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Across the high, dry plateau of the Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) National Nature Preserve, wetlands are valuable to both people and wildlife. In the interest of preserving local livelihoods and protecting wetlands, the Pendeba Society partners with villagers to reduce damage from livestock.
On September 8, 2011 Future Generations China joined more than 100 of China's conservation officials and scholars in Lhasa, Tibet for the 40th Anniversary of the Man and the Biosphere program and the 13th Conference for China's Biosphere Reserves Network (CBRN).
On June 29th, in commendation of its work in the Mt. Everest region, the Pendeba Society received a top prize of 250,000 yuan (U.S. $38, 672) for its Nature Conservation and Community Development project. Presented at Western China’s 2011 Ecological Conservation competition, the Vale Award on Innovative Public Participation is the first innovative nonprofit award to honor and promote ecological conservation in Western China.
To celebrate Afghanistan Environment Week (from June 4-10, 2011), Future Generations Afghanistan organized a three-day awareness program in environmental stewardship at three high schools in Khogyani District of Nangarhar Province.
Thirty teachers from rural schools and 30 local farmers participated in the training to learn basic skills to prevent damage to the environment. In the process, teachers designed an environmental stewardship curriculum that will be taught to more than 2,000 students.
Sea of Forests in the Four Great Rivers region of southeastern Tibet, China
On July 2, 2011, Daniel Taylor, Endowed Professor of Equity and Empowerment for Social Change of the Future Generations Graduate School, and former President of Future Generations from 1992-2010, speaks with China Radio International on conservation challenges and successes in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
During her first year as a Master’s student, Alumna Joy Bongyereiere co-founded a new community-based organization in her home country of Uganda. Biodiversity Conservation for Rural Development (BCRD-Uganda), registered in 2008 with the Kisoro District Local Government, engages rural smallholder farmers, indigenous Pygmies (Batwa) and other minority groups in community-development projects to alleviate poverty and promote conservation.
On May 23, 2011, Bertie Xavier, a Future Generations Graduate Student and Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, presented at a United Nations press conference in New York on indigenous rights to water.
On May 22 and May 23, more than 200 Chinese and international conservation leaders and managers will gather in Beijing for the first China Forum for Nature to discuss strategies and lessons in biodiversity conservation with a special focus on protected areas management. The Forum, co-sponsored by Beijing Forestry University, China Wildlife Conservation Association, and Future Generations China, aims to:
