What’s new on Linkages - Friday, 20 March 2009


	Director’s Cut

At almost half of the meetings where IISD RS provides conference reporting services, we do not publish the Earth Negotiations Bulletin. Instead, we are hired by the conference organizers to write and distribute the meeting report, which we call “Your Meeting Bulletin,” using our pool of ENB writers. … article continues

Kimo Goree
Director, IISD Reporting Services


	Editor’s Note

Many of the meetings we cover recommend that actors at various levels should identify lessons learned and consider how to scale-up successful approaches. … article continues

Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
Editor, Linkages Update and
MEA Bulletin


	Comings and Goings

VACANCIES
	Stockholm Convention Secretariat seeks Programme Officer
	FAO Seeks Regional Manager and Technical Advisor for Fisheries Programme
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	New Reports and Resources

	State of the World’s Forests 2009
	UN World Water Development Report 3 – Water in a Changing World
	State of African Cities Report 2008
	Understanding Farmers' Perceptions and Adaptations to Climate Change and Variability: The Case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa
	National Basic Food Prices Data and Analysis Tool
	Plant Conservation Report
	ITTO/IUCN Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Tropical Timber Production Forests
	State of Biodiversity in the Nordic Countries – An Assessment of Progress towards Achieving the Target of Halting Biodiversity Loss by 2010
	IUCN Case Studies on Water and Protected Areas
	The Two Analysis – Introducing a Methodology for the Transboundary Waters Opportunity Analysis
	Report of the Follow-Up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus
	Swimming against the Tide: How Developing Countries Are Coping with the Global Crisis
	Climate Change and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review
	Green Transport: Resource Optimization in the Road Sector in the People’s Republic of China
	“From Ridge to Reef” Water, Environment, and Community Security: GEF Action on Transboundary Water Resources
	Civil Society Consultation on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System
	A New Climate for Forests: GEF Action on Sustainable Forest Management
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	Latest News - Friday, 20 March 2009

ADAPTATION PLANNING WORKSHOP CONVENES IN HAVANA

A UNFCCC technical workshop on adaptation planning and practices took place from 10-12 March 2009, in Havana, Cuba. This workshop was convened by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in collaboration with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), and brought together experts to share integration practices and lessons-learned, identify gaps and needs, and address barriers in order to facilitate successful integration. The workshop was convened under the Nairobi Work Programme and the outcomes will be presented to the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) for further consideration. The meeting aimed to identify successful examples of using tools and integrating climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk reduction into national policies and programmes. The workshop generated a number of recommendations regarding climate-related hazards, and sectoral and national level planning. The report of the workshop will be presented to the thirtieth session of SBSTA, which will take place from 1-12 June 2009, in Bonn, Germany, for its consideration. More.


	Other News


	Sustainable Development

Fifth World Islamic Economic Forum adopts declaration on food and energy security

Marrakech Process: second newsletter released

Sustainable Development News


	Biodiversity and Wildlife

Pacific islands hold meeting on marine turtles

More Biodiversity News


	Intergovernmental Organizations

UNEP’s Carbon Finance Initiative proceeds

UNEP and partners launch “50 by 50” Global Fuel Economy Initiative

28th session of the World Customs Organization Enforcement Committee convenes

Informal consultations on System-wide Coherence resume

UNWTO Tourism Resilience Committee discusses role of tourism industry in economic recovery

More IGO News


	Climate and Atmosphere

Scientists meet in Copenhagen to consider climate change

IPCC co-organizes workshop on science relevant to fifth assessment report

More Climate News


	Trade, Finance & Investment

World Bank designs Forest Investment Program

Six countries work on sustainable management plan for coral triangle

More Trade News


	Water, Oceans and Wetlands

IWC intersessional meeting concludes with cautious optimism

Special meeting of states parties to UNCLOS elects ITLOS judge

FAO Fisheries Commission adopts guidelines to reduce accidental deaths of seabirds

IMO and UNDP launch Bioinvasions Alliance

More Water News


	Chemicals Management

Secretariat announces new parties to the Basel Convention

Swiss-Indonesian initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention

NGOs launch “REACH - your right to know” leaflet

More Chemicals News


	Forests, Desertification and Land Issues

EC releases report on soil’s role in climate change mitigation

UNFF holds informal consultations on finance

More Forests News


	Human Development

UNESCO meeting calls for including indigenous Arctic peoples in climate consultations

UN releases new global population growth estimates

More Development News


	Key meetings in the next two weeks

	Fifth World Water Forum: 16-22 March 2009. Istanbul, Turkey.
	Expert Meeting on Methodological Issues Relating to Reference Emission Levels and Reference Levels: 23-24 March 2009. Bonn, Germany.
	Clean Development Mechanism Board Meeting: 23-25 March 2009. Bonn, Germany.
	IPCC Scoping Meeting for Special Report on Extreme Events and Disasters: 23-26 March 2009. Oslo, Norway.
	Fifth Meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee: 23-27 March 2009. Rome, Italy.
	Fifth Adaptation Fund Board Meeting: 24-27 March 2009. Bonn, Germany.
	Seventh session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 7) and the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 5): 29 March-8 April 2009. Bonn, Germany.
	GEF-STAP Workshop on Climate Change Science and Technology Advice: 30 March 2009. Washington, DC, US.
	GEF-STAP Workshop on REDD, Forest Conservation and Sustainable Forest Management: 31 March 2009. Washington, DC, US.
	World Bank Group Energy Week 2009: 31 March-2 April 2009. Washington, DC, US.
	Mercury Partnership Advisory Group Meeting: 31 March-2 April 2009. Geneva, Switzerland.
	UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development – Moving into the Second Half of the UN Decade: 31 March-2 April 2009. Bonn, Germany.
	G20 Summit In Response to the Global Financial Crisis: 2 April 2009. London, UK.
	Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) of the CBD: 2-8 April 2009. Paris, France.

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