]=154384 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121207 UID:meetings.2829@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:The role of the UN in achieving Climate-Smart Agriculture DESCRIPTION:Adapting agriculture to climate change is a necessity and Cli mate-Smart agriculture is promoted as THE way to achieve it. This event will host a dialogue on how an inclusive Climate-Smart agriculture can s ustainably increase productivity\, foster food security and promote resi lience of ecosystems. \n\nMeeting web site: http://regserver.unfccc.int/ seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id=COP18/CMP8\nForis: http://fori s.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2829 LOCATION:Doha\, COP18 venue\, Room 1\, Qatar URL:http://regserver.unfccc.int/seors/reports/events_list.html?session_id =COP18/CMP8 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121207 UID:meetings.2893@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Practices and policies to mainstream agriculture as an integrated adaptation and mitigation tool DESCRIPTION:IFOAM will discuss locally feasible\, resilient\, expansive & high sequestration farming practices based primarily on crop photosynth esis including organic agriculture & participatory models of community l eadership as well as policies to encourage their uptake & livelihood sec urity benefits.\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMe eting.jsf?meetingId=2893 LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar National Convention Centre \, Room 2\, Qatar CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121207 UID:meetings.2894@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Ecosystems-based mitigation: from incentives to practice DESCRIPTION:This side event discusses progress in reducing emissions from peatlands in practice\, linked to opportunities under REDD+\, LULUCF an d NAMAs. Secondly we present south-south learning on approaches to REDD+ that benefit the livelihoods of ecosystem dependent communities.\n\n\nF oris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=28 94 LOCATION:Qatar National Convention Centre\, Room 5\, Qatar CONTACT:Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström (marjaliisa.tapiobistrom@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130127 UID:meetings.2850@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:First plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Pla tform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-1) DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2850 LOCATION:Bonn\, Germany CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130123 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130126 UID:meetings.2851@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:The Thirteenth RRI Dialogue on Forests\, Governance\, and Climate Change:Status of Tenure Reforms in West and Central Africa and Impacts of Large Scale Land Acquisitions\, Extractive and Infrastructure Sectors DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.rightsandresources.org/events.ph p?id=687\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?m eetingId=2851 LOCATION:Yaounde\, Cameroon URL:http://www.rightsandresources.org/events.php?id=687 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130206 UID:meetings.2919@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Workshop on Agriculture Systems at Risk and Launch of West/ Centr al Africa Global Soil Partnership DESCRIPTION:Priority action towards Climate Change Adaptation in West Afr ica and launch of West/Central Africa Global Soil Partnership\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/africa/raf-events/detail-events/en/c/16622 0/?no_cache=1\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting. jsf?meetingId=2919 LOCATION:Accra\, Labadi Beach Hotel\, Ghana URL:http://www.fao.org/africa/raf-events/detail-events/en/c/166220/?no_ca che=1 CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130208 UID:meetings.2852@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Second scientific conference on economic assessment of desertific ation\, sustainable land management and resilience of arid\, semi-arid a nd dry sub-humid areas. DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2852 LOCATION:Fortaleza\, Brazil CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130228 UID:meetings.2924@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Options for Addressing Tenure under REDD+ DESCRIPTION:The objectives of the expert meeting organized by the UN-REDD Programme at the FAO headquarters are to increase the understanding of tenure related challenges to REDD+ by exchanging experiences on the vari ous approaches for addressing tenure under REDD+ and to elaborate REDD+ specific options. \n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/vie wMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2924 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO\, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130301 UID:meetings.2933@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Second International Workshop: Building forest landscapes resilie nt to global changes in drylands DESCRIPTION:With the financial support of the Turkish International Coop eration Agency (TIKA)\, FAO in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry o f Water and Forest Affairs\, TIKA\, the Ministry of Environment and Sus tainable Development of Senegal and its technical Institutions (Director ate of Water\, Forests\, Hunting and Soil Conservation and the National Great Green Agency of Senegal)\, and the African Union Commission will organize a second international workshop in Senegal from the 25th to the 28th February 2013 under the theme “Building forest landscapes resilien t to global changes in drylands: the guidelines”.