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Web Updates/Summary
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web updates and a summary of this Conference. To download our report, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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International Conference on Green Economy and Sustainable Mountain Development: Opportunities and Challenges in View of Rio+20
5-7 September 2011 | Kathmandu, Nepal
Highlights for Tuesday 6 September 2011 |
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On Tuesday morning, participants convened to hear Andreas Schild, Director General, ICIMOD, provide a broad context for the mountain agenda and to reflect on the first day of the workshop.
Participants then attended a session on “Key learning, experiences and messages from the Asia-Pacific mountain regions” and split in working groups on: identification of issues and challenges in promoting a green economy in mountain regions; identification of the potentials and opportunities for sustainable mountain development in the context of the green economy; how to create enabling conditions for promoting green economy for sustainable mountain development; and identification of principles and actions that demand priority in the global green economy and Rio+20.
In the afternoon, participants listened to reflections from the representatives of other mountain regions of the world and a summary of recommendations emerging from the workshop. In the evening, they attended the opening of the Conference. During the opening ceremony, the Right Honourable President of the Republic of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, congratulated ICIMOD for organizing the workshop and urged for mountain issues to be included in the Rio+20 deliberations.
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Andreas Schild, ICIMOD, reflected on the first day of the workshop and presented additional perspectives on mountain systems. |
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Madhav Karki, ICIMOD, gave an overview of key learning, experiences and messages from the Asia-Pacific mountain regions. |
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Sara Ahmad, IDRC, chaired a working group that strove to identify issues and challenges in promoting a green economy in mountain regions. |
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Eklabya Sharma (R), ICIMOD, chaired a working group that identified principles and actions that demand priority in the global green economy and Rio+20. |
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Promode Kant, Institute of Green Economy, chaired a working group that sought to identify the potential and opportunities for sustainable mountain development in the context of the green economy. |
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Priya Shyamsundar (R), South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics, led a working group that wrestled with the question of how to create enabling conditions for promoting green economy for sustainable mountain development. |
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Guests at the inauguration of the conference included (L-R): Madhav Karki, ICIMOD; Surendra Raj Kafle, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology; Robert Piper, UN; Ram Baran Yadav, President, Nepal; Andreas Schild, ICIMOD; Pema Gyamtsho, Ministry for Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan; and Golam Rasul, ICIMOD. |
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Ram Baran Yadav, President, Nepal, lit panas to inaugurate the conference, then presented a speech. |
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Noting that mountain people often remain on the geographic, economic, and social periphery, Robert Piper, UN, called the conference "important and timely." |
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Ceiling in the Bhutan Pavilion at the ICIMOD headquarters. |
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Traditional Nepalese "doko" baskets on display. |
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Conference resources
Workshop and Conference Programme
Conference flyer
Green Economy Report
Millennium Ecosystem Assessments Report
Green Economy Coalition
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
Stakeholder Forum
South Centre
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IISD RS Summary and Analysis of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2012 UNCSD, 7-8 March 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
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