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16-20
January 2006, Geneva, Switzerland: UN CONFERENCE ON THE RENEGOTIATION
OF THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT, 1994, FOURTH
PART. Members of the International Tropical Timber Organisation
(ITTO) will meet for the fourth time in Geneva to negotiate
the provisions of a successor agreement to their current governing
pact. For further information contact UNCTAD, tel: (+41) 22-917-5809;
fax: (+41) 22-917-0056; email: correspondence@unctad.org.
23 January,
Geneva, Switzerland: PUBLIC-PRIVATE
SECTOR DIALOGUE ON RESPONSIBLE COMPETITIVENESS: ENHANCING
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES.
This UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) event
will discuss the findings of "Responsible Competitiveness:
Reshaping Global Markets through Responsible Business Practices"
a new report released by the business and development think-tank
AccountAbility. For further information contact Anthony Miller,
tel: (+41) 22 917 5802; fax: (+41) 22 917 0122; email: anthony.miller@unctad.org.
23 January,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: SUSTAINABLE
INVESTMENT AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE. This seminar,
coordinated by the Institute for Environmental Studies (Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam) and the UN Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE),
will address the issue of how multilateral agreements can
be designed to foster sustainable development while also promoting
and providing protection for investment. For further information
contact Kyla Tienhaara, tel: (+31) 20-598-8257; e-mail: kyla.tienhaara@ivm.falw.vn.nl.
25-29
January, Davos Switzerland: WORLD
ECONOMIC FORUM: MASTERING OUR FUTURE. This annual meeting
of the World Economic Forum will bring together leaders from
business, government, international institutions, non-governmental
organisations, universities and other communities to discuss
key global challenges related to geopolitical, economic and
environmental dilemmas. For further information contact the
World Economic Forum, tel: (+41) 22-869-1212; fax: (+41) 22-786-2744;
e-mail: contact@weforum.org.
30 January
- 3 February, Granada, Spain: FOURTH
MEETING OF THE AD HOC OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON ACCESS AND
BENEFIT-SHARING. This Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) meeting will discuss issues such as the implementation
of the Bonn Guidelines, developments in relevant international
processes and capacity-building, the status of the negotiation
of an international regime on access and benefit-sharing,
and the nature, scope, potential objectives and elements to
be considered for inclusion in any such regime. For further
information contact the CBD Secretariat; tel: (+1) 514-288-2220;
fax: (+1) 514-288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org.
31 January-
2 February, New York City, United States: A
BLUEPRINT FOR BUILDING & ENFORCING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(IP) VALUE IN CHINA. This conference, organised by the
World Research Group, will discuss issues such as adapting
patent systems to protect investment in China, understanding
the development of IP rights in response to bilateral and
multilateral trade agreements, and procuring patents and managing
intellectual property rights in China. A registration fee
is required for this event. For further information contact
the World Research Group, tel: (+1) 866-742-9763; fax: (+1)
646-742-9610; e-mail: infowrg@worldrg.com.
FEBRUARY 2006
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2-4 February 2006, New Delhi, India: DELHI
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT (DSDS) 2006: DRIVING THOUGHT
LEADERSHIP AND STIMULATING ACTION. The DSDS 2006, organised
annually by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), will
place an emphasis on linkages across the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs). The event hopes to facilitate the formation
of such linkages by exploring opportunities for partnerships
among governments, communities, organisations, and emerging
technological breakthroughs. For further information contact
Vishal Narain, tel: (+91) 11-2468-2100; fax: (+91) 11-2468-2144;
e-mail: vishaln@teri.res.in.
3 February, Munich, Germany: ASIA
PACIFIC FINANCE CONFERENCE. This event, organised by the
Asia-Pacific Committee (APA) of Bundesverband der Deutschen
Industrie (BDI), a German business association, in cooperation
with the World Bank Group, will discuss issues such as financing
infrastructure in the Asia, market access for financial services
and research and development. A registration fee is required
for this event. For further information contact Eckart von
Unger, tel: (+49) 30-2028-1633; fax: (+49) 30-2028-2633, email:
e.unger@bdi-online.de.
6-7 February, London, England: THE
WTO AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: PROSPECTS AFTER
HONG KONG. This conference, organised by Chatham House
in partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISD) and the International Centre for Trade
and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), will address the question:
what does the outcome of the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
mean for sustainable development? For further information
contact Dino Ribeiro, tel: (+44) 20-7957-5753; fax: (+44)
20-7321-2045; e-mail: dribeiro@chathamhouse.org.uk;
or Fraser Mcgruer, e-mail: FMcgruer@chathamhouse.org.uk.
6-10 February
2006, Geneva, Switzerland: COMMISSION
ON TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES AND COMMODITIES, 10th session.
During this UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
meeting, the Commission on Trade in Goods and Services and
Commodities will discuss topics such as UNCTAD's Trade and
Development Index, the developmental implications of commodities
production and trade, trade in services, and market access
and competitiveness. For further information contact UNCTAD,
tel: (+41) 22-917-5809; fax: (+41) 22-917-0056; email: meetings@unctad.org.
10 February,
Washington, DC: THE
OECD ASSESSMENT OF THE HONG KONG TALKS. This Organisation
for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) breakfast
meeting will feature a presentation by Jean-Marie Metzger,
Director of the OECD Trade Directorate, on the consequences
of the WTO Ministerial Conference in December. Free online
registration is required for this event. For further information
contact the OECD, tel: (+1) 202-785-6323; fax: (+1) 202-785-0350;
e-mail: washington.contact@oecd.org.
20-24
February, Montreal, Canada: SECOND
MEETING OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY'S (CBD)
OPEN-ENDED AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL. This meeting will
further discuss the development of an effective liability
and redress mechanism to address the possibility of environmental
damage as a result of the international trade of living modified
organisms. For further information contact the CBD Secretariat,
tel: (+1) 514-288-2220; fax: (+1) 514-288-6588; e-mail: secretariat@biodiv.org.
