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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia will be organizing
its Tunza International Children & Youth Conference on the Environment , from 26 to 30 September 2011. It will bring
together 1400 children and youth, to discuss their role and inputs to the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development " Rio+20". Under the slogan ' Reshaping Our future through A Green Economy and Sustainable Lifestyle'. The conference will also review the contribution of youth to the International Year of Forests and how they can adopt more environment-friendly lifestyles. The conference themes are Rio + 20 (Green Economy) / Green Lifestyles, Forests, Sustainable Consumption and State of the Global Environment from the youth perspective.
To submit a nomination from your organization please visit our website below:
Children nominations
http://unep.org/tunza/children/events/icc2011
Youth nominations
http://unep.org/tunza/youth/conferences_events/tiyc2011
******Nominations must be submitted to UNEP on or before 30 June 2011*******
For further information on the conference, please contact:
The Children and Youth / Sport and the Environment Unit
Division of Communications and Public Information
Email: children.youth@unep.org
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