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Events Taking Place During Climate Change Week At FUNGLODE
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), will be organizing a week-long series of events concerning climate change. Events will take place May 21-24, 2007 at FUNGLODE’s auditorium. The central theme of the week’s events will be the impacts of climate change and ways in which to mitigate its consequences.
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GFDD and FUNGLODE Will Premier 3 Documentary Films During International Week on Climate Change
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), and the Dominican Chapter of the International Center for Environmental and Sustainable Development Studies (CIEMADeS) will be hosting a week long series of events concerning climate change which will include the screening of the following documentary films: Too Hot Not To Handle, The Great Warming, and MicroMacro Panorama: Climate Change.
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International Week on Climate Change at FUNGLODE
The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), and the Dominican Chapter of the International Center for Environmental and Sustainable Development Studies (CIEMADeS), will be hosting various events concerning climate change, May 21-24, 2007, at FUNGLODE’s headquarters in Santo Domingo.
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First Workshop on Participative Processes for the Effective Management of the Sosúa Marine Park
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development/ Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo in collaboration with Sosúa Marine Park and Counterpart International are organizing the first workshop on: “Participative Processes for the Effective Management of the Sosúa Marine Park.”
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Natasha Despotovic Joins the Board of Counterpart International
After a unanimous vote, Natasha Despotovic, Executive Director of GFDD, was elected to the Counterpart International Board.
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Logical Framework Planning Tools
With the participation of representatives from more than 30 non – governmental organizations and public offices, GFDD/ FUNGLODE held the 2 day workshop titled “Logical Framework Planning Tools”.
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Environmental Aspects of Trade Treaties – DR-CAFTA
The profound changes in the production of goods brought about by international treaties and their impact on the environment was not contemplated in the many international treaties until fairly recently, until the North American Free Trade Agreement, more than ten years ago…
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DR-CAFTA and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities Conference
GFDD/FUNGLODE will hold a two-day conference in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4th – 5th, where one of the goals of this conference is to open the discussion among stakeholders on the environmental aspects of DR-CAFTA from a domestic and international point of view.
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Natasha Despotovic Addresses the Washington Summit on Climate Stabilization
During four consecutive days, world experts, including the President of Iceland, Dr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, government, non-governmental organizations, and private sector representatives, multilaterals and international organizations, discussed in depth the many aspects and consequences of climate.
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GFDD Participates in 2006 State of the Planet Forum at Columbia University
On March 28-29, 2006, Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) participated in the “State of the Planet 06: Is Sustainable Development feasible?” forum, held by The Earth Institute, at the Roone Arledge Auditorium, Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University, New York City.
