The Global Importance of the Boreal Forest: Migratory Birds and the Paper Industry
11–13 September 2006, Clare College, Cambridge, UK
To register, please visit: www.taigarescue.org/conference2006
The conference will feature:
- Industry – NGO – government – science discussions to promote cross-sectoral collaboration and/or communication, build relationships and increase mutual understanding
- In-depth discussions of the world’s impacts on boreal ecosystems, especially in relation to migratory birds
- The latest campaign news from around the boreal forest
- Release of the State of the Paper Industry and the Environment by the Environmental Paper Network
- Unveiling of new tools and information to help papermakers and major paper buyers improve environmental performance
Attendees will include those from the following cross section of industries:
- Paper industry and boreal forest products industry representatives
- NGOs working on paper issues, boreal forests, and related
- Indigenous peoples groups and local community organizations throughout the boreal region
- Academics – Scientists – Researchers interested in boreal forests, migratory birds and the paper industry worldwide
- Government agencies and development agencies
- Financial institutions, especially those affected by or invested in boreal regions and the paper industry
Additional meetings of Birdlife International's Forest Task Force, the Taiga Rescue Network and the Environmental Paper will be held following the conference by invitation.
Contact: Jim Ford, jim@taigarescue.org
Co-hosts are the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife International, Boreal Birdsong Initiative, ForestEthics, and UNEP – World Conservation Monitoring Centre with support from the Environmental Paper Network, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund and others.
To register for the event, please send your e-mail address to trnevents@idm360.com with a request that you be sent the registration form when it become available in a few weeks' time.