Upcoming events
November 2008, Tokyo, Japan
UNU Conference (The end of the 4th phase)
United Nations University Environment and Sustainable Development Programme Public-Private Partnership Initiative Brochure has been published
Three UNU-private partnership projects are introduced as examples of success
in the brochure. The full brochure is available from here
(PDF, 127KB).
Training on POPs analysis in Squid-Liver Completed
UNU Training on POPs analysis in Squid (17-19 March 2008, Hadano, Kanagawa,
Japan) was completed. The participating trainees selected by the project
partners have learned POPs analysis in squid liver samples. Prof. Yuzuru
Ikeda (University of the Ryukyus) gave a lecture on the ecology and intelligent
behavior of squids. Please
click here for more details.
Student environmental field research initiated in Cambodia
Senior university students in Cambodia presented five proposals of the environmental
field studies to the faculty members at the Department of Environmental
Studies of the Royal University of Phnom Penh early February. The proposals
included studies on fishery management, irrigation systems, human settlement
in a bird conservation zone, and people’s health concerns in relation to
water and food consumption in a wetland area of the country. (left to right,
Buth Chanmeta, Sok Sophoan, Chea Sreyneang, Yen Sophearith)
GC/MS workshop in India co-sponsored by UNU and APN
National Level Training Workshop On Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) in Environmental Analysis (January 22nd – 26th, 2008, Tiruchirappalli, India) was hosted by Bharathidasan University, the Indian project partner. Dr. Babu Rajendran (left) speaks at the workshop with his colleague.
Asia POPs Monitor (January 2008) issued
A new issue of Asia Monitor is now available with its new focus on POPs in Asia.
UNU Symposium on POPs was held in Indonesia
UNU Symposium on POPs: Global Transport, Best Environmental Practice, and
Risk Perception was co-organized with the Indonesian Ministry of Environment
on 14 November, 2007.
Asia POPs Monitor (October 2007) issued
A
new issue of Asia Monitor is now available with its new focus on POPs
in Asia.
UNU presented its project results at Dioxin 2007
The 27th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants
(Dioxin 2007) was held between 2-7 September 2007, in Tokyo. UNU presented
its project results at the Environmental Asia session.
UNU
Project Poster (660KB)
Dioxin Conference Website (external
link)
UNU took the floor at the COP3 of the Stockholm Convention
The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) of the Stockholm
Convention took place from the April 30th through May 5th in Dakar, Senegal.
In relation to the Financial Resources Agenda, UNU took the floor to briefly
introduce their successful private sector partnership program. This untapped
and yet potential financial resources has supported the UNU’s project on
POPs monitoring and governance since 1996 and could serve as a model for
other partnerships in the future.
Asia
Monitor, Issue 21. May 2007
Last updated on 14 April 2008
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