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WSSD 2002: CBNRM events

Introduction

In connection with the Global Forum of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Global Forum, and World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 19 August - 4 September 2002), a number of events took place that in one way or another relate to CBNRM. The following list of such events were collated based on information available on the official WSSD website.

The approach followed in preparing the list, together with a brief analysis of the data, are available in Focus "WSSD 2002 and CBNRM" in CBNRM Net Newsletter no. 19, August 2002 (see Category Newsletters).

Content

This Item contains the following events:

  1. Beating the ozone ware.   Date: 31 July 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Paper derived on ozone depletion. Contact: [not listed]. Email: [not listed]. Comments: The date given is incorrect.
  2. HIV - a barrier to human development.   Date: 20 August 2002. Sector: Health. Description: Parallel event. REDE. Nacional Contra Droga. Contact: Iussuf Abdu-Shareef Shukran Malunda. Email: desaficjovem@teledata.
  3. Environmental activities of NGOs and the help of governments.   Date: 23 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Voluntariado Sociedad sin Fronteras Mexico. Contact: Guadalupe Yesenia Hernandez. Email: yesenia@redambiental.zzn.com.
  4. Biodiversity. It's importance.   Date: 23 August 2002. Sector: Health. Description: Parallel event. Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School. Contact: Eric Chivian. Email: eric_chivian@hms.harvard.edu.
  5. Sustainable future. A partnership initiative for a sustainable rural development and eco-village training program.   Date: 23 August 2002. Sector: Rural/Land. Description: Parallel event. International Institute for .... Contact: Rob Wheeler. Email: robineagle@worldcitizen.org.
  6. Critique of sustainable development and prospects for the environmental movement.   Date: 24 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. International South Group Network. Contact: [not listed]. Email: rcpd@info.com.ph. Comments: Appears to be identical with an event scheduled for 27 August 2002 (see below).
  7. Poverty in a world of plenty.   Date: 24 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. GEM. Contact: D Mthetwa. Email: dmthetwa@gem.org.za.
  8. Frontier governance + sustainable development in Amazonia - Saving biodiversity + protecting regional + global climate systems.   Date: 24 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Amazon Institute for Environmental Research. Contact: Liana Rodrigues. Email: liaclima@amazon.com.br.
  9. New dimensions such as spiritual and human elements in development.   Date: 24 August 2002. Sector: Faith. Description: Parallel event. The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South Africa. Contact: Abbas Shaker. Email: nsa.sec@bahai.org.za.
  10. Lessons for sustainable development and health - experiences from an urban and rural post apartheid South Africa.   Date: 25 August 2002. Sector: Education. Description: Parallel event. School of Public Health, University of Western Cape. Contact: Ruth Stern. Email: rstern@uwc.ac.za.
  11. Performing arts using development issues.   Date: 25 August 2002. Sector: Faith. Description: Parallel event. The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South Africa. Contact: Abbas Shaker. Email: nsa.sec@bahai.org.za.
  12. Programme outline, outcomes and adoption of a common platform.   Theme: International Strategy meeting [cont'd]. Date: 25 August 2002. Sector: Indigenous/Traditional. Description: Programme outline, outcomes and adoption of a common platform (21 points). Cooperation amongst civil society - political strategy during the Summit and beyond. Contact: [not listed]. Email: [not listed]. Comments: The following are listed as facilitators: Glenn Farred, Emad Adly, Cynthia Rojas, Gordon Bispham, Torlief Jonasson, Rebecca Pearl. Also: the organization acronym 'ANPED' is listed.
  13. Chemicals - a challenge for the World Summit and the future.   Date: 26 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Danish Ecological Council. Contact: Mette Boye. Email: mette@ecocouncil.dk.
  14. Climate justice - equal rights to access to the atmosphere - access to energy and the role of man-made CO2 emissions in climate change.   Date: 26 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Vereinigung INZET. Contact: Jane Dennett-Thorpe. Email: jdennet@inzet.nl.
  15. Energy + sustainable development in Africa, charting a way forward.   Date: 26 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Energy & Development Research Center. Contact: Pierre Mukheibir. Email: pierre@energetic.ucl.ca.za.
  16. Putting adult education at the center of development.   Date: 27 August 2002. Sector: Education. Description: Parallel event. Project Literacy. Contact: Andrew Miller. Email: paulinee@projectliteracy.org.
  17. The ecological footprint - living within the planet's limits.   Date: 27 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Earth Day Network. Contact: Leigh Anne Havemann. Email: leigh_anne@earthday.net.
  18. Critique of sustainable development and prospects for the environmental movement.   Date: 27 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. International South Group Network. Contact: [not listed]. Email: rcpd@info.com.ph. Comments: Appears to be identical with an event scheduled for 24 August 2002 (see above).
  19. Environmental cooperation in Asia.   Date: 27 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. KFEM. Contact: Kim Choony. Email: kimchy@kfem.org.kr.
  20. Governance, resources and water.   Date: 27 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Public Services International. Contact: David Boys. Email: david.boys@world-psi.org.
  21. Developing with care and continuity.   Date: 27 August 2002. Sector: Faith. Description: Parallel event. Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University Ubuntu and the Environment. Contact: Belinda Westcott. Email: bkwsujhb@iafrica.com.
  22. Children's rights and the physical environment.   Date: 27 August 2002. Sector: Human rights. Description: Parallel event. Save the Children - Sweden. Contact: Eva Clarhall. Email: eva.clarhall@rb.se.
  23. Citizen's activity against the pollution and environmental problems.   Date: 28 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. Japan Association for the Earth. Contact: Yuri Okubo. Email: [not listed]. Comments: Phone: +81 6 6941 3745.
  24. Looking beyond the World Summit - enhancing international environment by promoting progressive options.   Date: 28 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. World Federalist Association. Contact: Stacie Oliver. Email: soliver@wfa.org.
  25. [title not listed].   Date: 28 August 2002. Sector: Labor. Description: Parallel event. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Contact: Bjorn Erikson. Email: berikson.1o@loit.no.
  26. [title not listed].   Date: 28 August 2002. Sector: Labor. Description: Parallel event. Labor / Community Strategy Center. Contact: Cynthia Rojas. Email: cynthiarojas@mindspring.com.
  27. Environment careers in the 21st century - new leadership, new directions.   Date: 29 August 2002. Sector: Education. Description: Parallel event. Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Contact: Michele Whitney. Email: michele.whitney@yale.edu.
  28. Moving towards good forest governance in Asia and the Pacific.   Date: 29 August 2002. Sector: Environment. Description: Parallel event. RECOFTC. Contact: Michael Victor. Email: omichael@ku.ac.th.
  29. Integrating the spiritual dimensions of sustainable development at the United Nations.   Date: 30 August 2002. Sector: Faith. Description: Parallel event. Spiritual Caucus. Contact: Diane Williams. Email: dmbwilliams@yahoo.com. Comments: This email address is incorrectly listed on the web site, and the present effort to correct it.