5-6 February
Geneva, Switzerland
Eighth Session of the INCD
Contact: UN Interim Secretariat of the
Convention to Combat Desertification,
Geneva Executive Center
Tel: (41-22) 979 9111; Fax: 979
9031/31

11-22 March
Geneva, Switzerland
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests

19-22 May
Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Global Genetic Resources: Access,
Ownership and Intellectual Property
Rights
Contact: Blanca Leon Systematic
Botany & Mycology Lab. U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture, Agriculture Research
Service, Room 304, Bldg. 011-A,
BARC-W, 10300 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Tel: (1-301) 504-8895; Fax: 504-5810
E-mail: sbmlbl@ars-grin.gov

3-14 June
Istanbul, Turkey
UN Conference on Human Settlements
(Habitat II) Habitat II Secretariat
Contact: UN Centre for Human
Settlements, P.O. Box 30030, Nairobi,
Kenya
Tel: (254-2) 621-234; Fax: 623-080

19-23 Aug.
Helsinki, Finland
Intergovernmental Seminar of Experts
on Criteria and Indicators for sus
tainable Forest Management
Contact: Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry of Finland
Tel: (358-0) 160 2405; Fax: 160 2400

3-13 Sept.
New York, USA
9th Session of the INCD
Contact: UN Interim Secretariat of the
Convention to Combat Deser
tification, Geneva Executive Center
Tel: (41-22) 979 9111; Fax: 979
9030/31

5-23 Oct.
Montreal, Canada
First World Conservation Congress
(IUCN-General Assembly)
Contact: John Burke, Director of
Communications, IUNC -The World
Conservation Union, 28 rue
Mauverney,
1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: (41-22) 9990 0123; Fax: 999
0002

13-17 Nov.
Rome, Italy
World Food Summit
Contact: Fao, Rome, Italy
Tel: (39-6) 579 73117; Fax: 522
56501