World Toilet Day - GLAAS launch - Post-2015 Facilitators appointed View this email in your browser NEWS FEED Students in Nalgonda, India, celebrate "World Toilet day" Photo:Singam Venkataramana NEWS - November, 2014 375 MILLION REASONS TO MARK WORLD TOILET DAY Equality and dignity was the theme of World Toilet Day 2014, celebrated on 19 November, with activities around the world. The UN led campaign aimed to inspire action to end open defecation and put spotlight on how access to improved sanitation leads to a reduction in assault and violence on women and girls. World Toilet Day sparked global conversations around the main themes of the campaign. Activties such as book launches, film screenings,  debates, comedy festivals, photo exhibitions were held in many cities around the world. The social media buzz was impressive with a maximim potential reach of 375 million people with 12 000 content shared by nearly 60 000 authors.  The most recorded events were held in India where initiatives such as Each on Tech one involved 10 000 students and communities in awareness raising of the importance of water and sanitation. In Nigeria, the Inclusive Friends organized a benefit concert called Music for Toilets. In Switzerland, 7 year-old school children took photos of their toilets at home and decorated them as part of raising awareness  of the value of having a toilet.  Share Tweet Forward NEWS - November, 2014 MAJOR GAPS IN WATER AND SANITATION - ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS  Global efforts to provide improved water and sanitation  for all are gaining momentum, but serious gaps in funding continue to hamper progress, according to the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS).  International aid for water and sanitation is on the rise - as is political commitment. According to the GLAAS report, financial commitments for WASH increased by 30% between 2010 and 2012 – from US$ 8.3 billion to US$ 10.9 billion. However, there are still major financial gaps at the country level, particularly in rural areas. Two thirds of the 94 countries recognized drinking-water and sanitation as a universal human right in national legislation. More than 80% reported having national policies in place for drinking-water and sanitation,  and more than 75% have policies for hygiene. The report presents data from 94 countries and 23 external support agencies and offers a comprehensive analysis of strengths and challenges in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) provision within and across countries.  Published by the World Health Organization on behalf of UN-Water this year's GLAAS report was released on 19 November at the UN Headquarters in New York in connection with events to mark World Toilet Day.  NEWS - November, 2014 BREAKING TABOOS The 2014 World Toilet Day celebrations at the United Nations Headquarters was organized by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore in partnership with UN-Water.  Following an opening speech by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jan Eliasson, Ambassador Karen Tan of Singapore welcomed the participants to the event that would feature the launch of the GLAAS report as well as a high level debate on a subject surrounded by taboos: sanitation-related challenges of women and girls. A statement from the Ambassador of India, Asoke Mukerji, was followed by a video message by Dr Jean Chamberlain on the dire situation for women at the birth clinic Uganda where there are no improved toilets.  The debate was moderated by the Chair of UN-Water, Michel Jarraud, and the issues span from how important women's leadership is in ending sanitation related gender based violence which was explained by Begona Lasagabaster from UN Women to the role of the private sector which was touched upon by Unilver's Analia Mendez. Sarina Prabasi, WaterAid America's CEO said that women must be involved in sanitation policy design, not just projects and Michael Sheldrick argued that youths are not simply beneficiaries but agents of change. Watch the webcast The Permanent Representatives of Kenya – Ambassador Macharia Kamau - and the Permanent Representative of Ireland – Ambassador David Donoghue – have been appointed as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda. They shared a food-for-thought paper with Member States on 17 November 2014. The paper proposes modalities for the negotiations and suggests that the outcome document to be prepared for adoption at the Summit in September 2015 would contain the following main components: An introductory declaration; Sustainable Development Goals, targets and indicators;  Means of Implementation and a new Global Partnership; a Framework for monitoring and review of implementation. The co-facilitators aim to finalize the modalities by the end of the year so that substantive consultations can begin in January. They suggest adopting the inclusive working method of the Open Working Group on SDGs and envisage ten 4 1/2 day sessions in the period January to July 2015. The summit's outcome document is envisaged to include an introductory declaration; SDGs, targets and indicators; means of implementation and a new global partnership; and a framework for monitoring and review of implementation. More information Share Tweet Forward In this new and unusual illustration, Geneva based organisations share their secrets to many successful recipes that have been imagined, tried and improved. From the ILO to WHO, from the Kofi Annan Foundation to UNECE and UNDP, the organisations' recipes are mixed with a collection of some of Geneva's most celebrated chefs.  The initiative is coordinated by the International Geneva Perception Change Project, initiated by the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office of Geneva. The cookbook will be available from mid-december. 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UN-Water's recipe to ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.  Share Tweet Forward Photo: Creative Commons Mo Riza RECOMMENDED READING THE INDEPENDENT: These images shold break the internet but they probably won't - WSUP's photo exhibition of women, girls and their toilets.  THE TIMES OF INDIA: Surat has just 190 public toilets for 45L population   THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION:  "Nature's Toilet is not Natural'  AFRIQUEJET: Water Sanitation: 'Every dollar invested in water, sanitation brings four-fold return in costs' Share Tweet Forward NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES News, jobs, internships, media, events, publications, and more on the UN-Water website. Some examples below UN-Women: UN sounds alarm to end 'global pandemic' of violence against women. Orange your neighbourhood on the International Day to End Violence against Women.  SIWI: World Water Week 2015 - Call for abstracts and event proposals and Call for young professionals IN PICTURES Arsh Mogre, a 15-year-old student from Mumbai, India has long been interested in political affairs. 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Saiba como foi a Chuva de sementes de juçara

