Subject: International Biodiversity Calendar of Events This is the 4th edition of the 1998 International Biodiversity Calendar of Events. We hope you find it useful and informative. BIONET distributes the calendar of events on a quarterly basis, and includes it in the Biodiversity Bulletin newsletter. No doubt we have omitted certain events that should be included in this calendar. Here, we would like to ask for your assistance. Please send us any and all information regarding other events or information sources for the calendar. Note: For further details on an individual event regarding biodiversity-related activities please refer to the contacts listed under each citation. January 1999 5 - 23 TRADITIONALIST MEDICINE AND HERBALIST PROGRAM. Cuernavaca, Mexico. IDEAL LATINOAMERICA, street address: Privada Narcisco Mendoza 107, Col. Preadera, C.P. 62170, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; mailing address: P.O. Box 2-65, C.P. 62158 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico; Tel.: +52-73-11-7551; Fax: +52-73-11-5910; E-mail: ideal@ideal-L.com ; Web: http:www.ideal-l.com 7 - 15 CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCIENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST POLICIES. Pretoria, South Africa. Contact: Perry Brown, Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812 USA; Tel: +1-406-243-5522; Fax: +1-406-243-4845; E-mail: pbrown@selway.umt.edu * 10 - 29 CLASS: IN SEARCH OF TECHNOLOGICAL RESPONSIBILITY: AGRICULTURE, BIOSAFETY, AND DEMOCRACY. Schumacher College, Totnes, UK. Contact: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. web: http://www.iatp.org/tripps99kdmodivkabc.htmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView 13 - 20 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE: GLOBAL MEETING OF GENERATIONS. Washington, DC, United States. Contact: International Development Conference; Tel: +1-202-884-8580; Fax: +1-202-884-8499; E-mail: idc@idc.org * 18 - 22 JOINT NGO-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS UNDERLYING CAUSES OF DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION (A CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FORUM ON FORESTS): GLOBAL WORKSHOP. Costa Rica. Contact: Global Secretariat, Simone Lovera; E-mail: slovera@nciucn.nl 20 - 23 19TH ANNUAL ECOLOGICAL FARMING CONFERENCE. Asilomar, Calfornia, USA. Contact: Committee for Sustainable Agriculture, 406 Main Street, Ste. 313, Watsonville, CA 95076; Tel.: +1-408-763-2111; Web: http://www.csa-efc.orgipps99kdmodivkabc.htmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView 24 - 27 FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE BIOINVASIONS. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Contact: Judith Pederson, MIT Sea Grant College Program, 292 Main Street E38-300, Cambridge, MA 02129 USA; Fax: +1-617-252-1615; E-mail: jpederso@mit.edu February To be announced. EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND MECHANISMS TO PROMOTE THE MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL TYPES OF FORESTS. San Jose, Costa Rica. Contact: Patricia Chavez, the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations; Tel.: +1-212-986-6373; Fax: +1-212-986-6842 * 15 - 19 SIXTH MEETING OF THE OPEN-ENDED AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON A BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL. Cartagena, Colombia. Contact: CBD Secretariat, World Trade Center, 393 St. Jacques St. Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1N9; Tel.: +1-514-288-2220; Fax: +1-514-288-6588; E-mail: chm@biodiv.org 22 - 23 EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE CBD COP. Cartagena, Colombia. Contact: CBD Secretariat, World Trade Center, 393 St. Jacques St. Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec Canada H2Y 1N9; Tel.: +1-514-288-2220; Fax: +1-514-288-6588; E-mail: chm@biodiv.org 22 - 24 RAMSAR PAN-ASIAN REGIONAL MEETING. Manila, The Philippines. Contact: Rebecca D'Cruz, Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands; Tel.: +-41-22-999-0177; Fax: +41-22-999-0169; E-mail: rdc@hq.iucn.org ; Web: http://www.iucn.org/themes/ramsarivkabc.htmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView 22 - 26 1999 MEETINGS OF CSD AD HOC INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUPS: CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS. New York, New York, United States. Contact: Web: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sarivkabc.htmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView * 24 - 26 NATIONAL WETLANDS CONFERENCE: A STRATEGY FOR WETLAND CONSERVATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Moscow, Russia. Contact: Wetlands International - Russia Programme Office, P.O. Box 55, Moscow 125319, Russia; Tel./Fax: +7 095 1904655; E-mail: ikamennova@wwfnet.org March 1 - 5 1999 MEETINGS OF CSD AD HOC INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUPS: OCEANS AND SEAS, AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES. New York, New York, United States. Contact: Web: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sarivkabc.htmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView * 11 - 13 WORKSHOP ON CRITERIA AND INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A NATURAL RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE. Ahmedabad, India. Organized in collaboration with UNESCO. Contact: Prof. Anil K. Gupta, IIM, Ahmedabad 380015, India; E-mail: Anilg@iimahd.ac.in ; Web: http://www.iimahd.ac.in/~anilg/unescohtmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView 15 - 16 POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS: ASSESSING MODELS FOR RECOVERING ENDANGERED SPECIES. San Diego, California, USA. Contact: William Hull (logistics and registration), Tel.: +1-510-465-4962; E-mail: whull@cgbd.org or Steven R. Beissinger (information on scientific program), Tel.: +1-510-643-3038; E-mail:beis@nature.berkeley.edu 20 4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW CONFERENCE. Washington D.C., USA. Contact: Wil Burns, Managing Editor, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 46 Shattuck Square, Suite 18, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA; Tel.: +1-510-540-0980; Fax: +1-510-452-9266; E-mail: JIWLP@earthling.net 21 - 27 15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF AIAEE. Port of Spain, Trinidad. Contact: Dr. Latif Laghari, AIAEE Treasurer, University of Connecticut, West Hartford Campus, 1800 Asylum Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117, USA; Tel.: +1-860-570-9063; Fax: +1-860-570-9008; or Dr. John R. Crunkilton, Associate Dean and Director of Agricultural Technology, 1060 Litton REaves Hall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0334; Tel.: +1-540-231-6503; Fax: +1-540-231-6741; E-mail: jcrunkil@vt.edu April 11 - 16 SHALLOW TROPICAL WATERS AND HUMANS. Naivasha, Kenya. Contact: Bas E. van Helvoort, Conference Organizing Committee, KWS Training Institute, P.O. Box 842, Naivasha, Kenya; Tel.: +254-311-20267 or +254-311-20577 or +254-311-21329; Fax: +254-311-21328; E-mail: kwsti@users.africaonline.co.ke To be announced. EIGHTH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMISSION ON GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. Contact: FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy; Tel: +39-6-52251; http://web.icppgr.fao.orgn/~anilg/unescohtmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView To be announced. DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (DSSA) BIANNUAL CONFERENCE. Johannesburg, South Africa. Contact: DSSA, E-mail: mmosh@wn.apc.org ; gilfjo@hotmail.com ; or DDB@zeus.hsrc.ac.za May To be announced. THIRD SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FORUM ON FORESTS. Geneva, Switzerland. Contact: IFF Secretariat, Two UN Plaza, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10017 USA; Tel: +1-212-963-6208; Fax: +1-212-963-3463; E-mail: hurtubia@un.org; http://www.un.org/dpscd/dsd/iff.htmnescohtmb.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView 4 GEF COUNCIL MEETING - NGO CONSULTATION. Washington, DC, USA. Contact: The GEF Secretariat, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20433, USA; Tel: (202) 473 0508; Fax: (202) 522 3240 or 522 3245 5 - 7 GEF COUNCIL MEETING. Washington, DC, USA. Contact: The GEF Secretariat, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20433, USA; Tel: (202) 473 0508; Fax: (202) 522 3240 or 522 3245 7 - 9 GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FORUM (GBF). San Jose, Costa Rica. Contact: GBF13 Co-ordinator, Nadene Canning Wacker, IUCN Wetlands and Water Resources Programme, 28 Rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland; Tel: +(41)-22-999-00-01; Fax: +(41)-22-999-00-25; email: GBF13@hq.iucn.org; or Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland; Tel.: +41-22-999-0170; Fax: +41-22-999-0169; E-mail: ramsar@hq.iucn.org 10 - 18 RAMSAR SEVENTH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES. San Jose, Costa Rica. Contact: Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland; Tel.: +41-22-99-0170; Fax: +41-22-999-0169; E-mail: ramsar@hq.iucn.org ; Web: http://w3.iprolink.ch/iucnlib/themes/ramsar/.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView * 19 - 28 STATES PARTIES TO THE UN CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA. Contact: Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. Office of Legal Affairs; E-mail: doalos@un.org ; Web: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/b/themes/ramsar/.