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The 9th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO) "Towards Sustainable Land Use: Further Cooperation Between People And Institutions". Bonn, Germany 26-30 Auguest 1996.

Agenda

Monday, 26 August 1996 (Plenary session from 8:45 to 17:00) Welcome addresses

8:30    Mr Holzwarth      Chairman of the 9th ISCO Conference
8:35    Mr Blume          President of the German Society of Soil Science

Opening speeches

8:45    Mrs Sussmuth : President of the Deutscher Budestag (German Federal Parliament)
9:00    Mrs Merkel, German Federal Minster for the Environment, Nature Conservation
        and Nuclear Safety: Development towards sustainable land use - our obligation to future
        generations
9:30    Mrs Dowdeswell, UNDP Extent and impacts of soil degradation on a worldwide scale

10:00   Coffee break

10:30   Mr. Steer, World Bank-Making development sustainable
11:00   Mr. Griesbach, FAO Concepts for sustainable land use and soil conservation
11:30   Mr. Hurni, President of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation,
        Member of the ISCO Board

        Precious earth: from soil and water conservation to sustainable land management

12:30   Lunch break

14:30   Panel Discussion Towards sustainable land use 
        International Organisations express their views: UNDP,World Bank, IFAP, WWF
        (Chair: Mr. Eisenbl„tter, GTZ)

16:00   Coffe break

Opening of the Dare-to-Share Fair

16:30   Mr Spranger German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

17:00-20:00  Dare-to-Share Fair open

20:00   Dinner

Tuesday, 27 August 1996

8:30    Scharpenseel, Germany Regional impacts of possible climate change upon soils
9:00    Sehgal, India Comparative study of soil degradation status using Glasod and Assod
        methodologies in different agro-ecological region of India
9:30    Blum, Austria Soil degradation caused by industrialisation and urbanisation
10:00   Transfer to sessions
10:30   Parallel paper presentation sessions

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by polluted air and
        water (Chair and introductory speaker: Sticher/Switzerland)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by agrochemicals,
        manure, sewage sludges and composted municipal wastes (Chair and introductory
        speaker: De Haan/Netherlands)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by anthropogenic
        acidification (Chair and introductory speaker:Matzner/Germany)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by compaction
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Soane/United Kingdom)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by surface sealing
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Chartres/Australia)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by mining industries
        and disposal sites (Chair and introductory speaker: Haigh/Uniter Kingdom)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by water erosion
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Samra/India)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by wind erosion
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Fryrear/USA)

*       Assessment and concepts for the improvement of soils affected by hawus degradation
        and nutrient depletionv (Chair and introductory speaker:Tiessen/Canada)

*       Soil function and the future of natural resources
        (Chair and introductory speaker: De Kempe/Canada)

*       Land quality indicators for sustainable development
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Aune/Norway)

*       Alteration of soil properties caused by climate change
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Kimble/USA)

*       From soil and water conservation to sustainable land management
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Hurni/Switzerland)

*       Strategies to combat desertification
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Kharin/Turkmenistan)

*       Impact of demographic growth and cultural factors on sustainable soild management
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Tiffen/United Kingdom)

*       Relations between land tenure and land management
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Kirk/Germanay)

12:45   Lunch break

14:30   Working groups, cross-sectional discussions

18:00   (Coffee break from 16:00 to 16:30)

*       Assessment, prevention and rehabilitation of soil degradation caused by improper
        handling agrochemicals, manure, composted municipal wastes and sewage sludge
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Sauerback/Germany)

*       Assessment, prevention and rehabilitation of soil degradation caused by acidification
        and polluted air and water (Chair and introductory speaker:Sticher/Switzerland and
        Matzner/Germany)

*       Assessment, prevention and rehabilitation of soil degradation caused by compaction
        and surface sealing (Chair and introductory speaker:Horn/Germany)

*       Water and wind erosion - causes, impacts and reversing measures
        (Chair and introductory speaker:Rose/Australia)

*       Concept and indicators for sustainable land use   
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Saxson/United Kindom)

*       Soil properties and climate change
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Squires/Australia)

*       Issues and measures in land use planning - evaluation of practicalexperiences
        (Chair and introductroy speaker: Sombroek/Netherlands)

*       Land tenure and land management
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Okoth-Ogendo/Ethiopia)

*       Demographic and cultural factors influencing land use systems
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Tejwani/India)

20:00   Reception by Lord Mayor of Bonn in the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)

