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Photos and RealAudio, Monday, 6th
September '99
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Norway/UN Conference on the Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Use
of Biological Diversity, participants met to hear opening remarks
and keynote addresses, as well as presentations on the subjects of
the ecosystem approach and sustainable use, and decentralization of
resource management. |
Participants from 95 nations gather at the Royal
Gardens Hotel for the 3rd Trondheim Conference on the Ecosystem
Approach for Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity.
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Guro Fjellanger, Norwegian Minister of Environment,
shares a few words with Kåre Gjönnes, Minister of Agriculture
(Norway)
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Johannes Nakken, Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries, gave an opening
address.
Shafqat
Kakakhel, Assistant Secretary-General of UNEP, emphasized the
importance of participants contributing to the Malawi principles for
the ecosystem approach developed at a workshop in January 1998. He
specifically mentioned the work of the Ecosystem Conservation Group,
which has been instrumental in bringing together UNEP, FAO, UNDP,
CBD, IUCN, the World Bank, WWF and UNESCO to address the objectives
of the ecosystem approach at the global level.
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Introductory notes: Ecosystem approach and sustainable use.
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Herbert Prins, Wageningen Agricultural University
of the Netherlands, presented the Malawi Principles for the
ecosystem approach, which take into consideration the CBD's
objectives and the properties associated with ecosystems.
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Peter J Schei, the conference chair, speaks with a
representative of the Norwegian media.
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Edward Maltby, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem
Management and Royal Halloway Institute for Environmental Research,
talked on moving the ecosystem approach from principles to practice.
He noted that the approach is not a static model, but provides a
process for engaging stakeholders in managing biological resources.
He stressed that it should integrate the conservation, sustainable
use and equitable benefit sharing of genetic resources. |
| Harold Mooney, Stanford University, spoke on
biodiversity and ecosystem functions, presenting examples from
marine and agricultural ecosystems that illustrated the complex
interaction between human impacts and species, along with their
larger repercussions. |
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De-centralisation of resource management
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Madhav Gadgil, Indian Institute of Science and the
GEF's Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, discussed promoting
adaptive participatory management, which involves stakeholders in
deciding management goals, visualizing alternative management
strategies, understanding system behavior on the basis of historical
observations, monitoring and stewardship. |
Trondheim is located in central Norway on the
Trondheim Fjord, an inlet of the Norwegian Sea. The city, founded
in 997, was the capital of Norway until 1380. The imposing Gothic
cathedral of Nidaros contains a shrine to King Olav, the patron
saint of Norway who arrived in Trondheim in 995.
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