http://iwlearn.net daily 1 2007-08-28T08:22:33Z http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816767 This symposium will support interaction and communication between Great Lakes scientists and communities across the world. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-29T13:39:21Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816825 The Global Environment Facility (GEF) hosted its first Biennial International Waters Conference to review GEF's global International Waters portfolio (over 400 million allocated) and share experiences and begin development of best practices for international waters management. This invitation only conference included over 200 government international waters project focal points, senior representatives from the GEF implementing agencies (UNDP, UNEP, World Bank), project executing agencies (e.g. UNIDO, IMO, OAS, NGOs.), funding partners (e.g. EU, Regional development banks), GEF IW Projects Managers and Secretariats to Regional Sea and River Conventions. A participants' list is available on-line. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816854 Jointly Organized by GEF and WFEO/FIDIC. No publisher import Meeting 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816875 The Fourth Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management is an outgrowth of Agenda 21, established during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Dialogue is a vehicle for the discussion and exchange of water resources management experiences in the Americas. Dialogues held to date are: DIALOGUE I - Miami 1993 DIALOGUE II - Buenos Aires 1996 DIALOGUE III - Panama 1999 At the Dialogue III in Panama, the Brazilian Government, represented by the Ministry of Environment, was invited by the Organization of the American States (OAS) and by the Inter-American Water Resource Network (IWRN), to convene the Fourth Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management in Brazil. This initiative reflected the international interest in current efforts underway in Brazil to implement a national water resources management policy. No publisher import Meeting 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816903 Ministers and other high level delegates from 98 countries, international financial institutions, international organizations, UN agencies, and NGOs, met in Montreal, Canada, during the week 26-30 November 2001, to review the implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). The major outcome of the meeting was the Montreal Declaration, approved by Ministers, which will provide a major contribution to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002. No publisher import Meeting 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816925 The Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10: Assessing Progress, Addressing Continuing and New Challenges, to be held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on December 3 through 7, 2001, is intended to provide an overall assessment of progress achieved on oceans and coasts since the Earth Summit and to provide input to the discussions by governments which will take place in September 2002 when nations around the world will converge at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) in Johannesburg, South Africa, to assess progress made in the implementation of all aspects of the world agenda on environment and development agreed to at the 1992 Earth Summit. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816947 The German Government hosted the International Conference on Freshwater in Bonn from 3-7 December 2001 in close co-operation with the United Nations. With this Conference Germany hoped to contribute to the solution to global freshwater problems and to support preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto 2003. The Conference developed Recommendations for Action in three important cross-sectoral areas: governance, management and partnerships; mobilising financial resources; capacity building and sharing knowledge. The Bonn Keys point to the main areas of necessary political attention, thus making them more substantial for the public. What we need is awareness political awareness as well as public awareness to meet the water security needs of the poor. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789816969 The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the Florida Water Environment Association (FWEA) are sponsoring the international specialty conference WATERSHED 2002. Building on the precedent set by WEF's past conferences in the Mid-Atlantic, Rocky Mountain, and the Pacific Northwest regions, WATERSHED 2002 will explore the challenges of managing the world's watersheds while highlighting the unique issues of the southeast United States. Every two years, this conference brings together environmental professionals for a showcase on integrated resource management and environmental protection principles using watershed-based approaches. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_11278981699 The introduction of non-indigenous aquatic invasive species is an ongoing problem that is increasing in frequency. Although the zebra mussel may be the most widely known invader, there are numerous other alien pathogen, invertebrate, fish and plant species that are causing significant damage to coastal and freshwater ecosystems, and to the economies that depend upon them. The US Army Engineer Research and Development Centre was the host sponsor of the 11th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species. This annual four-day conference is widely considered the most comprehensive forum for the review of accumulated scientific knowledge, presentation of the latest field research, introduction of new technological developments for prevention, monitoring, control and mitigation, and discussion of policy, legislation, public education and outreach initiatives related to aquatic invasive species. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789817012 In coastal areas of the world, high population densities, linked with urban growth, expanding tourism and industrialization represent major threats to natural resources and biological diversity. One cannot deny the negative impact of uncontrolled development on destabilizing ecosystem, changing land use patterns making communities vulnerable to sea storm and creating demands on the ecological resources of the worlds. The Environment Public Authority (EPA), State of Kuwait is pleased to announce the hosting in March 2002, of the International Conference on Coastal Zone Management and Development. ICCZMD is the first of its series organized by EPA. It is a multi-disciplinary international conference convened for scientists, engineers and managers to discuss the latest advances in the scientific understanding, engineering and environmental issues of coastal processes. The conference provides a forum for the exchange of information and will provide the opportunity to visit the water front and coastal sites of North-Western part of the Arabian Gulf as well as the coral reef islands. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789817035 This conference provides a platform for those who are concerned with the institutional, technical, economic, legal and scientific aspects of the management of transboundary waters in Europe. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789817055 A video teleconference workshop with expert panel in Washington, DC and participants at 3 overseas sites: the Distance Learning Centers (DCLs) in Cairo, Egypt and Amman, Jordan as well as the World Bank Country Office in San?a, Yemen. The panel was chaired by Karin Kemper, Senior Water Resources Specialist at the World Bank?s Rural Development Department. The panelists were Mr. Naji Abu Hatim, Senior Operations Officer; Mr. Manuel Schiffler, Senior Economist; and Mr. Satoru Ueda, Senior Water Resources Specialist, all with the World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region. No publisher import 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789817076 Salt water intrusion has been a main concern in many groundwater aquifers throughout the world. To deal with them, and learn from each other, Salt Water Intrusion Meetings (SWIM) have been held since 1968, in different places in Europe, usually every other year. The last one took place on Wolin Island, Poland, in 2000. The meetings bring together specialists interested in the different aspects of salt water encroachment into aquifers. The meetings deal with problems around coastal areas, but inland salinization phenomena are also considered. No publisher import Meeting 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789817097 The first international CZAP conference is organized as a response to an increasing need for a sharing and adopting of good, practical and feasible integrated coastal management programs. The overall aim of the conference is to bring researchers, practitioners, educators, communities, industries, government and non-government groups to develop national and regional strategies for integrated coastal management that will improve the state of our coastal areas. You are invited to participate at the CZAP conference if you are: Interested in promoting conservation and wise uses of coastal resources in the Asia Pacific Rim; Willing to share good examples and lessons learned from your coastal management projects, activities, and programs; Ready to explore innovative approaches and new ideas for integrated coastal management; Prepare to work collaboratively with other participants to develop regional strategies, training and education program for integrated coastal management in Asia-Pacific. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event http://iwlearn.net/events/old_events/Event_112789817119 This conference will present scientific papers and workshops on hydrology. No publisher import Convention 2005-09-28T21:40:00Z Event