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Voluntary action for environmental protection
18 August 2011
A UNV Albania stand offered information and materials on volunteerism, environmental protection and climate change. (UNV, 2011)
Vuno, Albania: The camp helped to increase awareness among the participants about volunteerism and the importance of voluntary actions for community mobilization and local development. Read
Think green, make clean
24 June 2011
A spring clean-up was conducted at Modrac Lake in Tuzla, a north-eastern town of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within several hours, the Centre for Ecology and Energy, the Scout Association ‘Duga’ and local community members had collected a dozen bags of waste. (UNV, 2011)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Hundreds of citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina got together to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5th. United Nations agencies, ministries, municipalities, towns, schools and NGOs around the country organized clean-ups, exhibitions and cultural events. Read
World Environment Day 2011
05 June 2011
From left, refugee camp residents and tree nursery volunteers, Zahrah Ali Shom, Bakhita Gaber Hamid and Ekhlas Saed Gorashi pause in their tasks while Osman Yusif (kneeling), with the Sudan Red Crescent Society, has a close look at terminalia mentalis seedlings tended by the women at the  Girba Refugee Camp in eastern Sudan.  IUNV volunteer Murdakai Titus brought the seeds from Nigeria to help improve the landscape of Kassala area camps he serves as a UNHCR Associate Eligibility Officer. (Murdakai Titus/UNV,2010)
Bonn, Germany: Forest conservation and natural resource management become more sustainable when there is ownership at the community level. Read
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World Migratory Bird Day 2011
13 May 2011
Combatting soil erosion as seen in this banana field in Tanzania, improves the environment and the biodiversity. (UNV archives, 2009)
In marking World Migratory Bird Day 2011, 14-15 May, Flavia Pansieri, UNV Executive Coordinator, notes the critical role volunteers play participating and engaging others in the environmental movement. Read
Namibian President visits Siya Community Based Adaptation Group
17 February 2011
President Hifikepunye Pohamba (in hat, center) hoeing with the Siya CBA Self Help Group in Kavango, Namibia. (NAMPA/Joseph Nekaya, 2011)
Kavango, Namibia: On 5 February 2011 His Excellency Hifikepunye Pohamba, President of the Republic of Namibia, paid a two-hour visit to the Siya Community Based Adaptation(CBA) Self Help Group in the Kavango Region. Read
Fitting in on a remote Yemeni island
14 January 2011
Socotra, Yemen: At first, local women kept their distance from Bohdana Rambouskova (Czech Republic), a UN Volunteer Communication Officer with the Socotra Governance and Biodiversity Project.  After she offered free English classes to the girls and women on this remote Yemeni island, they extended their hospitality and started inviting her to social gatherings at their homes.  Read
More about: Governance
Countries:  Yemen
Over a hundred volunteers joined hands in coastal clean-up and mangrove planting in Samoa
14 January 2011
Villagers from the community helping to replant mangroves. (Jenny Iao Jorgensen/UNDP)
Fasitootai, Samoa: This year the IVD celebration focused on the theme Volunteering for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Since the Pacific is one of the most vulnerable regions to the adverse impacts of climate change, achieving the MDGs is made more challenging. On 4 December 2010, over 100 local and international volunteers joined hands in cleaning up and planting mangroves in Fasitootai, northwest of Samoa’s Upolu Island. In less than two hours they cleared about 10,000 sq meters of Fasitootai’s coastline and planted 250 mangrove seedlings. Read
Planting trees for shade and self-reliance at Sudan refugee camps
27 September 2010
From left, Boray Assadiq, RSD Adjusdicators Team Leader, Sudan Commissioner of Refugees, Ms Wegdan Abdelrahman Idriss, Head, FAO Kassala office, Joseph Mbithi, Senior Programme Officer, UNHCR, and Elsir Awad Elkarim Ahmed, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Forestry National Corporation, plant a seedling together at Shagarab Refugee Camp 1 and show their joint support for the tree planting project which enables refugess to improve the Kassala area camps where they reside.  More than 600 seedlings were planted at the August event. (Ida Munck/UNV, 2010)
Kassala, Sudan: Nigerian UNV volunteer, Murdakai Titus, organized a successful community wide tree planting at the Shagarab Refugee Camps 1,2 and 3 near Kassala in eastern Sudan. Read
A pillar for peacekeepers and communities
03 August 2010
Irish volunteer Derek O’Rourke (front right) with Josephine Lee (centre), Liberian UNV volunteer Property Management Assistant, and James Mperese (left), Ugandan UNV volunteer Facilities Management Assistant, during activities in South Murta. (UNMIS)
Kadugli, Sudan: Working with the United Nations Mission in the Sudan, UNV volunteer Derek O’Rourke's role is to make life as comfortable as possible for peacekeepers in the field. He has also initiated a UNV group supporting volunteer activities with communities, promoting environmental awareness and community voluntary action. Read
Countries:  Sudan
World Environment Day 2010
04 June 2010
Farmers El Houssain El Kerdaoui (centre) and El Mahfoud Ihrche (right) discuss climate change and its effect on their oasis at Iguiwaz, Morocco, with Ali Ait Baha (left), a respected elder. El Houssain and El Mahfoud volunteer with the Community-based Adaptation project supported by UNV in partnership with UNDP and GEF, contributing towards water-sharing systems and tree-planting initiatives, and sharing their knowledge with local youth. (Baptiste de Ville d’Avray, 2009)
Bonn, Germany: The United Nations General Assembly designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. As ever, voluntary action will be key to achieving its goals. Read
More about: Civil society
Countries:  Germany

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