Theme: "Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes"

Technical Sessions: "Governmental structural adjustments for better governance towards environmental protection and pollution control in South Asia/Pakistan" (Session Organizer: Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja)

Environmental regulatory enforcement and compliance: Environmental regulatory enforcement and compliance continue to be the main problems in controlling the rapid depletion and degradation of segments of environment (air, water, soil, forests, aquatic life, etc.) in South Asia. Do the existing governmental structure and patterns of governance for tackling national and regional environmental issues facilitate law enforcement and strengthen stakeholders participation by adequately providing opportunities to educate and access to available information? The Seventh SDC will look at the manner(s) in which governments cooperate and exercise power in natural resource management in their respective countries and in South Asian region. The participants of the conference would share their experiences and will discuss national and South Asian regional environmental issues pertaining to all segments of environment.

Abstracts: A soft and printed copy of the abstract of not more than 400 words should be submitted directly to Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja (khwaja@sdpi.org) by Friday, 20 August 2004. It should clearly state the title, theme, objectives, sources of data, and major expected findings. It should include the author’s full name, a brief bionote as author of no more than 30 words, complete contact address (email as well as postal), telephone and fax numbers.SDC 2004 details attached also available at www.sdpi.org

Sponsorships: SDPI would sponsor speakers for presentation of their papers of accepted abstract with the cost of travel, accommodation & meals for the entire period of the conference.(December 7 - 11, 2004).

Contact:
Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
P.O. Box 2342, Islamabad. Pakistan
Tel: 0092 51 2278134 & 36
Fax: 0092 51 2278135
E-mail: khwaja@sdpi.org
Web: www.sdpi.org