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OTHER RELATED MEETINGS
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATED APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: Canada, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, FAO and the ITTO will jointly host this workshop from 22-25 November 1996 in Kochi, Japan. For information contact: Takeshi Goto, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100, Japan; tel: +81-3-3502-8111 (6212) or +81-3-3591-8449; fax: +81-3-3593-9565; or David Drake, Natural Resources Canada, 351 St. Joseph Blvd., Hull, Quebec, K1A 1G5, Canada, tel: +1 (819) 997-1107, ext. 1947; fax: +1 (819) 994-3461; e-mail: ddrake@am.ncr.forestry.ca.
WORLD COMMISSION ON FORESTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: The independent WCFSD will convene its third regional public hearing, for the Latin American and Caribbean Region, from 1-6 December 1996 in San Jose, Costa Rica. For more information contact: WCFSD Secretariat, Geneva Executive Center, C.P. 51, 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland; tel: +(41 22) 979-9165/69; fax: +(41 22) 979-9060; e-mail: dameena@iprolink.ch. Also see http://www.iisd.org/wcfsd .
SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: The Summit of the Americas on Sustainable Development will be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on 7-8 December 1996. For information contact Fernando Romero, Special Ambassador of the Government of Bolivia, tel: +591-2-430-626; fax: +591-2-431-006. Also contact Secretariado de la Cumbre, e-mail: cumbre@eos.pnud.bo. Also see http://www.cumbre- summit.org/cumbre/eng . From South America, see http://eos.pnud.bo/cumbre/esp.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND FOREST DWELLER COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS: This initiative, led by Consejo Indigena de la Cuenca Amazonica (COICA) and sponsored by Denmark and Colombia, will be held in Leticia, Colombia, from 9-13 December 1996. The workshop will address concerns raised under IPF programme element I.3, traditional forest-related knowledge. Contact Gloria Migueles, International Alliance of the Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, International Technical Secretariat, 14 Rudolf Place, Miles Street, London SW8 1RP, UK; tel: +44-171-587-373; fax: +44-171-793-8686.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY AS A RESOURCE: The conference, “Diversity as a Resource: Relations between Cultural Diversity and Environment-Oriented Society,” is scheduled for 6-10 April 1997 in Rome and will be supported by UNESCO, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and others. The conference will strive to draft an innovative research strategy by defining the interdisciplinary parameters of relevance to the relation between cultural and environmental diversity. For information contact Cooperative Tecnico Scientifica De Base a R.L. (COBASE), Via Vitorchiano 23, 000189 Rome, Italy; tel: +39 6 333-0078 or +39 6 333-8552; fax: +39 6 333-0081.
ELEVENTH WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS: The Congress, with the theme “Forestry for Sustainable Development: Towards the 21st Century,” is scheduled for 13- 22 October 1997 in Antalya, Turkey. The Congress will consider: position papers prepared by specialists; special papers that correspond to each one of the topics of the Congress and voluntary papers. For more information contact: Luis Santiago Botero, FAO, Forestry Department, Via delle Terme de Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy; tel: +39 6/5225 5088; fax: +39 6/5225 5137; e-mail: luis.botero@fao.org. Also see http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/forestry/wforcong/.