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Published July 1988 through June 1999
CALENDAR: 1999
A chronological list of all 1999 events that have appeared in the calendar listings of
the Global Climate Change Digest through the June 1999 issue.
JANUARY 1999
Event #djun98cal16
 Jan. 5, 1999,
Leicester, U.K. — Linking Climate Change with Land Surface Change. A
workshop being held as part of the 1999 Annual Conference of the Royal Geographic
Society, intended to facilitate discussion between climatologists and
geomorphologists. Topics include scales of climate variability, implications of climate
change to landform processes, and modification of the climate by changes at the surface. For
information on submitting abstracts, contact: Dominic Kniveton, Dept. Geog., Univ.
Leicester, Univ. Rd., Leicester LE1 7RH, UK (e-mail: drk5@leicester.ac.uk).
Event #dmay98cal18
Jan. 10-15, 1999,
Dallas, Texas — 79th Annual AMS [Amer. Meteor. Soc.] Annual
Meeting. The theme for this meeting is "Climate and Global Change: Focus on
the Americas. Abstracts for the following additional conferences or symposia are due
July 1, 1998. For new instructions for online submissions, see the AMS Web site: http://www.ametsoc.org. Or see Bull. Amer. Meteor.
Soc. p. 936, May, 1998; for more details on these conferences see p. 952 ff.
14th Conference on Hydrology. Will cover improved understanding of
continental-scale climate variability in the Americas. Contact Eric Wood, Dept. Civil
Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton NJ 08544 (e-mail: efwood@princeton.edu). Or contact
Dennis Lettenmaier, Dept. Civil Eng., Univ. Washington, Seattle WA 98195 (e-mail:
dennisl@u.washington.edu. Electronic abstract submission is strongly encouraged through
this Web site: http://www.cee.princeton.edu/.
10th Symposium on Global Change Studies. Special sessions will explore
these and other areas: paleoclimate, especially related to CLIVAR; solar-climate
interactions; model simulations; large-scale changes and variations in the hydrologic
cycle; changes and variations in tropical storms; changes and variations in ENSO and NAO;
climate and human health; IPCC 2000 (invited speakers); U.S. climate and global change
initiatives (invited speakers). Contact Thomas Karl, NCDC, NOAA, 151 Patton Ave.,
Asheville NC 28801 (fax: 704 271 4328; e-mail: tkarl@ncdc.noaa.gov).
The Eighth Symposium on Education will have this theme: "Enhancing
Public Awareness of Weather and Climate Protection." It will hold a joint session
with the 11th Conference on Applied Climatology, and will accept papers
relating to all levels of education—kindergarten through graduate school. For
information, contact David Smith (for K-12, posters, or joint session), Oceanog. Dept.,
U.S. Naval Academy, 572 Holloway Rd., Annapolis MD 21402 (fax: 410 293 2137). For
college/university papers, contact Pat Phoebus, Naval Res. Lab., 7 Grace Hopper Ave., Box
2, Monterey CA 93943 (fax: 408 656 4769. Submit all abstracts via e-mail to:
DRSMITH@NADN.NAVY.MIL.
Third Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems. Sessions include a wide
range of topics, many related to climate change observations. Abstracts due July 1,
1998 to AMS headquarters. For information contact James Rasmussen, NOAA-ERL, 1315
East-West Hwy., Rm. 11618, Silver Spring MD 20910 (tel: 301 713 2458; fax: 301 713 0163;
e-mail: james.rasmussen@noaa.gov).
Fifth Conference on Polar Meteorology. Regional or model-oriented
contributions might address predictability on seasonal-interannual timescales,
atmospheric-ice-ocean progresses, or anthropogenic influences on polar climate. A special
session on the role of the North Atlantic in climate variability will be held jointly with
the 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies. Contact David Robinson, Program Chair,
Dept. Geog., Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick NJ 08903 (tel: 732 445 4741; fax: 732 445 0006;
e-mail: drobins@rci.rutgers.edu).
13th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence. A number of joint
sessions will explore the impact of boundary layer processes on climate and global change.
A special session to commemorate the 25th anniversary of GATE will be held jointly with
the 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, with possible topics
like the role of atmospheric and oceanic boundary layer processes in ENSO, and development
of coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models. A joint session on boundary layer processes
investigated during SHEBA (Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic) will be held with the above
polar meteorology conference. Contact James Edson, Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst., MS#10, 98
Water St., Woods Hole MA 02543 (tel: 508 289 2935; fax: 508 457 2194; e-mail:
jedson@whoi.edu; WWW: http://www.millersv.edu/rdclark/blt.html).
Symposium on Interdisciplinary Issues in Atmospheric Chemistry. Will
focus on studies relating to global change within industrialized and developing areas of
North America, such as interactions between chemistry and aerosol reactions, aerosol
formation and climate forcing. Contact Chris Walcek, ASRC-SUNY, 251 Fuller Rd., Albany NY
12203 (tel: 518 437 8720; fax: 518 437 8758; e-mail: walcek@contrail.asrc.cestm.albany.edu).
Event #doct98cal8
Jan. 21-26, 1999, Anaheim, Calif. — 1999 AAAS Annual Meeting.
Conducted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Contact: AAAS
Meetings Office, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20005; tel: 202-326-6450; fax:
202-289-4021; e-mail: confinfo@aaas.org; WWW: http://www.aaas.org/aaas.html.
Event #doct98cal9
Jan. 28-29, 1999, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany — Project
Types for Flexible Instruments: The Situation after Buenos Aires. This workshop is
part of the European Commission DGXII Project (ENRICH Programme) “Packaging and
Promotion of Community Socioeconomic, Energy/Technology, and Scientific Research in the
Field of Climate Change.” It will review research conducted by the European Community
on policies and measures (cost-effectiveness, social and environmental impacts, effects on
international trade, etc.), burden sharing, flexible instruments (emission trading, joint
implementation, and the clean development mechanism), sinks of greenhouse gases, and the
basket of greenhouse gases (evaluation of global-warming potential). It will also address
current experiences in third-world countries, with a view to discussing the impact of
flexible instruments on costs, emissions, and technology choices. Contact: M. S. Goebelt,
Institut für Industriebetriebslehre und Industrielle Produktion, Universität Karlsruhe,
Hertzstr. 16, D-76187 Karlsruhe, Germany; tel: ++49 721 608-4689; fax: ++49 721 75 89 09;
e-mail: Mathias.Goebelt@wiwi.uni-karlsruhe.de.
