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Green Long March 2010 Focuses on Regional Solutions to Climate Change

Posted on Thu, 03/04/2010 – 20:04

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Beijing -  Across China, 42 university environmental groups will expand best practices to address climate change as part of the 2010 Green Long March.

Student environmental groups will: 

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"Communications Initiative" Features Conservation Report

Posted on Mon, 02/01/2010 – 21:39

The Communications Initiative Network, an online network dedicated to promoting economic and social change, published a report by the Future Generations Graduate School. The report discusses the scientific evidence of  community-based conservation regarding it's effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.

You can view a summary of the report and download a PDF document of the full report by clicking <here>.

 

 

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Achievements of the Green Long March 2009

Authors: 
Future Generations China
Publisher: 
Future Generations China
Date: 
December, 2009

The Green Long March (GLM) successfully completed its third year of research and campaigning on pressing environmental issues, this year with a focus on green energy. Student volunteers from more than 50 partner universities across China organized activities along seven routes in diverse ecological zones. Key outcomes included improved research and problem-solving skills among the 5,000 participating youth, 40 green energy case studies, and 28 Green Seed Award (GSA) projects.

Details are provided in this summary 15 page summary report.

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Peru's Interoceanic Highway

Authors: 
Fleming, Robert L. Jr.
Date: 
March, 2010

Roads are vital for overall development and the access afforded by these can be both extremely beneficial as well as hugely damaging. The road network in Peru includes the Inter-Oceanic Highway South [Carratera Interoceania Sur], a route linking the Pacific Ocean in Peru with a highway in Brazil that continues east to the Atlantic. This artery, already completed in Brazil but not totally finished in Peru, brings substantial social and environmental change to many areas.

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Bishnoi and Antelope in India

Authors: 
Fleming, Robert L. Jr.
Date: 
February, 2010

 

On a peaceful February morning, five wild Nilgai, India’s largest antelope, browsed placidly inside the red sandstone fence of the Khejarli (Khejadli) Grove while Large Gray Babblers, their low contact notes holding the flock together, searched for termites in the shade of nearby Prosopis cineraria, khejri trees. And all the while, a caretaker, a man with a white turban and a splendid black moustache, explained the history and significance of this sacred shrine.

 

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A Passion for Pine: Forest Conservation Practices of the Apatani People of Arunachal Pradesh

Authors: 
Rechlin, Michael
Date: 
January, 2010

This paper examines the communal forest conservation and private plantation practices of the Apatani people of Arunachal Pradesh.  It then questions what makes the Apatani situation different.  Upon reading, discover reasons behind the people's practie of growing and planting trees and their passion for pine and bamboo plantations. 

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UNDP "Eco Hero" Broadcast to Feature the Green Long March

Posted on Tue, 12/29/2009 – 18:35

From December 29 - December 30, 2009, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) "ECO HERO" series will feature the Green Long March on Tianjin Satellite TV. The "Eco Hero" camera crew traveled with Chinese university students along the Grasslands Route of Inner Mongolia as they documented case studies of environmental successes. The story focuses on the Sanbeilin Forestry Reform Program.

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Green Long March 2009 Concludes with a National Student Forum in Beijing

Posted on Fri, 12/18/2009 – 23:35

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Eco-Tourism Training Program Begins in the Qomolangma (Everest) National Nature Preserve (QNNP)

Posted on Fri, 12/18/2009 – 23:30

Tibet, China – The Pendeba Society, a new non-profit organization registered in Shigatze, Tibet, focuses on poverty reduction and nature conservation through a new eco-tourism training program in the Everest region. As a Tibetan support network for Pendebas (volunteer conservation and community service workers), the Pendeba Society will provide training in a range of skills ranging from basic spoken English and hospitality to key conservation concepts.

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Future Generations Graduate, Mavis Windsor, Raises Over $400,000 for the Heiltsuk Nation for community initiatives that support the culture and heritage of the Heiltsuk Nation

Posted on Fri, 12/18/2009 – 23:23

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Graduate, Mavis Windsor, has used her master’s degree skills to raise more than $400,000 to fund capacity building projects for her island community of Bella Bella. Home to the Heiltsuk Nation, her community is located on the Central Coast of British Columbia, which contains one of the largest remaining tracts of temperate rainforest left in the world, the Great Bear Rainforest.

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