2001 Events

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• January 2001

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• June 2001

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• November 2001

• December 2001

8-12 January, San José, Costa Rica: WORLD CONGRESS ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW. For information contact: Ramón Ojeda, Secretario General, CIACA; tel/fax: (34-43) 278-888; email: ciacaciv@sarenet.es ; Internet: http://www.greenchannel.com/iceac. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.

8-19 January, Santiago, Chile: CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) ELECTRONIC CONFERENCES. The conferences which will be coordinated by the International Network on Methodology of Farming Systems Research (RIMISIP), aims to make the growing prevalence of partnerships between publicly-financed international research centers and private-sector biotechnology companies more widely known and to envision a strategy to ensure that publicly-funded international agricultural research addresses primarily the interests of poor farmers. A summary of the main conclusions and recommendations will serve as an input for a face-to-face workshop in May 2001 in South Africa, where civil society actors, public sector donors and key CGIAR members will discuss the mission of the CGIAR and how its research agenda can be tailored to the needs and circumstances of poor farmers. For more information and to join the conference, contact: Miguel Altieri; email: agroeco3@nature.berkeley.edu ; Internet: www.rimisp.cl/ngoc 

10-12 January, Monterey, California: THE THIRD ANNUAL MONTEREY CONGRESSIONAL FORUM ON TRADE POLICY. The Forum will prepare for the new US Congress and Administration by helping the members of the California Congressional delegation understand the complexity of the issues that will confront them on the subject of trade. This will be the first major West Coast trade policy forum since the Seattle WTO meetings last year, and will be the first event to bring together the different voices that have a serious stake in the future direction of American trade policy. Officials of government, business, labour, environmental organisations, and developing economies will engage in discussions on how to formulate and enact sound trade policy for the new century. For information contact: California Council for International Trade; email: info@ccit.net  Internet: http://www.ccit.net/

10-17 January, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO CHINA ACCESSION WORKING PARTY. For information contact: Hans-Peter Werner, Information and Media Relations Division; tel: (41-22) 739-5007.

22-24 January, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO TEXTILES MONITORING BODY.  For information contact: Luis Ople, Information and Media Relations Division; tel: (41-22) 739-5374.

24 & 26 January, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MOZAMBIQUE.  For information contact: Lucie Giraud, Information and Media Relations Division; tel: (41-22) 739-5075.

25-30 January, Porto Alegre, Brazil: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM.  The goal of the Forum will be to strengthen South-North alliances between NGOs, unions and social movements.  the four themes for the conference are: production of wealth and social reproduction, access to wealth and sustainability, civil society and the public arena, and democracy and citizen's power.  For information contact: Secretaria do Forum Social Mundial, Rua General Jardim, 660 sala 81, CEP 01223-010, Sao Paulo - Capital- Brasil; tel: (55-11) 258-8914; fax: 258-8469; email: fsm2001@uol.com.br.  

25-30 January, Davos, Switzerland: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - ANNUAL MEETING. The meeting will address the following key themes: addressing the globalization backlash; shaping the global corporation; the second phase of the digital revolution; biotech: mapping our future; global business: values-free or values-driven?; and  the dawn of a European era?. Internet: http://www.weforum.org/davos.nsf/Documents/Home+-+Annual+Meeting

1 February, Minneapolis, Minnesota: PRESIDENT'S CONFERENCE SERIES GOVERNING GMO's: DEVELOPING POLICY IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC AND PUBLIC DEBATE.  Sponsored by the University on MN's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment and Life Sciences. For information contact: Mark Ritchie, President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, GMO 01-2700, University of Minnesota, PO Box 64780, St. Paul, MN 55164-0780 USA; tel: (1-888) 671-6214; fax: 671-6215; Internet: http://www.conferences.umn.edu/mn/policy/.

5-7 February, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.  For information contact: Peter Ungphakorn, Information and Media Relations; tel: (41-22) 739-5412.

5-9 February, Nairobi, Kenya: 21st SESSION OF THE UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL.  For information contact: B. Miller, UNEP; tel: (254-2) 62-3411; fax: 62-3748; email: millerb@unep.org; Internet: http://www.unep.org/Calenders.  

