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<DIV></DIV>Spring of Light
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<DIV></DIV>From: "Sustainable Africa Newsletter" <info@conserveafrica.org.uk>
<DIV></DIV>To: rabiah_sol@hotmail.com
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Conference on Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace
<DIV></DIV>Date: 7 Sep 2004 17:03:03 -0000
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<DIV></DIV>Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace:
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<DIV></DIV>Finding Paths To Environmental Peacemaking
<DIV></DIV>Water, Forests, and Minerals
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<DIV></DIV>September 16-19 at Wilton Park in the United Kingdom
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<DIV></DIV>Hilary Benn (British Development Minister, DFID), Klaus Teopfer and Pekka Haavisto (UNEP) will speak at a four-day meeting on Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace at Britain’s Wilton Park, one of the world's leading centers for the discussion of international issues.
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<DIV></DIV>Themes:
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<DIV></DIV>• Positive linkages among environment, development, and peace
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<DIV></DIV>• The private sector’s role
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<DIV></DIV>• Post-conflict environmental policies as peace building
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<DIV></DIV>• Lessons learned from natural resources
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<DIV></DIV>• Panels on water, forests, and minerals
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<DIV></DIV>Speakers:
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<DIV></DIV>• Hilary Benn (DFID) will discuss environmental and developmental policies that encourage sustainable peace.
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<DIV></DIV>• Klaus Toepfer (UNEP) has been invited to describe how sustainable development can turn environmental conflict into cooperation.
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<DIV></DIV>• Pekka Haavisto (UNEP) will argue that environmentally friendly post-conflict reconstruction can help war-torn countries find peace.
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<DIV></DIV>• International experts—like Anthony Turton (University of Pretoria), Patricia Kameri-Mbote (University of Nairobi), and Doris Capistrano (CIFOR)—will analyze natural resources and their potential for building sustainable peace.
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<DIV></DIV>• Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace Initiative collaborators Geoffrey Dabelko (Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change & Security Project), Alexander Carius (Adelphi Research), and Alexander Lopez (National University of Costa Rica) will introduce the conference theme.
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<DIV></DIV>• Special working groups of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers will focus on water, forests, and minerals, and report best practices.
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<DIV></DIV>• Emil Salim (The World Bank) has been asked to join Tom Spencer (European Centre for Public Affairs) in concluding the session with lessons learned and future prospects.
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<DIV></DIV>What will be discussed?
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<DIV></DIV>The conference will deliberately emphasize positive theories and examples to counter the persistent focus on negative linkages among threats to the environment, development, and peace. Attendees—including international policymakers, experts, and representatives of corporations and NGOs—will discuss initiatives by government, business, and civil society that join the issues in a "virtuous circle.”
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<DIV></DIV>• What can we learn from a decade of intensive analysis and debate about “environmental security”?
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<DIV></DIV>• How do the North and South view the challenges differently?
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<DIV></DIV>• What are positive examples of environmental peacemaking between neighboring countries?
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<DIV></DIV>• How can we assure funding for promising initiatives?
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<DIV></DIV>• How can we coordinate environmental, developmental, and peace objectives?
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<DIV></DIV>• What lessons can we learn from exemplary case studies on water, forests, and minerals?
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<DIV></DIV>Who should attend?
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<DIV></DIV>• Politicians and civil servants responsible for sustainable development policies
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<DIV></DIV>• NGO representatives
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<DIV></DIV>• Scholars/academics, analysts, journalists, and researchers working on environment, development, and peace
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<DIV></DIV>• Private sector executives responsible for environmental policies and global relations
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<DIV></DIV>The number of participants is limited to 75. The conference fee (fully inclusive) is £1150 (reductions are possible for participants from the South and for NGOs).
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<DIV></DIV>Ms. Sandry Koo, Conference Administrator
<DIV></DIV>Tel: +44 1903 817737
<DIV></DIV>Fax: +44 1903 814445
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<DIV></DIV>Dr. Roger Williamson, Associate Director
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<DIV></DIV>Tel: +44 (0) 1903 817765
<DIV></DIV>Fax: +44 (0) 1903 817162
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<DIV></DIV>For more information about the conference:
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<DIV></DIV>http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/web/welcome.html
<DIV></DIV>http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/web/conferences/documents/programmes/WP758.htm
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<DIV></DIV>http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/web/conferences/wrapper.asp?confref=WP758
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