Liberia Environmental Sustainability Forum

 

Please join us at the first Liberia Environmental Sustainability Forum, September 21-22 in Washington, DC.  The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is working with Africa Environment Watch and other organizations in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia to hold this conference. See http://www.trunity.net/africaenvironmentalwatch/

 

Liberia, having recently emerged from nearly a decade and a half of decade of brutal civil war, is at a critical point with respect to the sustainable management of its natural resources for the well-being of its people. The country is rebuilding its infrastructure and government, including an Environmental Protection Agency and a set of environmental laws modeled after the US. It faces tremendous capacity-building challenges as it utilizes its substantial rain forest, marine environment and other natural resources for national development. 

 

The Forum will bring together leading scientists, environmentalists, government managers and others from the US and other countries to meet with their Liberian counterparts to discuss how to work together in assistance of Liberia, its people and its environment.

 

Speakers include Liberian and US government officials including Hon. Toga G. McIntosh, Liberia Foreign Minister; Hon. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to Liberia; Hon. Amara Konneh, Liberia Planning and Economic Affairs Minister; Hon. Anyaa Vohiri, Executive Director, Liberia EPA; and officials from USEPA and other agencies, along with representatives from the Global Environment Facility, the United Nations, and various nongovernmental organizations, businesses and universities in Liberia and the US.

 

The first day of the Forum will educate participants about the current situation in Liberia and opportunities for partnership in capacity-building. A banquet featuring Liberian cultural performances will conclude the day. These events will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Arlington, VA.

 

On the second day, participants will meet at the University of the District of Columbia in breakout groups to discuss strategies for helping Liberia’s EPA to implement its strategic plan.

 

If you have particular technical expertise that you would like to share at the conference or have any questions, please contact David Blockstein, National Council for Science and the Environment, 202-207-0004; David@NCSEonline.org

 

Registration for the entire event, including the banquet is only $125.

To register, please click on the link below.

 

 

We look forward to seeing you at this historic event…