On this occasion the Congress will serve as the framework for the Workshop of Conservation and Management of Wetlands and Coastal Zones in Central America: methodologies and priorities, which the IUCN/ORMA Wetlands Program and the PROARCA/Costas Project will hold jointly.

The workshop will take place July 6-8, at Hotel Conquistador Ramada, Guatemala City.
The objectives of the workshop are to:

• Exchange lessons learned under different approaches to conservation and management of wetlands and coastal zones in projects carried out in Central America
• Establish regional and national priorities in wetlands and coastal zone conservation and management
• Disseminate advances achieved by the PROARCA/Costas Project and by IUCN-ORMA Wetlands and Coastal Zones Program

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Management of Socio-Environmental Conflicts
Date: May 31-June 16, 1999
Cost: US$ 2,300
Course Director: Rolain Borel

Management of Buffer Zones of Protected Areas
Date: June 21-July 9, 1999
Cost: US$ 2,500
Course Director: Jim Barbarak

Services provided by Forest Lands: Their Appraisal, Quantification and Inclusion in Environmental Policies
Date: September 13-25, 1999
Cost: US$ 2,300
Course Director: Gerardo Budowski

INTECOL VI: Wetlands at the Millenium, International Wetlands Conference
Place: Quebec City, Canada
Date: August 6-12, 1999
For more information about this event visit our web site at www.cqvb.qc.ca/wetland2000/

15th Biennial International Estuarine Research Foundation Conference: Where the River Meets the Sea
Date:September 25-30, 1999
Place:New Orleans
For information visit the web site at www.erf.org

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The 7th International Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology and Environmental Quality Sciences on Environmental Challenges for the Next Millenium
Date: June 13-18, 1999
Place: Jerusalem, Israel
Web site: www.kenes.com/ecology99

Groundwater 2000, International Conference on Groundwater Research
Date:June 6-8, 2000
Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Web site: www.isva.dtu.dk/grc/gw2000

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Coastal Zone 99, San Diego, The People, the Coast, the Ocean: Vision 2020
Date:July 24-30, 1999
Web site: omega.cc.umb.edu/~cz99

International Conference on Sustainable Management of Coastal Ecosystems
Date: November 3-5, 1999
Place:Opporto, Portugal,
Web site:www.ufp.pt/units/geonucleo/coastal-ecosystems/

Second Wetlands Regulatory Workshop
Date:November 2-5, 1999
Place:Atlantic City, New Jersey
E-mail: [email protected]

Seminar Workshop Water Resources and Environment: Reality and Challenges and the Second Workshop on Wetlands in Colombia
Date:May 26-28, 1999
Place:Santafe de Bogotá
E-mail: [email protected]