Nature’s riches can play a major role in poverty eradication, but only if governments and businesses recognise the true economic value of the goods and services our environment provides us. That’s the central message of a free book published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Birdlife International and Pavan Sukhdev — […]
Press Release IUCN, IIED and Internews launch Biodiversity Media Alliance Journalists need more training and greater access to sources and information if they are to effectively tell an under-reported story that has profound implications for livelihoods, health and businesses the world over — the silent decline in the planet’s biological resources. So say media specialists […]
Press Release The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, has backed citizens worldwide who are demanding a fundamental shift in food and agricultural research to make them more democratic and accountable to society. De Schutter outlines his support in the foreword to a multimedia publication that the International Institute […]
PRESS RELEASE BY TWERWANEHO LISTENERS CLUB FORT PORTAL [HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CLUB] DATED THIS 19th day of October, 2010 at Fort Portal PROTEST AGAINST CONTINEOUS UNLAWFUL SELL OF KINGDOM LAND [PRIVATE AND PUBLIC MAILS] BY QUEEN MOTHER AND HER AGENTS Under S. 143 of the Registration of Titles Act Cap 205 as at 4th January, […]
The Uganda Investment Authority has released the July-September quarterly investment report showing the Netherlands, India and China are the leading countries to bring in foreign direct investment in Uganda. Ugandans however continue to be the leading investors with 40 planned projects worth 178.1 million dollars and creating 11,338 jobs. UIA Chairman, Patrick Bitature said the […]
The Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (Borlaug LEAP) is a fellowship program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to enhance the quality of thesis research of graduate students from developing countries who show strong promise as leaders in the field of agriculture and related disciplines as defined by […]
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (IAS-STS) Fellowship Programme 2011-2012 The IAS-STS in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions between science, technology and society as well as technology assessment and research into the development and implementation of socially and environmentally sound technologies. The IAS-STS is broadly speaking, […]
BELOVED CHILDREN IN CHRIST Having heard that I was called to attend a conference in America and that I shall be away for a certain time, many of you have asked me to leave you some guiding principles, which you could follow during the critical period of my absence, that is during the time of […]
It is a pleasure to inform you that e-Gov World 2011 is scheduled to be held on January 20 -21, 2011 at Hotel The Grand , New Delhi, India. The conference summit is jointly organized by The Society for Promotion of e-Governance (SpeG) and Tetra Information Services. Started in 2004 as a flagship initiative of […]
THEME: BUILDING A PROSPEROUS, SECURE AND UNITED UGANDA: A GUARANTEE FOR AN INDEPENDENT NATION. Anti-Colonial Fighters in Africa and elsewhere in the World fought for independence in order to, among other things, empower people to participate in the process of running and development of their countries. This development consisted of provision of peace and security, […]