20.06.12
New UNESCO Publication: Healthy Ocean, Healthy People. Knowing our Oceans, protecting our Marine Treasures, Empowering Ocean Citizens
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Participants of the training course practising underwater archaeology methods. The city of Zadar, Croatia, has hosted for second time the second course on basic underwater archaeology (from 04. 06. 2012 to 15. 06. 2012). This training course was organized by the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology ... More...

18.06.2012 - Science Magazine The Rio+20 agenda has grown from two uninspiring, but essential, foci, the green economy and institutional framework for sustainable development, into a chaotic catchall for the world’s woes. Neither approach offers much hope of attracting the attention of world leaders needed to make the conference a success. ... More...

18.06.2012 - UNESCOPRESS No development model which leaves a billion people in hunger, poverty and social exclusion is sustainable. Twenty years after the landmark 1992 Earth Summit, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), taking place 20-22 June 2012, will reconvene in Rio ... More...

This is the second part of the transcript of my Milton K Wong lecture that I delivered in Vancouver last week. I posted the first part earlier this week. The talk will be broadcast in full on 22 June on the CBC’s Ideas strand. The story I have told so far is of a Europe that is not as plural as many imagine it to be, ... More...

Welcome to the charming world of "Romantic Impressions!" Take a stroll through picturesque city streets adorned with blue-shuttered windows and red doors. Stop by a small quaint cafe with red umbrellas and browse through a corner marketplace before stopping to rest at the courtyard fountain. More...

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova will be on an official visit to Barbados from 13 to 16 June. She is expected to meet the Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean, Minister of Education and Human Resource Development Ronald Jones, Minister of Family, ... More...

A few days before the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, World Oceans Day provides us with an opportunity to remember a simple truth: our planet Earth is primarily a blue planet. The oceans cover 70 per cent of the surface of the globe. They are the lungs of the planet and ... More...