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Sustainable development
NATIONAL
STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES, APPROACHES AND
INNOVATIONS IN STRATEGIC AND CO-ORDINATED ACTION BASED ON A
19-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
(IISD
and GTZ, July 2004) Through a study of 19 developed and developing
countries, this publication identifies key challenges concerning the
strategic management aspects of national sustainable development
strategies (NSSDs), including leadership, planning, implementation,
monitoring and review, coordination, and participation. Based on a
collaborative project between IISD, GTZ, CIDA and others, the report
presents innovative approaches and tools observed in the 19
countries, creating a pragmatic toolbox for government sustainable
development managers and policymakers. Countries studied were
Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany,
India, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, South
Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the
European Union. Also featured throughout the publication are
examples of strategic and coordinated actions related to national
strategies for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The
similarities identified in process and timing provide a basis for
further investigation of the potential for cross-learning and
coordination between NSSDs and national IWRM strategies.
ASSESSING REGIONAL
INTEGRATION IN AFRICA
(UNECA, May 2004) Prepared by the UN Economic Commission for Africa,
this report provides a comprehensive assessment of the state of
Africa’s integration process, highlighting where efforts have
succeeded or failed and illustrating the debilitating effects of the
lack of convergence of macroeconomic policy and infrastructure. The
publication is divided into two parts, the first of which looks at
opportunities, challenges and the necessity of integration and
recommends priority actions for accelerating integration. Part II
provides an evaluation of integration efforts in the sectors of:
trade; money and finance; transport, communications and energy;
natural resources and production; and human resources and labor
mobility. A chapter also focuses on cross-cutting issues such as
peace and security, HIV/AIDS, gender and the private sector.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
REPORT: INDUSTRIALIZATION, ENVIRONMENT AND THE MDGS IN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
(UNIDO,
July 2004) This report addresses the challenges faced by Sub-Saharan
African countries in advancing efforts towards poverty reduction in
the context of the internationally-agreed development goals, targets
of the Millennium Declaration and national poverty reduction
strategies. The report is divided into two parts, the first of which
identifies the opportunities and policy options available for
Sub-Saharan African countries to reduce poverty through structural
change, productivity growth and diversification. The report also
outlines policy approaches to industrial development that take
advantage of environmentally sound and advanced technologies. The
second part of the report contains the Industrial Development
Scoreboard, which benchmarks a set of industrial performance and
capability indicators. This report is part of the Industrial
Development Report series, which aims to build on development policy
experience, provide guidance to policymakers and assist both public
and private stakeholders to formulate, implement and monitor
national strategies for poverty reduction.
UNDERSTANDING URBAN POVERTY: WHAT THE POVERTY REDUCTION PAPERS TELL
US
(International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED),
2004) This paper is part of a project funded by the UK Department
for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing
countries. In it, Diana Mitlin reviews 23 Poverty Reduction Strategy
Papers (PRSPs) to “consider how they define and measure urban
poverty and thereby assess the extent to which they consider urban
poverty.” She finds that many countries believe their poverty
estimates do not fully capture the level of urban poverty. “Pockets
of poverty” within urban areas may be increasing and inequality may
be higher in urban areas than in rural areas. Mitlin points to the
reliance on income-based poverty lines to define who is poor as a
reason for the difference in opinion regarding the scale and depth
of urban poverty in the PRSPs. The single poverty line fails to take
into account the higher monetary income required to avoid poverty in
some areas, such as larger or more prosperous cities.
SIGNPOSTS 2004
(Worldwatch,
July 2004)
Signposts 2004
allows users to track trends, study data, and create presentations
on a range of environmental and social topics. Available as a
CD-ROM, this new edition contains 238 datasets on environmental and
social trends - 138 updated from the previous 2003 version and 100
new datasets. The resource also includes a timeline of major
environmental milestones, PowerPoint slides for instructional
purposes, and the complete versions of Worldwatch’s flagship
publications - State of the World 2001-2004, Vital
Signs 2001-2003 and Good Stuff.
CIVIL SOCIETY
DATABASE PROVIDES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND EIA RESOURCES
Launched recently by the Southern African Institute for
Environmental Assessment (SAIEA) and the Calabash Project Team, the
Calabash website provides resources that can be applied to public
participation requirements in environmental impact assessments,
poverty reduction and development planning. Information is grouped
under three broad categories: SADC, Africa and International. Under
each of these 3 headings, viewers can find information related to
Public Participation Guidelines, EIA Guidelines, Case Studies,
Training, International Conventions, Agreements and Protocols
and Key Contacts. The site also presents a draft Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper (PRSP) Evaluation tool, which seeks to assist in the
analysis of how well environment has been integrated into PRSPs or
other higher level planning processes.