MARCH 2006
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6-10 March,
Treviso, Italy: INTRODUCTION
TO BIOSAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE
OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs): THEORETICAL APPROACH
AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND. This workshop is being organised
by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Bio
technology (ICGEB) in collaboration with the Istituto Agronomico
per l'Oltremare. The workshop will be aimed at those scientists
who are interested in issues related to risk assessment and
management for the environmental release of GMOs. The main
goal of the workshop is to provide the participants with an
overview of the current research in biosafety, the applicable
regulation in a number of countries and different risk assessment
approaches used for the environmental release of GMOs. For
further information, tel.: +39-040-3757333; fax: +39-040-226555;
email: courses@icgeb.org
7-10 March,
Porto Alegre, Brazil: INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON AGRARIAN REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT. This
meeting will primarily serve to review different experiences
with agrarian reform and rural development processes around
the world by analysing impacts, processes, mechanisms, and
the actors involved, in order to develop proposals for future
action. Jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Brazil.
For further information contact the ICARRD Secretariat, e-mail:
icarrd-secretariat@fao.org.
8-9 March,
Sao Paulo, Brazil: BIOTECHNOLOGY
AND BRAZIL: IMPLICATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GLOBAL AGRICULTURE.
Biotechnology and Brazil is the first major international
conference to focus on Brazils recently approved seed legislation
and the effect it will have on the prospects in Brazil itself
and around the world. The conference is an opportunity to
meet and discuss biotechnology issues with people who are
actively involved in the subject. Biotechnology and Brazil
will examine the implications of biotech regarding cost of
production of soybeans and future GMO crops; the positions
and policies that Europe has taken with regard to GMO soybeans,
cotton and corn, and consumer concerns surrounding GMO labelling
13-31
March, Singapore: DIPLOMATIC
CONFERENCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A REVISED TRADEMARK LAW TREATY.
This conference, organised by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), will discuss the adoption of a revised
Trademark Law Treaty. All WIPO Member states are invited to
be represented by a delegation. States that are not members
of WIPO but are members of the United Nations will be invited
to participate as observers, as well as all organisations
having permanent observer status with the WIPO Standing Committee
on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical
Indications (SCT). For further information contact WIPO, tel:
tel: (+41) 22-338-9111.
20 - 31 March, Curitiba, Brazil: EIGHTH
ORDINARY MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION
ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (COP 8). Organised
by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). For further
information contact the CBD Secretariat, tel: (+1-514) 288-2220;
fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org
24-25
March, Curitiba, Brazil: GLOBAL
BIODIVERSITY FORUM. The Forum will be held just prior
to the high-level segment of the eighth meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD
CoP8) with a focus on the 2010 biodiversity target. Organised
by IUCN's Countdown2010 initiative, the proposed workshop
streams are financing biodiversity action for achieving the
2010 targets; measuring progress toward the 2010 targets;
thinking global and acting local - taking 2010 forward; and
2010 for 2015 - Reaffirming the role of biodiversity in achieving
MDGs. For further information contact Laurence Christen, tel:
+41 22 999-0223; fax: 999-0025; email: gbf@iucn.org
27-30
March 2006, Brasilia, Brazil: OECD
HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON "BETTER FINANCING FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMEs." This conference, organised by the Brazilian
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, and the
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development's Working
Party on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
(WPSME), will discuss solutions and/or initiatives for facilitating
SME access to financing from creation to all stages of development.
For further information contact the OECD, tel: (+33) 1-45-24-82-00;
fax: (+33) 1-45-24-85-00.
28-30
March, Edinburgh, Scotland: AQUACULTURE
TODAY 2006. Aquaculture Today 2006 will explore the key
issues affecting the aquaculture industry in a national, European
and international context. Leading figures from the industry
will participate in formal presentations, discussion sessions,
exhibitions and networking. For further information contact
Claire Anderson, tel.: +44 (0) 131-312- 4550, email: canderson@specialpublications.co.uk
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1-5 April,
Algiers, Algeria: TENTH
AFRICAN OIL AND GAS, TRADE AND FINANCE CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION.
Put on by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
this conference focuses on the interface of finance with hydrocarbons
and also provides a forum for debating topical issues in the
industry. Some issues to be discussed include volatile oil
prices and their effects, partnerships for energy development,
the environmental and social effects of development in the
oil and gas industry, the legal and regulatory reforms needed
to attract the necessary investment, as well as new oil and
gas frontiers. The conference hopes to facilitate the flow
of information and to provide networking opportunities for
future partnerships with the private sector. For more information
contact Lamon Rutten, phone: +41 22 917 5770; e-mail: lamon.rutten@unctad.org.
3 April,
Geneva, Switzerland: SMALL
INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
(POPs). The purpose of the meeting is to finalise the
draft technical guidelines on POPs following the Fifth Session
of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention. For
more information, phone: +41 22 917 8218; e-mail: sbc@unep.ch.
4 April,
Copenhagen, Denmark: TWISTING THE RULES
OF TRADE? ANTI-DUMPING, SAFEGUARDS AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.
This conference is part of a series of conferences entitled
'Trade Mondays.' They are an initiative of the 'WTO, Trade
andDevelopment' (WTRADE) Network, and funded by the Danish
Institute for nternational Studies (DIIS) and the Governance,
Economic Policy & Public Administration Research Network
(GEPPA). Three topic areas that will be discussed at this
seminar are anti-dumping policy and Denmark; how 'fair' anti-dumping
practices are in dealing with 'unfair' trade practices from
a developing country perspective; and the EU's anti-dumping
policy towards non-market economies. For further information
contact Michael Friis Jensen, tel: (+45 32) 69 88 27; fax:
(+45 32) 69 88 00; email: mje@diis.dk.
4-8 April,
Adana, Turkey: INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM ON WATER AND LAND MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE IRRIGATED
AGRICULTURE. Put on by Çukurova University. The
symposium will seek to identify best management practices
to harmonize the sustainable use of water for agricultural
production and livelihoods with well- unctioning ecosystems.
Topics on the agenda will include: water management in the
irrigation sector; water scarcity and water harvesting; virtual
water and food security; impacts of climate change on hydrological
regimes and water resources; and gender issues in water and
land management. For more information contact Attila Yazar,
e-mail: symp2006@ca.edu.tr.
5-7 April,
New York, USA: CONFERENCE
AND CELEBRATION OF THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WTO. Columbia
University will host the WTO's Tenth Anniversary Conference
bringing together scholars, heads of state, and other though
leaders to explore dispute resolution and other key international
trade issues. The event is part of a yearlong series of events
designed to consider the past, present, and future of the
WTO at this important milestone.
