* UNU Land Restoration Training Programme ( UNU-LRT ) in Reykjavik, Iceland

* UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Institute on Innovation and Technology ( UNU-MERIT ) in Maastricht, Netherlands

The UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Institute on Innovation and Technology ( Maastricht, Netherlands ) provides insights into the social, political and economic factors that drive technological change and innovation.

* UNU Fisheries Training Programme ( UNU-FTP ) in Reykjavik, Iceland

The UNU Fisheries Training Programme contributes to capacity building in developing countries where fisheries are of national or provincial importance.

* UNU Geothermal Training Programme ( UNU-GTP ) in Reykjavik, Iceland

The UNU Geothermal Training Programme assists developing countries with significant geothermal potential to establish groups of specialists in geothermal exploration and development by providing specialized training opportunities.

* UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean ( UNU-BIOLAC ) in Caracas, Venezuela

The UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean ( Caracas, Venezuela ) focuses on capacity development, emphasizing hands-on training and continuous education, making sure that biotechnology applications do not negatively impact the environment, as ensuring respect for human and animal rights

* UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development ( UNU-FNP ) in Ithaca, New York

The UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development ( Ithaca, New York, USA ) is dedicated to improving lives by generating new knowledge, providing access to current food and nutrition information within institutions, and helping individual nutrition professionals and practitioners to apply that knowledge at a grassroots level.

It inherited from the UNU / IAS the mandate of implementing the UNL Programme so that it can fulfil its mission.

The Project was formed by the Futures Group International, the Smithsonian Institution, the United Nations University, and the American Council for the UNU via a three year feasibility study in 1992 funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United Nations Development Programme, and UNESCO.

Most notably, in 2007, a vice-rectorate was established in Bonn ( UNU-ViE ), Germany, as a way of strengthening UNU ’ s presence in Europe.

The UNU Institute of Advanced Studies ( Yokohama, Japan ) seeks to advance knowledge and promote learning for policy making to meet the challenges of environmentally sustainable development.

The UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace ( Tokyo, Japan ) seeks to achieve and promote a better understanding of three of the most pressing issues on the UN agenda: global change, peace and security, and development.

Over the years, several Institutes of UNU were created to help with the research initiatives of the United Nations.

The UNU International Institute for Software Technology ( Macao, China ) aims to help developing countries improve their capacities in the area of software technology and innovative applications of information technology, and hence their ability to participate in and benefit from the rapid development of information and communication technologies.

Chan during his work with UNU sought to make the case that Integrated Biomass Systems were well suited to help small island nations and low lying tropical regions become more self-reliant and prosperous in the production of food.

The UNU is dedicated to implementing research and educational programs in the area of sustainable development with the aim of assisting developing countries.

The UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health ( Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ) works directly on the global water crisis., The three core functions of UNU-INWEH are: ( i ) helping developing countries meet the Millennium Development Goals through capacity development: ( ii ) facilitating global knowledge enhancement and networking to address the global water crisis ; and ( iii ) fostering better approaches to water management and governance through applied research designed to fill critical policy gaps

The UNU comprises 14 institutes and programmes institutes and programmes located in 12 countries.

The UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa ( Accra, Ghana ) supports the building of African capacity by strengthening national institutions to promote sustainable use of the continent ’ s natural resources for development.

UNU / IAS Research into Biosecurity & Biosafety emphasizes " long-term consequences of the development and use of biotechnology " and need for " an honest broker to create avenues and forums to unlock the impasses.

ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CE, CERN, CGPM, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD ( World Bank ), ICAO, ICC, ICC, ICDO, ICFTU, ICMM, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFCS, IFRCS, IGC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, IWC, LAIA ( observer ), NAM ( guest ), NEA, NSG, OAS ( observer ), OECD, OIE, OPCW, OSCE, OTIF, PCA, PFP, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNOMIG, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC.

The United Nations University ( UNU ) is the academic and research arm of the United Nations.

The UNU undertakes research, education, policy advice and capacity building working on the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its member states.