13-14 February, Marco Island, Florida: WINTER CONFERENCE 2001: BUSINESS PROFILES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.  Sponsored by American Consulting Engineers Council, Environmental Business Action Coalition.  Speakers will discuss case studies from Asia, Americas, and the future of sustainable development.  For information contact:  Sumita Singh, American Consulting Engineers Council; tel: (1-202) 347-7474; email: acec@acec.org; Internet: http://www.acec.org.

14-18 February, Geneva, Switzerland: MEETING OF THE INTERIM CHEMICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE OF THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION.  For information, contact: Jim Willis, UNEP Chemicals, Geneva, Switzerland; tel: (41-22 )917-8111; fax:797-3460; email: chemicals@unep.ch From Linkages.

5-9 March, Trieste, Italy: INTRODUCTION TO BIOSAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS.  For more information, contact: Giovanni Ferraiolo, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; tel: +39-40-3757364; fax: +39-40-226555; e-mail: ferraiol@icgeb.trieste.it

11 March, Montreal, Canada: INFORMAL CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR PLANT CONSERVATION. For information contact: the CBD Secretariat, Montreal, Canada; tel: (1-514) 288-2220; fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org . From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/ 

12-16 March, Montreal Canada: SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONVENTION ON BIODIVERSITY'S SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE (SBSTTA-6). For information contact: the CBD Secretariat, Montreal, Canada; tel: (1-514) 288-2220; fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org ; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org . From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/

16-17 March 2001, Canberra, Australia: CHINA & THE WTO. Hosted by the Faculty of Law of the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Law Department of the London School of Economics.  Two-day conference with presentations on the Chinese WTO accession negotiations, and on trade in goods, trade in services and IP and other issues from trade negotiators, academics and legal practitioners.  Keynote speaker: Prof. John H Jackson.  Brochure, conference programme, and registration form are available at: http://law.anu.edu.au/china-wto/index.html For information contact: Dr. Brett Williams, China & the WTO Project, Faculty of Law, Australian National University; email: china-wto@anu.edu.au  or williamsbg@law.anu.edu.au  

19-22 March, Montreal, Canada: CONVENTION ON BIODIVERSITY PANEL OF EXPERTS ON ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING. For information contact: the CBD Secretariat, Montreal, Canada; tel: (1-514) 288-2220; fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org ; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org . From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/ 

19-23 March, Rome, Italy:  INTERIM CHEMICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON THE APPLICATION OF THE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE.  Organized by FAO and UNEP Chemicals, the Conference’s second session will review candidate chemicals for the Rotterdam Convention on PIC.  For information contact: Gerold Wyrwal, FAO; tel: (39 06) 5705-2753; fax: 5705-6347; email: gerold.wyrwal@fao.org.

2-6 April, Florence, Italy: ADVANCED RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE OF GMOS.  For more information, contact: Giovanni Ferraiolo, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology; tel: +39-40-3757364; fax: +39-40-226555; e-mail: ferraiol@icgeb.trieste.it

5-6 April, Manchester, United Kingdom: 7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2001.  Sponsored by ERP Environment, publishers of Sustainable Development.  The conference seeks to bring together an international interdisciplinary audience to begin to tackle many of the issues connected with sustainable development, to both share ideas and continue the debates surrounding sustainable development.  For information contact: Elaine White, Conference Coordinator, ERP Environment, PO Box 75, Shipley, West Yorkshire BD17 6EZ, UK; tel: (44-1274) 530-408; fax: 530-409; email: elaine@erpenv.demon.co.uk; Internet: http://www.erpenvironment.org.

20-21 April, Quebec City, Canada: THE THIRD SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS.  Thirty four countries from Latin America, North America and the Caribbean will attend.  Four themes will be addressed: (i) economic integration, (ii) democracy and human rights, (iii) education and poverty, and (iv) discrimination.  For information contact: The Hemisphere Summit Office Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2; tel: (1-613) 944-0505; email: mediainfo@americascanada.org; Internet http://americascanada.org/eventsummit/menu-e.asp.  