6-8 April,
Hong Kong, China: THE
12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
CONFERENCE 2006. The Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental
Management (CUPEM) of the University of Hong Kong, in association
with ERP Environment and The Center for Environmental Management
and Policy of the Nanjing University, will be organising the
captioned international conference. The major theme of the
conference is 'Sustainable Cities'. For more information contact,
e-mail: sdconf06@hku.hk.
7-8 April,
New Delhi, India: WORKSHOP
ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Organised
by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and The
Energy Research Institute (TERI), with the support of the
Government of India, this workshop will focus on exploring
the linkages between climate change and sustainable development.
Its deliberations will be reported to Commission on Sustainable
Development (CSD)-14. It is. For further information contact
the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC),
tel: (+1) 212-963-8102; fax: (+1) 212-963-4260.
9-12 April,
Chicago, US: BIOTECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION.
This forthcoming industry convention will include an international
programme with a ministerial seminar and a global biotechnology
forum, as well as a business forum and breakout sessions.
On 8 April, which has been labeled the "International
Day of Opposition to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs),"
a BioEthics counter-convention will also convene, organized
by organizations opposing to GMOs.
10-14 April,
Paris, France: CODEX
COMMITTEE ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES (23rd SESSION). The committee
deals with rules, principles, and procedures referred to by
the Codex Alimentarius Commission, particularly those which
define the purpose and scope of Codex work and the nature of
Codex standards. The committee will also address the economic
impact of standards.
10 - 12
April, Geneva, Switzerland: WIPO
- INFORMAL SESSION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON PATENTS.
13-14
April, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: CORPORATE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY -- AGENDAS FOR ASIA. Organised by
the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility.
As Asian businesses become increasingly important in the global
marketplace, questions of social, ethical, and environmental
responsibility have become more pressing than ever. This conference
is the second in a series that seeks to provide a place for
academics and practitioners interested in these debates to
come together and find inspiration, fresh ideas, and new insight
on some of the most pressing issues facing Asian business
today. For more information, e-mail: elyon@csr-asia.com.
14 April,
Paris, France: STUDIES ON THE IMPACT OF TRADE AGREEMENTS ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS. Organised
by the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development,
and GRET, Research and Technological Exchange Group. The seminar,
which will be given in French and English, aims specifically
to bring together experts involved in impact assessments and
sustainable development (the ministries of EU member states,
international organisations, research institutes, the private
sector, and NGOs) so as to take stock of impact assessments
and reflect on operational ways to improve this tool. For
further information, contact Isabel Berest, tel: +33 1 40
05 61 51; email: berest@gret.org.
17-21
April, Dehra Dun, India: 21ST
SESSION OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY COMMISSION. The Asia-Pacific
Forestry Commission (APFC) is one of six FAO Regional Forestry
Commissions that cover the world’s major geographic regions.
It is a forum for advising and taking action on key forestry
issues and focuses on issues pertinent to Asia and the Pacific.
At this session, there will also be a special session "Toward
Sustainable Forest Management" that will examine the
findings of the 2005 Forest Resources Assessment, review the
accomplishments of APFC and FAO in the region, and consider
major forestry developments in APFC member countries. For
more information contact: Patrick B. Durst, Senior Forestry
Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, tel:
+66 2697-4000; fax: +66 2697-4445; e-mail: patrick.durst@fao.org.
18-20
April. Lima, Peru: UNFCCC
LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON ADAPTATION. Organised
by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) and the National Environment Council for Peru (CONAM),
the workshop aims to facilitate information exchange and integrated
assessments to assist in identifying specific needs and concerns
with regard to the Convention and the impacts of climate change.
19 –
21 April, Beijing, China: INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON THE ROLES OF FORESTS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. The goals of the conference
are to share and exchange rural community forest management
experiences and technologies, to promote the development of
relevant disciplines and to enhance more importantly the sustainable
utilization of forest resource. For more information, please
contact Ms. Guan Xiuling or Ms. Feng Caiyun at the Symposium
Secretariat; e-mail: csf_org@forestry.ac.cn;
tel: 0086-10-62889819 62889367; fax: 0086-10-62889817
21-22
April, New Delhi, India: REGIONAL
CONSULTATION ON 'WTO AND SOUTH ASIA: STRATEGISING BEYOND HONG
KONG.' The Centre for Trade and Development and the Asia-Pacific
Trade and Investment Initiative, UNDP Regional Centre, Colombo,
are organising this conference to bring together key stakeholders
across South Asian countries to reflect critically on South
Asia to voice their concerns and priorities relating to the
overall direction of the multilateral trade regime. For more
information, tel: +91 11 4145 9226; e-mail: centad@centad.org.
21- 23
April, New Haven, CT, USA: FIRST
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE (A2K).
The goal of the Yale A2K Initiative is to come up with a new
analytic framework for analysing the possibly distortive effects
of public policies relying exclusing on intellectual property
rights. This landmark conference will bring together leading
thinkers and activists on access to knowledge policy from
North in South in order to generate concrete reserach agendas
and policy solutions for the next decade. For more information
contact Kris Kavanaugh, e-mail:kris.kavanaugh@yale.edu.
24 April,
New York, USA: ECOSOC
HIGH-LEVEL MEETING WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS, WTO AND
UNCTAD. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will
hold its ninth Special High-Level Meeting with the Bretton
Woods institutions, the WTO, and the UN Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD) to consider four sub-themes within
the overall framework of "Coherence, coordination and
cooperation in the context of the implementation of the Monterrey
Consensus and the 2005 World Summit Outcome." The four
sub-themes are: the implementation of and support for national
development strategies, towards the achievement of the internationally
agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs); fulfilling the development dimension of the
Doha work programme, including in the area of aid for trade;
external debt -- building on current initiatives to enhance
debt sustainability; and supporting the development efforts
of middle-income developing countries. For more information
contact Sarbuland Khan, Division for ECOSOC Support and Coordination,
tel: (+1) 212-963-4628; fax: (+1) 212-963-1712; e-mail: ecosocinfo@un.org.
24-25
April, Paris, France: WORKSHOP
ON POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN FISHERIES. The
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
committees for Fisheries and the Development Assistance are
jointly hosting this workshop, which will further explore
key issues in policy coherence for development in fisheries.
For more information contact Mr. Carl-Christian Schmidt, e-mail:
carl-christian.schmidt@oecd.org.