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Human development
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
REPORT 2004: CULTURAL LIBERTY IN TODAY’S DIVERSE WORLD
(UNDP, July 2004) This year’s edition of the UNDP Human Development
Report underscores the need to mainstream issues of culture into
development thinking and practice and to foster multicultural
policies that recognize and support ethnic, religious and linguistic
diversity. The report urges multiethnic or religious countries to
establish “asymmetric” federalist structures that would allow
different groups to maintain their own identity and foster a sense
of belonging to the nation. It challenges conventional beliefs
surrounding diversity and unity, discrediting myths that trade-offs
need to made between fostering cultural diversity and ensuring state
unity and peace, or promoting other human development priorities and
democracy. A section on globalization highlights the threat that
globalization poses to diversity and traditional cultures, but also
recognizes that it provides opportunities for disadvantaged groups
to tap into global markets. The Human Development Indicators section
provides country specific data for various development indicators,
including: water, sanitation and nutritional status; public spending
on health and education; literacy and enrolment rates; technology
diffusion and creation; debt relief and trade; flows of aid, private
capital and debt; energy and the environment; and gender- and
labor-related data. This edition also features special contributions
by Shirin Ebadi, Nelson Mandela, Hamid Karzai, John Hume and Ole
Henrik Magga.
Water, wetlands, oceans, coasts
WATER AS A HUMAN RIGHT?
(IUCN,
July 2004) This IUCN publication provides a legal review of
international conventions and agreements concerning human rights and
water. Authored by John Scanlon, Angela Cassar and Noemi Nemes, the
paper begins with an overview of existing instruments and notes that
while the human right to water does exist, this right has not been
clearly defined in international law, nor has it been explicitly
recognized as a fundamental human right. The authors provide
reasoning for linking water and human rights, and offer possible
terminology, content and scope for a rights-based approach to water.
The paper concludes that implementing the internationally-agreed
goals on water provide a framework for the right to water to be
realized.
FRESHWATER AND TOURISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
(WWF,
July 2004) According to a new report by WWF on freshwater and
tourism in the Mediterranean, the expansion of the tourism industry
in the Mediterranean is destroying valuable wetlands, including
Ramsar sites of international importance, and contributing to the
depletion of the water resources that local communities and the
tourism industry depend on. The report adds that the expected
tourism boom over the next 20 years - with tourist numbers expected
to reach 655 million people annually by 2025 - will further strain
water resources. France, Greece, Italy and Spain have already lost
half of their original wetland areas.
PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH ON THE OCEAN IN A HIGH-CO2 WORLD
(Science, July 2004) According to research presented recently at a
symposium organized by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission and the International Council for Science’s Committee on
Oceanic Research, the world’s oceans are absorbing an unprecedented
amount of carbon dioxide (CO2). This, according to the report,
increases oceans’ acidity and could possibly threaten the long-term
survival of many marine species, especially calcifying organisms
such as corals, shellfish and phytoplankton.
COMPETITION BETWEEN MARINE MAMMALS AND FISHERIES: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
(HIS,
May 2004) This report, published in part by the Humane Society
International (HIS) and presented at the 56th annual meeting of the
International Whaling Commission shows there is no evidence that
food competition between marine mammals and fisheries is a global
problem as many in the pro-whaling camp believe. According to the
authors of the report, Daniel Pauly and Kristin Kaschner of the
University of British Columbia’s Fisheries Centre, there is little
basis to blame marine mammals for the crisis world fisheries are
facing today and even less support for the suggestion that reducing
marine mammal populations will solve any of the world fisheries’
problems. The report adds that the continuation of fisheries
mismanagement and the export of fisheries products from developing
countries - not whales - endanger global food security.
Trade, investment and financing sustainable development
2003 ANNUAL REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS: THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF BANK SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM
(World Bank, 2004) This review examines the effectiveness of the
World Bank’s support to help borrower countries put in place
policies that the Bank considers as necessary for enabling
sustainable poverty reduction. Focusing primarily on the period from
1999 to 2003, the report finds, inter alia, that while
support has paid off in most cases, the Bank has been less
successful in countries where the environment for reform was
uncertain or in countries where it had no or weak track records. The
report indicates that good results come from different policies and
institutions, supported by different combinations of instruments and
tailored to country preferences and circumstances. It suggests that
the Bank should primarily undertake large-scale lending in
situations where policy reform is underway and that it may need to
adapt its processes and instruments, particularly those concerning
managing the risks associated with policy reform.
PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN OPEN ECONOMIES
(ECLAC, June 2004) The UN
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean has produced
a book on the region’s experiences over the past two decades in
pursuing economic liberalization and responding to globalization.
The review highlights various achievements, while also exposing
areas where the region is “lagging behind” or has “unfinished
business.” It argues that the focus on “more market and less State”
prevalent in many countries should give way to an emphasis on
properly functioning markets and quality in governance.
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Biodiversity
CIPIH ONLINE
DISCUSSION FORUM
LAUNCHED
The
Secretariat of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights,
Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) has launched the CIPIH Online
Discussion Forum to solicit stakeholder perspectives on the work of
the Commission. Participants are invited to contribute their views
to a Framework Paper that describes the range of issues that the
Commission considers important in addressing its terms of reference.
The working language of the forum is English, though contributions
can also be made in French and Spanish.
EUROPE JOINING FORCES TO REACH THE 2010 BIODIVERSITY TARGET - THE
NEED FOR COORDINATED MONITORING
(ECNC,
July 2004) This report presents the outcomes of a seminar on
biodiversity monitoring and reporting that took place on 23 March
2004. Organized by the European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC),
the European Environment Agency and the European Parliament, the
seminar was first activity held in the framework of the Countdown
2010 initiative.
HOW
IS YOUR MPA DOING? A GUIDEBOOK OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL INDICATORS FOR
EVALUATING MARINE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS
(IUCN,
WWF and NOAA, 2004) Produced by IUCN’s World Commission for
Protected Areas, WWF and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, this book provides a step-by-step process for
planning and evaluating the management effectiveness of marine
protected areas (MPAs), and includes 42 indicators specifically for
MPAs.
IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS
(Nature
430, 385, 22 July 2004) This Nature editorial stresses that
“we remain scandalously ill informed about the processes that give
rise to biodiversity, and the consequences of its loss.” Noting that
ecologists are currently unable to make specific predictions that
could help inform decisions about development and conservation, it
calls for field work and government support to reinvigorate
taxonomy.
Forests
WHO CONSERVES THE WORLD’S FORESTS? COMMUNITY-DRIVEN STRATEGIES TO
PROTECT FORESTS AND RESPECT RIGHTS
(July 2004, Forest Trends and Ecoagriculture Partners) This
paper’s authors, Augusta Molnar, Sara J. Scherr and Arvind Khare,
pooled research from scientists and found that local communities are
spending at least US$1.2 billion to US$2.6 billion per year on
forest management and conservation activities, which is
approximately the annual budget that developing countries spend on
protected areas and two to three times the amount of ODA for
conservation of protected forests worldwide. The authors argue that
this situation creates opportunities to achieve biodiversity
conservation through pro-poor policies and forest based livelihood
activities, suggesting that indigenous peoples and other residents
in regions of great biodiversity should be given a larger role in
policymaking and greater recognition for their contributions to
conservation, as well as strengthened rights to produce and sell
forest products. The authors suggest that, “With a modest level of
financial and other support, community conservation efforts could be
increasingly effective and sustained with a very high return to the
planet.”
Forest Trends released this paper during the 26-30 July 2004
negotiations of the renewal of the International Tropical Timber
Agreement (ITTA). The ITTA 1994 carries a reference encouraging
member governments to consider the interests of local communities in
developing their timber industry. However that reference had been
dropped going into the July 2004 negotiations, and negotiations for
the successor agreement are taking place against the backdrop of a
policy shift that has seen a more than doubling of the amount of
land under ownership or management of local communities over the
last 15 years.
Climate change
THE INVESTOR GUIDE TO
CLIMATE RISK
(CERES, July 2004) A new guide for investors outlining strategies to
address the financial risks and investment opportunities posed by
climate change has been published. Commissioned by the Coalition for
Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), a coalition of
investment funds and environmental organizations, the guide focuses
on actions that pension plans, fund managers and companies can take
to address climate risk. The report aims to assist investors in
implementing the recommendations of the Investor Call for Action on
Climate Risk – an agreement signed by a number of leading public and
labor pension funds and other groups owning more than US$800 billion
in assets. The guide focuses on assessing and disclosing risk, as
well as in investing in solutions.
