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• Protecting and managing the natural resource base: forests, biodiversity, water, drought and desertification
• Climate change and Africa
• Sustainable tourism
• Infrastructure development: transportation links, energy infrastructure, IT

Panelists:

• Dr. Ogunlade Davidson, Dean, School of Engineering, University Sierra Leone
• Mr. Alioune Badiane, Director, Regional Office for Africa & the Arab States, UN HABITAT
• Mr. Luigi Cabrini, Head, Sustainable Development Division, WTO
• Mr. Peter Holmgren, Director, Environment, Climate Change and Bioenergy Division, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO

Conf. Room 2
 

• Addressing the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the thematic issues and their inter-linkages, as well as regional characteristics, with a view to enhancing coherence and consistence in implementation

Panelists:

• Mr. Peter McPherson, former President, University of Michigan and Administrator, USAID
• Prof. Cleophas Migiro, Director, Cleaner Production Center, Tanzania
• Ms. Mona Elisabeth Brother, Ambassador, MFA, Norway
• Ms. Nadine Gouzée, Head, Task Force on Sustainable Development, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium

Conf. Room 4

• Agricultural potential in Africa
• Role of agricultural R&D and extension services
• Land tenure, rural credit availability including gender equity issue
• Regional integration
• Investing in Africa
• International development cooperation

Panelists:

• Dr. Julie Howard, Executive Director, Partnership to cut hunger and poverty in Africa
• Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Vice-President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
• Dr. Peter Hartmann, Director General, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• Prof. Robert Richardson, Director, Food Security Programme, Michigan State University

Conf. Room 2
 

• Addressing the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the thematic issues and their inter-linkages, as well as regional characteristics, with a view to enhancing coherence and consistence in implementation

Panelists:

• Dr. Mazlan Othman, Director, Office of Outer Space, United Nations
• Mr. Pedro A. Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture, The Earth Institute at Columbia University

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Vinyl 2010

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Conf. Room 2

Chair: Mr. Sasa Ojdanic (Serbia), CSD-16 Vice Chair

Lead Discussants:

• Loren Finnell, Executive Director, President and CEO, The Resource Foundation
• Helen Marquard PhD, Executive Director, The SEED Initiative
• Kaddu Sebunya, Director of Program for Technical Design, African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Congo Basin Forest Partnership
• Amanda Luxande, REEEP Regional Manager for Southern Africa, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
• Claire Servini, Italian Trade Commission, Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP)
• Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) Initiative: People Shaping their Sustainable Futures (TBC)

Neck Area

• CGIAR Challenge Program: Biofortified Crops for Improved Human Nutrition
• Vinyl 2010
• Global Land Tool Network (GLTN)

Conf. Room B

Sponsor: UNCCD

Conf. Room B

Innovative Technologies for Sound Decision-making in Water Resources Management

Sponsor: IAEA

• Canada’s Renewed Approach to National Reporting to the CSD by Rachel McCormick, Ph.D., CSD National Coordinator
   
• Reporting of the Czech Republic to the CSD by Přemysl Štěpánek, Department of Multilateral Relations, National Focal Point for CSD and Reporting

Organized by: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Canada

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