FEBRUARY 1999
Event #doct98cal10
Feb. 1-4, 1999, Chennai (formerly Madras), India — Climate Change
and South Asia. Cosponsored by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. This
meeting will draw together leaders, scientists and planners from seven South Asian nations
(India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) to develop
cooperative strategies to limit adverse effects of climate change and reduce growth in
greenhouse emissions. For more information, contact: Michele Pena mpena@climate.org,
202-547-0104.
Event #doct98cal11
Feb. 1-5, 1999, Nairobi, Kenya — UNEP Governing Council.
For more information, contact B. Miller, UNEP, P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya; tel: +254
(2) 62-3411; fax: +254 (2) 62-3748; e-mail: millerb@unep.org.
Event #doct98cal12
Feb. 10-14, 1999, Rovaniemi, Finland — The Human Role in
Reindeer/Caribou Systems: Coping with Threats to Environmental Security in Northern
Landscapes. The workshop will address key science questions identified in the
ICARP final report, including how humans respond to ecosystem changes in the quality or
quantity of resources and how the environment responds when humans alter the way they
interact with the environment. Contact: Deborah Robinson, Institute of Arctic Studies,
Dartmouth College, 6214 Steele Hall, Hanover, NH, 03755; tel: +1 603 646 1897; fax: +1 603
646 1279; e-mail: debo@dartmouth.edu; WWW: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~arctic/conf.
Event #doct98cal13
February 13-18, 1999, Albufeira, Portugal — Glacial-Interglacial
Sealevel Changes in Four Dimensions: Quaternary Sea Level, Climate Change, and Crustal
Dynamics. The main theme is evidence of sea-level and of linked environmental
changes at the land-ocean interface. Contact Dr. Josip Hendekovic, ESF, 1 quai
Lezay-Marnésia, 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France; tel: +33 3 88 76 71 35; fax: +33 3 88 36
69 87; e-mail: euresco@esf.org; WWW: http://www.esf.org/euresco/LC97087a.htm
Event #dmay98cal19
Feb. 16-19, 1999, Pune, India — International Workshop on Long-Term
Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere. Sponsored by the Indian Institute of
Tropical Meteorology. The purpose is to study the long-term variations and trends in the
middle and upper atmosphere signaling toward global change. The registration fee for
foreign participants is $170. Contact: Dr. Gufran Beig, Convener, LT_ACT-1999, Indian
Institute of Tropical Meteorology, NCL - Post Office, Pashan, Pune - 411008, India; fax:
+91-212-347825; e-mail: beig@tropmet.ernet.in; WWW: http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/iitm.html.
Event #doct98cal15
February 24-25, 1999, Omaha, Nebr. — Great Plains Grasslands at the
Millennium, a combined Society for Range Management/American Forage and Grassland
Council Annual Meeting. The theme is what we have learned in range and forage
science/management in the 20th century and where we go in the 21st century. Technical
sessions, poster sessions, and symposia include presentations on rangeland, forage and
pasture management, and North American grasslands. A draft agenda, abstracts, and
registration information are available at http://esa.sdsc.edu/.
Contact: Lori Hidinger, Program Manager, Sustainable Biosphere Initiative, Ecological
Society of America, 202-833-8748, lori@esa.org. For information on registering for the
Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, contact SRM at 303-355-7070,
srmden@ix.netcom.com, or see their web page at http://srm.org.
MARCH 1999
Event #djun98cal17
Mar. 23-Mar 27, 1999,
Honolulu, Hawaii — 95th Annual Meeting of the Association of American
Geographers. Papers will be accepted in over 50 subject areas. The deadline for
abstracts for papers, posters and illustrated papers is Sep. 4, 1998 to: AAG, 1710
Sixteenth St. NW Washington DC 20009 (tel: 202 234 1450; fax: 202 234 2744; e-mail:
gaia@aag.org; WWW: http://www.aag.org). Some travel
grants (application deadline, Sep. 4) are available to "distinguished
nongeographers."
Event #doct98cal16
Mar. 23-27, 1999, Honolulu, Hawaii — El Niño Symposium.
Contact John N. Rayner, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, 43210-1361; e-mail: jrayner@nidor.sbs.ohio-state.edu.
Event #djul98cal7
Mar. 25-26, 1999,
Leeds, England — Fifth Annual International Sustainable Development Research
Conference. Discussion topics include economic policy instruments, education, and
corporate contributions to sustainability. Contact Conf. Mgr., ERP Environment, POB 75,
Shipley, W. Yorkshire BD17 6EZ, UK (tel: 44 1274 530 408; fax: 44 1274 530 409).
APRIL 1999
Item #dfeb99cal1
Apr.
19-22, 1999, Annapolis, Md. — Chapman Conference on Atmospheric
Science Across the Stratopause. Will include invited tutorial on
global change; other topics include planetary-wave propagation,
middle-atmosphere water vapor, atmospheric energetics, and long-term
changes in the middle-atmosphere composition and structure.
Preregistration deadline is Mar. 15, 1999. Contact: AGU meetings Dept.,
2000 Florida Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20009; tel: 202-462-6900; fax:
202-328-0566; e-mail: meetinginfo@agu.org; WWW:
http://www.agu.org.
Item #dapr99cal1
April
19-30, 1999, New York — Seventh Session of the Commission on
Sustainable Development. Delegates will discuss methods for
managing economic development, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and other
environmental systems to ensure sustainability and will assess
international institutions and their actions vis-à-vis ecosystem
sustainability. Contact: Andrey Vasilyev, Division for Sustainable
Development, United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-2220, New York, NY 10017; tel:
+1-212-963-5949; fax: +1-212-963-4260; e-mail: vasilyev@un.org; WWW:
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/.
Item #dapr99cal2
April
21-24, 1999, Brisbane, Australia — Second Asia-Pacific
Cleaner Production Roundtable and Trade Expo. Will bring together
experts from around the globe to stimulate debate and promote cleaner
production (CP) as a key to economic sustainability and will provide an
interactive platform from which to learn from each other’s successes
and failures and to demonstrate and communicate effective and realistic CP
programs. Contact: Katherine McMahon, Global Events and Marketing Pty Ltd,
P.O. Box 3653, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia; tel +61 (0)7 3239
5900 fax +61 (0)7 3239 5902; e-mail: events@globalgroup.com.au; WWW:
http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/ciep/Cpmain.html#top.
Item #dapr99cal3
Apr.
30-May 1, 1999, American Museum of Natural History, New York City —
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Conservation in the Face of Uncertainty.
