Time: October 30-31, 2009

Venue:  Sino-Japan Environmental Center, Beijing

Co-organizers:  All China Environmental Federation (ACEF), International Fund for China’s Environment (IFCE) and UNEP

Supporting groups:  Ministry of Environment Protection, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Greenpeace, China Association of NGO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and others

Sub-Themes:

Policy and government responses (ACEF)

Biodiversity conservation (IFCE)

Water and eco-system (Greenpeace)

NGOs development in China (China Association of NGO)

Climate change and ecology (NRDC)

NGO project demo and promotion (ACEF)

NGO capacity training workshop (IFCE, on Nov. 1)

Participants: app. 350 people, including NGOs, research institutes, gov. agencies, international groups, major media, etc.

Contact: Dr. Michael Zhao, ifcechina@gmail.com