24- 25
April, Wroclaw, Poland: MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCE ON THE PROTECTION OF FORESTS IN EUROPE (MCPFE)
ROUND TABLE MEETING. The MCPFE is a high level political
initiative that has developed as a dynamic process towards
the protection and sustainable management of forests. This
political commitment involves 44 European countries, European
Community and cooperates with other countries, as well as
international organizations that participate as observers.For
more information, please contact Bozena Kornatowska, e-mail:
b.kornatowska@lu-warsaw.pl;
tel: (+48) 22 331 790 331
24 - 26
April, Venue TBA: AFRICAN
REGIONAL EXPERT WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY.
Organised by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
For further information contact the CBD Secretariat, tel:
(+1-514) 288-2220; fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org
24-28
April, Geneva, Switzerland: JOINT
ADVISORY GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE. This
annual meeting of the Joint Advisory Group on the International
Trade Centre (ITC; a joint initiative of UNCTAD and the WTO)
will be based on "ITC, Trade and Poverty Reduction."
Governments of UNCTAD and WTO member states are invited to
send representatives to this meeting. For more information,
phone: +41 22 730 0575; e-mail: itcreg@intracen.org.
24 - 28
April, Geneva, Switzerland: INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES,
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE (Ninth Session).
24 - 28
April, Vancouver, BC, Canada: WORKSHOP
ON THE COMPARATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF AQUACULTURE AND
OTHER FOOD PRODUCING SECTORS. For more information, please
contact Devin Bartley; e-mail: devin.bartley@fao.org
24-28
April, Geneva, Switzerland: NINTH
SESSION OF WIPO'S INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND
FOLKLORE. This meeting, organised by the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO), will address issues related
to genetic resources and the protection of traditional knowledge.
For further information contact the IGC Secretariat, tel:
(+41 22) 338-8161; fax: 338-8120; email: grtkf@wipo.int.
24 April
- 5 May, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO
Rules Week, including Fisheries Subsidies. For further
information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations
Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458;
email: enquiries@wto.org.
26-28
April, Quito, Ecuador: BIOTECHNOLOGY
IN ECUADOR: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PERPECTIVES. This
workshop is organised by the REDBIO Ecuador National Co-ordination.
For further information contact REDBIO, e-mail: redbio2006@usfq.edu.ed.
27-29
April, Accra, Ghana: FORUM
ON AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. The African Regional
Centre for Technology and Ghana's Ministry of Environment
and Science will present this ministerial forum, which will
consider "Frontier Environmentally Sound Technologies
for Africa's Sustainable Development: The role of the Diaspora."
For more information, e-mail arct@sentoo.sn.
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1-5 May,
Ottowa, Canada: CODEX
COMMITTEE ON FOOD LABELLING, 34TH SESSION. For further
information, contact: the Codex Secretariat, tel: (+39 06)
5705 2287; fax: 5705 3369; email: codex@fao.org.
1 -5 May,
Geneva, Switzerland: STANDING
COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS: FOURTEENTH SESSION.
1-12 May,
New York, USA: FOURTEENTH
SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
The fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable
Development (CSD-14) will meet at UN Headquarters in New York
from 1-12 May 2006. As the first year of the second implementation
cycle, CSD-14 will review progress in the following areas:
Energy for Sustainable Development; Industrial Development;
Air pollution/ Atmosphere; and Climate Change. For more information,
contact the Division for Sustainable Development, tel: + 1
212-963-8102; fax: + 1-212-963-4260
3-4 May,
Bosnia and Herzegovina: THE
FIRST IFOAM CONFERENCE ON ORGANIC WILD PRODUCTION. The
conference, put on by the Agriculture Institute of Republic
of Srpska, will focus on the harvesting of wild vegtable products
from forest, "natural" lands, pastures and unvultivated
land in the agriculture landscape. It will concentrade on
current production that enters the organic market stream,
but will also extend to other concepts, such as Fair Trade,
sustainable forest management certification and Good Manufacturing
Practices. For more information, e-mail: polj.institut.bl@blic.net.
7-13 May,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: SEVENTH
INTERNATIONAL SPONG SYMPOSIUM. With the theme "Biodiveristy,
Innovation, and Sustainability," For more information,
contact Eduardo Hajdu, e-mail: hajdu@acd.ufrj.br.
8-10 May,
Manila Philippines: WORKSHOP
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "GLOBALLY HARMONIZED SYSTEM
OF CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING OF CHEMICALS." The
Board of Investments of the Department of Trade and Industry
of the Philippines, the UN Institute for Training and Research,
and the International Labor Organization will be organising
the workshop. For more information, contact Jonathan Krueger,
tel: +41 22 917 8166; e-mail: jonathan.krueger@unitar.org.
8-12 May,
Rome, Italy: STANDARDS
COMMITTEE. The Standards Committee (SC) was established
by the Third Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures
(ICPM), in 2001. The SC manages the standard-setting process
and assists in the development of International Standards
for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) which have been identified
by the ICPM as priority standards. For further information,
contact the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
Secretariat; tel: +39-06-5705-4812; fax: +39-06-5705-4819;
e-mail: IPPC@fao.org
9 May,
London, UK: IUU
FISHING MEETING. Organised by Chatham House, this is the
first in a regular series of Update and Stakeholder Consultation
meetings held on the issue of illegal, unreported and unregulated
fishing. The meeting aims to allow speakers to provide updates
on and discuss key initiatives on IUU fishing. International
and national processes will be covered, as well as new research
findings and industry and NGO initiatives. For further information
contact Gemma Green, tel: (+44 20) 7957 5711; fax: 7957 5710;
email: ggreen@chathamhouse.org.uk.
10-12
May, Bad Blamau, Austria: WORKSHOP
ON REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
This workshop, put on by Joanneum Research, will consider
methodological and policy approaches to reducing emissions
from deforestation in developing countries--an issue taken
up during the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Montreal
in December 2005. The matter will be taken up officially at
the UNFCCC Subsidary Bodies meetings taking place in Bonn
later in May 2006. For more information, contact Neil Bird,
tel: +43 316 876 1423; e-mail: neil.bird@joanneum.at.
15-26
May, Bonn, Germany: TWENTY-FOURTH
SESSIONS OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE. For further information contact the
UNFCCC Secretariat, tel: (+49)228-815-1000; fax: (+49)228-815-1999;
email: secretariat@unfccc.int.