Wednesday, 28 August 1996

Mid-Conference Tours

9:00-20:00  Dare-to-Share Fair open

Thursday, 29 August 1996

Plenary session/ KEYNOTE SPEECHES

8:30    Johnson, USA : Soil conservation and sustainable land use: innovations in
        approaches, technologies and practies
9:00    Rerkasem, Thailand : Influence of demographic, socio-economic and cultrual factors
        on sustainable land use
9:30    Pretty, United Kingdom : Furthering cooperation between people and institution
10:00   Transfer to sessions
10:30   Parallel paper presentation sessions

*       Overall macro-economic and political conditions influencing soil management
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Otzen/Germany)

*       National strategies for the promotion of sustainable soil management
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Gebremedhin/Eritrea)

*       Socio-economic concerns affecting the adoption of sustainable soil management
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Reij/Netherlands)

*       Information basis for the assessment of soil  degradation and development of
        sustainable land use systems (Chair and introductory speaker: El-Swaify/USA)

*       Experiences on approaches in soil and water conservation and sustainable land
        management (Chair and introductory speaker: Sanders/United Kingdom)

*       Development of technologies for soil and water conservation
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Rosenzweig/Israel)

*       Appropriate farming and land use systems for sustainable land management
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Yohannes/Ethiopia)

*       Watershed development
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Sinukaban/Indonesia)

*       Catchement runoff and water quality monitoring
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Lehmann/Germany)

*       Assessment and consequences of runoff and erosion
        (Chair: De Noni/France)

*       Principles and strategies of participation and cooperation
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Van Veldhuizen/ Netherlands)

*       Conditions for enhanced cooperation between peopleand institutions
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Stocking/ United Kingdom)

*       Institutional and organisational capacity building
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Trux/ France)

*       Participatory watershed development: from pilot activities to large-scale programmes
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Bacher/India)

12:45   Lunch

14:30   Working groups, sectional discussions

18:00   (coffee break from 16:00 to 16:30)

*       Economic and political conditions and strategies for the promotion of sustainable
        land management (Chair and introductory speaker: Oomen/Netherlands)

*       Importance of cultural patterns, social rules and indigenous knowledge in designing
        appropriate soil conservation technologies (Chair and introductory speaker: Ostberg/
        Sweden and Reij/Netherlands)

*       Handling relevant information to promote sustainable land use system
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Stolbovoi/Russia)

*       Promising soil and water conservation approaches and technologies
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Sombatpanit/Thailand and Roose/ France)

*       Strategies for cooperation and dialogue
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Bhatia/Nepal)

*       Organisational and human resource development
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Mascarenhas/India)

*       Implications for the design of research approaches
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Prasad/Lesotho)

*       Physical and social monitoring of sustainable land use development
        (Chair and introductory speaker: Gujit/ Netherlands)

Friday, 30 August 1996 (Plenary sessions from 10:15 to 16:30)

8:30    Presentation of posters

9:45    Coffee

10:15   Panel discussion Policies and measures for sustainable alnd use after UNCED and
        adoption of Agenda 21

        Planning for sustainable use of natural resources Implementation of the International
        Convention to Combat Deserfication (CCD) Contribution of UNSO - OECD - CCD
        Secretariat - ISRIC - UNEP - FAO - EU
        (Chair: Mr. Schipulle, BMZE)

12:45   Lunch break

14:30   Presentation and discussion of results of the 9th ISCO Conference Conclusions for
        further action

        End of ISCO Conference plenary sessions

14:00 -20: Dare-to-share Fair open

Saturday, 31 August 1996

7:45    Start of the Post-Conference Tours

10:00-20:00  Dare-to-share Fair open

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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR SAARC COUNTRIES

Venue          :    Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dates          :    October 23-25,1996
Organiser      :    Prof. V. Subramanian, SES, JNU, New Delhi

