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  1. Good news from the South: Biodiversity mainstreaming - A paradigm shift in conservation?

    Good news from the South: Biodiversity mainstreaming - A paradigm … to biodiversity conservation, most especially in moving from the traditional 'protected areas' model to an …

  2. STAP Chair Presented with the Association for Environmental Health and Science (AEHS) Foundation Achievement Award

    STAP Chair Presented with the Association for Environmental … Energy being held in Amherst, MA, Dr. Rosina Bierbaum, STAP Chair, is being presented with the Association for … read more about this honor to Dr. Bierbaum at this UMD News item.

  3. Achieving enduring outcomes from GEF investment

    Achieving enduring outcomes from GEF investment This paper sets out …

  4. Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the Global Environment Facility

    … World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that indoor smoke from burning coal or wood is among the top ten major health … contributing to over 4 million people dying prematurely from illness attributable to the household air pollution … particularly at risk. Black carbon emissions arise mainly from the combustion of diesel fuel and biofuels, coal-fired …

  5. Miriam L. Diamond

    … chemical contaminants and environmental issues in general, from over three decades of conducting research and teaching … Prof. Diamond's research goal is to reduce impacts from chemical contaminants by understanding their releases … and Environmental Epidemiology.   She  was the co-chair of the Canadian Chemical Management Plan Science …

  6. STAP Chair's Presentation to the 61st GEF Council Meeting, 8 December 2021

    STAP Chair's Presentation to the 61st GEF Council Meeting, 8 … reduction we need by 2030. A recent Report from Tracking Climate Action indicates that current policy … global average temperature shift by the end of the century from 2.7 to 2.4° C, and this could shift well below the …

  7. Sunday Leonard appointed as STAP Secretary

    … He also worked at UNEP’s Chief Scientist Office from 2011 to 2015, where he was responsible for the … into the SDGs. Sunday has been featured on news channels to discuss environmental sustainability … He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from University College London, UK, a Master of Science in …

  8. Chair’s report and presentation

    Chair’s report and presentation … drawing out some of the key messages on these elements from the Assembly round tables. Looking ahead to the next … and cellular agriculture (producing livestock products from cell culture, without the animal itself). Noting that …

  9. Alternative Livelihoods

    … and technical literature, as well as the findings from a sample of full-size projects selected from the GEF7 funding cycle. The analysis of academic and … absence of evidence to verify the environmental benefits from AL approaches and emphasizes the need for more …

  10. STAP Chair is elected as a member to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

    STAP Chair is elected as a member to the U.S. National Academy of … "As a first-generation college graduate hailing from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, I know I would not be here … “My unusual career has come full circle from ‘discovery’ of knowledge, to ‘assessment’ and …