Chemicals management
CONSOLIDATED LIST OF PRODUCTS WHOSE CONSUMPTION AND/OR SALE HAVE
BEEN BANNED, WITHDRAWN, SEVERELY RESTRICTED OR NOT APPROVED BY
GOVERNMENTS
(DESA,
2004) This 921-page publication brings together information on
regulated chemicals with the aim of helping governments keep abreast
of decisions taken by other countries and of helping inform
regulatory actions. It includes regulatory information, listed by
chemical and country, as well as commercial information on chemical
production. Information is provided by more than 70 governments on
over 600 substances, including agricultural chemicals, industrial
chemicals, and consumer products. The list includes substances
subject to the Rotterdam Convention as well as the Stockholm
Convention, and includes notifications received under the Rotterdam
Convention’s Prior Informed Consent procedure for import and export
of hazardous substances.
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Announcements
CALL FOR MAJOR GROUPS’ INPUT TO CSD-13
The
CSD Secretariat has requested input from major groups in the
preparation of the Secretary-General’s reports for the 13th session
of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13). Information
submitted by major groups will be collected, analyzed and considered
in the preparation of official published reports. CSD-12, which took
place in April 2004, reviewed the state of implementation of
water/sanitation/human settlements goals and targets provided for in
Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21
and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The outcome of CSD-12
was a Chair’s Summary, which identified constraints and obstacles
to, and continuing challenges for, the implementation of
water/sanitation/human settlements goals and targets. This Chair’s
Summary provides the substantive basis for the preparation of
Secretary-General’s reports, which will focus on policy options and
possible actions to overcome the constraints and obstacles and meet
the challenges identified by CSD-12. Major groups wishing to
contribute to these reports should submit their inputs by 17
September 2004. For more information visit
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/mgroups/csd_13/input_sgreports.htm
INFORMAL
CONSULTATIONS ON THE MAURITIUS SIDS INTERNATIONAL MEETING:
7 October 2004 - 11 October 2004. New York, US. The second round of
SIDS informal consultations will take place on 7,8 and 11 October
2004 at UN headquarters in New York. Organized by Don MacKay,
Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, these
informals will address remaining pending issues in relation to the
outcome document of the International Meeting to Review the
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of SIDS. For more information contact: New Zealand
Mission to the UN; tel: +1-212-826-1960; fax: +1-212-758-0827;
e-mail:
nzmissionny@earthlink.net; Internet:
http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/En/lateste.pdf
Click here for a complete listing of upcoming meetings
The following are
upcoming meetings recently added to Linkages
website:
Sustainable
development
E-DISCUSSION
ON YOUTH PARTICIPATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MDGS
26 July
2004 - 16 August 2004. e-discussion. Moderated by the Global Youth
Action Network, this moderated discussion seeks to gather content
for a ‘youth MDG paper’ that will develop a framework for involving
youth in operational strategies for achieving the MDGs, complement
various UN reports on achieving the MDGS, and provide input to the
report of the UN Millennium Project. In particular it will outline
specific ways in which youth and youth organizations can contribute
to the design and implementation of MDG-based poverty reduction
strategies. Anyone who is interested in the role of youth in the
MDGs is welcome to participate. For more information contact: Global
Youth Action Network; tel: +1-212-661-6111; fax: +1-212-661-1933;
e-mail:
mdgconsultation-subscribe@groups.takingitglobal.org; Internet:
http://groups.takingitglobal.org/mdgconsultation
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - USHERING IN
THE SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION:
10 August 2004 - 12 August 2004. New Delhi, India. The Federation of
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in partnership with
the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech
Application (ISAAA) and the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
is organizing this international conference, which will discuss
global and country experiences and best practices in agricultural
biotechnology. For more information contact: Bhagirath Choudhary,
Biotechnology Division, FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New
Del; tel: +91-11-3093-3389; fax: +91-11-2332-0714; e-mail:
biotech@ficci.com or bhagirath@ficci.com; Internet:
http://www.ficci.com/ficci/events/events-ahead/aug/aug10-agri.htm
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY CELEBRATION AT THE WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL:
12 August 2004. Barcelona, Spain. The UN Division for Social Policy
and Development of UN DESA will celebrate International Youth Day
2004 at the World Youth Festival that is scheduled to take place
from 8-14 August in Barcelona. This year’s theme is “Youth in an
