WORLDWIDE EVENTS, click here
(2006)

Climate Change, COP 12, COP/MOP 2, Nairobi, Kenya, November 6-17, 2006

IUCN WCPA Mountain Theme Group Workshop 2006, Quito, Ecuador, November 14-17, 2006
Topic: Mountain Conservation Connectivity Management

UP-COMING EVENTS IN CANADA (2006)
(Other events in French)

CCIUCN (IUCN Canadian Committee for members) Annual General Meeting, Ottawa, December 2006 (exact date to come)

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The sixth International SAMPAA conference will be held from May 21 to 26, 2007 at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. SAMPAA The Science and Management of Protected Areas Association - Ecosystem Based Management: Beyond Boundaries <

30th Congress of the International Society of Limnology, from the 12th to 18th of August 2007at the Palais des congrès. Montréal will be the host of what will be one of the largest gatherings of freshwater scientists from around the globe.

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22nd Eastern Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research (CAWQ), Concordia University, Montreal, November 3, 2006

National Forest Week will move from the spring to the fall, taking place September 24-30, 2006.

Salt of the Earth Conference, White Point, Nova Scotia, October 19-22, 2006
Canadian Network for Environmental Communication and Education [EECOM]

23rd Session of the North American Forest Commission (NAFC) of the FAO, Vancouver, October 23-25, 2006 NAFC is chaired by Canadian Brian Emmett (of National Resources Canada)

MEDITERRE 2006 - the Mediterranean Parks Fair, Bari, Italy, September 27 to October 1, 2006

The World Congress on Communication for Development, Rome, Italy, October 25-27, 2006
IUCN is on the Advisory Body.

Biodiversity in European Development Cooperation Conference 2006, organized by IUCN and UE in
Brussels, September 2006. Conference

Canada Coastal Zone Association - 2006 Conference, NWT, August 14-18, 2006

Stewardship Conference 2006 in Corner Brook, NF, July 2006

World Urban Forum, Vancouver, June 2006, including this theme: urban growth and the environment.

2006 Natural City Conference, University of Toronto, May 31 - June 2, 2006
May 31, Keynote speaker - Mr. Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/Aids in Africa

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY • 5 June 2006 - Theme: DESERTS AND DESERTIFICATION
Desertification slideshow from IDRC

Carbon Expo, Cologne May 2006

UN Biodiversity Day on CBD's Web, 22 May 2006

Digital Learning Asia 2006, April 26-28, Thailand

Globe Exhibit, March 29-31, 2006, Vancouver. Most recent developments in the business of the environment and find innovative solutions to global environmental challenges. Details.

Lecture Invitation (all welcome): Journey of a Citizen (a search for existence in a dysfunctional country)
Monday, February 20, 2006, 7:00-9:00 p.m. (1900 -2100hr) (opens 6:30 p.m.)
Place: Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe Street (& Laurier) Auditorium (downstairs), Ottawa, Ontario
For Info: cd800@ncf.ca

4th World Water Forum in Mexico in March, 2006, details; World Water Council

COP-8 in Brazil, March 2006 - IUCN Side event
IUCN Canada will be present
Title: The Conservation Commons: Addressing Challenges of Integrating Biodiversity and Geospatial Data
Where: Brazil, March 23, 2006, 1:15 pm, room B1-8 Level 0: JUSCANZ (confirmed)
Side event: presented by Tom Hammond
Conference: COP-8 - Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
IUCN positions papers: IUCN influencing policy at COP 8.

IUCN worldwide attended the UN Climate Change and CBD events in Montreal, Nov. 28 - Dec. 9, 2005
For reports, click here.

United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) - The Eleventh Session of the Conference of Parties (COP 11) and First Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP 1), 28 November to 9 December 2005, click here

• COME VISIT IUCN EXHIBIT SPACE AT THE UN EVENT (for delegates)
  Palais des Congrès, Montréal, 28 Nov.-9 Dec.'05
  

COME SEE US AT OUR SIDE EVENTS, for registered delegates
Summaries of side events can be found on News Page.