Topics to be covered include: Earth’s changing climate, climate
change and extinction, is the earth warming, the impacts of climate change
on biodiversity, conserving biodiversity in the face of uncertainty,
climate change and the Big Apple, and where do we go from here. More
information: Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of
Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY,
10024-5192; tel: 212-769-5742; fax: 212-769-5292; e-mail: biodiversity@amnh.org; WWW:
http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/.
MAY 1999
Event #djul98cal8
May 2-5, 1999, Detroit,
Mich. — National Summit on Sustainable Development. Organized by the
President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD). Will be a launching point for a
national dialog on sustainable development in the U.S. Contact PCSD, 730 Jackson Pl. NW,
Washington DC 20503 (tel: 202 408 5296; fax: 202 408 6839; e-mail: infopcsd@aol.com).
Item #dapr99cal4
May
3-14, 1999, Geneva, Switzerland — Third Session of the
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests: IFF-3. Review, planning, and
negotiation of national, regional, and international forest plans and
agreements. NGOs and representative organizations of other major groups
that are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council can
participate. Contact: IFF Secretariat, Two UN Plaza, 12th Floor, New York,
NY, 10017; tel: +1-212-963-6208; fax: +1-212-963-3463; e-mail: hurtubia@un.org; WWW: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iff.htm.
Event #doct98cal17
May 5-8, 1999, Mt. Fuji, Japan — 10th Global Warming International
Conference and Expo. Sponsored by The Global Warming International Center.
Subjects to be covered include energy and natural resources management, international
coordination, global warming and climate change, international law and policy making,
global warming and public health, remote sensing, and state and local government
regulation. Submit 400-word abstract to GW10 Program Committee, P.O. Box 5275, Woodridge,
IL, 60517-0275 (fax: 630-910-1561) by Nov. 10. For additional information, contact the
Center at the same address; tel: 630-910-1551; WWW: http://globalwarming.net.
Item #dapr99cal5
May
10-18, 1999, San José, Costa Rica — RAMSAR COP-7.
The 7th COP will focus on the interrelations between human societies and
wetland habitats. The general theme will be “People and Wetlands: The
Vital Link.” Contact: The 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; WWW: http://iucn.org/themes/ramsar/.
Item #dapr99cal6
May
15-24, 1999, Kolympari, Crete, Greece — Chemistry and
Radiation Changes in the Ozone Layer. This is a NATO Advanced
Study Institute. Contact: C. S. Zerefos, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Atmospheric Physics Lab., Physics Dept., P.O. Box 149, 54006
Thessaloniki, Greece; fax: 30 31 283752; e-mail: zerefos@physics.auth.gr;
WWW: http://www.nato.int/science/calasi99.htm.
Item #dapr99cal7
May
16-21, 1999, Ostrava, Czech Republic — Coping with Floods:
Lessons Learned from Recent Experience. This NATO Advanced
Research Workshop will consider existing knowledge on floods, coping with
their consequences, reducing future risk of floods, reducing human life
loss and flood damages, and promoting close cooperation between scientists
from different countries and with different professional experience.
Contact: J. Marsalek, National Water Research Institute, 867 Lakeshore
Rd., Burlington, Ontario, L7R 4A6, Canada; fax: 001 905 336 4420; e-mail:
jiri.marsalek@cciw.ca; WWW: http://www.hif.cz/ARW/.
Event #daug98cal3
May 17-21, 1999,
Portland, Ore. — 1999 Imaging and Geospatial Information Society Annual
Conference. Sponsored by American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing.
Will cover photogrammetry, environmental management, remote sensing, geographical
sciences, natural resources, mapping, land information systems, and geodesy. To be held at
the Oregon Convention Center. Contact ASPRS Annual Conf., USGS/NMD, 10615 SE Cherry
Blossom Dr., Portland, OR, 97216-3159 (tel: 503-251-3210; fax: 503-251-3470; WWW: www.asprs-port-land99.com).
Item #dfeb99cal3
May
24-27, 1999, Santa Catalina Island, Calif. — 16th PACLIM Workshop.
Sponsored by the USGS, this workshop will consider climate variability,
from weather to geologic timescales, with a focus on the Pacific Ocean and
the western Americas. Contact: J. Tomson, Long Beach City College, 4901 E.
Carson St., Long Beach, CA, 90808; tel: 562-938- 4448; fax: 562-938-4118;
e-mail: jtomson@mail.lbcc.cc.ca.us; WWW:
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/paclim/.
Event #doct98cal18
May 26-28, 1999, Telus (formerly the Calgary) Convention Centre, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada — Combustion and Global Climate Change: Canada’s
Challenges and Solutions. Organized by Natural Resources Canada and the Canadian
Environment Industry Association. The conference will present new and innovative
technology concepts and solutions that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions
from combustion. Conference sessions will focus on sector- specific combustion
technologies, efficiency improvements, low/zero CO2-emitting fuels and capture
technologies, full-life-cycle emissions/costs, and case studies, including trends in the
transportation sector. Contact CC ’99 Coordinator, CEIA, 350 Sparks St., Suite 208,
Ottawa, Ont., Canada, K1R 7S8; tel.: 613-236-6222, ext. 4; fax: 613-236-6850; e-mail:
info@ceia-acie.ca; WWW: www.ceia-acie.ca.
Event #dmay98cal20
May 31-June 2, 1999,
Lemnos, Greece. ECOSUD 99 — Second International Conference on Ecosystems and
Sustainable Development. Among numerous topics are: climate change,
desertification and sustainable development; climate modeling and ecosystems;
deforestation and development. Abstracts are due Sep. 8, 1998 to: Clare Duggan,
ECOSUD 99, Wessex Inst. Technol., Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7AA, UK
(e-mail: cduggan@wessex.ac.uk).
Item #dfeb99cal4
May
31-June 6, 1999, Borovets, Bulgaria — Long-Term Observations and
Research in Forestry. The conference will focus on long-term
experiments in temperate and boreal forests, with a concentration on the
planning and analysis of experiments in irregular forests. Contact:
Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Forest Growth and Computer
Sciences, Wilsdruffer Str. 18, D-01737, Tharandt, Germany; fax:
+49-35203-381628; WWW:
http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/d4/wu41100/announc.htm.
JUNE 1999
Item #dapr99cal8
June
1-3, 1999, Rogow, Poland — Remote Sensing and Forest
Monitoring. This conference will review research on and
application of remote sensing in forestry from national to global scales,
discuss the recommendations concerning the IUFRO (International Union of
Forestry Research Organizations) remote-sensing society, and address
updating IUFRO guidelines for forest monitoring. Contact: Ruth Rudzinski,
Warsaw Agricultural University Forest Research Station, Center for Nature
and Forestry Education, 96-135 Rogow, Poland; tel/fax: +48 46 8748374;
e-mail: rogow99@giswitch.sggw.waw.pl; WWW: http://giswitch.sggw.waw.pl/rogow99/.
