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The Future of Sustainability: Have Your Say (16/08/06)

Hello CEPA list members:

Some of you may be interested in taking part in the discussion being launched by IUCN on August 21st. Full details below. Please share this with interested colleagues.

With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat
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IUCN is hosting an e-Discussion Forum entitled “The Future of Sustainability: Have Your Say!” between August 21st and September 15th 2006 which is open to all IUCN Members, Councillors, Commissions, staff worldwide as well as the general public. Please participate and have your say.

Here is the web announcement and URL for registration:

What are the most inspiring and innovative approaches to sustainability in the twenty-first century?

How can the conservation and environment community play more effective roles in addressing issues of social justice, security and human wellbeing?

How do we develop profitable markets and business models that still conserve biodiversity and enhance ecosystem services?

How can we best communicate the role of nature to the next generation of urban youth?

These and other questions will be discussed in the first-ever e-Discussion Forum hosted by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) on the Future of Sustainability between August 21st and September 15th 2006.

IUCN invites you to have your say and participate in conversations joined by guest writers and practitioners from around the world over a four week period.

Your inputs will help shape the next generation of thinking about the future of sustainability and provide timely inputs to the preparations for the 4th IUCN World Conservation Congress to be held in Barcelona, Spain in 2008. A summary of the e-Discussion Forum will made available on the IUCN website later this year.

For more information on the Discussion Forum and on how to participate please visit: http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2006/08/future_sustainability.htm

With best wishes,

Sally Jeanrenaud, Special Assistant to the Director General, IUCN HQ,
28 rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland;
Tel: ++41 22 999 0288 Fax: ++41 22 999 002; email: sally.jeanrenaud@iucn.org

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Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 999 0176; Fax: +41 22 999 0169
E-mail: hails@ramsar.org
Web Site: http://ramsar.org
CEPA mini-Web site: http://ramsar.org/outreach_index.htm

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