East Asia Monitor
UNU
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Guest Editorial Comment:
Dr Miguel Clusener, UNESCO MAB: 'The world's coastal zones are facing tremendous problems and only by joining our efforts some of these problems can be alleviated....'
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Third UNU-UNESCO International Course on Biodiversity in Mangrove Ecosystems
The third UNU-UNESCO International Course on "Biodiversity in Mangrove Ecosystems" was held at Centre of Advanced Studies in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, India on 10-24 March, 2003. This year, fourteen young professionals participated the course which included lectures, field trips, group discussions and laboratory work in addition to the presentations by the participants.
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Unep Workshop to Develop a Global POPs Monitoring Programme to Support the Effectiveness Evaluation of the Stockholm Convention
From 24-27 March, 2003, a workshop was held in Geneva, to discuss various aspects of ensuring the effectiveness of the convention, including assessment, analytical techniques and global capacity development.
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International Symposium on Impacts of POPs from Urban Areas
UNU's International Symposium for 2003 has been cancelled due to the threat from the SARS virus in East Asia. This Symposium will be held in April 2004 in Beijing. announcement
previous UNU symposia
Capacity Development Training for Monitoring of POPs in the East Asian Hydrosphere
A training workshop will be organized by the United Nations University (UNU), and undertaken in partnership with Shimadzu Corporation, Japan to take place at UNU Center in Tokyo from 1-2 September, 2003, and from 3-5 September in Hadano, Japan. The funding for the workshop will be provided by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), and by UNU. The workshop will include a poster session, which will be open to researchers and students of all relevant disciplines.
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Seminar on EDCs in the Philippine Environment
The Natural Sciences Research Institute, Philippines, is sponsoring a public lecture on EDCs to be held on the 25th June, 2003. The aims of this event are 1) increasing public awareness on EDCs and 2) disseminating the results of the first 3 years of monitoring EDCs in the Philippines within the UNU project on Environmental Monitoring and Governance.
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First International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment - Biodiversity and Environment
This Symposium is organized by the University of Tokyo, co-organized by AIT, AGS, SACWET, GMSARN and JSWE and sponsored by MEXT, Japan. It will be held at AIT, Bangkok, Thailand from October 23-25, 2003. The deadline for submission of papers is July 31st, 2003
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paper submission
2nd Asian Pacific International Conference on Pollutants Analysis and Control
The Institute of Environment and Resources (IER-CEFINEA) Vietnam National University -
Ho Chi Minh City, The International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (IAEAC), The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) and The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) announce the call for abstracts for a conference to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, 1-3 December, 2003. The conference will cover issues related to the detection, assessment, monitoring and control of air and water pollutants. For more information, please contact catherine.brassaud@epfl.ch
announcement
Launch of Website for Shimadzu-UMMC Centre for Xenobiotics Studies (SUCXeS)
Founded in 1996, SUCXes joine the UNU project in 1997, and has continued to develop its research activities. This site contains information on its activities and links to related work.
http://www.sucxes.org/id20.html
UNU Update
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Free publications from UNU
Deny Hidayati, Coastal Management in ASEAN Countries: The Struggle to Achieve Sustainable Coastal Development, UNU, Tokyo, 2000
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Adeel and King, Eds, Conserving Our Coastal Environment: A summary of UNU's research on sustainable management of the coastal hydrosphere in the Asia Pacific region, UNU, Tokyo, 2002
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