\n\nThis event is a fol low-up to the first international workshop that was held in Konya\, Turk ey on 28-31 May 2012 and is held in response to recommendations by FAO m ember countries to develop operational guidelines for the restoration of degraded forests and lands within the difficult environmental and socio -economic framework conditions in arid zones\, for the benefit of the lo cal population.\n\nThe event will gather ca. 70 participants from differ ent countries including experts and practitioners from forestry departme nts including focal points of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and th e Sahel initiative\, research institutions\, tree seed centers\, private companies\, NGOs\, and development agencies who are active in developin g and implementing forestation and restoration projects in arid zones.\n \nWorkshop objectives are the following: (i) Discuss and amend the draft version of the “guidelines for building forest landscapes resilient to global changes in drylands”\; (ii) Support the use of the developed guid elines in the framework of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) implementation.\n\nLink www.fao.org/forestry/aridzo ne/restoration\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMee ting.jsf?meetingId=2933 LOCATION:King Fahd Hotel\, Dakar \, Senegal ORGANIZER:MAILTO:nora.berrahmouni@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130311 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130316 UID:meetings.2927@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy (HMNDP) DESCRIPTION:In the framework of IDMP activities\, the HMNDP will provide practical insight into useful\, science-based actions to address the key drought issues being considered by governments and the private sector u nder the UNCCD and the various strategies to cope with drought. National governments must adopt policies that engender cooperation and coordinat ion at all levels of government in order to increase their capacity to c ope with extended periods of water scarcity in the event of a drought. T he ultimate goal is to create more drought resilient societies.\n\nMeeti ng web site: http://www.wmo.int/hmndp\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meeti ngs/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2927 LOCATION:Geneva\, International Conference Centre (CICG)\, Switzerland URL:http://www.wmo.int/hmndp CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130322 UID:meetings.2957@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Inventario AFOLU de Gases de Efecto Invernadero - Reunión conjunt a en Quito DESCRIPTION:Esfuerzo conjunto para apoyar el fortalecimiento de las capac idades en la implementación del inventario de emisiones de gases de efe cto invernadero (GEI) en el sector Agricultura\, silvicultura y otros us os de la tierra (AFOLU\, sigla en inglés)\, el reporte bajo la Convenció n Marco de Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (CMNUCC)\, el establec imiento de arreglos institucionales y la facilitación de la comunicación entre los principales actores en Ecuador. \nFacilitadores: \n* Augusto San chez\, UNDP\, Coordinador del Proyecto FOCAM\n*Johannes Broetz\, & Esthe r Mertens\, CfRN/CD-REDD \n•Rocío Cóndor\, FAO MICCA-MAGHG\n•Catherine B odart & Kelvin Cueva\, FAO UN-REDD\n\n\n\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/me etings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2957 LOCATION:Quito\, Ecuador CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130323 UID:meetings.2956@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:AFOLU Greenhouse Gas Inventory – Joint meeting in Quito DESCRIPTION:Main objective: Joint effort to support capacity development on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory implementation in the Agriculture\, Fo restry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector\, reporting under United Nation s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)\, setting of instituti onal arrangement and facilitating communication among relevant stakehold ers in Ecuador. Facilitators: \n• Augusto Sanchez\, UNDP\, Coordinador del Proyecto FOCAM\n•Johannes Broet z\, & Esther Mertens\, CfRN/CD-REDD \n•Rocío Cóndor\, FAO MICCA-MAGHG\n• Catherine Bodart & Kelvin Cueva\, FAO UN-REDD\n\n\nForis: http://foris.f ao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2956 LOCATION:Quito\, Ecuador CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130320 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130323 UID:meetings.2940@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Climate-Smart Agriculture – Global Science Conference DESCRIPTION:The conference will include two blocks of parallel science se ssions. \nParellel Session Block I\n1. Crop physiology and genetics und er climate change: implications for breeding and dissemination strategie s.