Item #dfeb99cal5
June
6-9, 1999, Tempe, Ariz. — Water Resources Planning and Management
Conference. The conference will feature talks on modeling groundwater
contamination, modeling for negotiation and conflict resolution, water for
the 21st century, global water issues, and GIS in water resources. For
program information, contact Erin Wilson, Leonard Rice Consulting Water
Engineers, Inc., 2401 Fifteenth Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202-1143;
e-mail: wilsonerin@aol.com; WWW:
http://water99.asce.org/Water99/.
Item #dapr99cal9
June
7-10, 1999, Hanscom AFB, Mass. — 22nd Annual Review of
Atmospheric Transmission Models. The objectives are to review the
current status of transmittance/radiance models and solicit
recommendations regarding identified deficiencies/solutions. A User’s
Workshop is planned for June 7, 1999, to provide user-interactive sessions
with AF codes. To attend, notify J. Chetwynd, AFRL/VSBM, 29 Randolph Rd.,
Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731-3010; tel: 781-377-2613; fax: 781-377-8900; e-mail:
chetwynd@plh.af.mil. Non-US citizens should allow at least six weeks for
visit approval.
Item #dfeb99cal6
June
7-11, 1999, Quebec, Canada — 3rd World Meteorological
Organization International Symposium on Assimilation and Observations in
Microbiology and Oceanography. Will cover research in data
assimilation related to operational applications, the use of satellite
observations, and methods for data acquisition. Contact: D. Steenbergen,
AES, 4905 Dufferin St., Downsville, ON, Canada, M3H 5T4; fax 416-739-4221;
e-mail: wmosymposium.info@ec.gc.ca; WWW: http://www.tor.ec.gc.ca/
Event #djun99cal1
June 14-15, 1999, London — Implementing the Kyoto Protocol.
The 1999 Chatham House climate change conference will follow the June
meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies of the FCCC in Bonn, that represents the
first step in the Buenos Aires Plan of Action. The conference will address
issues at the core of this Action plan and the Kyoto package. The Rt Hon
John Prescott MP, UK Deputy Prime Minister; Dr Klaus Töpfer,
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme; The Hon Simon
Upton, Minister for the Environment, New Zealand; and Michael Zammit
Cutajar, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC-Secretariat will be joining the
platform as keynote speakers. For further information contact Georgina
Wright at The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10
St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE, tel: (+44) 171 957 5754, fax:
(+44) 171 321 2045, email: gwright@riia.org; Web site: http://www.riia.org.
Event #djun99cal2
June 14-16, 1999, Mission Valley Hilton, San Diego — Third
Annual Emissions Marketing Association Meeting. The meeting will
focus on emissions-trading issues, analyses, and perspectives, both
domestic and global. The preliminary agenda includes such topics as the
role of market-based systems in domestic energy policy; the Kyoto
Protocol; flexible mechanisms; the ENRON perspective on greenhouse-gas
emissions trading; and how international emissions trading works. Contact:
Emissions Marketing Association, 611 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI,
53202; tel: 414-276-3819; fax: 414-276-3349; WWW:
http://www.emissions.org.
Event #djun99cal3
June 14-18, 1999, Havana, Cuba — Sustainable Development
and Globalization in the 21st Century: Realities and Prospects.
The Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment of the Republic of
Cuba and the Havana International Conference Center will convene the 2nd
International Convention on Environment and Development. Contact: Dr.
Gisela Alonso Dominguez; e-mail: dpa@ceniai.inf.cu; tel: +(537)
57-0615/0598; fax: +(537) 33-8054.
Event #doct98cal19
June 15-18, 1999, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — Industry &
Innovation in the 21st Century, 1999 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry.
Topics to be covered include energy and productivity, energy efficiency and pollution
prevention, industrial decision making, combined heat and power/cogeneration, efficient
technologies, steam systems, motor systems, roles of utilities in industrial energy,
industrial program design, analysis of energy end use, industrial energy modeling, and
case studies. Registration is $500; late-registration fee commences May 14. Contact
Rebecca Lunetta, ACEEE Conference Office, 1001 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 801,
Washington, DC, 20036; tel: 202-429-8873; fax: 202-429-2248; e-mail: conf@aceee.org; WWW: http://aceee.org.
Event #djun99cal5
June 17, 1999, Oslo, Norway — Conference on International
Emission Trading. A follow-up to the February 11 conference on the
conceptual elements of an international system of emission trading.
Emission trading of greenhouse gases raises a large number of issues that
only to a limited degree are understood and resolved. The main focus at
the conference will be the model work done by Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) on opportunities for Norway in international emission
trading. Contact CICERO, P.O. Box 1129 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway; tel:
(+47) 22 85 87 50; fax: (+47) 22 85 87 51; e-mail: admin@cicero.uio.no.
Event #doct98cal20
June 20-24, 1999, Hauppauge, N.Y. — 4th International Symposium on
Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes. Sponsored by
American Geophysical Union, American Society of Civil Engineers, Geological Society of
America, New Jersey Geological Survey, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Stevens
Institute of Technology, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Army Engineer
Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Minerals Management
Service. The conference theme is scales of coastal sediment motion and geomorphic change.
Coverage will include shoreline change, beach profile change, and storm impacts.
Registration information: CS99 Secretariat, c/o East Meets West Productions, Inc., P.O.
Box 18727, Corpus Christi, TX, 78480; fax: 512-882-7776. Additional information: N. Kraus,
U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909
Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS, 39180-6199; tel: 601-634-2016; e-mail:
preinfo@coastalsediments.org; WWW: http://www.coastalsediments.org.
Item #dfeb99cal7
June
20-24, 1999, St. Louis, Mo. — Air & Waste Management
Association: 92nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The meeting themes
include Urban Air Quality, Alternate Fuels, Global Climate Change,
Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives, Market-based Approaches to
Manage Emissions, International Technology Exchange, Risk-based
Environmental Management, Public Participation in Environmental
Management, Pollution Prevention, Sustainable Development, and Clean
Production. Contact: Air & Waste Management Association, One Gateway
Center, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222; tel: 412-232-3444; fax:
412-232-3450; e-mail: info@awma.org; WWW:
http://www.awma.org/AM99/index.html.
