Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonian Sea
and Areas of Influence - Puerto Madryn Declaration, november 2005
The organizations that are part of the Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonian Sea and Areas of Influence, sharing the vision of the Colonia Declaration of March 2005, and after establishing the governance structure, Steering Group and Working Groups of the Forum, formulated the Puerto Madryn Declaration.

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The selected works for the Adriana Schiffrin Essay Prize 2005
We are proud to announce the selected works for the Adriana Schiffrin Essay Prize - 2005. They will be published by FARN soon and will be available at this website. The board of judges was made up by Dr. Ricardo Luis Lorenzetti, Dr. Aída Kemelmajer de Carlucci and Dr. Silvina Ramírez.

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Lanzamiento de la Plataforma Argentina de OSC por la RSE
The Argentine Platform of the Civil Society Organizations for the Business Social Liability, of wich FARN is a member, invites you to its presentation on November 10th from 10:00 to 12:00, at FAECYS office (Av. Roca 644, City of Bs.As.)

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Conclusions of the workshop "Sustainable Management of the Patagonian Sea - Public and private decisors role"
The mentioned workshop was organized by FARN in the "Sea and Sky Project" frame. This is a joint initiative between the CONICET and the WCS, born to face the neccesity of finding efficient solutions to the problems that affect the oceanic biodiversity, specially in the patagonian
sea.

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Guidelines for applying the Precautionary Principle to biodiversity conservation and natural resource management
The Guidelines have been developed by The Precautionary Principle Project -a joint initiative of Fauna & Flora International, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Resource Africa and TRAFFIC- in which FARN participates investigating the application of the precautionary principle in administrative and judicial decisions in Argentina.

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Informative meeting on the state of situation of the negotiations on
environmental goods and services in the OMC framework
FARN, as one of the coordinators of the Environment and Sustainable Development Commission of the Consultative Board of Civil Society (MRECIyC), along with the Economic- Social Consultative Forum of MERCOSUR, invites to this activity which will take place on October 27th., 15:00, at ISEN (Esmeralda 1212 - 4º floor, City of Bs. As.).

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New project on urban solid waste
Since the middle of February FARN has been developing a project that aims to recommend basic guidelines for the management of intermunicipal agreements and the construction of provincial regulatory frameworks for urban solid waste.

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Documents and publications added recently:
[in Spanish only]

• Access to Public Information and Participation on Environmental Issues
  
  
• Access to Public Information in the Patagonian
  
  
• Minimum Standards for Environmental Protection - Adriana Schiffrin Essay Prize 2003
  
  
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies: Basic Information