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World Ecology Report Winter 2011

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World Ecology Report, 2011 Winter Vol XXIII No 4

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TABLE of CONTENTS
SPECIAL FOCUS:
Preventing Food Insecurity:  Role of Media and NGOs
Dr. Christine K. Durbak
H.E. Mr. Yuriy Sergeyev
Mr. William Pope
Prof. Alexander J. Motyl
Dr. Mark G. Robson
Mr. Tutui Nanok
Mr. Nikhil Seth
Chornobyl Update
Governance, Market Reform, and Private Forest Landownership in Developing a Sustainable  Forest Policy in Ukraine
Mr.  Lloyd Irvin
Food For Thought
Soybean Endangers Brazil Amazon Rainforest
Good News
How activists and scientists saved a rainforest island
Voices
Second Intersessional Meeting of UNCSD
Achieving the Education MDG: WIT and the 2011 ECOSOC High Level Segment of the Annual Ministerial Review
Point Of View
Unconventional Natural Gas Drilling
Dr. Bernard D. Goldstein
World Ecology Report (WER) published since 1989 is a quarterly digest produced in Chinese, English, Russian and Ukrainian and distributed throughout the developed and developing world.
 

Preventing Food Insecurity: Historical Perspectives

Conference organized by World Information Transfer, co-sponsored by Government of Ukraine

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011, 10 am to 1 PM
UN Headquarters

This Conference has been planned in order to highlight the Millennium Development Goal Number 1 which brings attention to the political and social factors that caused immeasurable suffering. The Conference will underscore the importance of recognizing the inhumanity of using food for political and military gain, particularly now in the prelude to the Rio + 20 Conference where sustainable food sources will be of great concern.

The Conference is free but PREREGISTRATION is required.

Individual Registration | Group Registration

 

World Ecology Report Summer Fall 2011

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World Ecology Report, 2011 Summer Fall Vol XXIII No 2, 3

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Conference Speeches on Scientific Subject:

  1. Dr. Maureen Hatch
  2. Dr. Andrew Sowder
  3. Mr. Loren W. Setlow
  4. Mr. Rod McCullum
  5. Mr. Steve Nesbit
  6. Mr. Paul Murray
  7. Prof. Timothy A. Mousseau

World Ecology Report (WER) published since 1989 is a quarterly digest produced in Chinese, English, Russian and Ukrainian and distributed throughout the developed and developing world.

 

Program for 20th Conference

20th International Conference on Health and Environment
Global Partners for Global Solutions
April 26 – 27, 2011
United Nations Headquarters, New York City
Co-sponsored by the Government of Ukraine

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NUCLEAR POWER: HISTORY REVISITED


April 26, Tuesday 3-6PM:  CHORNOBYL – LESSONS FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY  - 25 years later

Opening Remarks:
 Dr. Christine K. Durbak, Conference Chair and Founder, WIT
H.E. Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN

Statements:
H.E. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General
H.E. Joseph Deisst, UN General Assembly President
Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator

Donor Countries Ambassadors to the United Nations

Keynote Address:
 Volodymyr Holosha, Deputy Minister of Emergencies, Government of Ukraine

Speakers:
Eugene Czolij, President, UWC
Nadia McConnell, US-Ukraine Foundation
Mary Szkambara , President, WFUWO
Representative of WAGGS
Tamara Gallo Olexy, President, UCCA
Prof. Timothy Mousseau, Dean, U of S.Carolina
Marianna Zajac, President, UWL
European Union (Invited)

April 27, Wednesday 10-1PM:  NUCLEAR ENERGY – FROM CRADLE-TO-GRAVE

Opening Remarks:
 Dr. Christine K. Durbak, Conference Chair and Founder, WIT
H.E. Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN

Moderator:
Amb. Valeriy Kuchinsky, former Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN

Keynote Address: Dr. Maureen Hatch, National Cancer Institute, Chornobyl Study

Speakers:
Mr. Werner Obermeyer, WHO, New York Office  
Dr. Andrew Sowder, Electric Power Research Institute
Prof. Timothy Mousseau, Dean, Univ. of S. Carolina
Mr. Rod McCullum, Nuclear Energy Institute
Mr. Steve Nesbit, Duke Energy
Mr. Paul Murray, AREV
Mr. Loren Setlow, USA EPA (retired)

Closing Remarks:
 H.E. Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of the Ukraine to the UN
Dr. Christine Durbak, Chair and Founder, WIT

Lunch 1-3 pm: Delegates Dining Room (Invitation Only)

Speaker:
 Mary Pope Osborne, Author, MagicTree House Series

 
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OTHER PROGRAMS

K. KOVSHEVYCH FOUNDATION has been granting scholarships to gifted but economically deprived students in Ukraine and other parts of Eastern Europe, Asia and South America.

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
IPEN.org


EarthSummit Network: Rio+20
stakeholderforum.org

MEDIA PARTNER
JFS is japanese NGO providing a variety of information on the environment and sustainability.

The Com+ alliance
is a partnership of international organizations and communications professionals from diverse sectors.
complusalliance.org