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RECENT KEY MEETINGS AND MEDIA REPORTS |
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Sustainable Development
 World
Environment Day Spotlights “Green Cities”
EU
States pledge ODA increase
More
support urged for Africa
Disaster
reduction Task Force reviews progress, future work
Forum
on reinventing government highlights participation, transparency
UN
Regional Commissions consider development goals, poverty
Graz
Declaration commits universities to sustainable development
Corporate
grant programme invites funding applications
Forests, Desertification and Land Issues
WWF,
World Bank renew deforestation pact
Human Development
Progress
on HIV/AIDS “significant but insufficient,” officials told
UN
talks up South-South cooperation
Trade, Finance and Investment in Sustainable Development
WTO
Agriculture Committee chairmanship in doubt
Trade
rules challenge health, environment safeguards – report
European
Investment Bank energy funding criticized |
2005 Review
General
Assembly President presents proposals for September summit
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Codex
Alimentarius Committee debates labeling of GM foods
International
Biodiversity Day celebrated; Millennium Ecosystem Report
released
Chemicals Management
EU,
Mexico, WWF propose chemicals for Stockholm Convention
Climate and Atmosphere
Schwarzenegger
sets emissions reduction goals
Climate
change could hit world’s hungry
Renewable
energy initiative launched
Montreal
Protocol’s Multilateral Fund Committee adopts 64 decisions
Water, Wetlands, Oceans, Coasts
Experts
discuss GEMS water programme
Water
and Health Protocol set to enter into force
New
FAO regional fisheries body established
Deadline
for international water prize approaches
UN,
Japan to restore Iraqi wetlands |
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Sustainable Development
Nextbillion.net
– Development Through Enterprise
The
Soul of Environmentalism
Climate and Atmosphere
Overview
of CDM and JI Projects
Learning
in Renewable Energy Technology Development
Water, Wetlands, Oceans, Coasts
The
Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Eastern Africa
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Biodiversity and
Wildlife
CBD
Donor Guide to the Convention on Biological Diversity
International
Trade In GMOs and GM Products: National and Multilateral Legal
Frameworks
Chemicals Management
PCB
Inventory and Management Decision Supportive Tool
Trade, Finance and Investment in Sustainable Development
NGO
Position Papers on Trade
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Forests, Deserts, Land
“Illegal”
Logging and Global Wood Markets: The Competitive Impacts on the US
Wood Products Industry
Payments
for Environmental Services: Some Nuts and Bolts
Forests
and Floods: Drowning in Fiction or Thriving on Facts?
Sharing
Innovative Experiences: Examples of the Successful Conservation and
Sustainable Use of Dryland Biodiversity
Forests
for the New Millennium - Making Forests Work for People and Nature
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UPCOMING MEETINGS |
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Click here for a complete listing of upcoming meetings
KEY MEETINGS IN
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:
Europe
and North Asia FLEG Conference:
6-8 June, Moscow, Russia
GEF
Consultations and Council Meeting:
6-10 June, Washington, DC
UNICPOLOS-6
and GME-2:
6-15
June, UN Headquarters, New York
G8
Finance Ministers:
10-11 June, London, UK
Second
South Summit:
12-16 June, Doha, Qatar
CBD
Working Group on Protected Areas:
13-17 June, Montecatini, Italy
Annual
Session of the UNDP and UNFPA Executive Boards:
13-24 June, New York
UNFCCC
Technology for Adaptation Workshop:
14-16 June, Tobago
15th
Meeting of States Parties to UNCLOS:
16-24 June, New York
Community
Commons Dialogue on Local Approaches to the MDGs:
16-18 June, New York
ITTC-38:
19-22 June, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
57th
Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission:
20-24 June, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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