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView * 23 - 28 TROPICAL RESTORATION FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Contact: J. Parrotta, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 25000, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00928-5000; E-mail: j_parrotta@upr1.upr.clu.edu 24 - 28 FOURTH MEETING OF CBD SBSTTA. Montreal, Canada. Contact: CBD Secretariat, World Trade Centre, 393 St. Jacques St. Office 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1NY; Tel.: +1-514-288-2220; Fax: +1-514-288-6588; E-mail: chm@biodiv.org 31 May - 2 June SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ECOSYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Lemnos, Greece. Contact: Wessex Institute of Technology; Tel.: +44-1703-29-3223; Fax: +44-1703-29-2853; E-mail: wit@wessex.ac.uk June 1-3 INTERSESSIONAL MEETING ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE CBD. Montreal, Canada. Contact: CBD Secretariat, World Trade Centre, 393 St. Jacques St. Office 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1NY; Tel.: +1-514-288-2220; Fax: +1-514-288-6588; E-mail: chm@biodiv.org 5 - 9 AQUACULTURE EUROPE '98. Bordeaux, France. Contact: EAS Secretariat, Slijkensesteenweg 4, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium; Tel.: +059-32-38-59; Fax: +059-32-10-05; E-mail: eas@unicall.be 15 - 18 FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON FORESTS - FOREST '99. Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. Contact: Sociedade Brasileira para a Valorizacao do Meio Ambiente/ Brazilian Society for the Environment (BIOSFERA), Av. Presidente Vargas, 435 - Ap. 1104 e 1105 - Centro, Cep: 20077 - 900 - Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil; Tel.: +55-21-221-7626 (or 221-0155) ; Fax: +55-21-221-7626 9or 221-0155); E-mail: biosfera@biosfera.com.br ; Web: http://www.biosfera.com.brs/b/themes/ramsar/.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView 28 June - 2 July SECOND INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT CONGRESS: WILDLIFE, LAND AND PEOPLE: PRIORITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. Godollo, Hungary. Contact: Web: http://www.wildlife.org/international.htmlr/.htmnlineSearch.cfm?OpenView August 1 - 7 WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION. Hilo, Hawaii, United States. Contact: WIPC, PO Box 6159, Hilo, Hawaii 96720-8923 USA; Tel.: +1-808-934-7722; Fax: +1-808-969-7932; E-mail: wipc@hawaii.edu 15 - 20 MANAGING FOR ECOSYSTEM HEALTH - AN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ECOSYSTEM HEALTH. Sacramento, California, USA. Contact: Congress Secretariat, International Congress on Ecosystem Health, Genetic Resources Conservation Program, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA; E-mail: ehc@ucdavis.edu ; Web: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/centers/iseh/ecosystemhealth.html?OpenView 25 - 27 ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF UNGULATES: INTEGRATION ACROSS SPATIAL SCALES. Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: Dr. Evelyn Merrill, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI 54481; Tel.: +1-715-346-4112; E-mail: emerrill@uwsp.edu ; Web: http://wildlife1.uwsp.edu/ungul99ters/iseh/ecosystemhealth.html?OpenView October 4 - 8 EXPERT PANEL ON ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING. Location to be determined. Contact: CBD Secretariat, World Trade Center, 393 St. Jacques Street, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1N9; tel.: +1-514-288-2220; Fax: +1-514-288-6588; E-mail: chm@biodiv.org ; Web: http://www.biodiv.org.edu/ungul99ters/iseh/ecosystemhealth.html?OpenView 18 - 22 IUFRO 8.07.00 BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE: IMPACT OF LOGGING ON BIODIVERSITY. Hanoi, Vietnam. Contact: Rita Mustikasari, IUFRO Liaison Officer, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), mailing address: P.O. Box 6596 JKPWB, Jakarta, Indonesia; office address: JAlan CIFOR, Situ Gede, Sindangbarang, Bogor Barat 16680, Indonesia; Tel.: +62-251-622 622 ext.209; Fax: +62-251-622-100; E-mail: r.mustikasari@cgnet.com; Web: http://www.cgiar.org/ciforungul99ters/iseh/ecosystemhealth.html?OpenView November 11 - 14 DESERT FISHES COUNCIL MEETING. Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Contact: Contact: Web: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/fish/dfc/ystemhealth.html?OpenView 16 GEF COUNCIL MEETING - NGO CONSULTATION. Washington, DC, USA. Contact: The GEF Secretariat, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20433, USA; Tel: (202) 473 0508; Fax: (202) 522 3240 or 522 3245 17 - 19 GEF COUNCIL MEETING. Washington, DC, USA. Contact: The GEF Secretariat, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20433, USA; Tel: (202) 473 0508; Fax: (202) 522 3240 or 522 3245 * This information was received from the Linkages Journal list of upcoming meetings for 1998. For more information on Linkages and other IISD materials visit http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/tnhc/.www/fish/dfc/ystemhealth.html?OpenView or contact Chad Carpenter, Program Officer/Legal Consultant, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) 50 W. 34th St., #11A7 New York, New York 10001, USA; Tel: +1-212-643-9599 Fax: +1-212-644-0206; E-mail: chadc@iisd.org. -- !!ATTENTION -- NEW MAILING ADDRESS!! ************************************ Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET) 1630 Connecticut Ave. NW, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20009 - USA Tel: +1.202.547.8902 Fax: +1.202.265.0222 E-mail: bionet@igc.org URL: http://www.igc.org/bionetes/tnhc/.www/fish/dfc/ystemhealth.html?OpenView ************************************