Item #dfeb99cal8
June
21-24, 1999, Ottawa, Canada — 4th International Airborne Remote
Sensing Conference and Exhibition. Topics will include Environmental
Planning, Atmospheric and Oceanic Measurements, Resource Management,
Airborne Platforms, and Sensors and Systems Technologies. Contact: ERIM
International, 1975 Green Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich., 48105; tel: 313-994-1200;
fax: 313-994-1575; WWW:
http://www.erim-int.com/CONF/4th_airborne/4th.air.html.
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June 21-25, 1999, Montreal, Canada — Convention on
Biological Diversity SBSTTA. The fourth meeting of the SBSTTA. For
information contact: CBD Secretariat; World Trade Center, 393 St. Jacques
Street, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 1N9 Canada; tel: +1-514-288-2220;
fax: +1-514-288-6588; e-mail: chm@biodiv.org; Internet:
http://www.biodiv.org
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June
22-24, 1999, Breckenridge, Colo. — 4th Annual Climate System
Model Workshop. An update and discussion of the next 5-year CSM
Plan, results from the Climate of the 20th and 21st Centuries experiments,
results from a paleoclimate experiment with a multicentury simulation, and
scientific presentations from the CSM working groups. Contact: Lydia
Harper, NCAR, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80303; tel: 303-497-1320; fax:
303-497-1314; e-mail: lydia@ucar.edu; WWW:
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/csm.
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June 23-28, 1999,
Oaxaca, Mexico — Forest Stewardship
Council. The Second General Assembly of the Forest Stewardship
Council (FSC). For more information contact: Timothy Synnott, Executive
Director, Forest Stewardship Council, Avenida Hidalgo 502, 68000 Oaxaca,
Mexico; tel:+52-951-
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June 24-26, 1999,
Kanagawa, Japan — 1999 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change Research Community. Aims to promote exchange of information
on current research and teaching and to encourage networking and community building in
this emerging field. Topics include: conflict and the environment; lifestyles, attitudes
and behavior; decision-making processes in response to global environmental change; land
use and land cover change; valuation of ecosystems services; and demographic change and
the environment. Abstract and session proposals are being accepted through Nov. 1.
Contact the '99 Open Meeting Secretariat, IGES at Shonan Village Ctr., 1560-39,
Kami-yamaguchi, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-018, Japan (fax: 81 46855 3709; e-mail:
hdgec@iges.or.jp; WWW: http://www.iges.or.jp/).
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June 28-July 2, 1999,
Hamburg, Germany — IGARSS ’99, Remote Sensing of the System Earth: A
Challenge for the 21st Century. The conference reflects the expectation that Earth
observation based on satellite remote sensing can significantly contribute to the future
study of our environment and the changes it is undergoing, whether from natural causes or
human activities. Sponsors: IEEE, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, European
Space Agency, German Aerospace Center, NASA, NOAA, Office of Naval Research, University of
Hamburg, and International Union of Radio Science. Registration fees (early/late): member:
$425.00/$525.00; nonmember: $475.00/$575.00. Contact: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Society, 17906 St. Emilion Ct., Spring, TX, 77379; tel: 281-251-6067; fax: 281- 251-6068;
e-mail: tstein@phoenix.net.
JULY 1999
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July 4-9, 1999, Syndey, Australia — XIX Pacific Science Congress.
Topics to be addressed include global environmental change and the Pacific; natural
disasters: reduction and mitigation; biodiversity; coral reefs of the Pacific region:
past, present, and future; and environmental management. Registration information: XIX
Pacific Science Congress Secretariat, GPO Box 2609, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia; tel: (+61
2) 9241 1478; fax: (+61 2) 9251 3552; e-mail: pacsci@icmsaust.com.au; program information:
W. J. O’Sullivan, School of Biochem. and Mol. Gen., University of New South Wales,
Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, tel: (+61 2) 9385 2005; fax: (+61 2) 9385 1483; e-mail:
W.Osullivan@unsw.edu.au; WWW: http://www.icmsaust.com.au/PacificScience/.
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July 11-14, 1999, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., Marina Marriott — Sixth Symposium on Biogeochemistry of
Wetlands. The symposium will emphasize various biogeochemical processes occurring
in freshwater and estuarine wetlands, including the role of wetlands in global climatic
change. Registration: $175.00; $225.00 after May 1, 1999. Sponsored by the University of
Florida and cosponsored by Louisiana State University. Additional information:
Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, University of Florida, Leadership and Education Foundation,
Inc., IFAS Office of Conferences & Institutes (OCI), P.O. Box 110750, Gainesville, FL,
32611-0750, tel: 352-392-5930; fax: 352-392-9734; e-mail: mrp@gnv.ifas. ufl.edu.
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July 12-13, 1999,
Majuro, Marshall Islands — Meeting on
Pacific Island National Implementation Strategies and AOSIS Meeting on the
CDM. The meeting on Pacific Island national implementation
strategies for climate change will be followed, from 14-16 July, by the
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) meeting on the clean development
mechanism. Contact: e-mail: rmiun@aol.com.
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July 18-30, 1999, Birmingham, U.K. — 22nd General Assembly of the
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. Sponsored by the International
Union and its member organizations. Topics to be addressed include: middle atmosphere
dynamics and chemistry, data assimilation in meteorology and oceanography, orographic
precipitation, modern perspectives on sea level change, solar variability and climate,
sources and sinks of environmentally important substances, ocean/atmosphere variability
and predictability, satellite observations in global climate, ocean, and terrestrial
monitoring, and boundary-layers over complexterrain. Contact: IUGG99 Secretariat, School
of Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K.; tel:
+44-121 414 6165; fax: +44-121 414 4942; e-mail: IUGG99@bham.ac.uk; WWW: http://www.bham.ac.uk/IUGG99/.
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July 19-30, 1999,
Birmingham, U.K. — XXII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy
and Geophysics. Sponsored by IAHS, IAMAS, IAPSO et al. These are among the
numerous topics: global change and predictability; Earth system models and Earth system
predictability; contribution of satellite observations to global climate; biogeochemical
constraints in the ocean — controls, modeling and prediction; interactions of the
cryosphere, climate and greenhouse gases; understanding, predicting and mitigating
hydrological extremes. Abstracts are due Jan. 15, 1999, except for IAHS papers, where
the deadline may have passed. Contact: IUGG99, Sch. Earth Sci., Univ.
Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK (tel: 44 121 414 6165; fax: 44 121 414 4942;
e-mail: IUGG99@bham.ac.uk; WWW: http://www.bham.ac.uk/iugg99/home.html).
This Web site should publish the program in July; prospective participants can register
for more information. Links are also provided to all other member organizations of the
Union.
