Development Minister Hilary Benn and UNEP Executive Director Klaus Töpfer among others will speak at this meeting on environment, development, and sustainable peace. The conference will emphasize positive theories and examples to counter the persistent focus on negative linkages among threats to the environment, development, and peace. Discussions will tackle questions such as: What can we learn from a decade of intensive analysis and debate about “environmental security”?; How do the North and South view the challenges differently?; What are positive examples of environmental peacemaking between neighboring countries?; How can we assure funding for promising initiatives?; and What lessons can we learn from exemplary case studies on water, forests, and minerals?  

dates: 16-19 September 2004  
location: UK  
additional: Wilton Park, Wiston House, Steyning, West Sussex  
contact: Sandry Koo, Conference Administrator  
phone: 44-1903-817765  
fax: 44-1903-817162  
e-mail: sandry.koo@wiltonpark.org.uk  
www: http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/web/welcome.html