16-17
May, Paris, France: OECD
GLOBAL FORUM ON AGRICULTURE CONSTRAINTS TO DEVELOPMENT OF
SUB-SAHARAN AGRICULTURE. The aim for the Global Forum
on Agriculture, organised by the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), is to foster an informed
dialogue between OECD countries and non-member developing
and transition economies on agricultural policy issues. In
recent years, the focus has been on the agricultural policy
concerns of developing countries, in particular the links
between domestic policy reforms, trade, liberalisation, economic
development and poverty reduction. For more information, e-mail:
Jean-Paul.Pradere@oecd.org.
17-19
May, Delft, the Netherlands: ENVIROWATER
2006 CONFERENCE. The Ninth Inter-Regional Conference on
Environment and Water will focus on concepts for water management
and multifunctional land-uses in lowlands, with a particular
focus on opportunities and threats, water and climate change,
groundwater and salt water intrusion, and water management
systems as a steering instrument for planning. For more information,
tel: +31 7 483 849; e-mail: envirowater2006@wur.nl.
19-20
May, Shirakawa, Japan: BUSINESS
FORUM ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
This invitation-only forum is organised by the World Sustainable
Development Forum (WSDF), which was created by the Energy
Research Institute (TERI). The gathering will discuss the
role of science and technology and the need to bridge the
divide between developed and developing countries in this
field. For more information contact Annapurna Vancheswaran,
TERI; tel: (+91) 11-2468-2100 (Ext. 2509); e-mail: avanche@teri.res.in.
22-23
May, Paris, France: OECD
FORUM 2006: BALANCING GLOBALISATION. This "multi-stakeholder
summit," organised by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD), will bring together business and labour
leaders, civil society representatives, government ministers
and leaders of international organisations to discuss the
key issues of the 21st century. The agenda includes themes
such as solving global economic imbalances, optimising the
contribution of financial markets to economic growth, and
ensuring that trade and investment are effective and ethical
motors for development. For further information contact John
West, tel: (+33) 01-45-24-80-25; fax: (+33) 01-44-30-63-46;
e-mail: oecd.forum@oecd.org.
22-26
May, New York City, US: REVIEW
CONFERENCE FOR THE STRADDLING FISH STOCKS AND HIGHLY MIGRATORY
FISH STOCKS AGREEMENT. This conference will review the
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the Conservation
and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory
Fish Stocks. For further information contact the UN Division
for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, tel: (+1 212) 963-3962;
fax: 963-5847; e-mail: doalos@un.org.
23 - 26
May, Rome, Italy: EXPERT
CONSULTATION - GUIDELINES ON ECOLABELLING OF FISH AND FISHERY
PRODUCTS FROM INLAND FISHERIES. The FAO ecolabelling guidelines
were drafted in 2003 and 2004 with the participation of a
number of experts and governments during a series of FAO Expert
and Technical Consultations and adopted by FAO Committee of
Fisheries (COFI) during its 26th session, held 7-11 March
2005. For more information, contact Rolf Willmann; e-mail:
rolf.willmann@fao.org.
23-26
May, Bratislava, Slovakia: 33RD
SESSION OF EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION. Created in 1947,
the European Forestry Commission (EFC)is one of six Regional
Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy
and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest
issues on a regional basis. It meets every two years. Agenda
of the Special Session: Implementation of Sustainable Forest
Management in Europe; 15 years of economies in transition:
lessons learned and challenges ahead for the forestry sector
(policy forum); Progress towards sustainable forest management
in Europe; Forest law compliance - from commitments to practice;
Forest-related voluntary codes of practice. For more information
contact: Mr Christopher Prins, e-mail: christopher.prins@unece.org.
29-30
May, Brussels, Belgium: LINKING
SCHEMES: POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LINKING THE EUROPEAN UNION EMISSIONS
TRADING SYSTEMS WITH EMERGING CARBON MARKETS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
This final conference of the Joint Emission Trading as a Socio-Ecological
Transformation (JET-SET) project, coordinated by the Wuppertal
Institute and commissioned by the German Federal Ministry
for Education and Research (BMBF), comprises state-of-the-art
contributions by policy-makers as well as presentations from
the research community. The objectives of the conference include
providing an overview of emerging domestic schemes in other
industrialised countries, identifying sensitive aspects of
linking the EU's emissions trading systems with other emerging
schemes, assessing the effects linking would have for emerging
carbon markets, and formulating both policy recommendations
and research perspectives for the national and European/regional
level. For further information contact Marcel Braun, e-mail:
marcel.braun@wupperinst.org.
29-31
May, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: FOURTH
AFRICAN ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
(ARSCP-4). The Fourth African Roundtable on Sustainable
Consumption and Production is jointly organised by UNEP and
the Secretariat of the African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption
and Production. The overall objective is to provide an input
to the further development and implementation of the African
10-Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and
Production at the sub-regional and national levels. For more
information, tel: 255-22-2602338/40; e-mail: cpct@arscp.org.
29 May
- 2 June, Merida, Mexico: 40TH
SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER COMMISSION (ITTC-40).
For more information, contact Manoel Sobral Filho, tel: +81
45 223 1110; e-mail: itto@itto.or.jp.
30 May
- 2 June, Santiago de Compostela, Spain: COFI
SUB-COMMITTEE ON FISH TRADE - 10TH SESSION. The Committee
on Fisheries (COFI) is a subsidiary body of the FAO Council
that was established in 1965. Meeting every two years, COFI
is the only global intergovernmental forum where major international
fishereis and aquaculture problems are examined and recommendations
are addressed to governments, regional fisehry bodies, fish
workers, NGOs and the international community. It has aslo
been used as a forum for the negotiation of global agreements
and instruments, such as the Code of Conduct. For more information,
please contact William Emerson; e-mail: william.emerson@fao.org
30 May
- 2 June, Ciudad Real, Spain: THIRD
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS MANAGEMENT.
Organised by the Universidad de Castilla-La Macha, UNESCO
and the Sahra Science and Technology Center, the symposium
will identify, explore, and analyse boundaries related to
water management. For further information contact Javier González
Pérez, tel: (+34 926) 295-300 (ext.6372); fax: 295-391;
e-mail: twm@uclm.es.
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5 - 7
June 2006, Santiago de Compostela, Spain: GFCM
COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE - 5TH SESSION. Organised by FAO.
