For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted on the WTO web site. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. For further information on WTO events contact: WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org.
6 December, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE: REGULAR SESSION.
7 December, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE: FORMAL SPECIAL SESSION.
7-8 December 2001 in Berlin, Germany: 2001 BERLIN CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. Entitled "Global Environmental Change and the Nation State," the conference will examine the interlinkages between global and national environmental politics, and look at new forms of global environmental governance that link global institutions with a significant degree of national decision- making. For further information visit: http://www.environmental-policy.de. From IISD Linkages: http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.
8 - 10 December, Mahé, Seychelles: CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ECOTOURISM IN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) AND OTHER SMALL ISLANDS (Preparatory Conference for the International Year of Ecotourism, 2002). Organised by the World Tourism Organization. For further information contact Mr. Eugenio Yunis, Chief, World Tourism Organization, Sustainable Development of Tourism, tel: (34 915) 678 212; fax: 713 733; email: env@world-tourism.org; Internet: http://www.world-tourism.org/frameset/frame_sustainable.html
10 - 12 December, Isle of Vilm, Germany: EUROPEAN WORKSHOP: "CLIMATE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY - HOW TO TO SOLVE POSSIBLE CONFLICTS AND FIND WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS". Organised by German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. For further information, contact Ms. Jutta Stadler, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, tel: (49- 38) 301-86 0 or 86130/34; fax: 301-86 150; email: bfn.ina.vilm@t-online.de
10-14 December, Geneva, Switzerland: WIPO SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE. The following are on the agenda for this meeting: "Accreditation of certain Non-Governmental Organizations," "Operational Principles for Contractual Agreements Concerning Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit- Sharing," "Traditional Knowledge" which includes a review of current IPR protection, Folklore, and Future Work. For further information contact: WIPO Secretariat, tel: (41 22) 338-9428; email: francis.gurry@wipo.int; Internet: http://www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/2001/igc/index_2.htm.
Other Forthcoming Events
4 - 8 February 2002, Montreal, Canada: MEETING OF THE AD HOC INTER- SESSIONAL WORKING GROUP ON ARTICLE 8(J). For further information, contact the CBD Secretariat; tel: (1 514) 288 2220; fax: 288 6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org. Documents of this meeting are now available online at http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/socio- eco/traditional/wg8j-02.asp.
15-17 February 2002, Windsor Castle, UK: ASSESSING THE FUTURE FOR AGRICULTURE IN A GLOBALISED WORLD: WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF WORLD TRADE ON LOCAL AGRICULTURE? Organised by The College of St George in conjunction with the Society, Religion and Technology Project of the Church of Scotland and the Scottish Agricultural College. For further information contact Mrs Mandy Reed, Tel: (44 1753) 848 709; fax: 848 755.
30 March 2002, Washington, USA: 7TH INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW CONFERENCE. Organised by the Wildlife Interest Group of the American Society of International Law. Under this year’s theme "The Convention on Biological Diversity: A Ten Year Report Card", the conference aims to bring together participants from throughout the world in an ongoing colloquy about the role of international law and legal institutions in furthering the goal of species conservation and protection of the Earth’s biological diversity. For further information contact: William C.G. Burns, tel: (1 650) 281 9126; fax: (1 801) 838 4710; email: asilwildlife@pacbell.net; Internet: http://eelink.net/~asilwildlife/programs2.shtml.
19 - 22 May 2002, Quebec, Canada: WORLD ECOTOURISM SUMMIT. Organised by the World Tourism Organization, and hosted by the Canadian Tourism Commission and Tourism Québec. For further information, contact the World Tourism Organization, tel: (34 91) 5678100; fax: 713733; email: env@world-tourism.org; Internet: http://www.ecotourism2002.org/