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IGM/10/10
SPG/10/10
The focus of discussion at the 2004 training workshop included: International
maritime dispute settlement, Ocean governance structure, Balance between
development and environmental protection, Coastal zone management, Marine
environmental management and industrial involvement, Ports and sustainable
development, Marine environmental monitoring and, Presentations of selected case
studies (country reports and project reports).
The second cycle of the Sea and Human Security succession aims at conducting
follow-up national/sub-regional sessions, in order to further intensify UNITAR’s,
training of trainers (ToT), objective. Participants of the 2004 workshop submitted
project documents for UNITAR to consider follow-up possibilities and needs. Each
year, two-to-three countries/institutions will be selected to co-organise modules at a
country or sub-regional level, together with UNITAR. The overall (Asia-Pacific)
regional objective will be to address the trade-off between development and
conservation. HOAP, in cooperation with resource persons and partner institutions,
will identify the main topics for each session throughout autumn and winter 2004,
and training sessions could be organised in spring 2005.
16-25 July, 2004. International Conference on Environmental Observations,
Modelling and Information Systems ENVIROMIS—2004 and INTAS Strategic
Scientific Workshop “Towards Integrated Multidisciplinary Study of the
Northern Eurasia Climatic Hot Spot”. Tomsk, Russian Federation
The conference was jointly organised by the Siberian Center for Environment Research
and Training (www.scert.ru), the Institute for Optical Monitoring of the
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and, the Institute for Numerical
Mathematics RAS, under the auspices of INCO Programme, INTAS and the IGBP
National Committee.
The whole event was also aimed at overcoming the interdisciplinary barriers
between specialists from different fields of environmental science, in addition to,
narrowing the generation gap occurring in Environmental Sciences. It was also
crucial for NIS countries, which are not yet in the EC. In order to mitigate its
consequences and to facilitate professional skill growth for young scientists, a
number of lectures were presented by leading NIS and European specialists, which
allowed young participants to get first hand information about the hot topics of
Environmental Science. Hopefully, this will draw them professionally to this vital
field.
Amongst the participants were young and prominent scientists from Russia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Belgium, Germany, France and
Italy. All participants unanimously thanked funding organisations, notably EC INCO
Programme and INTAS, for their support of this significant event. The INTAS
Strategic Scientific Workshop resulted in a clear vision regarding the development of
the integrated regional study of the Earth System Science Partnership and identified
the steps needed to be taken to aid the process.
The event had a strong impact on the new generation of cooperative links between
NIS and INTAS country researchers. This should result in the establishment of a
coherent set of new cooperative environmental projects.
26-28 July, 2004. The 1st Review Meeting of the APN/SCOPE/START Book:
A Review of Global Change Research in East Asia: Changes in the Human-
Monsoon System of East Asia. Beijing, China
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