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World Food Programme, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Howard G. Buffett Foundation Join Forces
Hundreds of thousands of poor farmers to benefit from new initiative. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation on September 24th unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to help poor farmers across the developing world significantly increase their incomes.
Sep 26, 2008, 8:28pm
News and Special Reports
Take a Five-Second Flight to Top Environmental Hot Spots: UNEP Uses Google Earth to Put You in Cockpit of New Eco-Monitoring Service.
People can virtually fly to some of the most dramatic environmental hotspots courtesy of the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) innovative use of the popular mapping tool Google Earth.
Sep 4, 2008, 1:59pm
News and Special Reports
Netherlands Inaugurate New Mobile Laboratory to Support United Nations
An innovative mobile laboratory developed by the Netherlands to support international response to environmental emergencies was officially inaugurated by the Ministers of Environment and Development Cooperation in The Hague on 18 August 2008.
Aug 18, 2008, 1:16pm
Biodiversity
Key Pollinators for Food Security and Biodiversity To Be Protected By $27 Million Global Environment Facility Project
A new project worth $26.45 million has been launched by the Global Environment Facility to better protect bees, bats and birds that are essential to the world’s crop production.
Aug 10, 2008, 4:56pm
News and Special Reports
2008 Award for Communicating the Food Crisis - Call for Nominations Invited through September 15, 2008
In 2008, soaring food prices spread throughout the world, resulting in crisis in many developing countries. The 2008 COM+ Communication Award will be granted to a campaign related to the food price crisis.
Aug 10, 2008, 2:01pm
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