23/10/96
INAUGURAL SESSION 10.00 - 11.00 Inauguration : Sri. T.K.A. Nair, SECRETARY, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi 10.00 - 10.05 Introductory Remarks : Local Organiser (Prof. V. Subramanian) 10.05 - 10.10 Welcome Address by : Vice-Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi 10.10 - 10.25 Inaugural Talk : Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi 10.25 - 10.40 Environmental Law in SAARC : Secretary, Ministry of Law, New Delhi 10.40 - 10.55 About the SAARC Workshop : Director, SAARC, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi 10.55 - 11.00 Thanks and organisational notes : Local organiser 11.00 - 11.25 Tea and Refreshments TECHNICAL SESSION TECHNICAL SESSION - 1 11.30 - 13.15 Chairman : V. Rajamani, Dean, SES, JNU, New Delhi 11.30 - 12.00 Prof. D.N. Rao, SSS : Economic Aspects of Environmental Management 12.00 - 12.30 Dr. Duraisamy, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi : Conservation Biological Diversity - Indian Scenario. 12.30 - 13.00 Dr. K.G. Saxena, SES : Environmental Management Problems in the Development and Management in backward Hilly Region. 13.00 - 13.15 General discussion and Chairman s summary. 13.15 - 14.00 Lunch TECHNICAL SESSION - 2 14.00 - 17.00 Chairman : Dr. R. R. Khan, Director, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi 14.00 - 14.30 Prof. D.M. Banerjee, D.U. : Phosphate Fertilizer Raw Material Resources of the SAARC, Pacific Margin and Adjacent Countries. 14.30 - 15.00 Prof. B.C. Raymahasay, IIT, Kanpur : Environment Impact Assessment of Project Sites : Selected Examples. 15.00 - 15.15 General Discussion and Chairman s summary 15.15 - 15.30 Tea 15.30 - 16.00 Sri. R. Muruga Perumal, SIS, JNU : Legal aspects of Environmental Risk Management for Sustainable Economic Development in SAARC Regional Countries. 16.00 - 16.30 Prof. P.S. Ramakrishnan, SES, JNU : Patenting and Intellectual Property Rights 16.30 - 17.00 General discussion and Chairman s summary 19.30 - 21.00 Organiser's Dinner
24/10/96
TECHNICAL SESSION - 3 10.00 - 13.00 Chairman : Prof. D.K. Banerjee, SES, JNU, New Delhi 10.00 - 10.45 Dr. S. Annadurai & Prof. V. Subramanian, SES, JNU : Management of Environmental Information Network 10.45 - 11.15 Dr. Indirani Chandrasekharan, Additional Director, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi : Recent Legislations and Government Action Programmes on Hazardous Chemicals Management the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 11.15 - 11.30 Tea Break 11.30 - 12.00 Dr. Rashid Hasan, Joint Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi : Public liability and Compensation - The National Environment Tribunal 12.00 - 12.45 Dr. Asrarul Haque, Addlitional Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi : Non-formal Education in Environmental Management 12.45 - 13.00 General Discussion and Chairman s summary 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 18.00 Visit to CPCB, Centre for Environmental Law, WWF and Industries around Delhi
25/10/96
TECHNICAL SESION - 4 10.00 - 13.00 Chairman : Dr. Harjit Singh, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi 10.00 - 10.20 Dr. D. Datta, Bangladesh : River Water Pollution and Environmental Management in South Asian Countries. 10.20 - 10.40 Dr. A.K. Bhattacharya, SES, JNU : Solid Waste Management in India. 10.30 - 11.00 Dr. V.V. Sastri (Formerly ONGC), JNU : Management of Energy Resources - A Case for Oil and Natural Gas 11.00 - 11.15 General Discussion 11.15 - 11.30 Tea 11.30 - 12.15 Dr. Biswas, Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board : Environmental Audit What, Why & How ? 12.15 - 12.45 Dr. V.V. Subba Rao, DSIR, c/o DST: Research & Development for Environmental Management in Industries 12.45 - 13.00 General discussion and Chairman s summary 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch TECHNICAL SESSION - 5 14.00 - 16.00 Chairman : Dr. Indrani Chandrasekharan, Additional Director, Min. of Env. & Forests, New Delhi 14.00 - 14.30 Prof. V. Asthana, SES, JNU : Introduction to International Law of the Sea and International Space Law. 14.30 - 15.00 Prof. Murthy, SES, JNU : Regulations regarding air pollution Problems. 15.00 - 15.30 Dr. R, S. Goel, Environmental Impact Assessment, CWC : Environmental Impact of River Valley Projects 15.30 - 15.45 General discussion and chairman s summary 15.45 - 16.00 Tea VALEDICTORY SESSION 16.00 - 17.00 Chairman : Dr. R.N. Srivastava, Member (Thermal) CEA & Additional Secretary to Government of India. 16.00 - 16.45 Country Delegates Response (Alphabetically) [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka] 7 x 5 = 35 + 10 mts Discussion 16.45 - 16.55 Chairman s comments and distribution of certificates

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