Link to the NEW RELEASES

 

DIARY

• 25-29 September
UNESCO resource kit on S&T education in 21st Century
Regional workshop on Arabic version of kit. Kuwait City: www.unesco.org/beirut
• 1-5 October
Global change in mountain regions
Open Science Conf. Culmination of four GLOCHAMORE thematic workshops. Perth (UK):
www.unesco.org/mab/mountains/news.htm
• 3-7 October
Integrated ecosystem management: pursuing a quality economy in biosphere reserves - Workshop of MAB-ECOTONE and meeting of SeaBRnet MAB regional network. Hosted by Govt of PDR Laos in co-operation with UNESCO. Thematic session on applying the biosphere reserve concept to large Asian wetland areas: www.unesco.org/mab
• 5 October - 30 November
Experiencing mathematics
UNESCO-driven exhibition visits Maputo (Mozambique), after touring South Africa from
20 June to 26 September: www.mathex.org
• 13-14 October
The basic sciences: the science lever for development - Ministerial roundtable during UNESCO's General Conf. (3-21 October) Paris: www.unesco.org
• 18-20 October
Education for sustainable development: new approaches for the future
Organized by UNESCO Kingston (Jamaica), University of West Indies and others.
In Kingston: u.miura@unesco.org
• 25-27 October
Conserving internationally designated areas: biosphere reserves, world heritage and Ramsar sites in Iberoamerica
Intl conf. Institute of Ecology A.C., MAB-Mexico and UNESCO/MAB. Support from CONACYT, DIVERSITAS-México, Natl Comm for Protected Areas (Mexico), Govt of Spain. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico: m.clusener-godt@unesco.org;
halffter@ecologia.edu.mx; cskarez@unesco.org.uy;
• 31 October - 2 November
Physics and sustainable development
500 physicists and policy-makers from around the world to discuss how physics can better
benefit the developing world in economic development, health, energy, environment and education. Planned outcome: agenda for action for Intl physics community. Co-sponsored by UNESCO and its ICTP, South African Institute of Physics, Intl Union of Pure and Applied Physics: m.alarcon@unesco.org; www.wyp2005.org
• 1-7 November
Science city governance
Workshop covering policy development for S&T parks, co-operation between industry, academia, research institutes and government, co-operation among local governments, etc. World Technopolis Association and UNESCO. Daejeon (Rep. Korea):
qqhong@metro.daejeon.kr; y.nur@unesco.org
• 9-12 November
Training for research managers and administrators
Regional training seminar organized within UNESCO's Strategy for Enhancing Scientific Co-operation in South-East Europe by UNESCO, Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office. Ljubljana (Slovenia): www.unesco.org/venice
• 10 November
World Science Day
www.unesco.org/science/index_wsd_2005.shtml
• 10-12 November
World Science Forum
Intl roundtable on the role of parliamentarians in S&T policy, organized by UNESCO, ISESCO and others at World Science Forum hosted by Hungarian gov. Budapest: d.malpede@unesco.org
• 22-24 November
Combating desertification
Regional workshop organized by UNESCO Chair of Desertification Studies (Sudan). Will analyse research and national action plans, design sub-regional projects and create research network of institutions from participating countries. Khartoum : www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1051.shtml
• 29 November - 1 December
Understanding, extinction and prevention of spontaneous coal seam fires
Conf. of programme of Ecological Research for Sustaining the Environment in China (ERSEC) run by Chinese Min. of Education, German Min. of Education and Research, UNESCO. Beijing: x.han@unesco.org; g.schoning@unesco.org; coalfire@nrscc.gov.cn
• 1-3 December
Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development
Regional conf. organized by Govt of Cuba and UNESCO: f.ortiz@unesco.org.cu;
montevideo@unesco.org/uy