For more information, contact: Lovatelli, Alessandro; e-mail:
alessandro.lovatelli@fao.org
5-9 June,
Larnaca, Cyprus: 17TH SESSION
OF THE NEAR EAST FORESTRY COMMISSION. FAO Regional Forestry
Commission. Participants at this session will also attend
a special session on implementing sustainable forest management
in the Near East. For more information contact: Hassan Osman
Abdel Nour; e-mail: hassan.abdelnour@fao.org
5-9 June,
Washington DC, USA: CONSULTATIONS
AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY COUNCIL MEETING.
7 June,
Paris, France: SIXTH
INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES: "2006, AFRICA
ON THE MOVE." This forum, organised by the Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will bring
together eminent personalities from African and developed
countries. The aim is to engage a wide audience -- comprising
government, the private sector, civil society and the media
-- in debate, sharing visions and proposals for the economic
development of the continent. For more information, e-mail:
Christian.Maloumby@oecd.org.
7-9 June,
Bangalore, India: INTERNATIONAL
BIOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE. This conference will include
a special agricultural biotechnology thrust, focusing on current
challenges and future opportunities. Topics for discussion
will include: 1) transgenic crops; 2) functional foods and
plant pharmaceuticals; 3) biofuels; 4) biofertilizers and
biopesticides; and 5) intellectual property rights, safety,
and regulatory issues. For further information contact Gwyneth
Alphonso, tel: (+91) 22-55804475; fax: (+91) 9820917169; e-mail:
gwen@bangalorebio.in.
12-16
June, Madrid, Spain: FIRST
SESSION OF THE ITPGR GOVERNING BODY. The first session
of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is organised by
the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
acting as the Interim Committee for the International Treaty.
For more information, contact José Esquinas-Alcázar,
tel: +39 6 570 56347; e-mail: Jose.Esquinas@fao.org.
13 June,
Geneva, Switzerland: WTO
Committee on Trade and Environment. For further information,
contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division,
Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458; email:
enquiries@wto.org
14 - 15
June, Geneva, Switzerland:
WTO Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session.
For further information, contact the WTO Information and Media
Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22)
739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org.
14-16
June, Metro Manila, Philippines: 4TH
MEETING OF THE ASEAN EXPERTS GROUP (AEG) ON THE CONVENTION
ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA
AND FLORA (CITES). This meeting, organised by the Protected
Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Department of Agriculture
(DA), will discuss the status of the implementation of the
ASEAN Regional Action Plan on Trade in Wild Flora and Fauna
2005-2010. For further information contact Virgilio V. Vitug,
tel: (632)925-8952; fax: 924-0109.
14 - 21
June 2006, Mondsee, Austria: EUROPEAN
INLAND FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMISSION - 24TH SESSION, including
SYMPOSIUM ON HYDROPOWER, FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER ABSTRACTION:
IMPLICATIONS FOR FISH AND FISHERIES. The European Inland
Fisheries Advisory Commission has served since 1957 as the
only international forum for collaboration and information
exchange among all European countries and for advice to member
Governments on the management of inland fisheries and aquaculture.
It currently has 34 members and regularly works with scientists
from North America, Russia, the Ukraine and Belorussia. For
more information, contact: Bartley, Devin; e-mail: devin.bartley@fao.org
15-16
June, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: INSTITUTIONS
FOR PROVIDING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS: MANAGING UNCERTAINTY,
COMPLEXITY AND CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE
CHANGE. This meeting, organised by the Universities of
Paris, Oldenburg and Louvain, will discuss topics including
management under strong bounded rationality and institutions
for changing beliefs and social preferences. The Consortium
organizing the conference currently has a call for papers
on institutions for providing global environmental goods and
managing uncertainty, complexity and change in the field of
biodiversity and climate change. For further information contact
Anne Liesse, tel: (+32 10) 47 20 81; email: Internet: anne.liesse@cpdr.ucl.ac.be.
15-17
June, Victoria, BC, Canada: GAINING
GROUND--THE SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
The Gaining Ground Leadership Summit will bring together more
than 200 of North America's most committed developers, consultants,
policymakers, community and industry leaders in Sustainable
Urban Development. It promises to be a pivotal event that
will aid sustainable development efforts in North America.
The summit is based on an integrative and interdisciplinary
approach designed to spark new ideas and practical approaches
to urban sustainability. Conceived as a forum to initiate
thought and discussion around the many barriers faced by sustainable
development, Gaining Ground will prove to be a reliable and
informative resource for all those involved. For more information,
contact Geoff Gosson, tel: +001 250 858 4600; e-mail: info@gaininggroundsummit.com.
17-23
June, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US:
GLOBALIZATION, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY. This seminar, sponsored
by A World Connected, aims to encourage a discussion about
a wide range of current issues with top students from around
the world. Here, students can explore the dynamics of development,
customs, and traditions including how trade and development
affect people and cultures around the world. For more information,
e-mail: info@WorldConnected.org.
19-21
June, Tunis, Tunisia: THE
FUTURE OF DRYLANDS CONFERENCE. This conference will focus
on drylands research, conservation, policy and sustainable
drylands development. Organised by the UN Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in partnership with several
international organisations, the conference is held within
the context of the United Nations International Year of Deserts
and Desertification (2006) as part of collective efforts to
reach the Millennium Development Goals. For further information
contact Thomas Schaaf, e-mail: sc.drylands@unesco.org.
19-22
June, Charlottesville, VA, USA: SUSTAINABILITY
AND BEYOND--THE EMERGING TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE OF THE NEW ECONOMY.
The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the
University of Virginia will host this conference examining
how some of the world's leading corporations and most progressive
governmental organizations are responding to the most challenging
issues in the new economy, utilizing a systems-based triple
bottom line approach. For more information, contact Robye
S. Lopater, tel: +001 434 924 7455; e-mail: lopaterr@darden.virginia.edu.
19 - 23
June, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO
Rules Week, including Fisheries Subsidies. For further
information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations
Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458;
email: enquiries@wto.org.
20-23
June, Bonn, Germany: INTERNATIONAL
WORKSHOP ON GOVERNANCE AND THE GLOBAL WATER SYSTEM. This
workshop will seek to identify institutions, actors and scales
which are of key relevance for enhancing adaptive capacity
of governance regimes towards global environmental change.
