UN UNIVERSITY FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 18 JUNE
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UN UNIVERSITY FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 18 JUNE
19970604 NEW YORK, 4 June (UNU) -- The United Nations University's next public forum will focus on the sustainable management of renewable natural resources. The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 18 June, in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium.In implementation of Agenda 21, adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the UNU in 1993 initiated a programme on environmentally sustainable development entitled "UNU Agenda 21". The purpose of the ongoing programme is to help promote environmentally sound development and to identify solutions to the pressing problems outlined in Agenda 21. It seeks to do this through research, capacity-building and the dissemination of knowledge, in close cooperation with governments, universities and the private sector.
The Public Forum will focus on the University's work in promoting the sustainable development of renewable natural resources, including biological diversity, freshwater and land. It will highlight the approaches developed and the policy results of UNU's research and capacity-building activities since the Rio Conference. It will also deal with future directions of the programme in light of the priority concerns of the international community.
Guest speakers will be: Uzo Mokwunye, Director of the UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa; Ralph J. Daley, Director of the UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health; Christine Padoch, Associate Scientific Coordinator of the UNU Project on People, Land Management and Environmental Change; and Juha I. Uitto, Academic Officer of the University.
The UNU's Public Forum series is intended to make available the results of the UNU research on issues of relevance to the United Nations system and the international community, and to stimulate discussion on policy analysis. Further information may be obtained from the United Nations University, Office in North America, tel: 212/963-6387; fax: 212/371-9454; e-mail: unuona@igc.apc.org.
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