23-27 April, Rome, Italy: UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (FAO) COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. For information contact: FAO; tel: (39-06) 57-05-22-87; fax: 57-05-33-69; Internet: http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/cgrfa/meetings.htm  From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/ 

20-25 May, Durban, South Africa: SIXTH INDO-PACIFIC FISH CONFERENCE. The conference will address various aspects of the ichthyology of Indo-Pacific fishes, including evolution, genetics, systematics, ecology, biology, behavior and biogeography. For information contact: IPFC 2001, Oceanographic Research Institute; tel: (27-31) 337-3536; fax: 337-2132; email: seaworld@dbn.lia.net ; Internet: http://www.seaworld.org.za. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.

21-23 May, Stockholm, Sweden: PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS INC-5.  The Conference of the Plenipotentiaries.  For information, contact: UNEP Chemicals (IRPTC); tel: (41-22) 979-9111; fax: 797-3460; e-mail: dodgen@unep.ch; Internet: http://irptc.unep.ch/pops/ From Linkages.

17-19 June, Bangkok, Thailand: PANEL OF EXPERTS ON PESTICIDE SPECIFICATIONS, REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, APPLICATION STANDARDS AND PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT. The 18th Session is expected to meet to consider new provisions of the Code of Conduct and update various guidelines in support of the Code. The 19th Session is scheduled to be held from 27-29 October 2002 in Rome. The 20th session is tentatively planned for May 2003 in Rome. For information contact: Gero Vaagt, FAO; tel: (39-6) 5705-5757; e-mail: Gero.Vaagt@fao.org; Internet: http://www.fao.org/waicent/FaoInfo/Agricult/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/Events/c.htm.  

21 June, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands: RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. For information and submission of abstracts, contact:  Elaine White, ERP Environment, P.O. Box 75, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD17 6EZ UK Telephone: +44 (0)1274 530408, Fax: +44 (0)1274 530409, email: elaine@erpenv.demon.co.uk 

21-22 June, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands: THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ECO-MANAGEMENT AND AUDITING CONFERENCE. For information and submission of abstracts, contact:  Elaine White, ERP Environment, P.O. Box 75, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD17 6EZ UK Telephone: +44 (0)1274 530408, Fax: +44 (0)1274 530409, email: elaine@erpenv.demon.co.uk 

22 June, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands: THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS CIVIL SOCIETY For information and submission of abstracts, contact:  Elaine White, ERP Environment, P.O. Box 75, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD17 6EZ UK Telephone: +44 (0)1274 530408, Fax: +44 (0)1274 530409, email: elaine@erpenv.demon.co.uk 

16-19 August, Cali, Colombia: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIODIVERSITY AS A SOURCE OF NEW MEDICINES. For information contact: Ligia Pabon de Majid; tel/fax: +57-2-330-2461; e-mail: biofarmacongress@telesat.com.co ; Internet: http://www.biofarmacongress.com. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/. 
 

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10-28 September, Geneva, Switzerland: JOINT FAO-WHO MEETING ON PESTICIDES RESIDUES.  The 26^th session of the joint meeting of the FAO panel of experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Expert Group on Pesticide Residues.  This meeting is expected to produce reports and monographs summarizing the assessments of certain pesticides.  For information, contact: Amelia Tejada, FAO; tel: (39-6) 5705-4010; fax: 5705-6347; email: Amelia.Tejada@fao.org; Internet: http://www.fao.org/waicent/FaoInfo/Agricult/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/events/c.htm From Linkages.

24-28 September, Cusco, Peru: CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY IN THE ANDES AND AMAZON BASIN, LINKING SCIENCE, NGOs AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. This international interdisciplinary congress will focus on the countries of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and their ecosystems ranging from deserts to tropical forests, to mangroves, lowland forests in the Amazon basin, tropical dry forests, relicts of Andean forests and scrub formations in the Paramo region. For information contact Sigrun Lange, INKA e.V, International network for the conservation of cultural and biological diversity, Gravelottestr. 6, 81667 Munich, Germany; fax: (49 - 89) 4591-1920; email: Sigrun.Lange@inka-ev.de; Internet: http://www.inka-ev.de.

1-5 October, Montreal, Canada: SECOND MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL. Issues to be discussed include liability and redress; monitoring and reporting; Secretariat; guidance to the financial mechanism, rules of procedures for the MOP; issues for implementation; a draft provisional agenda for the MOP; and items for continued consideration from ICCP-1. Internet: http://www.biodiv.org/. 

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