FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Subject: Human Dimensions of Global Change Open Meeting 2001 OPEN MEETING IN BRAZIL, 6-8 OCTOBER 2001 The 2001 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 6-8 October 2001. Following three successful meetings held at Duke University (USA) in 1995, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria) in 1997, and Shonan Village (Japan) in 1999, the human dimensions research community will meet for the first time in the Southern Hemisphere. Particular emphasis will be placed on research reports that include a regional or "place-based" perspective and that make a linkage between natural and social sciences, as well as among local, regional and global scales. Plenary themes of the meeting will address the challenges of integration in human dimensions research - across disciplines, across hemispheres, and across the science-policy interface. Information about the meeting, including instructions for the submission of abstracts, will be made available at http://sedac.ciesin.org/openmeeting/. The Open Meeting is being organized by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), and CIESIN. Best, Tom Dietz Thomas Dietz, Ph.D. Chair, U.S. National Research Council Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Public Policy George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia 22030 U.S.A Phone: 703-993-1435 Fax: 703-993-1446 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://members.aol.com/tdietzvt/Dietz_home_page.html ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
