GECHH 2011 Symposium in partnership with the CNR-ISE and CNR-IRSA
Global Environmental Change and Human Health:
Healthy Forests for Life
(Verbania, Lake Maggiore, Italy 19-21 September 2011)
(By invitation only)
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Advisory Committee |
* password-protected information on hotels and transportation, etc. Invited participants will receive the password, upon confirming their participation to the GECHH IPO.
Opening Session Welcoming remarks by Hon. Zacchera, Mayor of the City of Verbania |
Special Session by ISE Programme 19/09/2011 Welcoming remarks by Dr Mosello, CNR-ISE Director |
Special Session by IRSA Programme 20/09/2011 Welcoming remarks by Dr Pettine, CNR-IRSA Director |
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Press Conference CNR-ISE, Thursday 15 September 2011 |
Special Event In Memoriam, on 19 September 2011 |
Special Session by DTA Welcoming remarks by Dr. Brugnoli Book Presentation by Prof. Ursula Oswald-Spring on 21 September (lunch time) |
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Opening Remarks
Professor Paolo Blasi, UNU Council Member, University of Florence
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Marina Maiero,
Public Health and Environment Department
World Health Organization, WHO
Professor Sophie Vanwambeke, Université catholique de Louvain
Host Organizations
| Institute of Ecosystem Study (CNR-ISE) | ![]() |
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Con il patrocinio della Città di Verbania |
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| Con il patrocinio dell'Assessorato Sistemi Verdi e Paesaggio della Regione Lombardi | ![]() |
Platinum Sponsors
IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
| CNR Dipartimento Terra e Ambiente |
| Provincia Verbano Cusio Ossola |
| WHO Regional Office for Europe |
Bronze Sponsors
Nuova Coop
GECHH 2011 Symposium's Friends
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Australian National University |
| Canada Research Chairs Program |
| CNR Institute of Agro-environmental and Forestry Biology (CNR-IBAF) |
| CNR Dipartimento Terra e Ambiente (CNR-DTA) |
| Earth System Science Partnership |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale (EPFL) Cooperation Unit – Lausanne, Switzerland |
| FEDERLEGNOARREDO/Consorzio Servizi Legno-Sughero |
| Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) |
| Fiera di Monza e Brianza |
| Global Bioethics - International Institute of Humankind Studies (Italy) |
| Laval University |
| Oxford University |
| Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program based at SCBI |
| Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |
| United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat |
| UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) |
| Universita' di Padova - TESAF |
| University of Windsor Faculty of Law |
| WHO Public Health and Environment Department |
Institutions interested in sponsoring the GECHH 2011 Symposium should contact the GECHH Executive Officer, Dr Lucilla Spini (spinil@inweh.unu.edu).
Organizing Committee: Dr. Lucilla Spini (GECHH); Ms. Tiziana Tonsi (CNR-ISE), and Dr. Emanuela Manfredi (CNR-IRSA); Ms. Lisa Benedetti (UNU-INWEH); Ms. Gabrielle Glueheisen (UNU-INWEH)
Note-takers
Related publications
CNR-ISE Newsletter (in Italian)
CNR-ISE Newsletter (in Italian) - no 3 - with photos of the Symposium!
Related events
ALSI Conference Room, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Parco di Monza, Monza (MB), Italy, Friday 27 May 2011 at 10:30am. Seminar “Towards global human health and wellbeing in a changing environment: climate, forests and water: the role of the United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and the Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH) Project” by Dr. Lucilla Spini, GECHH Executive Officer, UNU-INWEH - An event kindly sponsored by ALSI and Fiera di Monza e Brianza, and kindly organized by the Water Research Institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IRSA)
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