| 76. JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT 2002: Development - Sustainability - Sustainable Development |
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/
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| Johannesburg Summit 2002-the World Summit on Sustainable Development-will bring together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups to focus the world's attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security. http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/
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| UNCHS (Habitat) was established in October 1978 as the lead agency within the United Nations system for coordinating activities in the field of human settlements. The mission of UNCHS (Habitat) is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. http://www.unchs.org/
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| The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) promotes women's empowerment and gender equality. It works to ensure the participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice, and acts as a catalyst within the UN system, supporting efforts that link the needs and concerns of women to all critical issues on the national, regional and global agenda. UNIFEM focuses its work at the country level within the context of the United Nations Resident Coordinator System. Playing a strong advocacy role, the Fund concentrates on fostering a multilateral policy dialogue on women's empowerment. http://www.unifem.undp.org/
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| Set-up in 1963, WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. In 2000, WFP fed 83 million people in 83 countries, including most of the world's refugees and internally displaced people. http://www.wfp.org/
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| The WHO Healthy Cities project is a long-term international development project that aims to place health high on the agenda of decision-makers in the cities of Europe and to promote comprehensive local strategies for health and sustainable development based on the principles and objectives of the strategy for health for all for the twenty-first century and local Agenda 21. Ultimately, the Healthy Cities project seeks to enhance the physical, mental, social and environmental wellbeing of the people who live and work in cities. http://www.who.dk/healthy-cities/
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| The OECD Environment Directorate provides governments with the analytical basis to develop policies that are effective and economically efficient, including through country performance reviews, data collection, policy analysis, projections and modelling, and the development of common approaches. http://www.oecd.org/env
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| The World Commission on Dams, comprising an international team of experts, is a focused, independent think tank set up and financed by aid agencies, industry, governments, and NGOs to look at the good, the bad and the ugly impacts of dams around the world. Established in 1998, the Commission's mandate is to research, peer review and write the most independent, authoritative and comprehensive cross-examination of dams and water and energy resource development ever undertaken http://www.dams.org/
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| International Rivers Network supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds. We work to halt destructive river development projects, and to encourage equitable and sustainable methods of meeting needs for water, energy and flood management http://66.70.142.135/index.asp?id=links/main.html
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| The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is the global business leaders' forum for Travel & Tourism. Its Members are Chief Executives from all sectors of industry, including accommodation, catering, entertainment, recreation, transportation and other travel-related services. Founded in April 1990, WTTC policies are set and implemented by a Member Executive Committee, a President and a small staff in London, with representative offices in North & South America, Asia/Pacific and Europe. http://www.wttc.org/
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| At its April 1997 session, the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination decided to establish a global, consultative Network on Rural Development and Food Security. The Network replaces the former ACC Sub-Committee on Rural Development. . It is jointly managed by FAO and IFAD, in close cooperation with WFP The ACC Network on Rural Development and Food Security aims to mobilize support for government efforts to implement the World Food Summit Plan of Action and rural development and food security programmes; to reinforce ties between UN system organizations and other stakeholders and to foster complementarities and synergies, as well as the exchange and dissemination of information, experiences and best practices. http://www.accnetwork.net/
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| Pro Geo – European Association for the Conservation of the Geological and Geomorphological Heritage is working to promote the protection of Europe's typical and important landscapes, as well as its many-faceted inheritance of geological phenomena, all of the greatest scientific and cultural importance as Europe was the birthplace of the science of geology. http://www.sgu.se/hotell/progeo/
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| The mission of the Fisheries Department of FAO is to facilitate and secure the long-term sustainable development and utilization of the world’s fisheries and aquaculture. FAO's Major Programme on Fisheries aims to promote sustainable development of responsible fisheries and contribute to food security. To implement this Major Programme, the Fisheries Department focuses its activities, through programmes in Fishery Resources, Fishery Policy, Fishery Industries and Fishery Information http://www.fao.org/fi
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| The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a diverse, knowledge-based institution that spans the Hindu Kush-Himalayan range east to west and north to south and brings together mountain scientists and farmers in a common cause from diverse nationalities in a region that is difficult politically, physically, and economically. ICIMOD develops, tests, and shares knowledge that helps poor mountain people have better and more sustainable lives. ICIMOD works with mountain people to find solutions that they need. http://www.icimod.org.sg/
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| This website contains a range of features that may be of value to anyone interested in the role and impact of biotechnology in food and agriculture. http://www.fao.org/biotech/
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| The Web site contains technical and scientific data and information, available at FAO, as well as links to a number of highly informative Web sites on desertification.
The information provided in this site represents a significant share of the FAO knowledge and expertise on sustainable development and drylands management. http://www.fao.org/desertification/
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| This website contains a range of reference materials, including a bibliography of FAO's documentation on Biological Diversity for Food and Agriculture and an inventory of ongoing activities and instruments in agricultural biodiversity at the international level, as well as links to international organizations, networks and databases and FAO links and contacts. http://www.fao.org/biodiversity/
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| Greenpeace is 30 years old on 15 September 2001. Greenpeace is an organization that has grown from small beginnings into a global force with offices in 39 countries. With a unique ability to achieve changes by its use of direct, non – violent actions and lobbying at international conferences. Greenpeace has become the world’s pre-eminent environment organization. http://www.greenpeace.org
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| This site offers access to a wide range of teaching material, which have been developed across Europe. Most countries have some experience from us-ing forests in education, as forests and nature in general are perfect settings for practical learning. http://www.learning-about-forests.org/home_default.asp
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| Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) is an independent two-year project of participatory analysis seeking to understand how the mining and minerals sector can best contribute to the global transition to sustainable development. MMSD is managed by the International Institute for Environment and Development in London, UK, under contract to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The project was initiated by WBCSD and is supported by the Global Mining Initiative (GMI). http://www.iied.org/mmsd/
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| Living lakes is a Global Nature Fund project uniting lakes throughout the world. Working together they pursue sustainable solutions to problems lakes face everywhere. http://www.livinglakes.org/
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| In order to enforce Co-operation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and other harmful Substances in cases of Emergency, a Regional Centre, now called REMPEC(Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Center), was created in 1976 and based in Malta. http://www.rempec.org/
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| This is the Green Parties Worldwide organization web page, which constitutes the meeting place for all the green parties of the world. http://www.greenparties.org/
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| UIC is the worldwide organisation for railway cooperation. It is active in all the fields involved in developing rail transport. http://www.uic.asso.fr/
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| Habitat for Humanity International
is a nonprofit, nondenominational
Christian housing organization http://www.habitat.org/
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| The ISHS was formally established in 1959, and is now the leading worldwide organization of Horticultural Scientists with contacts all over the world. The aim of the ISHS is to promote and to encourage research in all branches of Horticulture and to facilitate the cooperation of scientific activities and knowledge transfer on a global scale by means of its publications, events and scientific structure. http://www.ishs.org/
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