From 2005-12-06 to 2005-12-07

Venue: Panama City, Panama

Summary:
White Water to Blue Water (WW2BW) is a World Summit on Sustainable Development partnership led by the Caribbean Community, Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United States of America.
White Water to Blue Water is based on the conclusion that sustainable development in the Wider Caribbean region is not possible without integrated watershed and marine ecosystem-based management.
The process is designed to create and expand as many partnerships aimed at these twin goals as possible.The partnership is under the direction of an international Steering Committee representing governments, U.N. organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities and the private sector. This Retreat represents a challenge and an opportunity for the Committee to move the WW2BW Partnership forward.

Organizers: Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC)
Contact Name: Roxana Segundo
E-mail: roxana.segundo@cathalac.org
URL: http://www.cathalac.org