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NGO CONSULTATION on SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY



For more information please contact:
 Ann Carey at (Phone: 202-690-0511;  Fax: 202-690-4769;  E-mail:
ann.carey@usda.gov).


USDA invites you to participate in a NGO CONSULTATION on
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
 to follow up to the

UNITED NATIONS 
SPECIAL SESSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT


TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1997
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
104A Jamie Whitten Building
14th and Independence Ave. SW


DISCUSSION TOPICS:
- Brainstorming on goals and activities for future UNCSD meetings:
	1998: Freshwater
	1999: Oceans and Marine Resources
	2000: Integrated Land Resources -- agriculture and forests

- Domestic follow up to UNGASS

-  Linking local rural community Sustainable Development plans to Agenda 21

PARTICIPANTS WILL INCLUDE:

Adela Backiel, Director of Sustainable Development, USDA
Ann Carey, Special Assistant for Strategic Natural Resources Issues, USDA 
Natural Resources 	Conservation Service
Doug Kneeland, International Forestry, USDA Forest Service
Rick Helm, International Cooperation and Development, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service

Peggy Kerry, NGO Liaison, US Mission to the United Nations, New York, NY

Teleconference ability will be available.
For more information please contact:
 Ann Carey at (Phone: 202-690-0511;  Fax: 202-690-4769;  E-mail: 
ann.carey@usda.gov).