\n2. Livestock management\, animal health and policies for climate cha nge impacts on disease.\n3. Nitrogen management: balancing agricultural growth\, GHG accounting\, GHG mitigation + adaptation.\n4. Farmer decisi on making under climate change and barriers to the adoption of climate s mart agriculture practices.\n5. Energy and biofuels: production and tech nologies to cut emissions without interfering with food production.\n6. Climate risk management (financial mechanisms\, insurance\, or climate s ervices for farmers).\n\nParallel Session Block II\n\n7. Using GCM-based regional scenarios of development\, deforestation\, climate change and food security to design and test adaptive strategies for uncertain futur e climates.\n8. Soil quality\, organic matter and water use across lands capes: achieving multifunctionality through adaptation\, mitigation and GHG accounting.\n9. Water management related to food and fisheries syste ms under climate change: implementing strategies\, technologies and inst itutions.\n10. Managing and conserving agrobiodiversity to increase ecos ystem services and resilience to climate change (e.g. REDD+ in mosaics o f forest+cultivated systems\, agroforestry\, genetic resources)\n11. Rur al-urban connections that promote climate change resilience for agricult ure (e.g. rural outmigration\, peri-urban agriculture\, avoiding urban s prawl into valuable farmlands)\n12. Metrics for vulnerability assessment \, mitigation\, adaptation\, food security and ecosystem services in agr icultural landscapes.\n\n\n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.cevs.ucdavis .edu/confreg/?confid=595\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/v iewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2940 LOCATION:University of California Davis\, United States of America URL:http://www.cevs.ucdavis.edu/confreg/?confid=595 ORGANIZER:MAILTO:climatesmart@ucdavis.edu CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130420 UID:meetings.2964@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food a nd Agriculture (14th Session) DESCRIPTION:Agenda item: Review of the Roadmap or work programme on clima te change and genetic resources for food and agriculture\n\n\nForis: htt p://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2964 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO\, \, Italy CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130425 UID:meetings.2970@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:FAO/NEPAD workshop on climate change\, disasters and crises in th e fisheries and aquaculture sector in Southern and Eastern Africa DESCRIPTION:The objective of the workshop is to establish the current bas eline with regard to the integration of\nclimate change adaptation and d isaster risk management in fisheries and aquaculture activities\nand pol icies in Southern and Eastern Africa\, and\, vice versa\, of the integra tion of fisheries and\naquaculture in climate change adaptation and disa ster risk management strategies and plans\, with\nthe overall aim of coo rdinating activities and identifying gaps and priority actions to be\nsu pported by the NFFP and other partners.\n\nMeeting web site: ftp://ftp.f ao.org/FI/DOCUMENT/regional_meeting/2013/DRM_CC_Announcement_April2013.p df\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meeting Id=2970 LOCATION:Maputo\, Mozambique URL:ftp://ftp.fao.org/FI/DOCUMENT/regional_meeting/2013/DRM_CC_Announceme nt_April2013.pdf CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130506 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130508 UID:meetings.2976@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Taller de Expertos Sistematización de buenas prácticas agrícolas y pecuarias en América Latina\, con enfoque de adaptación al cambio clim ático DESCRIPTION:En este taller\, se busca discutir\, mejorar y validar la pro puesta de metodología de sistematización simplificada basada en WOCAT\, para lograr como resultado final un método de sistematización valioso y fácil de aplicar\, para su utilización en la Región.\n\n\nForis: http:// foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2976 LOCATION:Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3241\, Vitacura\, Santiago de Chile\, Chile CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130513 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130516 UID:meetings.2806@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutriti on DESCRIPTION:The International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition will increase understanding of the important role that forest s\, trees on farms and agroforestry systems can play in improving the fo od security and nutrition of rural people\, especially in developing cou ntries. It will propose ways to integrate this knowledge in policy decis ions at the national and international levels. \n\nThe specific objectiv es are to:\n\n- highlight the different ways in which forests\, trees on farms and agroforestry systems contribute to food security and nutritio n\;\n- identify key challenges and bottlenecks hindering the contributio n of forests\, trees on farms and agroforestry systems to food security\ ;\n- explore policy options\, innovative approaches and opportunities to increase recognition of the importance of forests and trees in reducing the number of food-insecure and malnourished people\; improve the avail ability of information and appropriate technology\; and increase access to forests by the rural poor.