• Urban Environmental Management:
  • Environment and Disasters - resources were added/updated, including a widget to the Earthweek website

Check out International Days and Observances for September

Aug'10

• Sustainable Development:
  • Intl Year of Biodiversity - added link to Intergovernmental panel on biodiversity
• Urban Environmental Management:
  • Sust Tourism - updated and added new entries to the Journal list; added link to Marrakech Taskforce on Tourism
  • Sust Transportation - updated new content to feature

Check out International Days and Observances for July

• Sustainable Development:
  • Sustained Voices: Several new voices were added.
  • IYB2010: New resources and docs were added to GDRC's pages on the International Year of Biodiversity
• Urban Environmental Management:
  • Impact Assessment: Links to UNU Open Educational Resources on Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment.
• NGO Cafe:
  • Bungee Jumps - Several resources were added to the Japan NGO Scene

Check out International Days and Observances for June

May'10

• All GDRC:
  • 10th Anniversary! GDRC was established on 25 May 2000. In 2010, it celebrates its 10th Anniversary!
• Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands:
  • Oceans - added links to EU Oceans Energy Association; The Underwater Channel, and other resources
  • Coasts - Added a link to archives of the International Year of the Reef 2008
• Urban Environmental Management:
  • Waste Management: Created a new spcial focus on "Gender and Waste"
• Microfinance:
  • Case Studies - Country profiles for Afghaniztan. Bangladesh, China, Fiji, and Indonesia were updated
• Information Design:
  • Instructional Design: Added and updated several links in the special feature.

Check out International Days and Observances for May

Apr'10

• Sustainable Business:
  • Networks and Groups - Added link to UNIDO's new magazine, 'Making it'
• Information Design:
  • Instructional Design - Added link to "37 Great Resources on Instructional Design"

Check out International Days and Observances for April

Mar'10

• Sustainable Development:
  • Intl Year of Biodiversity - added links to biodiversity factsheets
• Urban Environmental Management:
  • Sust. Tourism Gateway - updated lists of (a) acedemic courses, and (b) journals, on tourism and related topics

Check out International Days and Observances for March

Feb'10

• Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands:
  • Coasts - EU Floods Directive
• Urban Environmental Management:
  • Disaster Mitigation - Environment and Disasters: Added link to Encyclopedia of Earth
• Urban Governance:
  • Documents and Reports - Added document, "Urban Governance: A Sourcebook on Indicators"
• Microfinance:
  • Country Information: South Africa - A document prepared by Paradigm Shift's Greg Skowronski, titled, "The Microcredit Sector in South Africa: An Overview of the History, Financial Access, Challenges and Key Players" was published

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  Jan'10

  January 2010
  • All GDRC:
    • GDRC wishes all its visitors, Virtual Fellows and Institutional Partners a very happy new year!
    • This 'What's New' page is now available as an RSS Feed. Click on the RSS logo above to read this page in a Feed Reader such as Google Reader.
  • Sustainable Development:
    • Sustained Voices - a number of entries were added to the collection
    • GDRC became a partner of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
  • Urban Environmental Management:
    • Environment and Disasters - added a document on "Environment Issues in Disaster Recovery", and seven resources to the Tools section.
    • Sustainable Transportation - Case studies on sustainablity and transportation
    • Energy Management - links to IEA databases on (a) Energy Efficiency Policies and Measures, (b) Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures, and (c) Climate Change Policies and Measures were added.
    • Sustainable Tourism: Updated links in the 'University Courses' section
  • Urban Governance:
    • Programmes and Institutions - The Innovation in Governance Research Project, Technische Universitat Berlin.

  Check out International Days and Observances for January