FIRST CALL: ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE: URBAN FORESTRY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TREE CITY initiative, a special urban forestry and arboricultural program with focus on developing countries is preparing two Electronic Conferences entitled Urban forestry in developing counties - Better livability through productive and protective trees - (1st Conference: May to July 1996, 2nd Conference: January to February 1997). Objectives The overall objective of the E-Conference Urban forestry in developing countries is to assist in improving the urban environment on a sustainable basis in developing countries, with special attention to the needs and contributions of women and vulnerable social groups whose quality of life and participation in development has been hampered. The immediate purpose of the FIRST E-CONFERENCE with the subtitle Initiatives and actions is: (i) to promote the exchange of ideas and information on subjects relevant to urban forestry in developing countries; (ii) to raise the visibility of urban forestry as a development tool; (iii) to make people aware of what work is being done and of useful references (resource materials); (iv) to develop a list of major fields of action to be looked into in the Second E-Conference. The SECOND E-CONFERENCE, with the subtitle The way ahead , aims: (i) to share in-depth experience in and knowledge about urban forestry activities in developing countries; (ii) to analyze constraints and assess the potential for multipurpose urban forestry; (iii) to evaluate urban forestry related experience throughout the world and its applicability to local conditions in developing countries; (iv) to identify gaps where there is currently a lack of information; (iv) to formulate recommendations for future support of urban forestry in development cooperation. If you or your organization are interested in participating in and/or sponsoring the E-Conference project, please contact the TREE CITY Coordinator: TREE CITY Program Coordinator, c/o TREE CITY - Urban Forestry & Arboricultural Program Office Illertissen: Graf-Kirchberg-Strasse 26, 89257 Illertissen, Germany. Tel. +49-7303-43776, Fax. +49-7303-42114. Email: 100441.3577@Compuserve.com URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages /G_Kuchelmeister
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