The workshop will also consider how governance regimes can
be enabled to strengthen the adaptive capacity and resilience
of the global water system. For more information, contact
Daniel Petry, tel: +49 228 736 186; e-mail: daniel.petry@uni-bonn.de.
26 -30
June, Geneva, Switzerland: PROVISIONAL
COMMITTEE ON PROPOSALS RELATED TO A WIPO DEVELOPMENT AGENDA:
SECOND SESSION.
26-30
June 2006, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 24TH
SESSION OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION,
FAO Regional Forestry Commission. On the agenda: Progress
towards sustainable forest management in the region; The search
for excellence in sustainable forest management; Strategies
and codes of best forest practices; Regional wildland fires
strategies; Regional cooperation to promote sustainable forest
management. Participants at the 24th Session of the LACFC
will also attend a special session on implementing Sustainable
Forest Management in Latin America and the Caribbean. For
more information contact: Carlos Marx R. Carneiro; e-mail:
carlos.carneiro@fao.org
26 June
- 14 July, Beirut, Lebanon: TRAINING
COURSES ON KEY ISSUES ON THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.
The courses, organised by UNCTAD and the UN Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia and aimed atgovernemtn officers,
will focus on the links between trade, investment and development,
especially in the context of the current multilateral trade
negotiations. For more information, e-mail: mohan.panicker@unctad.org.
28-30
June, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands: SECOND
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUANTIFIED ECO-EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS
FOR SUSTAINABILITY. This conference will address issues
such as applications and user contacts, philisophy, concepts
and quantified tools, methods framework, modeling and operational
methods, motives and drivers, and consensus and standardization.
For more information contact Eco-Efficiency Secretariat, tel:
+31 71 527 7477; e-mail: ee-conf@eco-efficiency-conf.org.
28 - 30
June, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. For
further information, contact the WTO Information and Media
Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22)
739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org.
30 June,
Geneva, Switzerland: 39TH
EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
UNCTAD. The meeting will deliberate on UNCTAD's activities
in favor of Africa to provide an overview of research and
analysis undertaken by the organisation with regard to African
development, as well as a summary of specific activities,
including advisory services and technical cooperation, in
each section falling under UNCTAD's mandate.
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2-5 July,
Cardiff, Wales: GREENING
OF INDUSTRY NETWORK CONFERENCE--INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION--A
CLEAR ROUTE TO SUSTAINABILITY? The goal of this conference
is to think about communication, integration, and sustainability
and to develop a Blueprint for Change, a practial guide to
assist business and others in better integration and communication
for the sustainability agenda. A draft Blueprint for Change
will be one of the key outputs of the conference, serving
as a practical guidance document designed to assist businesses
and others with the development and application of ideas and
tools for better integration and communication for sustainability.
For more information, e-mail: BRASS@cardiff.ac.uk.
3-6
July, Montreal, Canada: 25TH
OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP OF THE PARTIES TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL.
For more information, tel: +254 2 62 3851; e-mail: ozoneinfo@unep.org.
3-8
July, Geneva, Switzerland: CODEX
ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION, 29TH SESSION. For further information,
contact: the Codex Secretariat, tel: (+39 06) 5705 2287; fax:
5705 3369; email: codex@fao.org.
3-8
July, Lima, Peru: 16TH
MEETING OF THE CITES PLANTS COMMITTEE. This meeting will
include regional reports, discussion of trade in alien invasive
species, hoodia and trade in timber species, along with reviews
of significant trade in threatened species between members
of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
(CITES). For further information, contact Prof. Dra. Margarita
Clemente Muñoz, tel: (+34 957) 20 00 77; fax: 29 53
33; email: cr1clmum@uco.es
3-28
July, New York City, New York, USA: ECOSOC
2006 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION. For more information, contact
Sarbuland Khan, tel: +1 212 963 4628; e-mail: ecosocinfo@un.org.
7-13
July, Lima, Peru: 22ND
MEETING OF THE CITES ANIMALS COMMITTEE. This meeting will
include regional reports and conservation and trade in great
apes, along with reviews of significant trade in threatened
species between members of the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). For further information,
contact Dr Thomas Althaus, tel: (+41 31) 323 85 08; fax: 323
5686; email: thomas.althaus@bvet.admin.ch
11 - 14
July, Portsmouth, UK: IIFET
- INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES ECONOMICS AND TRADE
- 2006 BIENNIAL CONFERENCE. This event will provide a
forum for professionals to discuss the current state of the
world's fisheries and exchange ideas on the means to rebuild
those that have been damaged by natural disasters or human
activities. For further information contact Nicola Waterman,
tel: (+) 44 23 9284 4087: fax; (+) 44 23 9284 4614; e-mail;
nicola.waterman@port.ac.uk
12-14
July, Geneva, Switzerland: 11TH
SESSION OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE GLOBAL HARMONISED
SYSTEM. The Dangerous Goods and Special Cargos Section
of the Transport Division of UNECE is organising the 11th
Session of the Sub-committee of Experts on the Global Harmonized
System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. For more
information, e-mail: info.ece@unece.org.
17
- 21 July, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO
Rules Week, including Fisheries Subsidies. For further
information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations
Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458;
email: enquiries@wto.org.
17-21
July, Espoo, Finland: LIVING
WITH CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE--UNDERSTANDING THE UNCERTAINTIES
AND MANAGING THE RISKS. This conference, sponsored by
the World Meteorological Organization, tthe Finnish Meteorological
Institute, and the International Institute for Climate and
Society, will review opportunities and constraints in integrating
climate risks and uncertainties into the mainstreams of decision-making,
where sensitivity to climate variability and change is but
one among many factors to consider. It will draw on the experiences
of public and private organisations worldwide that have been
engaged in managing risks including those of a climatic origin.
For more information, e-mail: wmo2006@fmi.fi.
