An Invitation of Sessions Related to the 3rd World Water Forum

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1.Official Session
Date:15:00-17:30 on March 16, 2003
Venue:Kyoto International Conference Hall: ROOM-Ｋ
Session:Water and Climate
Title: An Integrated Worldwide Freshwater Monitoring System to Address Problems Associated with Global Warming
Conveners:Charles Goldman、Michio Kumagai、Warwick Vincent

2.Follow-up Session (Free of charge)
Date:10:00-17:15 on March 18, 2003
Venue:Lake Biwa Research Institute
Thema:The 21st Century Water Crisis: Management, people and organizations

●Charles Goldman（USA）…Long Term Environmental Monitoring: Opportunities and Challenges
●Richard Robarts（UNEP/GEMS）…Global Water Resources ? Issues and Assessment
●Sabrina Barker（UNEP/GEMS）…Data, Science and International Policies: What do Decision-makers Need?
●Louis Legendre（France）…Sustainable Use of Water Resources: Developing and Implementing Rules of Eco-Ethics and Water Ethics

●Warwick Vincent（Canada）…Global Climate Change and Noxious Algal Blooms
●Tom Murphy （Canada）…Environmental Restoration: Challenges, Limitations, and Successes
●Prvoslav Marjanovic（SouthAfrica）…Global Warming/Climate Change and Integrated Water Resources Management- Perspectives from Africa
●Stephen J de Mora （IAEA）…Analytical Quality Control Services Supporting Regional Monitoring　Programmes
●Catherine M. O'Reilly（USA）…The Potential Influence of Climate Change on Productivity of the East African Rift Valley Lakes
●Ian Hawes（New Zealand）…Lake Taupo in a Changing and Variable Climate
●Naoko Ishiguro（Japan）…The Climate Change and Lake Geneva
●Song Xueliang（China）…Limnological Characteristics and Eutrophication Problems of Yunnan Lakes
●Michio Kumagai(Japan) …Climate Change and Lake Biwa: Toward the Future Safe Environments