[BCR] FW: Dec. 7 & 8 "China's Environment: What do we know and how do we know it?"
Helen Feng Liang
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-Feng Liang
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Subject: SPECIAL CCS EVENT REMINDER--Dec. 7 & 8
Center for Chinese Studies Fall 2007 Events Reminder
All listed events are free and open to the public
unless noted. Wheelchair accessible. For more
information, visit our website at:
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/ccs.html
Friday-Saturday, December 7-8
"China's Environment: What do we know and how do we know it?"
See website for full details
http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2007.12.07w.html
Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
Co-sponsored by the Luce Foundation, Berkeley
China Initiative, Center for Chinese Studies,
Institute of East Asian Studies, & Asia Society of Northern California.
China's environment has become a subject of great
domestic and international interest and
importance. Pollution of the air, water and
soil; climate change; deforestation;
desertification; water shortage; animal and plant
species extinction; public health concerns--the
list of topics is extensive and growing. The
Chinese leadership has given high priority and
publicity to environmental cleanup and
sustainable development. The international
community--government agencies, scientists,
universities, think tanks, businesses,
non-governmental organizations, media--on their
own and in collaboration with Chinese
counterparts, have undertaken wide-ranging
research and published numerous reports calling
attention to the internal and global impact of
China's environmental problems. Given China's
size and complexity, as well as complicated and
at times conflictual relations between the center
and localities, many experts have raised
questions about the reliability and validity of
the data that have comprised the basis for our
understanding of China's environment and the
formulation of policies to address problems, as
well as the extent to which policies have
actually been implemented as reported.
On December 7-8, 2007, the Berkeley China
Initiative will host a conference at the
University of California, Berkeley, on the theme,
"China's Environment: What Do We Know and How Do
We Know It?" Acknowledging that the problem has
scientific as well as social, political,
economic, public health and cultural aspects, the
BCI will bring together an international lineup
of experts from a diverse range of
fields--science, media, policy, business, NGOs,
social science, humanities--to share data on
China's environment, as well as reflect on how
the data are collected, verified, disseminated, and utilized.
The format includes 4 keynote speakers and 6
panels which bring together experts from
different fields who may not ordinarily converse
with each other. The goal is to generate fresh
and unexpected questions, connections, insights
and recommendations. The conference will be
webcast and a report prepared for wide dissemination.
This conference is funded by a generous grant
from the Luce Foundation as part of BCI's 3-part
series on "The Production of Knowledge About China."
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