聚光灯下：12月16日

2014年11月10日和11日，荷兰国际关系研究所“Clingendael”与巴西智库Igarapé共同组织了一次关于联合国，特别是联合国安理会改革的发人深省的研讨会。本报告反映了对联合国基本价值观、新兴大国和新利益攸关方的影响、维持和平方面的挑战以及改革建议的讨论。

Last month, 40 nations agreed to restore 5 million hectares (12.4 million acres) of degraded lands and areas of low-quality bamboo production into productive, healthy bamboo forests at the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan’s (INBAR) Ninth Council Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This pledge will help answer the Bonn Challenge—an effort to pledge to have 150 million hectares (370 million acres) of degraded and deforested lands in restoration programs by 2020—and could create significant environmental and climate benefits, if bamboo can overcome its image problem.