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July 26-29 and August 9-12, 1999, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA —
Spatial Statistical Modeling of Ecosystem Resources and the Environment.
Hands-on introduction to the field of spatial statistics and its
application to natural and environmental resource issues. Learn the latest
developments in integration of spatial statistics with GIS and remote
sensing; different sampling protocols for the purpose of spatial modeling;
the basic concepts associated with spatial statistics; and the latest
research techniques. Contact: Spatial Modeling Short Course, Office of
Conference Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
80523-8037 USA. URL: http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/~robin/course.html.
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July 26-29 and August 9-12, 1999, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA —
Spatial Statistical Modeling of Ecosystem Resources and the Environment.
Hands-on introduction to the field of spatial statistics and its
application to natural and environmental resource issues. Learn the latest
developments in integration of spatial statistics with GIS and remote
sensing; different sampling protocols for the purpose of spatial modeling;
the basic concepts associated with spatial statistics; and the latest
research techniques. Contact: Spatial Modeling Short Course, Office of
Conference Services, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
80523-8037 USA. URL: http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/~robin/course.html.
AUGUST 1999
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August 8-12, 1999,
Krasnoyarsk, Russia — Assessment Methods
of Forest Ecosystem Status and Sustainability. Main areas of
interest include forest system sustainability; anthropogenic
transformation of forests and global and regional ecological problems and
biospheric functions of forest ecosystems; integration of GIS-technologies
and remote-sensing data in forest state monitoring study; and ecosystem
management of forest utilization as the basis for forest conservation and
of sustaining their stable development. Contact: Dr. Elena Muratova,
Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian
Branch, Academgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 660036 Fax: +7-39-12-43-36-86;
e-mail: ecos@ifor.krasnoyarsk.su.
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Aug. 13-16, 2000, Cairns Convention
Centre, Cairns, Australia —
Fifth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control
Technologies. Co-organised by the Electricity Supply Association
of Australia (ESAA), CSIRO, and the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme.
WWW: http://www.ieagreen.org.uk/ghgt5.htm.
SEPTEMBER 1999
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Sept. 5-10, 1999, Karlsruhe Congress and Exhibition Centre, Karlsruhe, Germany
— ICCDUV. Fifth International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilisation.
Contact: Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Abteilung Tagungen/ICCDUV, P.O. Box 90 04 40,
D-60444, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; tel: +49 69 7917 358 /-360 /-366; fax: +49 69 7917
475; e-mail: tg@gdch.de.
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Sept.
6-8, 1999, Univ. of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. — CEM
99:International Conference on Emissions Monitoring. This conference
and exhibition will cover legislation and implementation guidelines,
stack-gas and ambient measuring techniques, methods for monitoring
suspended particulates, calibration, data handling, air quality, and case
studies. Contact: CEM 00 Conf. Office, Source Testing Assoc., 101
Bancroft, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 1NB, U.K.; tel: +44 (0) 1462 457535;
fax: +44 (0) 1462 457157; e-mail: CEM99@s-t-s.org.
Event #doct98cal24
Sept. 8-10, 1999, Congress Centre Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout, The
Netherlands —2nd Intern. Symp. on Non- CO2 Greenhouse Gases:
Scientific Understanding, Control, and Implementation. Sponsored by the European
Federation of Clean Air and Environmental Protection Associations; organized by the Dutch
Association of Environmental Professionals. The themes are emission inventories,
scenarios, and scientific understanding of sources, sinks, and atmospheric processes;
technological options; and policy aspects. Maximum 250-word abstracts in English to: Dr
Joop van Ham, c/o VVM- Section Clean Air in the Netherlands (CLAN), P.O. Box 6013, NL-2600
JA DELFT; tel: +31-15-269 6877; fax: +31-15-261 3186; e-mail: j.vanham@plant.nl by Jan.
15, 1991; WWW: http://www.milieuonline.nl/vvm.
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Sept.
8-16, 1999, L’Aquila, Italy — International Symposium on
Global Change and Protected Areas. The meeting will deal with climatic
and environmental changes and their impacts on the biosphere and
hydrology. Special attention will be paid to socioeconomic implications
for protected areas. Deadline for abstracts is Mar. 15, 1999. Contact:
Guido Visconti, Dept. di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di L’Aquila,
Via Vetoio 67010 Coppito, L’Aquila, Italy; tel: +39-862- 433075; fax:
+39-862-433033; e-mail: guido.visconti@aquila.infn.it; WWW:
http://www.aquila.infn.it/gblch.
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Sept. 13-14, 1999, Washington, D.C. — Conference on Early
Action. The meeting will discuss current company initiatives,
technical and legal issues associated with designing and implementing a
viable early-action crediting mechanism, and current legislation. Contact:
Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2111 Wilson Blvd.,Suite 350,
Arlington, VA, 22201; tel: 703-516-4146; WWW: http://www.pewclimate.org/.
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Sept.
13-17, 1999, Hamburg, Germany — 4th International Conference on
Modelling of Global Climate Change and Variability. Topics include
development and validation of climate models, modeling seasonal-to-interannual and decadal-to-century climate variability, and
detection of anthropogenic climate change. Deadline for abstracts is Mar.
1, 1999. Contact: L. Dümenil, Max-Plank-Institut für
Meteorologie, Bundesstrasse 55, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany; tel:
+49-40-41173-310; fax: +49-40-41173-366; e-mail: mpi-conference@dkrz.de;
WWW: http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/english/index.html.
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September 13-17, 1999, Peking University, Beijing, China — 8th
International Symposium on the Interactions Between Sediments and Water.
Cosponsored by the International Association for Sediment Water Science, Peking
University, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Environmental
Protection Agency of China, Collaborating Centre for the United Nations GEMS/Water
Programme, International Research and Training Centre in Erosion and Sedimentation
(IRTCES), Chinese Society of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Themes include
sediment-related problems, sediment as a source or sink of contaminants and estimation of
exchange rates, chemical and microbiological processes in aquatic systems, sediments as a
biological habitat in aquatic systems, and sediment dating and global change. Call for
papers until Nov. 1, 1998. Contact: Conference Secretariat, 8th Intern. Symp. Interaction
Between Sediments and Water, Department Urban and Env. Sci., Peking Univ., Beijing 100871,
PRC; fax: 86-10- 62751185; e-mail: jsc@urbanms.urban.pku.edu.cn.
Event #djun99cal14
Sept. 16-17, 1999, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. — Impacts
of Climate Change on Wildlife. Organizers include the World
Wildlife Fund and World Conservation Union. Those interested in attending
or presenting a paper should contact Barnaby Briggs: ERM, 8 Cavendish
Square, London, W1M 0ER, tel: 44 (0) 171 465-7252, fax: 465-7320.
