Final Hearing Schedule:

The following individuals (listed in alphabetical order) confirmed their intention to participate at the World Sustainability Hearing, a parallel event to the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Hearing took place in conjunction with the People's Earth Summit at St. Stithians College [www.stithian.com] from Monday, August 26 through Saturday, August 31, 2002, with a Presentation of Hearing Findings to the World Summit at a press conference on Sunday, September 1 by Dr. Vandana Shiva. St. Stithians is located 4 miles and 10-15 minutes by car or bus from the Sandton Convention Center where the UN Summit was held.

Mon.	Aug. 26, 2002 (10am - 5pm)	Day of Energy and Climate Justice
Tue.	Aug. 27, 2002 (10am - 5pm)	Day of the Forests, Indigenous and Forest-dependent Peoples
Wed.	Aug. 28, 2002 (10am - 5pm)	Day of Oceans, Lakes, Waterways, and Fisher People
Thu.	Aug. 29, 2002 (10am - 5pm)	Day of Poverty, Human Rights, Women, and Youth
Fri.	Aug. 30, 2002 (10am - 5pm)	Day of Hunger, Agriculture, Water, and Food Security
Sat.	Aug. 31, 2002 (10am - noon and 4 - 7 pm)	Day of Democratic Governance and Corporate Accountability
Mon.	Sep. 2, 2002	Presentation of Hearing Findings to the World Summit

	Day of Energy and Climate Justice Monday, August 26, 2002 (10:00 am - 5:00 pm) Morning Session Existing / Outmoded Technologies and Their Impacts (10 am - 12:30 pm) Panelists include: Christopher Flavin [ Profile ] President, WorldWatch Institute U.S. Wenonah Hauter Director of Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program, Public Citizen U.S. Bobby Peek [ Profile ] GroundWork South Africa Aleksey Yablokov [ Profile ] Founder and President, Center for Russian Environmental Policy Russia Witnesses include (among others): Patrick Duma South African community member, GroundWork South Africa Nikolas Kasa South African community member, GroundWork South Africa Tze-Luen Lin Research Associate, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware U.S. Asume Osuoka Co-coordinator, Oilwatch Africa Nigeria Lydia Popova [ Profile ] Director, Center for Nuclear Ecology and Energy Policy of the Socio-Ecological Union Russia Afternoon Session 1 Climate Change (1:30 pm - 3:30 pm) Panelists include: Tim Carmichael [ Profile ] Executive Director, The Coalition for Clean Air U.S. Ricardo Carrere World Rainforest Movement (WRM) Uruguay Sandy Gauntlett Associate Researcher, Indigenous Research Institute Aotearoa / New Zealand Amit Srivastava Climate Justice Coordinator, CorpWatch U.S. Robert Watson Former Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (U.N.) U.S. Witnesses include (among others): Ilya Popov [ Profile ] Center for Nuclear Ecology and Energy Policy Russia Viktor Tarasenko President, Environmental Association of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Ukraine Afternoon Session 2 Renewable Energy (3:30 pm - 5 pm) Panelists include: Suani Teixeira Coelho Director, Brazilian National Biomass Center (CENBIOS) Brazil Andre de Moor RIVM Institute of Public Health and the Environment The Netherlands Matt Peterson President, Global Green USA U.S. Witnesses include (among others): Wei-Chieh Lai Green Citizen Action Alliance Taiwan Back to top
	Day of Forests, Indigenous, and Forest-Dependent Peoples Tuesday, August 27, 2002 (10am - 5pm) SPECIAL NOTE: This day is being co-organized and co-facilitated by Simone Lovera of Friends of the Earth International's Biodiversity Project and Marcial Arias of the International Alliance of Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests. Morning Session Keynote and Indigenous Peoples' Participation in Forest Policy Decision-Making (10:00 am - 12:30 pm) Simone Lovera (Opening Remarks) Coordinator, Friends of the Earth International's Biodiversity Project Paraguay Marcial Arias (Opening Remarks) Interim Coordinator, International Alliance of Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests Panama Antonio Jacanamijoy (Keynote Speaker) U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Colombia Panelists include: Alejandro Argumedo [ Profile ] Director, Quechua-Aymara Association for Sustainable Communities (ANDES) Peru Esther Camac Regional Coordinator, Central America of the International Alliance of Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forest Costa Rica Sebastiao Manchineri General Coordinator, COICA Brasil Kalimba Zepheryn President, Association for the Promotion of the Batwa Rwanda Afternoon Session 1 Impacts of Consumption and Globalization (1:30 pm - 2:45 pm) Panelists include: Dr. Jane Goodall, CBE, U.N. Messenger of Peace (Keynote Speaker) Jane Goodall Institute U.K. Victor Menotti