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Human development: policy and practice

Hungary/region, 20 July 2008 – Graduate students, civil servants and researchers had the chance to take part in the third Sustainable Human Development summer school organized by UNDP and the Central European University. With the aim of improving understanding of human development, the Millennium Development Goals and the interaction of theory and policy, experts from the UNDP Regional Centre, CEU and other European institutions presented their experiences in poverty reduction, social inclusion, civil society, environmental challenges and climate change, and localizing the MDGs. 



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First results in peatland restoration

Belarus, 26 June 2008 – The first practical results of hydrological regime restoration, from the example of depleted peatland at “Bartenikha” have been presented during a workshop “Methods of Hydrological Regime Restoration at Depleted Peatlands”, which was held as part of a UNDP–GEF project.

The project site “Bartenikha”, in Volozhin forestry, Minsk region, is among the first sites rehabilitated in the frame of the project “Renaturalization and Sustainable Management of Peatlands in Belarusto Combat Land Degradation, Ensure Conservation of Globally Valuable Biodiversity and Mitigate Climate Change”. The participants of the workshop – representatives of Ministry of Forestry of Belarusand forestries (owners of the project sites) and mass media – were presented the different types of water regulating facilities, described their operating principles and justification of restoration of depleted peatlands.



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