18-21
July, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: RECENT
ADVANCEMENT IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND ITS POTENTIAL
APPLICATIONS TO PLANT PROTECTION IN EAST AFRICA. This
symposium, organised by the African Plant Molecular Biologists
Network (EAPMBNet), will serve as a forum for participants
from different countries to present and share the most recent
advances in plant biotechnology and molecular biology research
and their applications to plant pests and diseases of importance
to East African and African crops. The major objective of
the network will be to bring together scientists in the field
of plant molecular biology and biotechnology in the East African
region, for collaborative benefits. For further information
contact Joseph Ndunguru, tel: (+255 748) 868390; e-mail: jndunguru2003@yahoo.co.uk
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6-11
August, Madison, Wisconsin, USA: INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON MERCURY AS A GLOBAL POLLUTANT. The conference
has become the preeminent international forum for formal presentation
and discussion of scientific advantages concerning environmental
mercury pollution. It will provide the groundwork for development
of four policy-relevant synthesis manuscripts and associated
plenary sessions, which will serve as the daily keynotes for
the conference. For more information, tel: +1 608 265 5085;
e-mail: info@mercury2006.org.
13-18
August, Beijing, China: INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS OF PLANT TISSUE CULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (ICPTC&B).
More than 2,000 foreign and Chinese plant biologists, including
four Nobel Prize winners, are expected to attend the meeting
to discuss topics like the industrial uses of genetically
modified (GM) plants, intellectual property in biotechnology,
biosafety, and GM plants.
16 - 19
August 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: APFIC
CONSULTATIVE FORUM: REFORMING FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE IN
ASIA-PACIFIC. For more information, please contact: Dr.
Derek Staples; e-mail: FAO-AP@field.fao.org
20-26
August, Stockholm, Sweden: 2006
WORLD WATER WEEK. The annual World Water Week in Stockhold
seeks to provide a meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building
and follow-up on the implementation of international processes
and programmes in water and development. It includes plenary
sessions and panel debates, scientific workshops, independently-organised
seminars and side events, exhibitions and prize ceremonies
in the water field. Of the theme "Beyond the River--Sharing
Benefits and Responsibilities," the meeting is intended
for experts from businesses, governements, the water management
and science sectors, inter-governmental organisations, NGOs,
research and training institutions, and UN Agencies. For more
information, contact David Trouba, tel: +46 8 522 13961; e-mail:
dave.trouba@siwi.org.
21-22
August, Singapore, Singapore: GLOBAL
FORUM ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2006. This event is organised
by the IP Academy Singapore and will bring together some of
the world's most influential IP figures to explore and discuss
new IP trends and to harness business opportunities in a setting
conducive to creative thinking. For further information, e-mail:
info@globalforumip.com;
fax: +65 653 693 34.
21 - 23
August 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: APFIC
ASIA-PACIFIC FISHERY COMMISSION - 29TH SESSION. For more
information, please contact: Dr. Derek Staples; e-mail: FAO-RAP@field.fao.org
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September, Buenos Aires, Argentina: FIFTH
SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW OF THE UN CONVENTION
TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (CRIC-5). The committee will
consider the following items: review of te implementation
of the Convention and its institutional arrangements; consideration
of necessary adjustments to the elaboration process and implementation
of action programmes, review of available information regarding
mobilization and use of financial resources, consideration
of ways and means to promote know-how and technology-transfer,
and improvement of procedures for communication and information.
For more information, tel: +49 228 815 2800; e-mail: secretariat@unccd.int.
4
- 8 September, New Delhi, India: COFI
SUB-COMMITTEE ON AQUACULTURE - 3RD SESSION. For more information,
please contact: Subasinghe, Rohana; e-mail: rohana.subasinghe@fao.org
14-15
September, New York City, New York, USA: HIGH-LEVEL
DIALOGUE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT. This
high level meeting will take place during the UN General Assembly's
sixty-first session in 2006. The aim of the dialogue is to
"discuss the multidimensional aspects of international
migration and development in order to identify appropriate
ways and means to maximize its development benefits and minimize
its negative impacts." the event is also expected to
focus on policy issues, including the challenge of achieving
the internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals. For more information, tel: +1
212 963 3179; e-mail: zlotnik@un.org.
18-22
September, Beijing, China: CODEX
COMMITTEE ON FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS 28TH SESSION. For
further information, contact: the Codex Secretariat, tel:
(+39 06) 5705 2287; fax: 5705 3369; email: codex@fao.org.
18-22
September, Geneva, Switzerland: MEETING
OF THE UNEP WORKING GROUP ON LEAD AND CADMIUM. The UNEP
DTIE Chemicals Branch is organising a Working Group on Lead
and Cadmium. The group will review and finalize draft scientific
reviews on lead and cadmium and requested through GC decision
23/9 III on lead and cadmium. For more information, tel: +41
22 797 3460; e-mail: metals@unepchemicals.ch.
19-20
September, Singapore, Singapore: 2006
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE
WORLD BANK GROUP. The annual meeting of the Boards of
Governors of the IMF and World Bank Group are the largest
and most comprehensive gathering of global financial representatives
in the world. During the meeting, representatives from the
184-member countries will unite to discuss the course of global
economic development and formulate underpinning policy strategies.
For more information, contact Clara Goh, tel: +65 6332 7343;
e-mail: clara_goh@mof.gov.sg.
25-27
September, Gatineau-Ottawa, Canada: 10TH
NATIONAL FOREST CONGRESS--SUSTAINABLE FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT
IN THE BOREAL--A GLOBAL CHALLENGE. A mainstay during the
planning and development of the program for this boreal summit
is to stress the national and international significance of
the biome. Goals and objectives for the Congress include demonstrating
to Canadians, and to the world, that all stakeholders in the
utilization of our natural resources are committed to sustainable
forest land management in the boreal. One of the intended
outcomes of this Congress is to obtain a committment from
all sectors to pursue the formation of a cross-sectoral council
to examine national and international goals for stewardship
and sustainable land management, thus fulfilling a long-standing
mandate to set objectives by consensus, as agreed during the
first National Forest Congress in 1906. For more information,
tel: +1 866 441 4006; e-mail: registrar@nfc-cfn.ca.
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3-6 October
2006, Geneva, Switzerland: UNITED
NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE TIMBER COMMITTEE, 63RD
SESSION, 64TH SESSION . For further information, contact
UNECD, tel: +41 (0) 22 917 12 34; fax: +41 (0) 22 917 05 05;
e-mail:info.ece@unece.org
5-6 October,
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: FIRST
INTER-AMERICAN MEETING OF MINISTERS AND HIGH-LEVEL AUTHORITIES
OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Put on by the Organization
of American States (OAS), this meeting will identify and advance
concrete partnerships at the regional and hemispheric level
to integrate environmental considerations into development,
poverty alleviation, social and economic policies. The |