Program Director, The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) U.S. Afternoon Session 2 Forest Plantantions (2:45 pm - 3:30 pm) Panelists include: Ricardo Carrere World Rainforest Movement (WRM) Uruguay Afternoon Session 3 Globalization and Liberalization (3:30 pm - 4:15 pm) Panelists include: Meenakshi Raman Hon. Secretary, Friends of the Earth Malaysia Afternoon Session 4 Impacts of Policies and Projects of Financial Institutions (4:15 pm - 5:00 pm) Panelists include: Miguel Lovera (Concluding Remarks) Coordinator, Global Forest Coalition Paraguay Samuel Nguiffo [ Profile ] Center for Environment and Development Cameroon Witnesses for this day include: (Dispersed among sessions outlined above.) Onel Arias Secretary General, Fundación para la Promocion del Conocimiento Indígena Panama Pati Ruiz Corzo [ Profile ] Federal Director Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve México Wadja Egnankou [ Profile ] President, S.O.S. Forests Ivory Coast Chief Garry John Chair and spokesperson, St'at'imc Chiefs Council St'at'imc Nation (British Columbia, Canada) Lucy Mulenkei Director, Indigenous Information Network (Africa) Kenya Odiga Odiga NGO Coalition for the Environment Nigeria Alex Peal [ Profile ] Chairman, Society for the Conservation of Nature Liberia Nat Quansah [ Profile ] Ethnobotanist Madagascar Hubertus Samangun International Alliance of Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests Indonesia Rodion Sulyandziga [ Profile ] Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia Russia Matalena Toomata Siosiomaga Society Samoa Myrle Traverse [ Profile ] Interlake Reserves Tribal Council, Inc. Manitoba, Canada Back to top
	Day of Oceans, Lakes, Waterways, and Fisher People Wednesday, August 28, 2002 (10 am - 5 pm) Morning Session Freshwater Ecology, Dams, and Related Issues (10:00 am - 12:30 pm) Panelists include: Jennifer Francis [ Profile ] Gender and Water Alliance The Netherlands Jeff Hou [ Profile ] International coordinator, Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo (SAVE) International committee U.S. Jacob Scherr Director, International Program, National Resources Defense Council U.S. Sudhirendar Sharma [ Profile ] Chair, The Ecological Foundation India Witnesses include (among others): Tzu-Chen Chang Tainan Environmental Protection Union Taiwan Michael Kravcik [ Profile ] Chairman, People and Water Slovakia Juan Pablo Orrego [ Profile ] President, Grupo de Acción por el Biobío Chile Marina Rikhvanova [ Profile ] Baikal Wave Russia Oscar Rivas [ Profile ] Sobrevivencia Paraguay Afternoon Session Oceans, Fisheries, and Fisher People (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm) Panelists include: Thomas Kocherry Leader, World Forum of Fisher Peoples India Astrid Scholz Director, Groundfish Analysis Project, EcoTrust U.S. Jorge Varela [ Profile ] Co-founder, Committee for the Defense and Development of Flora and Fauna of the Gulf of Fonseca (CODDEFFAGOLF) Honduras Witnesses include (among others): Ronaldo Asignacion SAMAHOBA/ELAC Phillippines Harekrishna Debnath World Forum of Fisher Peoples India Dao Guye World Forum of Fisher Peoples Senegal Andrew Johnson World Forum of Fisher Peoples South Africa Herman Kumara World Forum of Fisher Peoples Sri Lanka Maragaret (first name only) World Forum of Fisher Peoples Uganda Bruno Van Peteghem [ Profile ] Co-founder, New Caledonian Greens and Living Coral New Caledonia Karen Sack S. African Coordinator, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) South Africa Luna Servillano Philnet The Philippines Back to top
	Day of Poverty, Human Rights, Women, and Youth Thursday, August 29, 2002 (10am - 5pm) Morning Session Underdevelopment, Human Rights and the Role of Women (10:00 am - 12:30 pm) Panelists include: Jocelyn Dow President, Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) Guyana Martin Khor [ Profile ] Director, Third World Network Malaysia Jonathan Lash [ Profile ] President, World Resources Institute U.S. Khalid Pervaiz Sulehri Executive Director, International Human Rights Observer Pakistan June Zeitlin [ Profile ] Executive Director, WEDO U.S. Witnesses include (among others): Laura Perez Arce Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda Mexico Pati Ruiz Corzo [ Profile ] Federal Director, Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve Mexico Gabriel Lafitte Environment and development researcher Tibet Mykhaylo Magal [ Profile ] President, Civil Initiative Organization Ukraine Oscar Olivera [ Profile ] Executive Secretary, Cochabamba Federation of Factory Workers and Spokesperson, Coalition in Defense of Water and Life Bolivia Herlambang Perdana