Today is World Oceans Day 2018 (#WorldOceansDay) with the action focus being: Preventing plastic pollution and encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean. There is an increasing awareness of the importance of oceans especially the issue of contamination of ocean space by marine debris, including plastics, with the ever-increasing growth of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; but of … [Read more...] about The Blue Economy: Think like a #BOSs!
Luis Miguel Aparicio
Luis Miguel is a forest engineer from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, in Peru; has a BSc in forest science, and a MSc in forest resources conservation from the same university, a diploma on environmental resources management & sustainable development from Hiroshima University, and a diploma in forest certification from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Has worked in more than a dozen countries and his areas of expertise include climate change, natural resources policy and management. Among other positions, has been the technical coordinator of the General Directorate of Forestry and Wildlife in Peru, lead auditor of FSC forest management and forest chain-of-custody projects, forestry expert and validator/verifier for CDM and VCS emission reductions projects, programs of activities and REDD+ jurisdictional programs. Currently works as a consultant for the Climate Change Division of the Inter-American Development Bank.
5 Keys for Sustainability in the Guyana Shield
The Guyana Shield geological formation, one of the world´s most biodiverse regions, encompasses parts of Venezuela and Brazil, as well as French Guyana. All of the territory of Guyana and Suriname sits atop it. Like many other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, the effects of climate change are requiring us to plan and act now to mitigate the most imminent … [Read more...] about 5 Keys for Sustainability in the Guyana Shield