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January 2009: Call for participation "Young ESD Voices from around the world" (ESD-Conference)

Young people between 18 and 35 years of age are invited to submit applications for participating in the workshop "Young ESD Voices from around the World" and in the World Conference itself by 9 February 2009. more 

 

Unity in diversity or: “We are all developing countries”
50 young people from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America countries presented their Declaration to Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
 
 

 

UNESCO declared the youth summit “Go 4 BioDiv“ a contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. More

 

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International Youth Summit 2008 Go 4 BioDiv
16 – 31 May 2008, Bavarian Forest National Park and Bonn, Germany


From 19 to 30 May 2008 Germany hosted the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Around 5,000 delegates from all over the world met in Bonn to discuss steps that can be taken to conserve biodiversity. Before and during the conference the International Youth Summit “Go 4 BioDiv” provided selected young adults with a forum and a political platform for issues that concern them.

young girl International Youth Summit 2008
50 young people from 16 nations worked on contributions conveying their personal outlook and strategies for conserving biological and cultural diversity and its sustainable use which they the presented to delegates at the UN conference and the general public. More
   
tesoro forestal The “Go 4 BioDiv” programme
At the International Wilderness Camp in the Bavarian Forest National Park, the emphasis was placed on specialist discussions and creative workshops. In Bonn the young people presented their results and talked with policymakers. More
   
Partners
The International Youth Summit "Go 4 BioDiv" had been made possible thanks to the following cooperation partners: The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ; The Bavarian Ministry of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection; the City of Bonn; The German Federal Environmental Foundation DBU; the German Technical Cooperatoin GTZ and the Bavarian Forest National Park. More
   
help each other Find out more
Here you can find country profiles of the nations represented at the International Youth Summit together with general information on biological and cultural diversity and the concept of an “ecological footprint”. There are also links to useful websites. More