The UNU is headed by a Rector, Prof. Dr. Konrad Osterwalder, who is the chief academic and administrative officer, and who holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The Council of the UNU is the governing board of the University and is composed of 24 members who are appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations with the concurrence of the Director-General of UNESCO.

In addition, UNU functions as a think tank for the United Nations system and for UN Member States by providing knowledge-based policy advice as well as acting as a bridge between the United Nations and the international academic community.

The UNU creation was set in motion by Secretary-General U Thant in 1969.

To date, there have been five Rectors at the UNU, Prof. Dr. Konrad Osterwalder being the current Rector since 1 September 2007.

The UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies ( Bruges, Belgium ) specializes in the processes and consequences of regional integration and cooperation.

The UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security ( Bonn, Germany ) explores problems and promotes solutions related to the environmental dimension of human security and aims at academic excellence in two broad thematic areas: ( i ) vulnerability assessment, resilience analysis, risk management and adaptation strategies within linked human-environment systems and ( ii ) internal displacement and transboundary migration due to environmental push-factors.

The UNU International Institute for Global Health ( Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ) undertakes research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge related to key issues of human health.

The UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research ( Helsinki, Finland ) undertakes multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting the living conditions of the world ’ s poorest people ; provides a forum for professional interaction and the advocacy of policies leading to robust, equitable and environmentally sustainable growth ; and promotes capacity strengthening and training in the field of economic and social policy-making.

After some 25 years of work, his Theory of the Earth ; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe was read to meetings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in two parts, the first by his friend Joseph Black on 7 March 1785, and the second by himself on 4 April 1785.

It was titled Theory of the Earth ; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe and appeared in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol.

* Japan: The first land reform, called the Land Tax Reform or was passed in 1873 as a part of the Meiji Restoration.

* Conservation and Land Restoration Project at TerraPi, SA

* The creation of a new wetland nature reserve in the Thames Marshes by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ), the Land Restoration Trust, Basildon District Council and Veolia.

It overlaps with, but is distinct from, the nineteenth century movement for the Restoration of the Jews to the Holy Land, which had both religiously and politically motivated supporters.

Many of the Scottish members formed the Scottish Land Restoration League.

*" Limberlost Restoration ", Our Land, Our Literature, Ball State University

* James Hutton's Theory of the Earth ; or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe is published for the first time, in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Like many of the party's initial members, Hardie had previously been involved in the Scottish Land Restoration League.

Restoration of the canal began in 1980, when work began on the section between Bewsey and Liverpool Road, Great Sankey, funded by a Derelict Land Grant

Udall played a key role in the enactment of environmental laws such as the Clear Air, Water Quality and Clean Water Restoration Acts and Amendments, the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, the National Trail System Act of 1968, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968.

But even though Labour had Home Rule on its program, and supported it with two distinctively Scottish planks: " The Self-Determination of the Scottish People " and " The Complete Restoration of the Land of Scotland to the Scottish People ", it was the Unionists who prevailed with 32 seats in the Commons, as opposed to only seven in 1910.

They successfully protected religious freedom for prisoners in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

The: File: 1844 Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews p2. jpg | page 2 shows the map of the Land of Israel

In addition to its nature reserves, the Trust manages Weetslade Country Park on behalf of the Land Restoration Trust and Bakethin Reservoir conservation area on behalf of Northumbrian Water.

* Weetslade Country Park, managed on behalf of the Land Restoration Trust

The Secular Coalition for America addresses issues arising out of the inappropriate incursion of religion into public policy, such as government funding of religious ministries ( the " Faith Based Initiative " or " charitable choice "); tuition vouchers for religious schools ; federally funded abstinence-only sex education ; limits to embryonic stem cell research ; Constitutional marriage protection amendments ; access to birth control and emergency contraception ; the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ; and the Pledge Protection Act as well as other court-stripping measures.

The pit site is soon to be used for housing and the spoil tip has been regenerated into a community woodland owned by the Land Restoration Trust and controlled by the Forestry Commission.