Chuva de Sementes de Juçara chamou atenção para a importância da relação entre ecologia, esporte e cultura

 

Calor, céu azul e ventos favoráveis contribuíram com o domingo de 16 de novembro durante a Chuva de Sementes de Juçara, evento do Projeto Taramandahy – Fase II que uniu ecologia, esporte e cultura em prol da conservação da Mata Atlântica. O projeto realizado pela ong Anama é patrocinado pela Petrobras através do Programa Petrobras Socioambiental e visa qualificar a gestão dos recursos hídricos na bacia hidrográfica do rio Tramandaí.

O encontro levou mais de cem pessoas ao topo da Rampa Nordeste do Morro da Borússia, em Osório, entre as quais estavam visitantes, praticantes de diferentes modalidades de voo livre e apoiadores da causa. Na abertura oficial, chamou-se a atenção para a importância de realizar ações que promovam a reflexão e que interfiram sobre as condições ambientais atuais durante segmentos esportivos como este, tão dependentes e próximos da natureza. Os organizadores lembraram que a primeira dispersão artificial de sementes por adeptos do esporte ocorreu em 1995, realizada pelo Anhangava Club de Voo Livre.

No evento, compareceram representantes de entidades que colaboram para a promoção do uso sustentável da palmeira juçara (Euterpe edulis), espécie em extinção e chave para a recuperação da Mata Atlântica. Os praticantes do Anhangava Club, parceiro da ação, se comprometeram em dar continuidade à dispersão de sementes durante os próximos voos. Também marcaram presença, integrantes da Associação Içara de Maquiné, que comercializaram seus produtos de polpa dos frutos da juçara, importante elemento de geração de trabalho, renda e preservação, destacando a alternativa ao corte ilegal da palmeira para retirada de palmito.

Outros presentes foram os apoiadores ligados à Secretaria do Meio Ambiente do Estado, à Prefeitura de Osório, à Fepagro Litoral Norte, ao GVBS/NUDEC - Maquiné (Grupo Voluntário de Busca e Salvamento e Núcleo de Defesa Civil), aos setores de turismo de municípios vizinhos, UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul); Cia do Ar Escola de Voo Livre, rede municipal de ensino público, 11ª Coordenadoria Regional de Educação de Osório, APAE, SENAI e SOS Palmiteiro. Além deles, também prestigiaram o encontro viveiristas e agricultores, estudantes, comunidade local e público de cidades vizinhas e da Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre.

Muitos visitantes estavam com os bolsos cheios de sementes e com mudas da palmeira juçara nas mãos, as quais foram distribuídas pelo projeto, além das sementes dispersadas durante os voos. A professora da rede pública de educação infantil de Novo Hamburgo, Ana Paula Ludwig, ficou feliz em poder levar uma grande quantidade de sementes, já que pretende plantar junto com seus alunos, na escola localizada dentro de um parque florestal, na cidade de Novo Hamburgo: "Estamos desenvolvendo um projeto sobre meio ambiente e no parque há bastante espaço, umidade e sombra para este tipo de plantio".

A Petrobras ao patrocinar o Projeto Taramandahy – Fase II, através de seu Programa Petrobras Socioambiental, apoia iniciativas que visam garantir o acesso universal e a sustentabilidade do uso da água, incluindo, entre outras ações, a proteção de nascentes e matas ciliares, além de contribuir para a recuperação e conservação do bioma Mata Atlântica.

Para o ano de 2015 estão previstas mais três Chuvas de Sementes em voos livres, totalizando cerca de quarenta mil sementes dispersadas.

 

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