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Environmental issues and sustainable development

29 January 2002

ENV/DEV/610

ADEQUATE RESOURCES, POVERTY ERADICATION AMONG CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

29/01/2002

Press Release
ENV/DEV/610

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

World Summit on Sustainable Development

3^rd and 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ADEQUATE RESOURCES, POVERTY ERADICATION AMONG CHALLENGES FOR SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

UN Agency Heads Describe Summit Contributions;

28 January 2002

ENV/DEV/606

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT OPENS TWO-WEEK SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

28/01/2002

Press Release
ENV/DEV/606

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

World Summit on Sustainable Development

1^st Meeting (AM)

28 January 2002

ENV/DEV/607

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ECOTOURISM 2002 LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT

28/01/2002

Press Release
ENV/DEV/607

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ECOTOURISM 2002 LAUNCHED

AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT

As more and more people left their beaten paths in search of new experiences, the devastating effects of natural tourism on the environment must be minimized, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said this morning, at a special event marking the launch of the International Year of Ecotourism.

28 January 2002

ENV/DEV/609

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE HEARS PRESENTATIONS ON REGIONAL PREPARATIONS

28/01/2002

Press Release
ENV/DEV/609

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

World Summit on Sustainable Development

2^nd Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

HEARS PRESENTATIONS ON REGIONAL PREPARATIONS

25 January 2002

ENV/DEV/605-PI/1399

LEAD-UP TO JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT SEEKS NEW INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE GLOBAL ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

25/01/2002

Press Release
ENV/DEV/605
PI/1399

ENV/DEV/605*

3 December 2001

ENV/DEV/602

BONN FRESHWATER MEETING TO CONTRIBUTE TO JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

03/12/2001

Press Release
ENV/DEV/602

ENV/DEV/603

19 November 2001

UNEP/100

URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENT TO BE REVIEWED NEXT YEAR AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING INITIATED BY UNEP

19/11/2001

Press Release
UNEP/100

URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENT TO BE REVIEWED

NEXT YEAR AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING INITIATED BY UNEP

NEW YORK, 19 November (UNEP) -- The negative effects of land-based activities on seas and coasts are growing both in scale and type, and are increasingly damaging the environment, scientists are warning.

17 October 2001

ENV/DEV/600

REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING FOR 2002 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO 18-24 OCTOBER

17/10/2001

Press Release
ENV/DEV/600

REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING FOR 2002 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

TO BE HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO 18-24 OCTOBER

(Reissued as received.)

RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 October (UNEP) -- From 18 to 24 October 2001, a series of meetings will take place in Rio de Janeiro in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development scheduled to be held in Johannesburg in September 2002.