TABLE OF CONTENTS ROLE OF BOREAL SOIL'S METHANE CONSUMPTION READERS WRITE JAPAN-CANADA PANEL ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE NORTH PACIFIC NEW REPORT IDENTIFIES MAJOR WATER ISSUES FACING CANADA CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD CGCP NOW ACFAS SYMPOSIUM ON SUCCESS ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE IN CANADA: ASSESSING THE WHOLE AS WELL AS THE PARTS U.S. HUMAN DIMENSIONS MEETING CCP Info THE CANADIAN CLIMATE PROGRAM: ACHIEVEMENTS 1990-1994 FINAL WORKSHOP PLANNED FOR THE MACKENZIE BASIN IMPACT STUDY SECOND LOICZ OPEN SCIENCE MEETING FREE-AIR CO2 ENRICHMENT EXPERIMENT IN FOREST CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN DIMENSIONS PROGRAMME INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE IS UP AND RUNNING FUTURE OF LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL DATA QUESTIONNAIRE   RECENT PUBLICATIONS POLITICAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE LUKEWARM EVENTS CALENDAR

NEW JAPAN-CANADA PANEL ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE NORTH PACIFIC Philip Enros Science Policy Branch Environment Canada The "Japan-Canada North Pacific Earth Science and Environment Panel" was established by the Canada-Japan Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation when it met in Ottawa earlier this year. The Japanese use the term "Earth Science" for what we would call "Global Environmental Change". They do not mean "earth sciences". The panel's objective is to further cooperation between the two countries through projects of mutual environmental interest. The panel will review current cooperation in existing programs (especially those related to the North Pacific), exchange information on planning in each country's programs, identify areas of possible cooperation, and promote cooperative projects. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has a Japan Science and Technology Fund. Projects under the panel would qualify for such funding. Members of the intergovernmental panel have yet to be named. The first meeting will be held later this year. Geoff Holland (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) and Hidetoshi Nakamura (Director, Office for Earth Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency) will serve as the panel's moderators. For more information telephone Geoff Holland, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, at (613) 990-0298.