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7 May 2008 |
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Conf. Room 4 |
Thematic Discussions: Agriculture and Rural Development
- Non-farm activities, including agribusiness
- Rural enterprise development
- Rural finance, including micro-credit
- Investment in agriculture and rural infrastructure
Panelists:
- Mr. Sergio Miranda da Cruz, Director,
Agro-Business Development, UNIDO
- Prof. Puneetha S. Palakurthi, Assistant
Professor, School of CED, Southern New Hampshire
University
- Dr. Colien Hefferan, CSREES, USDA
- Mr. Arne Cartridge, Senior Vice President,
Yara International ASA
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Thematic Discussions: Drought
- Drought and impacts on hunger and poverty
- Climate change, water scarcity and drought
- Building resilience
- Drought preparedness
- Monitoring and early warning
Panelists:
- Dr. Anada Tiega, Secretary General, The
Convention on Wetlands, Ramsar Secretariat
- Dr. Scott Christiansen, Executive Assistant
to DG, ICARDA
- Mr. Enos Esikuri, Environment Department,
World Bank
- Mr. Estanbacios Castro, International Indian
Treaty Council
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| 15:00 - 18:00 |
Conf. Room 4 |
Thematic Discussions: Land
- Land and livelihoods
- Climate change and land resources
- Integrated land use planning and management
- Information systems and tools for land use planning
Panelists:
- Mr. Omara Amuko, Global Health and Safely Officer,
IUFAWA
- Dr. Jolyn Sanjak, Senior Director, MCC
- Dr. Erick Fernandes, (ARD), World Bank
- Ms. Clarissa Augustinus, Chief, Land, Tenure and Property
Administration Section, UN HABITAT
- Mr. Michael Taylor, International Land Coalition
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Thematic Discussions: Desertification
- Global dimensions of desertification
- Desertification and poverty
- Impact of agricultural and pastoral practices on
desertification
- Tenure security: implications for land degradation and
desertification
Panelists:
- Prof. Uriel Safriel, Lead author of Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment/Synthesis on Desertification, Hebrew
University
- Dr. Jeff Herrick, Research Scientist, USDA-ARS
- Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Inspector General, Ministry
of Natural Resources, India
- Ms. Nancy Kgengwenyane, Chief of Party/Programme
Manager, Okavango Integrated River Basin Management Projects,
Botswana
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Conf. Room 6 |
Training Session: Building effective
partnership programs for sustainability
Sponsor: Government of the USA
Training: Fundamentals in Design & Operation of
Effective Partnership Programs (10:00 - 11:30)
- Stephan D. Sylvan, Partnership Programs Coordinator,
National Center for Environmental Innovation, US
Environmental Protection Agency
Panel Dialogue - Sustainable Development Partnerships,
What Have We Learned? (11:30 - 13:00)
- Jay Benforado (Moderator), US Department of State
- Geoffrey Hamilton, Chief, Cooperation and
Partnerships Section, UN ECE
- Patricia Solís, Director of Research and Outreach,
Association of American Geographers, My Community, Our
Earth: Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development (MyCOE)
- Stephan Sylvan, Partnership Programs Coordinator,
National Center for Environmental Innovation, US
Environmental Protection Agency
- Derek Vollmer, Associate Program Officer, Science
and Technology for Sustainability Program, US National
Academy of Sciences
Information desks (all
day):
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| 15:00 - 17:30 |
Conf. Room 6 |
Partnerships thematic discussion session: Partnership
solutions to Africa's development challenges: what types of
partnerships and partners may Africa need?
Chair: Mr. Juan Mario Dary (Guatemala) CSD-16 Vice
Chair (TBC)
Lead Discussants:
- Cosmas Gitta, Chief, Division for Policy,
Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, UNDP
- Kaddu K. Sebunya, Director of Program for
Technical Design, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF),
Congo Basin Forest Partnership
- Abdallah Rattal, Chief of the Division for
Planning, Ministry of Water and the Environment,
Government of Morocco
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| 10:00 - 18:00 |
Neck Area |
Partnerships Information Desks
- Mediaterre
- COMPETE - Competence Platform on Energy Crop and
Agroforestry Systems for Arid and Semi-arid Ecosystems -
Africa
- International Partnership for Sustainable
Development in Mountain Regions
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| 10:00 - 13:00 |
Conf. Room B |
Designing Integrated Financing Strategies for Combating
Desertification
Sponsor: Global Mechanism of UNCCD |
| 15:00 - 18:00 |
Conf. Room B |
La revue par les pairs de la Stratégie Nationale de
Développement [in French]
Sponsor: OIF |
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| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Conf. Room 4 |
EXPO Zaragoza 2008: Contributing Towards Sustainable
Water Management
Organized by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain |
| Conf. Room 2 |
Reaching a Landmark? Ten years of Sub-Regional Cooperation
in the Baltic Sea Region and East Africa
Organized by: Baltic 21 |
| Conf. Room 6 |
Biomass production: social and economic sustainability and
impact on other resources
Organized by: Permanent Mission of the Netherlands and
ANPED |
| DHLA* |
The Value of Livestock Based Livelihoods in Africa
Organized by: Heifer International |
| 18:15 - 19:45 |
Conf. Room 4 |
Hard Rain
Organized by: UNDP/UNEP |
| Conf. Room 6 |
Agricultural Productivity: Meeting the Sustainability
Challenge
Organized by: Croplife International, International
Fertilizer Industry Association, International Federation of
Agricultural Producers and the International Council for
Science |
| DHLA |
Renewable Energy and Pollution: Role of NGOs
Organized by: Mission of Ukraine / World Information
Transfer |
| Conf. Room B |
Achieving Sustainable Development through Animal Welfare
Organized by: World Society for the Protection of
Animals (WSPA) |
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Auditorium |
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North East Gallery, Visitors' Lobby,
UNHQ |
Hard Rain - Our Headlong Collision with Nature: Photographs
illustrating climate change, poverty and the sixth great
extinction Organized
by: Still Pictures, UNEP and UNDP |
| 10:00 - 17:00 |
UN Visitors Lobby |
Natural World Museum International Art
Exhibition: Art, Attitudes & Environment Organized
by: UN DPI, UNEP, Natural World Museum |
| 13:15 - 14: 45 |
UN Church Center, 2nd floor |
A Forum on "A Well-Prepared Society:
Progress on Eco-Efficiency and Sustainability"
Organized by: CSD Education Caucus |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Library Training Room (L-270C) |
Library workshop for CSD Delegates
Sustainable Development: How to Find UN information
Organized by: DHLink, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and
Knowledge Sharing Centre |
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Conf. Room A |
Youth and children |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Conf. Room A |
NGOs informational meeting |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Women |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Scientific and Technological Community |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Local Authorities |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Indigenous People |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Farmers |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Business and Industry |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Intergenerational Partnerships for Sustainability, workshop
by Earth Charter/IUCN/Youth Caucus |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Conf. Room A |
Workers and Trade Unions |
| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Conf. Room A |
NGOs review strategy meeting |
| 19:00 - 20:00 |
Conf. Room A |
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