• Monday, 28 Nov. 2005 13:00-15:00, Room MacKenzie River, Palais des Congrès
  Organizers: Ecosystem services, MEAs and trade - Joshua Bishop of IUCN attended
  Theme: This side event aims to reassess the current market development status of ecosystem services, and identify services that both serve the purposes of UNFCCC and CBD, and give developing countries a market advantage and to outline synergies between MEAs and WTO negotiations on ecosystem services
• Friday, 02 Dec. 2005 19:30-21:00, Room Three Rivers, Palais des Congrès
  Organizers: IUCN and UNEP - with Maria Socorro Manguiat of IUCN
  Theme: Biodiversity and climate change - multiple interlinkages UNEP and IUCN will present the biodiversity and climate change module of UNEP's project entitled "issue-based modules for the coherent implementation of biodiversity related conventions" to demonstrate the role of biodiversity related agreements in achieving UNFCCC goals.
• Sunday, 4 Dec. 2005 13:15-14:45, Complexe Guy-Favreau (open to public, but registration is required)
  Organizers: IISD, Swiss Intercooperation - presentation by Stephen Kelleher and Aliou Faye of IUCN
  Theme: Adaptation Days, panel discussion on Community-based Adaptation

SIDE EVENT by Tides Center

• Monday, 05 Dec. 2005 18:00-19:30, Room MacKenzie River, Palais des Congrès
  Organizers: Tides Center - IUCN will be present
  Theme: The need to expressly integrate ethics into climate change science and economics, while making preliminary ethical analyses of several climate change issues. The program on the ethical dimensions of climate change is a collaboration among nine institutions around the world

COME VISIT OUR EXHIBIT AND 4 SIDE EVENTS, for registered delegates
• EXHIBIT at SBSTTA (ICAO Building):
  Poster Session on The Conservation Commons and book display, 28 November to 2 December
  
• Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 13:15 - 14:45, ICAO Building, Room 7B (Level 3), Montreal (999 University St.)
  Organizers: IUCN-THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION, with Tom Hammond
  Theme: IUCN-THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION, "CONSERVATION COMMONS"
  
• Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 18:30 - 20:00, ICAO Building, Foyer Gallery I (Level 5)
  Organizers:THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION, with Andrea Athanas
  Theme :THE ROLE OF BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS IN CONSERVATION - AN OPEN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
  
• Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 13:15 - 14:45, ICAO Building, Room 3 (Level 1)
  Organizers: IUCN/SSC/SUSTAINABLE USE SPECIALIST GROUP, with Steve Edwards
  Theme: Sustainable Use Indicators: Needs and challenges
  
• Thursday, 1 December 2005, 13:15 - 14:45, ICAO Building, Foyer Gallery I (Level 5)
  Organizers: IUCN THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION and WWF INTERNATIONAL
  Theme: The status of the world's leading species-level biodiversity indicators: what will they tell us about biodiversity trends in 2010 and beyond?
  

For IUCN's Climate Change Initiative program website, click here

Results - Internatioal Francophone Forum on Environmental Education: 3e Forum international francophone de l'éducation à l'environnement Planet'ERE in Burkina Faso July 18- 26 2005; for more information, visit their website; FOR RESULTS, click here in French

Youth Water Network, Congress in Morocco, 17-24 September 2005, a project of the NGO Green Belgium in Brussels. This congress will deal with the accessibility of drinking water in rural villages and the problems faced by the young « water-carriers» , mostly young girls, who are denied access to school, education and opportunities as a result of their daily labours. The congress will bring together approximately 110 participants aged between 15 and 22 years old.

2e Colloque Écodéveloppement des institutions d'enseignement Université Laval, Quebec, Sept. 29-30, 2005 Details

Salon du développement durable 2005 : les changements climatiques, Montreal, Oct. 25-28, 2005
Détails.