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For those of you in the Washington, D.C. area, don't miss the upcoming talk "Impacts of Cruise Tourism: Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mahahual, Mexico. Friday, August 18 9:00 - 12:00 at 1333 H St., NW. See flyer just below for more information.

UNESCO-MAB and Pro-Natura International are organizing a forum on "Bio-Carbon Sequestration & Conservation to Combat Climate Change: Promoting Rural Development, Energy Solutions & Biodiversity." The objective of the Forum, which will bring together experts from climate change research, ecological sciences, finance and the biodiversity conservation community, is to explore policy options, research requirements and pilot case studies for the effective linking of the objectives of the UNFCCC, the CBD and relevant MDGs through bio-carbon sequestration projects and associated emission trading schemes. March 13-15, 2006, Paris, France. The preliminary agenda can be found here! For more information, contact: Peter Dogsé - MAB Secretariat.

Survival of the Commons: Mounting challenges and New realities" sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Common Property. June 19-23, 2006. Bali, Indonesia

The 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology "Conservation without Borders" will take place in June 2006 in California. Applications for travel support must be received by Jan. 31, 2006.

The Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (July 2006) is inviting theoretical and empirical papers that focus on environmental and natural resource economics. More information can be found here!

The International Society for Ecological Economics will be holding its Ninth Biennial Conference in December 2006 in New Delhi, India. The theme is "Ecological Sustainability and Human Well-Being." Abstracts are due in May 2006. For more information, click here!

Click here for a list of upcoming events dealing with renewable energy such as the Green Power -  Central and Eastern Europe  and many others!

Links to Past Conservation Finance-related Events

Atelier de formation sur les mecanismes de financement pour la conservation et la gestion durable des ressources naturelles
5-8 juillet 2005. Libreville, Gabon. Sponsored, in part, by the CFA.

Towards Sustainable Financing for National Protected Area Systems: a CFA-hosted side event at the Convention on Biological Diversity Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group Meeting, Tuesday, June 14, Montecatini, Italy

Long-term financing for National Systems of Protected Areas: a major workshop with approximately 40 participants who met to discuss financing for protected area systems in the Latin America and Caribbean region, hosted by UNDP-GEF. July 2004, Havana, Cuba.

Post-World Parks Congress Event at COP-7, February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

International Financing of Biodiversity Conservation in Developing Countries: Proceedings of a workshop organized by the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and the Univesrity of California - San Diego Committee on Research. December 2003, La Jolla, California.

Sustainable Finance Stream, World Parks Congress, September 2003, Durban, South Africa

Conservation Trust Funds in CIS countries, April 2003, Vilm, Germany

First Africa Trust Fund Conference, April 2002, Arusha, Tanzania

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