Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 5 • Number 17 • 30th September 2005
Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review to BRIDGES staff at smohan@ictsd.ch.
HOW TO LOBBY AT INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS- MINE IS A CAFÉ LATTE. By Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss, September 2005. This book is a guide on how to participate and be heard at intergovernmental meetings, whether as a stakeholder or a government official. Based on 10 years of lobbying at the international level, this book provides detailed advice on the preparation and presentation of ideas, the consultation and negotiating process, and practical and logistical matters.
THE OIL FOR APE SCANDAL. Friends of the Earth Trust, Orangutan Foundation, the Sumatran Orangutan Society and the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, September 2005. This report concludes that without urgent intervention the palm oil trade could cause the extinction of the orangutan, Asia’s only great ape, within 12 years.
ECONOMICS FOR COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. By Graham Marshall, August 2005. This ground-breaking book diagnoses the weaknesses of mainstream economics in analysing collaborative and other decentralized approaches to environmental management, and presents a unique operational approach to how collaborative environmental governance might be brought to fruition in a variety of contexts, whether in industrialized or developing countries.
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: CHALLENGES FOR THE PHILIPPINES. By R.B.A. Alampay, 2005. This book, a collection of research papers funded by the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN), reflects the scope and complexity of sustainable tourism development. The various papers also mirror the complexity of sustainable tourism development and hint at the multidisciplinary approach that this mode of tourism needs to succeed. Each paper applies a different disciplinary framework to its particular tourism problem: economics, sociology, anthropology, environmental science, management science, human resources development, and others. Each paper also provides a unique academic angle on sustainability and tourism.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING REGARDING GMO’S IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: HOW TO EFFECTIVELY INVOLVE RURAL PEOPLE. Summary Document of the e-mail Conference 12 of the FAO Biotechnology Forum running from 17 January to 13 February 2005. The 12-page document provides a summary of the main issues discussed during the moderated e-mail conference, based on the messages posted by the participants. During the 4-week long conference, over 500 people subscribed to the conference and 116 messages were posted, from 70 people living in 35 different countries.
THE ENVIRONMENT IN ASIA PACIFIC HARBOURS. Edited by Eric Wolanski, October 2005. This book, containing the writings of 63 eminent marine scientists in the Asia Pacific region, deals with the ecological sustainability of global trade. This book details how science can provide solutions so that economic and social developments can be ecologically sustainable. It also demonstrates the different solutions and pitfalls, successes and failures in a large number of ports and harbours in the Asia Pacific Region.
GUIDELINES ON BIODIVERSITY-INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND INCLUSIVE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. By the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) and the Netherlands Commission for Impact Assessment, September 2005. These assessments are the result of proposals for further development and refinement of the guidelines on integrating biodiversity considerations in impact assessment, particularly to incorporate all stages of the environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment processes taking into account the ecosystem approach.
Electronic Resources
THE INTERNATIONAL PORTAL ON FOOD SAFETY, ANIMAL & PLANT HEALTH. This website is run by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), World Health Organization (WHO) and World Trade Organization (WTO). It aims to facilitate trade in food and agriculture products and support the implementation of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement by providing a single access point for authorised official international and national information across the sectors of food safety, animal and plant health.
Vacancies
ICTSD is currently recruiting a JUNIOR PROGRAMME OFFICER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE PROGRAMMES. The JPO will be responsible for editing BRIDGES Trade BioRes, writing for BRIDGES Weekly and assisting the team in organising dialogues and papers on biotechnology, fisheries, environmental goods and services and agriculture; maintaining the ICTSD trade & environment and agriculture trade web portals and other tasks as required. Applications should be sent to Oscar Fornoza, jobs@ictsd.ch. For further information, including qualifications required, see http://www.ictsd.org/vacancy_jpo.pdf.
TRANSLATOR, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORTING SERVICES. IISD is seeking to translate a backlog of about a dozen summary reports from meetings that took place in 2004 and early 2005. They are seeking an experienced translator who is able to commit to working full-time or close to full-time (at least 3 full days per week) from October through to December 2005. The deadline for applications is 5 October. For further information see http://www.iisd.ca/francais-2005-e.html (English) and http://www.iisd.ca/francais-2005-f.html (French).