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Learning from Japan's experience in forest restoration
As momentum grows around the world for restoration, Japan's experience can inform countries like China, Pakistan and India, which aim to plant millions of trees in the coming years. Particular attention should be given to the choice of species and their variety, which affect biodiversity. Read the full publication here.
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Project insights
UNDP's success in restoring peatlands in Belarus
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Belarus's '10-year challenge' was to restore the Halaje peatlands in Minsk. Photo: UNDP Belarus
UNDP has been working for over a decade in Belarus, Eastern Europe, to restore degraded peatlands. Belarus's peatlands were severely damaged, due to massive drainage and extraction from the 1960's. Following ecological rehabilitation, natural flora and fauna came back, and these ecosystems turned once again into valuable carbon sinks. Read the full publication here.
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Scientific corner
Understanding the disaster risk, climate change and sustainability nexus
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Sustainability published an article that retraces some of the progress made in the last 50 years of advancing understanding of interlinked processes related to disaster risks. Various fields of work from the climate, risk, environment and development communities are starting to work together, especially since 2005. Read more about it here.
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Call for contributions
Voluntary commitments for the Sendai Framework
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Showcase your disaster risk reduction initiatives by February 28 in order to include them in the first voluntary commitments report at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Find more about it here.
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Trainings
Webinar series on drought
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Drought has affected more people worldwide in the last 40 years than any other natural hazard. It is a complex natural phenomenon with varying levels of intensity, duration, spatial extent and impacts. Severe drought episodes have drastic socio-economic and environmental impacts, including loss of crops, massive famines and migration, natural resource degradation and weak economic performance.
GlobeDrought offers a webinar series in 12 sessions: the first starts on 26 February. Find more about it here.
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Short Term Consultant, Labs Team
Organization: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and recovery
Location: United States of America
Closing date: 6 March 2019
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Geospatial Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Organization: IUCN
Location: Bonn, Germany
Closing date: 1 March 2019
See here
Senior Advocacy Officer
Organization: Wetlands International
Location: Ede-Wageningen, The Netherlands
Closing date: 3 March 2019
See here
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Mekong Delta Programme Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communications Officer
Organization: IUCN
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Closing date: 3 March
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Regional Disaster Officer
Organization: American Red Cross
Location: Georgia, United States of America
Closing date: Not specified
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For more information please see PEDRR's LinkedIn.
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