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Highlights from Monday, 26 February |
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 On
the first day of the consultation, participants convened in a Plenary
session to hear opening remarks and a keynote address from The Hon. Dato
Law Hieng Dieng, Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment.
The meeting then continued with presentations and panel discussions on
current activities, case studies and projects related to InterLinkages.
UNU started the presentations along with a panel discussion on
current activities, case studies and projects related to inter-linkages.
Four working groups were then convened to address: national and regional
approaches; a case study for the Pacific Islands; a case study for the
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN); and multi-stakeholder
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 Philip
Mathews (left), Assistant Director-General, Institute of Strategic
and International Studies (ISIS) on behalf of the
Chair and CEO of ISIS Malaysia, extended a warm welcome to participants.
Emphasizing that ISIS is honored to be associated with environment
issues at all levels, he noted that collaboration by the many
organizations involved in this process show that the
Consultation/Workshop is a good example of inter-linkages at work
Philip Mathew's opening statement in Real Audio
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 Kazuhiko
Takemoto (right), Counselor, Ministry of the Environment, Japan,
welcomed participants and expressed satisfaction with the workshop's
high attendance. He highlighted United Nations University's (UNU) organization of the 1999
conference on inter-linkages and noted its objective of effective
environment management through development of integrated mechanisms.
Kazuhiko
Takemoto's opening statement in Real Audio |
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 Raman Letchumanan (left), Assistant Director, Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat emphasized the need to reassess whether the growing number of MEAs is servicing our purpose.
Raman
Letchumanan's opening remarks in Real Audio |
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 Zakri
Hamid (right), Director UNU Institute of Advanced Studies welcomed
the participants of the Regional Consultation on Inter-Linkages on
behalf of Hans van Ginkel, Rector, UNU as well as thanked its host and
supporters. UNU gives great significance to issues concerning the
sustainable development and the environment. One area of interest is
the synergy and coordination of Inter-Linkages between the growing
number of MEAs. He also acknowledged the Inter-Linkages concept as a
strategy that would strengthen existing environmental agreements and the
importance of further bringing the concept into mainstream thinking.
Prof.
Dato Dr. Zakri Hamid's opening statement in Real Audio
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Panel Discussions: Current Activities, Case Studies and Projects Related to Inter-Linkages |
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Jerry Velasquez, UNU (Left) delivering his presentation on "The UNU Inter-Linkages Initiative.
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to the presentation on "The UNU Inter-Linkages
Initiative" in Real Audio
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 (Right photo) The members of the panel on Current Activities, Case Studies and Projects Related to Inter-Linkages, (L-R) Lal Kurukulasuriya, UNEP, Lars Nordberg, Economic Commission of Europe (ECE), Kazuhiko Takemoto, Chair, Peter Gilruth, UNDP, Walter Reid, Millenium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), Bulat Yessekin, Environmental Center for Sustainable Development of Central Asia
Listen to presentation from the members of the panel on
Current Activities, Case Studies and Projects Related to Inter-Linkages:1. Walter Reid, MA 2. Peter Gilruth, UNDP 3. Lars Nordberg, ECE 4. Bulat Yessekin, Environmental Center for Sustainable Development of Central Asia 5. Lal Kurukulasuriya, UNEP |
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| WG1: National Regional Approaches |
Rizalino Malabed, UNU (left)
delivering his presentation on "The Ecosystems Approach and
Inter-Linkages: Implications For Regional and National Environmental
Agreements"
Carlene Van Toen,UNU (right) gave a
presentation on "A Review of Delegate Perceptions on the Issues surrounding Synergistic Implementation of MEAs in the ESCAP Region"
Presentations from Convention Secretariats
were given by (L-R) Olivier Jalbert, Principal Officer, CBD, Pavel
Suian, Basel Convention, and Chaired by
Walter Reid, Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
WG2: Pacific Islands Case Study
Russel Howorth, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) (left), delivering his presentation on the "The SOPAC Experience"
WG3: ASEAN Case Study
(L-R) Co-Chairs Haja Rosnani Ibarahim, Director General, Department of Environment, Malaysia and Raman Letchumanan, ASEAN Secretariat, giving a briefing on how the presentations will be conducted.
WG4: Multi-Stakeholder Partnership and Participation
Brook Boyer (left), Visiting Scholar, ESCAP delivering his presentation on "Institutional Coordination, Multi-Stakeholder Participation and the Implementation of Multilateral Agreements: National Experiences of Thailand and Malaysia".
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