Intergenerational Society,” corresponding to the 10th anniversary of
the International Year of the Family, celebrated in 2004. For more
information contact: Charlotte van Hees, UN Division for Social
Policy and Development; tel: +1-917-367-4053; Internet:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/iyouthday/index.html
REGIONAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA:
21 August 2004 - 23 August 2004. Penang, Malaysia. This Forum is
being organized by the UN Division for Public Administration and
Development Management of UN DESA and UNDP, in partnership with
University Sains Malaysia. The Forum’s objectives are to: review
best practices and innovative approaches dealing concerning public
sector capacity to cope with and benefit from globalization and to
achieve the Millennium Development Goals; examine critical factors
accounting for the success or failure of the programme to reinvent
government; provide a venue for a network of universities and
training and research institutions and government representatives to
share their respective experiences; and identify areas of common
concern and a framework for regional and national cooperation in
East and Southeast Asia. For more information contact: Nahleen
Ahmed, UN Division for Public Administration and Development
Management; tel: +1-917-367-5012; Internet:
http://esa.un.org/techcoop/highlights.asp
INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE MAURITIUS SIDS INTERNATIONAL MEETING:
7 October 2004 - 11 October 2004. New York, US. The second round of
SIDS informal consultations will take place on 7,8 and 11 October
2004 at UN headquarters in New York. Organized by Don MacKay,
Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, these
informals will address remaining pending issues in relation to the
outcome document of the International Meeting to Review the
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of SIDS. For more information contact: New Zealand
Mission to the UN; tel: +1-212-826-1960; fax: +1-212-758-0827;
e-mail:
nzmissionny@earthlink.net; Internet:
http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/En/lateste.pdf
Biodiversity and
wildlife
BIOTECHNOLOGY TOWARDS RAINFOREST CONSERVATION WORKSHOP:
14 December 2004 - 17 December 2004. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Organized by Forest Research Institute Malaysia, this workshop seeks
to provide theoretical knowledge concerning the utilization of
modern biotechnology for plant conservation, and hands-on knowledge
regarding recent biotechnology techniques for plant conservation.
For more information contact: Norifiza Mat Riffin; tel:
+60-3-6279-7621; fax: +60-3-6280-4614; e-mail:
noyee@frim.gov.my; Internet:
http://www.frim.gov.my/pdf/seminar2004/BioTech2004.pdf
COHAB
2005 - THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
BIODIVERSITY TO HUMAN HEALTH:
23 August 2005 - 25 August 2005. Galway, Ireland. This event seeks
to link human health and biodiversity and raise awareness on the
importance of biodiversity and ecosystem health to the Millennium
Development Goals. In addition to the main conference, a workshop
will be held on 25 August entitled “CBD Indicators for Health and
Biodiversity,” which will focus on the development of indicators for
measuring the status of species and ecosystems of particular
importance to the production and security of food and medical
resources, as included in CBD COP-7 Decision vii/30. For more
information contact: Elizabeth Dippie; tel: +353-9176-5640; fax:
+353-9176-5641; e-mail:
info@cohab2005.com; Internet:
http://www.cohab2005.com/summary.htm
Chemicals
management
SECOND
ANNUAL EU SUSTAINABLE CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE:
12 October 2004 - 14 October 2004. Brussels, Belgium. The conference
focuses mainly on the REACH policy and seeks to provide a definitive
answer as to how businesses are going to be affected by the
legislative changes that it brings. The event also includes a full
day workshop, and addresses Global Chemical Management Systems and
Green Chemistry. For more information contact: Dan Craft, Conference
Producer, EU Conferences; tel: +44-14-9530-0011; fax:
+44-14-9530-9372; e-mail:
dan.craft@euconferences.com; Internet:
http://www.euconferences.com/frachemical04.htm
Forests, deserts,
land
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FOREST SECTOR:
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM IN TROPICAL COUNTRIES:
21 September 2004 - 23 September 2004. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
This forum will identify current trends and potential impacts of
carbon forestry, with an emphasis on the forest industry sector and
rural livelihoods in tropical countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The major outputs expected are a strategic analysis of the
opportunities and constraints for the carbon forestry business and
for the capacity building of developing countries in the
Asia-Pacific region. For more information contact: Yeo-Chang Youn,
Seoul National University, Department of Forest Resources, Silim-dong
san; tel: +82-2-884-754; fax: +82-2-875-476; e-mail:
youn@snu.ac.kr; Internet:
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=223&id=576
SECOND
SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF A
SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT,
1994: 14 February 2005 - 18 February 2005. Geneva, Switzerland.
