Biodiversity & Food


WECF's overall goal for Safe Food Production and Sustainable Rural Development in the EU and EECCA region is that by 2020 all children, women and men have access to safe, regional, diverse and affordable food, free of hazardous chemicals, nano-particles and GMOs, based on fair trade and produced in harmony with nature and landscape, protecting water, soil, air and biodiversity.

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Latest News & Reports

Community approaches to a better environment for all and poverty reduction in out of reach communities...

Practical training how to construct solar collector, fruit dryer and solar distiller was carried out in project regions in Azerbaijan

10.08.2010 | Anna Samwell

Coalition for Climate Justice enter into second phase for funding from Netherlands Ministry of...

Coalition lead by WECF has passed first selection round

03.08.2010 | WECF Press Release

Коалиция за...

Коалиция, возглавляемая...

02.08.2010 | WECF Press Release

6th European Conference of GMO-Free Regions Brussels and Ghent, 16.-18. September 2010

WECF calls for participation on the Conference of GMO-Free Regions in Brussels and Ghent, Belgium

28.07.2010 | Magdalena Black

Nominations for International Environmental Governance process UNEP

Nomination forms for members of th Major Group and Stakeholder Advisory Group on UNEP's high level International Environmental Governance process...

08.07.2010 | Sascha Gabizon

The way to Cancun: Climate Alliance organised colourful demonstration in centre of Bonn to mark UN...

During Bonn Climate conference in preparation of the next Climate Summit in Mexico in December, WECF took part in Climate Alliance demonstration in...

11.06.2010 | Magdalena Black

WECF training in Georgia for participants from Azerbaijan: ‘Introduction to alternative technologies for...

Training: ‘Introduction to alternative technologies for sustainable rural development’ organized for Azeri participants at the Demonstration Center...

10.05.2010 | Anna Samwel

News from Armenia from WECF Partner AWHHE: Emergency situation around the burial site of obsolete and...

Emergency situation on burial of obsolete pesticides, which could pose enormous threats to human health and environment, will come to solution

20.04.2010 | AWHHE

Women and Biodiversity meeting in Bonn, Germany

German "Women and Life on Earth" association announces new office and organises meeting on women and biodiversity, March 19 in Bonn

18.03.2010 | Magdalena Black

German-Polish exchange to promote sustainable rural development; WECF and Bavarian partner visit Polish...

Deutsch-polnischer Austausch zur Förderung nachhaltiger, ländlicher Entwicklung

07.08.2009 | Karin Adolph

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Latest Press Release

Featured Project

 

Empowerment & Local Action (ELA)
Building the capacity of poor local communities in rural areas
Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Partners: Agency Support Development Process Nau, AWHHE, BIOM, Central Asian Alliance for Water & Public Fund Mehr-Shavkat, Georgian Environmental and Biological Monitoring Association, Foundation Caucasus Environment, Ecos NGO, ECOTOX, Habitat for Humanity, Katachel e.V., Mehriban, Paros, Public Association Mountain Club Jabagly-Manas, RDCA, Regional Public Ecological Organization “Vozrojdenye” (“Revival”) of Tatarbunary, Rural Women’s NGO “Alga”, SEMA, Social Union Agerkech, Society Development Centre of Akhaltsikhe, The Greens Movement of Georgia/FoE, “ULGU”, UNISON, WISDOM, WPO “SAFO”
Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2010

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Latest Publications

 

WECF's position on biofuels
WECF critical towards use of biofuels
01.12.2009

 

Video: Better toilets, better crops and better lives - Ecological Sanitation in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
DVD by WECF partner Mehriban
06.11.2008

 

Make Biodiversity visible and tasteable
Welcome to our "Streuobstwiese"
04.03.2008

 

The Right to a Healthy Environment
How to use international legal mechanism for the protection of our environment and our health – a manual
19.12.2007

 

Creating Sustainability
Report of the Workshop on the UN Commission on Sustainable Development cluster issues, and the UNECE CSD Regional Implementation Meeting taking place in Geneva (Switzerland), 14-16 December 2005.
09.03.2006 | Manana Juruli and Rusudan Simonidze

 

Improvement of environmental safety in rural Armenia.
AWHHE publication on health risks from Obsolete Pesticide Dumpsite in in a landslide area near a village
27.02.2006

 

WECF Briefings - 2006 - Rural Development
Information on Rural Development Policy in the enlarged EU.
26.02.2006

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