11 April 2011: Ex-ante estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon sequestration now available through UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...Download the newsletter here...

8 April 2011: The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have released a publication titled "Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation: A framework for improving corporate decision-making." The Guide aims to enhance business' understanding of the benefits and value of ecosystem services. Download the Guide here...

8 April 2011: Fifteen countries of the Southern Africa Development Community meet to focus on setting national and regional targets in the framework of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020. The Parliament briefing highlighted the role parliamentarians should play in national and global biodiversity management...read CBD's communique....

3 Mar 2011: In celebrations of the ninth Africa Environment Day, the African Union (AU) Commission, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and local partners, highlighted the importance of sustainable forest management (SFM) for sustainable development and addressing climate change...read UN press release

1 Mar 2011: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a short piece titled “Energy Poverty: The Missing Millennium Development Goal (MDG)?” which discusses the social and environmental consequences of energy poverty, and the urgency to achieve universal energy access. Read more...

1 Mar 2011: The European Commission has announced funding in the amount of EUR 2 million for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in its Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories; and EUR 267 million for other environmental protection activities. Read more...

24 Feb 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has released the electronic version of the publication "The Convention on Biological Diversity: Year in Review 2010."...Read more and follow link to download document...

2 Feb 2011: International Year of Forests has been Launched Globally! It was officially launched in conjunction with the High-Level Segment of the ninth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF 9), at UN Headquarters in New York, US.The launch ceremony also included the premiere screening of the short film "FOREST" directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and film clips from the winning entries of the International Forest Film Festival...view the launch

31 Jan. 2011: FAO releases State of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010 report. The report highlights that approximately 32% of the world's fish stocks are estimated to be over-exploited, depleted or recovering, while only 15% of the FAO-monitored stocks are under-exploited or moderately exploited. The report underscores the growing importance of aquaculture for meeting global fish demand and praises the improving management of aquaculture in Southeast Asia...read more

27 Jan. 2011:Global Environment Facility (GEF) endorsed biodiversity projects on protected areas, conservation in production lands and biosafety. Full-sized projects endorsed include a project on strengthening the protected area network in Southern Tanzania to improve the effectiveness of national parks in addressing threats to biodiversity. Medium sized projects approved will focus on strengthening institutions and policy to increase biodiversity conservation on production lands in Colombia...read more

7 Jan. 2011: Natural Methane Removal in the Gulf of Mexico...methane gas concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico have returned to near normal levels only months after a massive release occurred following the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion...read more

28 Jul 2010: Can Science feed the World? More than one billion people go hungry today, and the vast majority of them are in low-income countries. Increasing yield sustainably — using less water, fertilizers and pesticides — is going to be a crucial part of the solution. Nature asks what role science has to play in securing food for the future...read more