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Fwd: water-l digest: April 23, 2014

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Water Issues Announcement List digest < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Date: 24 April 2014 06:00 Subject: water-l digest: April 23, 2014 To: water-l digest recipients < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Subject: water-l digest: April 23, 2014 From: "Water Issues Announcement List digest" < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Reply-To: "Water Issues Announcement List" < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:13 -0500 WATER-L Digest for Wednesday, April 23, 2014. 1. The latest dossier on The Water Channel: 'The Underground Drought' 2. GL Lecture by Jeremy Bird 'Water, Energy, Food Nexus' 3. New book: Living with Water Scarcity ___________________________________________________________________________________ - View water-l Forum: https://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=water-l - Membership options / Unsubscribe: https://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=water-l _______________...

Fwd: water-l digest: April 24, 2014

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Water Issues Announcement List digest < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Date: 25 April 2014 06:01 Subject: water-l digest: April 24, 2014 To: water-l digest recipients < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Subject: water-l digest: April 24, 2014 From: "Water Issues Announcement List digest" < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Reply-To: "Water Issues Announcement List" < water-l@lists.iisd.ca > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:01:25 -0500 WATER-L Digest for Thursday, April 24, 2014. 1. Water Update - 24 April 2014 - Water Policy & Practice ___________________________________________________________________________________ - - View water-l Forum: https://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=water-l - Membership options / Unsubscribe: https://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=water-l ___________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to all other IISD Reporting Services...

Fwd: Questionnaire on Climate-Smart Agriculture knowledge systems

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Martinez, Denise (NRC) < Denise.Martinez@fao.org > Date: 25 April 2014 09:14 Subject: Questionnaire on Climate-Smart Agriculture knowledge systems To: Climate Change Info Mailing List < climate-l@lists.iisd.ca > Dear colleagues,   FAO and CGIAR's  Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)  invite you to share your ideas to help us shape a common agenda for effective Climate-Smart Agriculture knowledge systems by completing the following questionnaire: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KZMHKV2   This questionnaire has been developed as a first major step towards identifying major knowledge priorities, key areas of work and knowledge products which will facilitate the successful and efficient adoption and up-scaling of CSA globally. The questionnaire will be open until Tuesday, 29 April. It should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete.   Please take the questionnaire today, and...

Soco International's oil activity in world heritage park raises tricky questions for investors

Soco International's oil activity in world heritage park raises tricky questions for investors Withdraw, engage or ignore? The oil company's exploration of options in Africa's oldest national park puts its investors, including Aviva and L&G, into a difficult position   A war of words between WWF and UK-listed   oil   company   Soco International   about its plans to explore for oil in a world heritage site in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has come to a head after a ruling by an international tribunal. Soco, whose preliminary results for 2013 are published tomorrow, has a permit to explore in part of the Virunga National Park,   Africa 's oldest national park and home to the critically endangered mountain gorillas made famous by the film   Gorillas in the Mist . Some 85% of the park has been allocated as oil concessions by the DRC but WWF says Soco is the only company moving forward with exploration plans. Other companies, ...

Fwd: energy-l digest: April 17, 2014

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Energy-l digest < energy-l@lists.iisd.ca > Date: 18 April 2014 06:00 Subject: energy-l digest: April 17, 2014 To: energy-l digest recipients < energy-l@lists.iisd.ca > Subject: energy-l digest: April 17, 2014 From: "Energy-l digest" < energy-l@lists.iisd.ca > Reply-To: "Energy-l" < energy-l@lists.iisd.ca > Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:00:10 -0500 ENERGY-L Digest for Thursday, April 17, 2014. 1. Sustainable Energy Update - 17 April 2014 - Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice ___________________________________________________________________________________ - - View energy-l Forum: https://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=energy-l - Membership options / Unsubscribe: https://lists.iisd.ca/read/?forum=energy-l ___________________________________________________________________________________ Subscribe to all other IISD Reporting Services' free newsletters and lists...