Elinor Ostrom dies, Nobel-winning economist
(Reuters) - Elinor Ostrom, a professor at Indiana University who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for economics, died Tuesday from cancer, the university said. She was 78. Ostrom received the...
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(Source: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme) UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos visited Niger...
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The late Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom wasn't a proponent of global climate talks. Instead, she argued in her trailblazing commons work that people can and do work together locally to manage shared...
View ArticleNobel-winning economist Elinor Ostrom dies
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Elinor Ostrom, a professor at Indiana University who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for economics, died on Tuesday from cancer, the university said. She was 78....
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View ArticleSearch committee formed to name new director of IU's Ostrom Workshop (Indiana...
(Source: Indiana University) Last modified: Monday, February 25, 2013 Search committee formed to name new director of IU's Ostrom Workshop FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 25, 2013 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A...
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Officials at the launch of a new international project at the World Nutrition Rio de Janeiro Congress 2012 held on April 28, known as the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Project, have asked for...
View ArticleElinor Ostrom, only woman Nobel laureate in Economics, dies
Elinor Ostrom, an Indiana University professor of political science and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, died on Tuesday at the age of 78. Ostrom died of cancer on Tuesday morning at...
View ArticleDr. Gro Harlem Brundtland receives the Mahbub ul Haq Award for Human...
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Hyderabad: A group of community-based organisations from across the world have showed that biodiversity and business can go hand-in-hand for the benefit of the people. The organisations from as diverse...
View ArticleTanzania, Kenya and Uganda Unite Efforts to Combat Illegal Timber Trade in...
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View ArticleBiodiversity Conservation can Improve Human Health in World’s Growing Cities,...
PRESS RELEASE Biodiversity Conservation can Improve Human Health in World's Growing Cities, says UN assessment Integrating Ecosystems into Urban Planning Can Deliver Major Economic Benefits and Reduce...
View ArticleNew Report Offers Menu of Solutions to Close the Global Food Gap (UNDP -...
(Source: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme) 03 Dec 2013 Actions Needed to Improve Food Production and Consumption to Close the Projected 70 Percent Gap by 2050 JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON - New...
View ArticleNew Report Offers Menu of Solutions to Close the Global Food Gap (UNEP -...
(Source: UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme) Actions Needed to Improve Food Production and Consumption to Close the Projected 70 Percent Gap by 2050 JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON? New research...
View ArticlePolicies to protect wetlands necessary for sustainable economies – UN-backed...
Print 16 October 2012 Governments must recognize the vital economic and environmental role that wetlands play in supporting human life and biodiversity, according to a United Nations-backed report...
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