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7th International Conference
on the Environment
and Sustainable Development
July 6 - 10, 2009, Havana Cuba
We invite your participation in The 7th International Conference on the Environment and Sustainable Development in Havana, Cuba, July 6 - 10, 2009 with an exciting itinerary of extra meetings and site visits before, during and after the Conference for further research:
July 3 - 12, 2009
The Convention will include Five Congresses: - Climate Change
- Protected Areas
- Ecosystems and Biodiversity Management
- Environmental Policy and Management
- Environmental Education and Action
Seven Colloquia: - Agriculture, Bio-energy and Food Security
- Risks of Mining and Oil Activities
- Risks of Globalization and Roles for Civil Society
- Eco-Health: Natural Disasters and Climate Change
- Risk Assessment to Reduce Natural Disasters
- Environmental Management
- Environmental Law and Justice.
Technological Exposition and Poster Presentations
See the Conference Brochure here.
The Extended Research Tour will address both the environmental and the human aspects of Sustainable Development and allow for further meetings between conference participants and their Cuban colleagues. The final itinerary will be determined by the interests of the individual participants.
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The price of the 5 day conference and the 4 day study tour is approximately $2250 - $2500 round trip from Cancun to Havana (final price to be determined on the basis of number of participants and requests for the extended research program; double occupancy accommodations (when available); single occupancy price to be determined ($250-300).
Price includes: Cuban visa, Round Trip flight Cancun/Havana/Cancun, accommodations, two meals per day, conference fee, extended program fees, translation and transportation.
Price does NOT include: airfare to Cancun from your original point of departure, beverages, gratuities, travel insurance, personal expenditures, etc.
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Eco Cuba Exchange is a project of Global Exchange, a UN-recognized NGO that, for 20 years, has organized research delegations of U.S. professionals, students, and enthusiasts to study Cuba's internationally lauded progress in all fields of sustainable development. We look forward to assisting you as you research Cuba's programs and explore how U.S. and Cuban environmental scientists can learn from each other and contribute to each others' support.
ECO CUBA EXCHANGE
Pamela Montanaro, MS, and Michele Frank, MD
510-649-1052 (home office phone for Pamela Montanaro)
Pamela Montanaro (home office email)
Eco Cuba Exchange is a project of:
Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street, Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110
http://www.globalexchange.org
Travel arrangements for Eco Cuba Exchange are made through a Cuba Travel Service Provider, licensed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department.
Under current U.S. regulations, Conference and Research Tour participants who are full-time professionals in a relevant field or journalists on assignment qualify to travel to Cuba under OFAC's "general" license (Basically this means that you do not have to apply for a license).
Graduate Students and others may apply for a "specific" license through OFAC. We will provide you with the information you need to do this, and you should submit your application to OFAC as early as possible.
For more information, please contact:
Pamela Montanaro
or call 510-649-1052.
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Eco Cuba Exchange
Research Delegations and Conferences
ARTICLES ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CUBA
"Cuba Naturally", National Geographic, November 2003, by Steve Winter
"The Nature of Cuba", Smithsonian Magazine, May 2003. By Eugene Linden
"How Cuba Survived Peak Oil", Community Solutions, 2005, by Megan Quinn
"Five Articles on Renewable Energy in Cuba, by Laurie Stone, 1996 - 2006, Solar Energy International
"Cuba’s New Agricultural Revolution,” by Laura Enriquez, Institute for Food and Development Policy, May 2000
“Cultivating Havana: Urban Agriculture and Food Security in the Years of Crisis,” by Catherine Murphy, February 1999, Institute for Food and Development Policy
”The Greening of Cuba,” by Peter Rosset,ACLA Report on the Americas 1994, Institute for Food and Development Policy
“Deep Cuba,” by Chris Clarke and Bill Belleville,Earth island Journal
“Conserving Cuba, After the Embargo, by Cornelia Dean,”NY Times
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