The second session of the United Nations Conference for the
Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical
Timber Agreement, 1994 will be held from 14-18 February 2005, in
Geneva, Switzerland. For more information contact: Alexe� Mojarov,
UNCTAD Secretariat; tel: +41-22-917-5809; fax: +41-22-917-0051;
e-mail: alexei.mojarov@unctad.org; Internet:
http://r0.unctad.org/commodities/
ITTC-38:
24 May 2005 - 26 May 2005. Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. The 38th
Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) and
Associated Sessions of the Committees will convene in Brazzaville,
Republic of Congo in May 2005. For more information contact: Manoel
Sobral Filho, Executive Director, ITTO; e-mail:
itto@itto.or.jp; Internet:
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=189
Human development
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD�S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE:
9 August 2004. New York, United States. In 1994, the General
Assembly decided that the International Day of the World's
Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year during
the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. The date
marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the Working Group on
Indigenous Populations of the Subcommission on the Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights. For more information contact: UN
Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; tel:
+1-917-367-5100; e-mail:
IndigenousPermanentForum@un.org; Internet:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/news/news_internationalday2004-1.htm
Water, wetlands, oceans, coasts
ELECTRONIC
CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: WORTH THE EFFORT?!:
20 September 2004 - 15 October 2004. Internet. This e-conference
will consider the following questions: What constraints can we
identify in knowledge management?; What are the benefits and added
values of KM?; What success stories are worth sharing?; and How can
we scale-up, what can we do next for effective KM for water and
sanitation programmes/organizations? For more information contact:
Dick de Jong, Information and Communication Officer, IRC; tel:
+31-15-219-2961; fax: +31-15-219-0955; e-mail:
jong@irc.nl; Internet:
http://www.irc.nl/content/view/full/10587
ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE ON WATER AND HEALTH:
28 September 2004 - 29 September 2004. Oslo, Norway. The Government
of Norway with the support of the WHO/EURO and UNECE secretariats
will hold a Roundtable Conference on Water and Health. National
delegations are expected to be headed by senior officials. Under the
Protocol on Water and Health, the Oslo Roundtable Conference is
expected to identify priority areas of non-infrastructure
intervention in water resources management, safe drinking-water
supply and sanitation, reduction of childhood morbidity and
mortality, meeting water needs for vulnerable groups, and gender
issues related to water supply and sanitation. The Oslo Roundtable
may also suggest appropriate financing mechanism to respond
effectively to these needs. For more information contact: Kaj
B�rlund; tel: +41-22-917-2370; fax: +41-22-907-0107; e-mail:
water.convention@unece.org
FIRST INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE: MONITORING,
CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES:
29 September 2004 - 30 September 2004. Brussels, Belgium. Chaired by
Emilio Mastracchio, European Commission, this conference will focus
on the latest developments in fishing fleet monitoring, control and
surveillance and their role in sustainable fisheries development.
For more information contact: Alex Hentschel; fax: +44-18-9254-4895;
Internet:
http://www.agra-net.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=agra/showEvent&id=20001019251
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER - A CATALYST FOR PEACE:
6 October 2004 - 8 October 2004. Zaragoza, Spain. This conference
will bring together water managers, decision makers and a broad
range of stakeholders to improve their conflict management skills
and to facilitate the process towards cooperative basin management
and conflict resolution. The conference is organized by UNESCO's
�From Potential Conflict to Potential Co-operation� project, one of
UNESCO's contributions to the UN World Water Assessment Programme.
For more information contact: Saskia Castelein, UNESCO PC-CP
Project; fax: +33-1-45-68-58-29; e-mail:
s.castelein@unesco.org; Internet:
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/pccp/pdf/zaragoza_programme_en.pdf
SECOND
IWA LEADING-EDGE CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY: SUSTAINABILITY IN
WATER LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS:
8 November 2004 - 10 November 2004. Sydney, Australia. Organized by
the International Water Association (IWA), this conference will
focus on the theme of �Sustainability in Water Limited
Environments.� This theme will be revisited every second year,
alternating with the theme of �Sustainability in Water Rich
Environments.� For more information contact: International Water
Association (IWA); tel: +44-20-7654-5500; fax: +44-20-7654-5555;
e-mail:
water@iwahq.org.uk; Internet:
http://www.les2004.iwa-conferences.org/templates/Conferences/LES/les_std.aspx?ObjectId=27914
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