\n\nThe conference will emphasize broad-bas ed interdisciplinary approaches and will attract participants not only f rom forestry but from other sectors related to food security and natural resource management. \n\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.org/forestr y/food-security/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMe eting.jsf?meetingId=2806 LOCATION:FAO Rome\, Italy CONTACT:Eva Muller (eva.muller@fao.org)\, Fred Kafeero (fred.kafeero@fao. org) URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/food-security/en/ ORGANIZER:MAILTO:Forests-Foodsecurity@fao.org CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130515 UID:meetings.2983@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Investing in ecosystem services for food security - two decades o f experience in the GEF network DESCRIPTION:As a major financial mechanism for the global environment\, t he GEF plays an important role in safeguarding ecosystem services that u nderpin food security in developing countries. Through the natural resou rces focal areas (land degradation\, biodiversity\, and international wa ters) and the incentive mechanism for Sustainable Forest Management\, th e GEF and its partners are demonstrating how investing in ecosystem serv ices promotes synergy between environment and agriculture to support foo d security. The proposed session will share lessons and experiences base d on recent analytical work covering two decades of activities in the GE F network\, which includes eligible countries\, GEF Agencies\, and devel opment partners. An overarching presentation will be followed by case st udies on how GEF supports food security through investments in 1) sustai nable land management\, 2) management and conservation of agricultural b iodiversity\, 3) water resource management\, and 4) agro-ecosystem resil ience. A separate presentation will address potential options for innova tive financing to enhance application of sustainable land and forest man agement in integrated landscapes.\n\nMeeting web site: http://www.fao.or g/forestry/food-security/82456/en/\nForis: http://foris.fao.org/meetings /meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2983 LOCATION:Rome\, FAO\, Malaysia Room (B227) \, Italy URL:http://www.fao.org/forestry/food-security/82456/en/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130608 UID:meetings.2991@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:2nd Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa DESCRIPTION:Meeting web site: http://www.ug.edu.gh/ccpop-ghana2013/\nFori s: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2991 LOCATION:Accra\, Ghana URL:http://www.ug.edu.gh/ccpop-ghana2013/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130617 UID:meetings.2967@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:REDD+ Partnership meeting and workshop DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2967 LOCATION:Bonn\, Germany CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130822 UID:meetings.2993@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:First Africa Food Security Conference - Harnessing Ecosystem base d Approaches for Food Security and Adaptation to climate change In Afric a DESCRIPTION:The workshop is convened by UNEP in collaboration with FAO an d other UN Agencies\, governments\, research institution\, NGOs\, schola rs\, Donors\, Local governments etc.The key objectives of the workshop a re:\n\n- Aggregate the lessons shared into common solutions for food sec urity and climate change adaptation across country application\, in buil ding the capacity of the practitioners\, supporting policy processes at all levels as well as empowering countries in undertaking bigger actions . \n- Share information on targeted ecological actions that provide oppo rtunities for addressing perennial food insecurity in Sub Saharan Africa . -Identify key challenges and bottlenecks hindering the scaling-up of ecosystem based adaptation practices\, and how can they be overcome \n\n \nMeeting web site: http://www.foodsec.aaknet.org/\nForis: http://foris. fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf?meetingId=2993 LOCATION:Nairobi\, Kenya URL:http://www.foodsec.aaknet.org/ CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130525T123341Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140602 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140606 UID:meetings.2946@foris.fao.org SUMMARY:Training of FAO Headquarters and Decentralized forestry Officers in Forests and Climate Change DESCRIPTION:Foris: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/meeting/viewMeeting.jsf? meetingId=2946 LOCATION:FAO\, Hqs\, Italy CONTACT:Susan Braatz (susan.braatz@fao.org) CREATED:20130525T143341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130525T143341Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR