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I. From Greenway Mail Box

Dear Colleague(s):

Here is a "Call for Papers" for those who are working on energy and the environment.

I should be most grateful if you would bring this announcement to the attention of your friends/colleagues who might be interested in it.

This message has been cross-posted to several energy and environment related discussion lists and news groups. My apologies to those who receive multiple copies.

Thank you.


Call for Papers

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SECOND TRABZON INTERNATIONAL
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT SYMPOSIUM

27-29 July 1998
Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TURKEY

Objectives and Scopes

The First Symposium, TIEES-96 covered 13 keynote papers, nearly 200 technical papers from over 30 countries, and over 20 exhibitors. By all considerations this meeting was a great success, as it brought together researchers from different backgrounds and different countries, all of whom have a common interest in energy and the environment. Now the second Symposium, TIEES-98 will build up on that success and widen its international and local participation. The TIEES-98 is organized by the Karadeniz Technical University, University of Victoria, University of Miami and Istanbul Technical University.

The TIEES-98 is planned to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners from all over the world to exchange information, present new developments, and discuss the future direction and priorities in the field of energy and environment. The language of the TIEES-98 is English.

Papers describing current research on energy and environment from fundamental sciences to applied technologies are hereby solicited. Some key areas of the TIEES-96 include, but are not limited to:

Venue

The TIEES-98 will be held in Trabzon, the largest and the most attractive city on the East Black Sea Region of Turkey. Being located on the Black Sea Coast, Trabzon can be easily reached by air, coach or ferry. The city contains many historical and touristic sites such as the old city walls, mosques, temples, and it offers a variety of cultural events which will make your stay a lasting memory.

Format

The format of the TIEES-98 will be arranged with the major elements as general papers presented in oral and poster sessions, keynote papers by invited speakers, and panel sessions on special subjects. There will also be film and video sessions, equipment and book exhibitions, and social events and tours. Overhead projectors and 35 mm slide projectors will be provided. Video recorders and monitors or 16 mm movie projectors will be supplied if requested in advance. In addition, there will be programs for accompanying persons during the Symposium, and pre-and post-Symposium tours will also be organised.

All papers will be reviewed under the direction of the International Advisory Committee. Accepted papers in English only will be published in the Proceedings of the Symposium. Authors are required to present their papers in poster sessions personally.

Accommodation forms will be sent to contributors and participants with the second announcement. Trabzon has a wide variety of hotels close to Karadeniz Technical University, where the Symposium will be held.

Proceedings

The proceedings will contain all contributed and invited papers, and will be published by BEGELL HOUSE, Inc. The proceedings will be sent to the contributors by the Publisher some time after the Symposium. A Volume of Abstracts will be included in the registration package.

Language

The official language of the Symposium is English. Simultaneous translation services will not be available.

Deadlines

For general and technical enquiries, and abstract submission, please contact:

BALLERINA ENFERS BALTIC STAGE

A new guide to a broad spectrum of information about environmental, natural resource, and sustainable development issues in the Baltic sea region was officially launched April 29 in Stockholm, Sweden. Named Ballerina for the Baltic Sea Region On-line Environmental Resources for Internet Access, the new Web Site is intended to serve environmentally concerned citizens in the Baltic Sea region, and elsewhere, ranging from students to professional environmental managers and scientists. Ballerina also provides links to a collection of relevant on-line resources, and aims at actively stimulating further on-line publishing of information concerning the Baltic Sea Region.

Ballerina is financially supported by the European Environment Agency, the Ministries of Environment in Norway and Sweden, and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Acting lead parties are UNEP/GRID-Arendal and the Stockholm Marine Research Centre.

For further information:


II. Conferences, Seminars, Courses, Other Events

SOLUTIONS '97 - ENVIRONMENT - WATER - WASTE
(10-11 Sept. 1997, Porters Suite, G-Mex, Manchaster, UK)

This will be the third successful Solutions exhibition, covering the essential elements of water, waste and environment for industry, local authorities, consultants and lawyers. In association with Solutions, IBC UK Conferences Ltd. have organised four environmental seminars during the 1997 event, designed to update delegates on the latest environmental issues within various industry sectors, whilst complementing the exhibition at Solutions.

The subject areas to be covered include:

For further information, contact:


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (ICSE)
(18 Sept. '97, Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland)

For the last twenty-five years, the Limmat Foundation has been actively involved in philanthropic work throughout the industrialized and the developing worlds. On the occasion of our anniversary, we are organizing an International conference on Social enterprise (ICSE) as an opportunity to bring professionals and interested individuals together to explore this important topic. It is a pleasure to be able to invite you to this event.

Organizations involved in social and development activities are often grouped together under a "non" label (NGO, nonprofit organization). And yet they are primarily social enterprises, which should aim at achieving a profit: the improvement of the living conditions of those in need. The ICSE hopes not only to strengthen this enterpreneurial consciousness, but also to offer the possibility of measuring the often unquantifiable results of these social enterprises, so that we can ultimately improve upon their success.

For further information:


SEVENTH ANNUAL EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE
Environmental Policies in Europe: Towards Sustainability?
(15-16 Sept.1997, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK)

SIXTH ANNUAL BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE
(18-19 Sept.1997, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK)

Further details from:


FIFTH ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Partnerships for Global Ecosystem Management: Science, Economics and Law

(6-8 Oct.1997, Washington, DC, USA)

Further information from:


LOICZ OPEN SCIENCE IN THE COASTAL ZONE

(10-13 Oct.1997, Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands)

Further information from:


IX. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR HUMAN ECOLOGY

(15-18 Oct.1997, Bar Harbour, Maine, USA)

Conference Theme:

Local and Global Communities: Complexity and Responsibility

SHE conferences emphasise interdisciplinary approaches to education, research, and applied problem-solving. The meeting is co-sponsored by a variety of international associations. The SHE - IX Conference will be held in conjunction with the 25th year Silver Anniversary of the College of the Atlantic, an institution fully dedicated to the study of human ecology.

For information contact:


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RESOURCES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS IN ISLANDS AND SMALL STATES

(6-8 Nov.1997, Valletta, Malta)

Further information from:


LEARNING THROUGH THE OUTDOORS

(13-17 Oct.1997)

Participants will be introduced to a range of approaches to outdoor learning through practical workshops and discussions. They will be encouraged to design activities suitable for their own sites and organisations.


SCHOOLS, THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTRYSIDE

(10-14 Nov.1997)

This course will enable countryside staff to look at ways of strengthening links with schools and will assist them in understanding the educational system.

Further details from:


PRODUCTIVE REUSE OF FORMER MILITARY SITES:
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF DEMILITARIZATION

(9-13 Sept.'97, Minsk, Belarus)

Main Issues:

cleanup technologies, remedial investigations, conversion of former military sites to productive enterprises.

Language: Russian, English

Contact:


EUROPEAN CONGRESS AND TRADE FAIR ON ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING

(9-12 Sept. '97, Vienna, Austria)

Will focus on international financing, subsidies and grants, environmental management systems, renewable energy resources, and waste treatment in Member states of the EU and CEE.

Language: English, German

Contact:


CONACCOUNT CONFERENCE:

COORDINATION OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

(11-12 Sept. '97, Wuppertal, Germany)

Main objectives:

to inform decisionmakers about the potential of national and regional Material Flow Accounting (MFA), exemplify the political relevance of MFA, and provide an overview of the main fields of MFA research.

Language: English

Contact:


ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN EUROPE: TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY

(15-16 Sept. '97, Leeds, United Kingdom)

Main topics include:

politics of the environment and sustainability; relations between social, economic and environmental policies; the nature of policy formulation, implementation and impact; conditions for policy success.

Language: English

Contact:


CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND GLOBALIZATION:
ENGAGING OUR PARTNERS

(23-26 Sept. '97, Budapest, Hungary)

Main objectives:

analyze major issues confronting civil society including: legal and regulatory environments, visibility and understanding, resource mobilization, capacity building, and information technology.

Language: English

Contact:


ANALYSIS FOR GEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT '97

(30 Sept.-2 Oct. '97, Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia)

Agenda:

sampling and sample preparation; decomposition, pre-concentration and separation techniques; determination and speciation of inorganic and organic components in raw materials, ores, geochemical samples; monitoring of environment; evaluation and interpretation of analytical data; quality control; new trends in analytical instrumentation; commercial presentation.

Language: English, Slovak, Czech

Contact:


NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP - ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF THE BLACK SEA:
CHALLENGES AND REMEDIES

(6-10 Oct. '97, Constanta, Romania)

Workshop topics include:

physical and chemical processes, ecological processes, contamination, oil contamination, modeling of Black Sea ecosystems.

Contact:


EUROSOLAR - CONFERENCE:
FINANCING RENEWABLE ENERGIES

We would like to invite you to participate in the first international Conference "Financing Renewable Energies" - Window for New Opportunities: The Economic Benefits of renewable Energies" from 1-3 September 1997 in Bonn.

During the past years, many conferences on Renewable Energies were held. Now we shall implement the first conference dealing exclusively with the decisive question of how to finance investments for Renewable Energies.

In five "sessions", the Conference shows a wide spectrum of options to finance Renewable Energies and the specific structures of financing and calculation methods in view of Renewable Energies.

The Conference addresses mainly banks, insurances, international organizations, public administrations, and private as well as public sponsors of energy projects.

Contact:


EUROPARC '97, FNNPE CONFERENCE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(9-12 Oct. '97, Freyung-Grafenau Bavarian Forest, Germany)

Theme: "Winning New Friends-nature education in protected areas"

Contact:


III. Publications

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY AND FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR THE 1990s

This collection of research papers covers the evolution of private capital flows to developing countries in the 1990s, the integration of developing countries into the international financial system, and the management of capital flows between developing countries.

Available from:


WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

This report from the World Bank combines key economic information from major public and private organizations worldwide and statistics from over 200 economies to provide a comprehensive picture of modern development. The report also contains over 75 tables on topics such as malnutrition, global patterns in tax rates and traffic congestion.

Available from:


ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND CONFLICT IN AND AFTER THE SOVIET UNION: THE MIND AFLAME

This book, written by a well-known Russian historian and anthropologist, draws on inside knowledge of major events and extensive primary research to examine ethnicity, nationalism and conflict in the territory of the former Soviet Union. The book suggests a strategy and mechanisms for governing conflicting ethnicity in complex societies, through a policy of cultural pluralism, civil rights and individual freedom.

Available from:


FOOD SECURITY: A DOMESTIC APPROACH

This issue of Development Education Exchange Papers (DEEP), prepared by the Liaison Committee of Development NGOs to the European Union, focuses on international and macroeconomic influences of food security.

Available from:


MULTI-MEDIA TRAINING PACKAGE ON WOMEN, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

This package was prepared by the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) to assist policy makers and development officials to integrate women's needs and participation in all phases of sustainable development and environmental management. The package contains a 400-page training manual, over 170 transparencies, a trainer's guide, bibliography and audiovisual support material.

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MICROFINANCE AND POVERTY REDUCTION

This book considers various types of microfinance schemes and compares their effectiveness in reducing poverty. The authors emphasize the importance of studying local contexts and considering the macroeconomic factors of a particular county.

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NGO FUNDING STRATEGIES:
INTRODUCTION FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NGOs

NGOs are facing the challenge of increasing competition for sparse resources. Establishing firm financial roots requires a clear vision and organizational planning. This book provides an essential guide to questions that need to be asked before starting the process of selffinancing. It is a resource book rather than a fundraiser's manual, although the book does provide some suggestions for fundraising.

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WORLD DIRECTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

This directory, in its fifth edition, is a comprehensive guide to organizations in all parts of the world that are concerned with urgent problems of the environment and natural resources. It describes more than 3200 organizations in over 200 countries, and includes detailed profiles of environmental activities of international organizations and listings of key national governmental and non-governmental organizations.

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STRICT NATURE RESERVES (ZAPOVEDNIKI) OF RUSSIA

The Russian Strict Nature Reserves ("Zapovedniks") Network is the jewel in the crown of nature conservation in the Russian Federation, even through it is handicapped by some impacts of the present political and socio-economic transition. Their special programme "Chronicle of Nature" is a current base for scientific research within the network.

All those who would like to get better acquainted with both the network and the Chronicle can be advised to resd the book funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Managemnet and Fisheries, Directorate for Nature Management, of the Netherlands. The address of the publisher is Sabashnikov Publishers, Frunzenskaya nab.38/1, 119270 Moscow, Russia.

Collection of "Chronicle of Nature" data for 1991-1992.

Editor A.E.Volkov, pp.1-270.

Russian Research Institute of Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Conservation Centre Publishers Moscow 1996. In English.


CHERVONA KNIGA UKRAINY - ROSTLINNIY SVIT
(Red Data Book of Ukraine - Plant Kingdom)

A total of 541 taxa (from more than 25, 000 recorded in the country: 439 vascular plant species, 28 mosses, 17 algae, 27 lichens and 30 fungi are included and briefly characterized in the second edition (the first one was published in 1980) of the Ukrainian Plant Red Data Book.

A high percentage of the species described, particularly in the vascular plant section, occur in South Crimea or in the Carpathians, thus indicating the importance of those regions as outstanding plant biodiversity centres of pan-European or even global importance. The species are classified in 7 threat categories corresponding to the former IUCN Red list categories. In Ukraine, contrary to most other countries, the Red Data Books have a certain legal, or perhaps better to say "official" status ascribed to them by decisions of the sopreme Council of Ukraine and enacted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Edited by Y.R. Shelyag-Sosonka. pp.1-608, 541 colour pictures, 541 distribution maps.

Publishing House "Ukrainskaya Encyklopedia" named after M.P.Bazhan, Kiev 1996.


ROTE LISTE GEFAHRDETER PFLANZEN DEUTSCHLANDS
(Red List of Threatened Plants of Germany)

The long expected plant red list for the united Germany has finally been published by the German Federal nature conservation authority. It actually includes 12 red lists for different groups of plants starting with ferns and flowering plants - naturally the most elaborated one. The complication of the lists was carried out by numerous teams of authors involving top specialists. Although using their own threat categories, the authors have presented them according to the new IUCN Red List Categories in a slightly modified national version.

In the whole voluminous work more than 13, 500 plant species have been mentioned and considered. Germany as one of the largest European countries hosts a rich, well explored flora, which is both subject to a significant impact of civilisation and already traditionally taken care for by nature conservation. This methodologically and scientifically fine work is of high international relevance and importance in the field of plant species conservation. The price of the book is 39.80 DEM and it can be ordered from:

Edited by G.Ludwig and M.Schnittler, pp.10744, I-XVI.

Schriftenreihe fur Vegetationskunde, Heft 28, Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (Federal Office for Nature Conservation), Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1996. In German.


EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS IN CONSERVATION

Another output from the IVth World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas is a book, based on papers presented at the Congress, and exploring how new and stronger partnerships can be formed between managers of protected areas and other sectors of society. The Caracas Action Plan Contains building partnerships for conservation as one of its four main elements.

Building partnerships is also an important element of the IUCN's European action plan "Parks for Life". Over thirty descriptions of a range of activities from many parts of the world, although almost exclusively not from Europe may in spite of the latter fact and maybe just because of it serve as inspiring reading for European protected area friends. The publication can be requested through the IUCN Publication Services Unit.

Edited by Jeffrey A. McNeely, IUCN, pp.i-xiii, 302.

Published by Island Press, Washington, DC, 1995.


IV. It Might Be Interesting/Useful To Know

THE SUSTAINABLE NGO FINANCING PROJECT (SNFP)

The SNFP is a cooperative effort of the REC and the Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-sustainability Team (NESsT) to encourage and assist environmental NGOs in CEE to identify the long-term, financial resources necessary to ensure the on-going sustainability of their programmatic activities.

The SNFP will initially focus on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, investigating the level and type of self-financing mechanisms utilized by NGOs, obstacles to implementing such approaches, and the current regulatory environment (legal, tax and fiscal instruments employed by regional authorities) for eco-enterprise.

REC and NESsT will also work closely with a small group of environmental NGOs from each country to launch new or expand existing eco-enterprises. The project will evaluate the effectivenes of these self-financing approaches and outline a set of policy and program recommendations for NGOs and policy makers to foster such initiatives. Meanwhile, the REC and NESsT will work to widely disseminate the SNFP findings in an effort to increase regional awareness of the importance of alternative, NGO self-financing mechanisms.

For more information contact:


ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY GETS ON-LINE

Tech-Know is a new environmental technology Web-site which allows developers worldwide to market their innovative technologies on-line. having debuted this year, over one thousand technologies have already been entered into Tech-Know while the database is being accessed by some 22,000 users from 75 nations worldwide each month.

"Tech-Know can turn a desktop computer into a worldwide marketplace", said Steve Wassersug, President of the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) which developed Tech-Know.

In 1994, GETF developed Tech-Know's World Wide Web predecessor, the Global Network of Environment & Technology (GNET), to encourage the deployment of environmental technologies produced by the US government. GNET now provides daily news and information on contract opportunities, market trends, and environmental initiatives.

The new Tech-Know database, housed within GNET, provides summaries and information on development, intellectual property status, costs and licensing availability of new technologies, while searches are performed via targeted contaminants, media or names. Users must register, but there is no cost to use Tech-Know, and anyone with access to the Internet and a Web browser, such as Netscape 2.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0, can take advantage of the database.

A useful marketing tool and a cost-effective way to publicize a new technology to a targeted audience, Tech-Know brings new technologies to Internet users seeking technical solutions to environmental problems. One success story involves an American Business owner who entered information on new microwave virtification technology into Tech-Know.

The result was a call from a Russian governmental official who was seeking just such a technology, and a potential sale, which he now credits to Tech-Know. GNET is located at: http://www.gnet.org. To use Tech-Know, visit GNET at: http://www.gnet.org and click on the Tech-Know button on the home page.

For more information, contact:


EUROPA NOSTRA MEDALS OF HONOUR 1997

At a special ceremony held in Madrid, Spain, in April 1997, the President of EUROPA NOSTRA, His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark officially announced the 1997 winners of EUROPA NOSTRA Medals. They are being granted to individuals who have undertaken sustained and exemplary work in favour of the protection and/or enhancement of the European architectural or natural heritage. After consideration of a great number of excellent submissions, the 1997 Medals have been awarded to: the late Dr Architetto Renato Bazzoni (Italy) for his lifetime's work devoted to Italy's architectural and natural heritage as planner, restorer, teacher and writer; Mrs Carmen de Ortueta de Salas (Spain) for her exemplary work, sustained over many years, notably in the rehabilitation of the Convecto de la Coria in the ancient city of Trujillo and the creation of Hispania Nostra; Professor Dr. h. c. Dieter Stolte (Germany) for his great personal and sustained commitment to the conservation of cultural monuments, especially as Director General of the ZDF - Second German Television Channel. Past recipients include Professor Aleksander Gieysztor, former Director of the Royal Palace in Warsaw, Poland.


RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE "ZAPOVEDNIKS"

In April 1996, the "Zapovedniki" (Zapovedniks - the Russian type of strict nature reserves) Environmental Education Centre started its work in Moscow. This is a special WWF project supported by funds provided by the Swiss Government. Its main objective is to promote the Russian protected areas, their importance and role among the broad general public in the country. It acts as a focal point working with park managers and mass-media, organizing exhibitions, publishing various materials, developing campaigns and holding conferences and competitions. The Director of the centre is Ms Natalya Danilina.

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WMO STATEMENT ON GLOBAL CLIMATE

The year 1996 was the eighth warmest on record since 1860, and the 18th consecutive year with positive global temperature anomalies, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In its annual statement on the status of the global climate, WMO says heavy precipitation affecting many parts of the world was the most predominant feature of 1996, especially in Southern Europe, parts of Nothern Africa and the Middle East. It warns that the ozone hole over the Antarctic is "just as prominent as it has been in recent years, with significant ozone depletion over the nothern hemisphere-especially in Europe, the Arctic and north-eastern Atlantic Oceans during the January-March period." The statement is based on continuous observations made over land and ocean by the national meteorological and hydrological services of WMO member countries.

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WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

The World Bank has published a new report entitled 1997 World Development Indicators, which draws on the expertise of dozens of international organizations along with statistics from over 200 economies, to offer a comprehensive picture of the state of the world. The report "starts from the premise that development is about the quality of life," said World Bank President James Wolfensohn. "It places people and poverty reduction first, at the centre of the development agenda where they belong."

The report includes statistics on people, including population, life expectancy and infant mortality; economic overviews on emerging economies and smaller developing ones; markets and technology, including the number of computers per every1000 people in developed and developing countries; and statistics on the environment, such as safe drinking water and energy consumption per capita.

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GLOBAL DIVERSITY FORUM MEETS

The application of biodiversity indicators and targets was the subject of a forum at UN headquarters attended by more than 85 scientific, technical and policy experts prior to the fifth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). The sixth Global Biodiversity Forum, held from 3-4 April, emphasized the use of targets and indicators as tools to support implementation of Agenda 21 and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The forum, whose co-sponsors included the UN Environment Programme, World Wide Fund for Nature and the World Resources Institute, concentrated on national reports required under the CBD and the CSD. Participants representing 25 governments, several NGOs, intergovernmental organizations and indigenous groups, also discussed the possibility of developing a core set of biodiversity indicators that could be used in the national reports. The forum's recommendations include:

Contact:


WTO-NGO MEETING ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT

The secretariat of the World Trade Organization organized a symposium on trade, the environment and sustainable development from 20-21 May in Geneva. Over 70 representatives of environment, development and consumer NGOs, as well as individual businesses and

business associations, met with government delegates and the WTO secretariat. Panel speakers discussed globalization, trade and sustainable development; synergies between trade liberalization and the environment; the relationship between multilateral environmental agreements and the WTO; the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) as it affects environmental issues; market access; tariff and non-tariff measures and the environment; and relations between the WTO and NGOs.

Australia, Canada and the Netherlands provided funding for participation of developing country NGOs. Some panel speakers, noting the importance of NGO contributions, urged other governments to consider doing likewise. NGOs said governments should invest in NGO capacity building on trade-related issues in the South and documents should be derestricted more quickly. They said some documents should not be restricted at all, especially if NGOs are to do more advocacy at the national level, as called for by WTO member states.

Some speakers observed a growing trust and dialogue between NGOs and WTO delegates, which they said is essential to ensure good trade rules. They also called for a more permanent mechanism to facilitate NGO consultations with the WTO.

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TOOLS FOR CHANGE

Newsletter reporting on the activites of the CEE CAP network: Central and Eastern European Consumption and Production Paterns. Why such a network? Changing consumption and production patterns is at the core of making sustainable development operational. By now there is quite a lot of specialized knowledge and environmental policy proposals, as adopted to the situation of economies in transition.

This is however still dispersed in different countries in the region. By communication and learning from each other we can make an effective use of accumulated knowledge in order to build up tools and capacity for NGOs and local communities to educate consumers and producers, and to lobby decision makers. The setting up of the network is coordinated by UMANOTERA, the Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development.

Published by the


PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND RIGHT TO KNOW CAMPAIGN NEWSLETTER

European environmental citizens organisations are calling for a Pan-European Campaign for transparency and participation. Environmentalists all over Europa can use the opportunities that arise from the Pan-European political agenda to claim rights for access to environmental information, for involvement in decisionmaking, for access to justice where governments or business are violating environmental laws. This newsletter describes the opportunities you have and the events and other forms of assistance available, if needed.

Published by Friends of the Earth Europe, Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Borrowed Nature and European Environmental Bureau.

For information you can contact the newsletter editor:


ENLARGEMENT NEWSLETTER

The European Commission Directorate-General for Environment (DGXI) is extending help to the applicant countries from Central and Eastern Europe. A newsletter, to be published 10 times per year will be available on paper and on the Internet. The newsletter, Enlarging the Environment, is aimed at helping applicant states in their attempts to get their environmental situation in line with EU laws and regulations. The newsletter will summarise proposals for new EU environmental legislation and policy and reports on changes under discussion by the Commission and Environment Council. The newsletter is aimed primarily at national government officials dealing with approximation issues.

In addition to the newsletter, DGXI has opened a telephone helpline for government officials and NGOs dealing with approximation of legislation in the 10 applicant states. The helpline service is primarily aimed at officials involved in writing and implementing environmental laws in the 10 applicant states. It answers specific questions and put callers in touch with other Commission services and departments.

For information contact the helpline in Brussels:


ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS ON THE INTERNET

It had to happen one day. An international magazine which aims to put people all over the world in touch with developments in Dutch environmental policy belongs on the Internet. So, as of 1 July 1997, Environmental News from the Netherlands readers will be able to visit ENN's own website, giving them a unique opportunity to access information in English about Dutch environmental policy. Naturally, the most recent issue will be available on the site.

Readers will also be able to e-mail interviews, access past articles using a handy subject classification, and cross-reference directly to other English-language publications about Dutch environmental policy. You will also be able to put any more general questions you have to our special helpdesk. The articles will contain hyperlinks to websites where you can read more about particular subjects. In other words, with ENN on the Internet, you are even more likely to be inspired by all the people in the Netherlands working for a better environment, either professionally or in their free time. We'll keep you up-to-date in the printed edition.

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GREENWAY
NEWSLETTER

No. 34
1997


The Greenway Newsletter, No. 34, 1997

Publisher: Greenway, P.O.Box 163, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia, tel/fax: +421-7-5414674 ; E-mail: greenway@isternet.sk

Edited by: Elena Vartíková

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