Hi everyone! It is less than a week until I get to meet you all! This will be my last blog post (so sad!), and I hope that you have found them useful for research and preparation purposes.

Hey guys, check out these recent articles! An international NGO coalition that includes organizations from the US, Norway and Switzerland is supporting Malaysian protests against the construction of twelve hydroelectric dams in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo. The NGO coalition supports Malaysian groups’ demand for an immediate halt to the realization of these dams, which threaten to displace tens of thousands of Sarawak natives and flood hundreds of square miles of Sarawak’s precious tropical rainforests.

Hi everyone! Can you believe that there are only 4 weeks left till the conference?!!! Hope everyone's SUPER excited, because I definitely am!

January 11, 2012 marked the close of the public comment period on New York's environmental impact study and proposed regulations for horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or gas drilling also known as "fracking." Although there has not yet been an official tally, it is expected that more than 30,000 comments were submitted to the Department of Environmental Conservation. This astounding, and certainly record-breaking, number of comments confirms that fracking remains the highest profile environmental issue facing the state, and one about which significant concerns persist.

Although several NGOs have voiced their support for the Egyptian protests against Hosni Mubarak, other humanitarian NGOs expressed their concern for the welfare of Egyptian citizens. Save the Children, for example, said on 3 February 2011 that children are put in danger during the protests. "The combination of a highly charged atmosphere, rival political protesters, and weapons on the streets puts children in grave danger," said Jane Gibreel, Save the Children's country director in Egypt.