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Sept.
20-22, 1999, CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa — International
Conference on Integrated Drought Management, Lessons for Sub-Saharan
Africa. The conference seeks to understand the factors predisposing
people and landscapes to heightened drought vulnerability and to work
toward strategies and actions that can reduce that vulnerability and move
toward sustainable development. Contact: Conference Planners, PO Box 82,
Irene 0062, South Africa; tel: +27-12-667-3681; fax: +27-12-667-3680;
e-mail: confplan@iafrica.com; WWW:
http://www.wrc.org.za/events/drought/.
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September 20-23, 1999,
University of Reading, Reading, England, United Kingdom — Food & Forestry:
Global Change and Global Challenges. Conference themes will include environmental
consequences of increasing food, fibre and fuel supply; climate variability and food and
fibre production; scaling-up from plot to region for crops, forests, rangelands and
pastures, pests and diseases, soil organic carbon and erosion; linking nutrient and water
dynamics into predictions of crop, pasture and forest production; incorporating effects of
pests, diseases and weeds into crop, pasture and forest production models; predicting
future production areas from models of land-use change. The conference is jointly
organized by the Agriculture, Forestry, and Soils component of the Global Change and
Terrestrial Ecosystems Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and
Elsevier Science. General information: Sarah Wilkinson, Food & Forestry: Global Change
and Global Challenges, Conference Secretariat, Elsevier Science, The Boulevard, Langford
Lane, Kidlington, OX5 1GB; tel: 01865 843691; fax: 01865 843958; e-mail: sm.wilkinson@elsevier.co.uk.
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Sep. 20-24, 1999, Rome,
Italy — Energy, Environment and Technological Innovation—4th International
Conference. The latest in a series of congresses on this theme that have been held
in Caracas (1989 and 1995) and Rome (1992). Organized by "La Sapienza" and
"Roma Tre" Universities, and Universidad Central de Venezuela. Intended to
provide an opportunity for researchers, public and private institutions, and the
manufacturing industry to exchange experiences, compare trends, and discuss actions and
connections relevant to the topic, including high-level scientific debate. Contact EETI99
- Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ingenieria, POB 50656, Caracas 1050,
Venezuela (tel: 58 2 605 3086; fax: 58 2 605 3086; e-mail: eeti99@camelot.rect.ucv.ve;
WWW: http://www.ing.ucv.ve/ceait/eeti.htm);
or EETI99 - Univ. Degli Studi de Roma "La Sapienza," Facolta di Ingegneria, Via
Eudossiana, 18-00184 Rome, Italy (tel: 39 6 44585764; fax: 39 6 4883235; e-mail:
eeti99@minerva.ing.uniroma1.it; WWW: http://minerva.ing.uniroma1.it)
Event #doct98cal26
September 20 - 28, 1999, Perth, Western Australia — 6th Meeting of
the International Geograpical Union Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification.
The theme is Agriculture, Land Degradation and Desertification. The meeting will include
two field excursions. Papers are invited on all aspects of soil erosion and degradation;
secondary salinization of soil and water; ecological consequences of land degradation and
desertification; social and economic consequences of land degradation and desertification;
technical remedial measures; structural (agency) solutions; and social, economic, and
political solutions. For further information, contact Arthur Conacher, Dept. Geography,
Univ. Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia; tel: +61 (8) 9380-2705; fax: +61
(8) 9380-1054; e-mail: ajconach@gis.uwa.edu.au.
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Sept.
22-24, 1999, Hampshire, U.K. — Sustainable Consumption in the
21st Century. Hosted by Project Integra and supported by UNED-UK,
Onyx Aurora - Integrated Waste Management, and Hampshire County Council.
The conference will focus on the international debate on sustainable
consumption; options for postconsumer impact on consumption; modification
of product and package design to reduce material; and motivation and
contribution of local and central governments in waste reduction. Contact:
Conference Administration, Index Communications Meeting Services, Crown
House, 28 Winchester Road, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 8AA, UK.; tel:
+44-1794-511331/2; e-mail: icms@dial.pipex.com; WWW:
http://www.down-to-earth.co.uk/.
Event #djun99cal15
Sept. 27-28, 1999, New York — UN General Assembly Special
Session to Review Implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of SIDS. A two-day Special Session to
review and appraise implementation of the POA. A resumed two-day session
of CSD-7 will be held prior to the Special Session, at a date to be
announced. For more information, contact: Deonanan Oodit; tel:
+1-212-963-4671; fax: +1-212-963-4260; e-mail: oodit@un.org; WWW:
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids.htm.
Event #djun99cal16
Sept. 27-29, 1999, Washington, D.C. — Second Annual Earth
Technologies Forum. Hosted by the International Climate Change
Partnership and the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, in
cooperation with the USEPA and several other organizations, this event
focuses on global climate change and ozone protection technologies and
policies. For more information contact: Erika Fischer; tel:
+1-703-807-4052; fax: +1-703-243-2874; WWW: http://www.earthforum.com/.
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Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 1999, Rome, Italy — The 11th Session of
the FAO Panel of Experts on Forest Gene Resources. For information
contact: Christel Palmberg-Lerche; e-mail:
christel.palmberg-lerche@fao.org.
OCTOBER 1999
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October
3-8, 1999, Reno, Nev.— Desert Technology V: Deserts in Changing Climates.
Water, energy, intensive and extensive agriculture, and human adaptation to arid
environments past and present are all encompassed in the fabric of arid ecosystems.
Organized and chaired by Dr. James A. Young of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service, 920 Valley Road, Reno, Nevada 89512 (tel: 702-784-6057;
fax: 702-784-1712; e-mail: jayoung@scs.unr.edu). Deadline for submission of abstracts:
November 1, 1998. The conference fee includes accommodations: $1490 ($1195 double
occupancy). Further information: Engineering Foundation Conferences, Three Park Avenue,
27th Floor, New York, NY, 10016-5902; tel: 212-591-7836; fax: 212-591-7441; e-mail:
engfnd@aol.com; WWW: www.engfnd.org.
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Oct. 4-8, 1999, Tehran, Iran — An Open-Ended International
Experts Meeting on Special Needs and Requirements of Developing Countries
with Low Forest Cover and Unique Types of Forests. The meeting is
being organized by the Government of Iran, in cooperation with other
interested countries and international organizations. For more information
contact: Mohsen Esperi, Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran
to the UN, 622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA; tel:
+1-212-687-2020; fax +1-212-867-7086; e-mail: mesperi@un.int; or Shamse-din Shariat
Nejad, Head of Iranian High Council on Forests,
Ministry of Jihad Sazandegi (Rural Development), Tehran, Iran; tel:
+98-21-244-6505/244-6537; fax: +98-21-244-6551; e-mail: Desert@Mavara.com.
