地球・人間環境フォーラムの月刊環境情報誌、「グローバルネット」に地球環境戦略研究機関(IGES)北京事務所所長の小柳秀明が、中国の最新環境事情を偶数月で連載しています。
森林宣言評価は、森林に関するニューヨーク宣言（2014）や森林と土地利用に関するグラスゴー首脳宣言（2021）などの国際宣言で定められた世界目標への進捗を評価する市民社会主導の独立した取り組みである。転換と劣化の脅威にさらされている生態系に対して、地球規模の気候と生物多様性の目標を達成するため、2022年の本レポートは、森林生態系に焦点を当てている。本レポートは、森林の包括的目標、持続可能な生産と開発、森林資金および森林ガバナンスの4章で構成されており、森林の世界目標を達成するための効果的な知見を提供する。「我々は順調に2030年に森林の世界目標を達成できるか？」
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The objective of this paper is to identify relevant indicators and highlight the current availability of data to support collection of indicators for measuring and evaluating transparency capacity under the GST. It is fair to question, why after all these years of international capacity-building do many countries, particularly developing...
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The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami significantly impacted the coastal shoreline
of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, causing widespread destruction of infrastructure and ecological
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