LBH Surabaya Indonesia Ven. Ngawang Rigzin A recent environmental/developmental refugee, currently in India Tibet Members of the Indigenous Environmental Network U.S. Members of the Indigenous Women's Network U.S. Afternoon Session Poverty, Development, and the Role of Youth (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm) Panelists include: Roberto Bissio Secretariat, Social Watch Uruguay Irene Dankelmen Senior Advisor on Sustainable Development, Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) The Netherlands Bremley Lyngdoh [ Profile ] Founding member, Global Youth Action Network India Trevor Ngwane Chairperson, Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee South Africa Witnesses include (among others): Kshitij Joshi Director, Mandate the Future Sri Lanka Lutgardo Jurcales Philnet The Philippines Vladimir Korotenko President, Environmental Association BIOM Kyrgyzstan Elmer Labog Philnet The Philippines Steve Schwartz Steering Committee member, SustainUS U.S. Anil Singh [ Profile ] Chief Executive, Network of Entrepreneurship & Economic Development India Paula Snyder Patch Adams' orphanage, Gesundheit! Institute U.S. Members of the Greenpeace Youth Delegation on Renewable Energy U.S. Back to top
	Day of Hunger, Agriculture, Water, and Food Security Friday, August 30, 2002 (10am - 5pm) Morning Session Industrial Agriculture, Genetic Engineering, and Hunger (10:00 am - 12:30 pm) Panelists include: Frances Moore Lappé [ Profile ] Author, Hope's Edge and Diet for a Small Planet U.S. Peter Mann International Coordinator, World Hunger Year U.S. Andre de Moor RIVM Institute of Public Health and the Environment The Netherlands Anuradha Mittal [ Profile ] Co-director, Food First - The Institute for Food and Development Policy U.S. Witnesses include (among others): Ilia Domashov Coordinator, Program on Sustainability BIOM Kyrghyzstan Percy Schmeiser Farmer Canada Ting-Dong Soong Meinung People's Association Taiwan Afternoon Session Food/Land Security, Water Rights, and Related Issues (1:30 pm - 5:00 pm) Panelists include: Bertrand Charrier Executive Director, Green Cross International France Tewolde B.G. Egziabher General Manager, Environmental Protection Authority Ethiopia Juan Lopez Adviser on Genetic Engineering, Friends of the Earth Europe Belgium Vandana Shiva [ Profile ] Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology India Witnesses include (among others): Dr. Eve Crowley Task Manager, Rural Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SARD) Italy Fatima Jibrell [ Profile ] Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization Somalia Members of the Farmers Convergence Africa Back to top
	Day of Democratic Governance and Corporate Accountability Saturday, August 31, 2002 (10am - noon and 4 - 7 pm) Morning Session Current Governance Challenges (10:00 am - 12:00 pm) Panelists include: Hilary French [ Profile ] Director, Global Governance Project, WorldWatch Institute U.S. Helena Norberg-Hodge Director, International Society for Ecology and Culture Sweden/U.S. Wenling Tu Taiwan Environmental Action Network Taiwan/U.S. Aleksey Yablokov Founder and President, Center for Russian Environmental Policy Russia Witnesses include (among others): Anna Giordano [ Profile ] WWF Italy Yu-Ling Ku Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries Taiwan Atherton Martin [ Profile ] Dominica Conservation Association Dominica Albena Simeonova [ Profile ] Co-founder, Bulgarian Green Federation and Green Justice Association Bulgaria Afternoon Session Corporate Accountability and Democratic Prospects (4:00 pm - 7:00 pm) Panelists include: Mykhaylo Magal [ Profile ] President, Civil Initiative Organization Ukraine Ricardo Navarro [ Profile ] Chair, Friends of the Earth International El Salvador Njoki Njoroge Njehû [ Profile ] Director, 50 Years Is Enough Kenya/U.S. Robin Round Coalition Coordinator, Halifax Initiative Canada Joan Russow Former head of Green Party Canada Canada Wendy Wendlandt U.S. PIRGs (Public Interest Research Group) U.S. Witnesses include (among others): Laila Iskandar Kamel [ Profile ] Managing Director, Community and Institutional Development Egypt Andrew Simmons [ Profile ] Director, Community Services for St. Vincent and Founder, Caribbean Youth Environment Network United Kingdom Nathan Wyeth [ Profile ] Chair, Student Action on the Global Economy U.S. Back to top
	Presentation of Hearing Findings to the World Summit Sunday, September 1, 2002 Delivery of Summary of Findings at an NGO Press Conference at the Sandton Convention Center. Presented by Dr. Vandana Shiva. » Press Release Back to top

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