Event #djun99cal19
Oct. 10-16, 1999, Seoul, Korea — The Role of NGOs in the
21st Century. For more information, contact: Tripartite Steering
Committee; tel: +82-346-570-7160; fax: +82-346-570- 7156; e-mail: ngo99@gip.kyunghee.ac.kr; or
tel: +1-212-986-8557; fax: +1-212-986-0821.
Event #djun99cal20
Oct. 11-13, 1999, Berlin, Germany — International Business
Forum on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns.
Organized by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ) in conjunction with UNEP. Contact: Luiz Ramalho, Carl Duisberg
Gesellschaft e.V.; tel: +49-30-254-82-257; fax: +49-30-254-82-103; e-mail:
gre11-gast@cdg.de.
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Oct. 12-15, 1999, La Serena, Chile — Desertification and
the El Niño Phenomenon. For information, contact: Dr.
Rudolf Slooff, OCHA/IDNDR Secretariat; tel: +41-22-798-6894; e-mail: info@dha.unicc.org; WWW: http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/onlinehp.html.
Event #djun99cal22
Oct. 18-22, 1999, Hanoi, Vietnam — IUFRO Biodiversity
Conference: Impact of Logging on Biodiversity. For more
information contact: Rita Mustikasari, IUFRO Liaison Officer, Center for
International Forestry Research (CIFOR), P.O. Box 6596 JKPWB, Jakarta,
Indonesia; tel: +62-251-622-622 ext.209; fax: +62-251-622-100; e-mail:
r.mustikasari@cgnet.com; Internet: http://www.cgiar.org/cifor.
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Oct.
19-21, 1999, Scripps Inst. Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif. — Frontiers
in the Science of Climate Modeling. Invited papers on climate
change, low-order climate models, climate feedbacks, Earth radiation
budget, planetary science, and the role of water vapor in the climate
system. Register by Apr. 30, 1999. Contact: J. T. Kiehl, NCAR, P.O. Box
3000, Boulder, CO, 80303.
Event #djun99cal23
Oct. 21-22, 1999, Basle, Switzerland — Kyoto Mechanisms
Business Opportunities: Financial Aspects. Issues to be discussed
include financing of joint implementation and clean development mechanism
(JI/CDM) projects, JI/CDM investment funds, insurance of JI/CDM project
risks, spot and forward trading of emission permits, the roles of
exchanges and brokers, implications of emissions trading for energy
equities markets, impacts of emissions trading on project finance, and
corporate financial accounting and reporting. Contact: Josef Janssen,
Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St. Gallen,
Tigerbergstr. 2, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland; tel: + 41 - 71 - 224 25
89; fax: + 41 - 71 - 224 27 22; e-mail: Josef.Janssen@unisg.ch; WWW: www.iwoe.unisg.ch/kyoto.
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Oct.
25-Nov. 5, 1999, Maritim Hotel, Bonn, Germany — Fifth
Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP5). Delegates will
negotiate the terms and methods of implementing the Kyoto Protocol.
Contact: FCCC Secretariat, P.O. Box 260124, D-53153 Bonn, Germany; tel:
+49-228-815-1000; fax: +49-228-815-1999; e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.de;
WWW: http://www.unfccc.de.
NOVEMBER 1999
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Nov
1-11, 1999, Ravello, Italy — Coping with Flash Floods.
This is a NATO Advanced Study Institute. Contact: Dr. E. Gruntfest,
University of Colorado, Geography and Environmental Studies, P.O. Box
7150, Colorado Springs, CO, 80933; fax: +1 719 262 4066; e-mail: ecg@brain.uccs.edu; WWW:
http://www.nato.int/science/calasi99.htm.
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Nov.
8-12, 1999, Sydney, Australia — 15th International Congress of
Biometeorology and International Conference on Urban Climatology.
These two conferences will cover a broad range of topics, including
observing or modelling atmospheric processes, the climatic effects of
cities at any scale, the impacts of urban climates on human health,
ecosystems, building energy, resource efficiency, climatic principles in
urban design, agricultural meteorology, phenology and seasonality,
adaptive processes, impacts of climate change and El Niño,
morbidity and mortality, climate change and decision making, thermal
physiology, indoor climate and comfort, and air quality. Contact: ICB-ICUC’99
Secretariat, GPO Box 128, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia; tel:
+61-2-9262-2277; fax: + 61-2-9262-3135; e-mail: ICBICUC@tourhosts.com.au;
WWW: http://www.es.mq.edu.au/ICB-99/.
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Nov. 15-17, 1999, Perth, Australia — Conference on the Use
of Property Rights in Fisheries Management. Sponsored by the
Government of Western Australia, in cooperation with the FAO. For
information, contact: e-mail: rmetzner@fish.wa.gov.au; Internet:
http://www.fishrights99.conf.au.
Event #djun99cal25
Nov. 15-26, 1999, Recife, Brazil — Third Session of the
Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification: COP-3. Preparatory meetings for
COP-3 include: Bureau meetings, the intersessional meeting of the Bureau
of the Committee on Science and Technology, and the meeting of the Ad Hoc
Panel on Traditional Knowledge. For information contact: CCD Secretariat,
P.O. Box 260129, D-53153 Bonn, Germany; tel: +49-228-815-2800; fax: +49-
228-815-2899; e-mail: secretariat@unccd.de; Internet: http://www.unccd.de.
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Nov. 30 - Dec. 3, 1999, Seattle, Washington — Third
Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization. For more
information contact: tel: +206-770-3150; fax: 206-770-0106; Internet:
http://www.wto.org.
DECEMBER 1999
Event #djun99cal27
Dec. 6-10, 1999, Ottawa, Canada — Costa Rica-Canadian
Initiative. For information contact: Guido Chaves, MINAE-SINAC,
Apdo. 10104-1000, San José, Costa Rica; tel: +506-283-7654; fax:
+506-283-7118; e-mail: guidocha@ns.minae.go.cr; or Michael Fullerton,
Policy, Planning and International Affairs Branch, Canadian Forest
Service, Department of Natural Resources, 580 Booth Street, 8th Floor,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E4; tel: +1-613-943-5258; fax: +1-
613-947-9033; e-mail: mfullert@nrcan.gc.ca; Internet:
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/cfs/crc.
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