Updated version of the Albertine Rift Montane Forests Ecoregion Programme - January 2004
In October a coalition of 14 NGOs sent a strong message to the EU to urgently progress on green and social procurement. Public authorities must be allowed to take environmental and social criteria, as well as equality, into account when awarding their public contracts.
Madagascar's President Mar Ravalomanana has committed to triple the island's protected area coverage, adding a further 5 million ha, and placing more than than two-thirds of the country's remaining forest under formal protection.
Factsheet, Partners for Wetlands