Ifpra Europe

Climate Change

noreply@blogger.com (Ifpra Europe) — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:35:00 +0000

International Federation of Parks & Recreation Administration
Press Release - November 2008

There is little doubt that the realities of climate change as they gain greater acknowledgment and policy responses, will lead to the emergence of new industries and economic models.

These new initiatives will almost certainly be based around investments in ‘clean’ technologies and the natural infrastructure such as forests, soils and water. They are likely to drive the evolution of new professions and an employment boom in the 21^st century.

Achim Steiner, UNRP Executive Director, said recently ‘the financial, food and fuel crisis if 2008 are in part a result of speculation and a failure of governments to intelligently manage and focus markets’. By this, he means that an economic focus has occurred at the expense of social and environmental issues.

He indicated that the failure in particular had lead to the disturbing loss of environmental capital and nature-based assets, and based around the over reliance on finite and over-subsidised fuels.

An Ifpra spokesperson said today that the opportunities presented socially and environmentally, would spawn a need to revise our current practices, which most often had a singular economic focus.

Conference in Montpellier

noreply@blogger.com (Ifpra Europe) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:08:00 +0000

French speakers may be interested in the Conference "Vers une ville bioclimatique" to be held in Montpellier France on 11th and 12th December 2008. For more details go to http://www.enact-montpellier.cnfpt.fr/colloque_biodiversite/index.php

News from Ifpra Congress Christchurch - Ifpra and Ifla

noreply@blogger.com (Ifpra Europe) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:28:00 +0000

International Federation of Parks and Recreation Administration (Ifpra) and International Federation of Landscape Architects (Ifla) sign Memorandum of Understanding - for full details of the Memorandum of Understanding follow the link for more.

Welcome to Ifpra Europe

noreply@blogger.com (Ifpra Europe) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:17:00 +0000

Welcome to the latest news pages of Ifpra Europe. Please keep checking back for new updates.