TABLE OF CONTENTS RECOMMENDATIONS CONERNING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION STRATEGIES: STATEMENT TOT HE MINISTERS OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY CLIMATE CHANGE STUDY GROUP FORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CGCP NOW GLOBAL CHANGE AND CANADA NEW CGCP ANNUAL REPORT TO PROVIDE FACTS, FIGURES AGRICULTURE FORUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE ROYAL SOCIETY'S CASE STUDY OF RESEARCH IN THE MACKENZIE BASIN EXAMINES AQUATIC SCIENCE IN CANADA INTERNATIONAL GEOCHEMICAL MAPPING CLIMATE ON THE INTERNET UPDATE REGARDING PROPOSALS SUBMITTED TO THE IAI PACT OVERVIEW AND UPDATE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL CHANGE STUDENTSHIP CCP INFO IMPLICATIONS FOR CANADA OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT REPORTS -- AN OVERVIEW INTERNATIONAL MODEL FOREST NETWORK SECRETARIAT TRANSFERRED TO IDRC. EARTH OBSERVATION DATA SETS PROGRAM CALL FOR PROPOSALS WETVNEW TELEVISION NETWORK FOR GLOBAL AUDIENCE   INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY MONITORING SYSTEM SET UP IN NOVA SCOTIA RECENT PUBLICATIONS EVENTS CALENDAR

GLOBAL CHANGE AND CANADA — NEW CGCP ANNUAL REPORT TO PROVIDE FACTS, FIGURES Before the end of 1996, Canadians will have a new window on the changing global environment. As part of its mandate to inform Canadians about the environmental issues that affect their lives, the Canadian Global Change Program (CGCP) has launched a major information project, Canada and the State of the Planet. In its printed form the report will provide an annual watching brief on the planet's vital signs. Computerized versions are also planned, including a site on the Internet. The report will explain not only environmental trends, but the social and economic forces that drive environmental issues. Essays, maps, graphs, charts and photos will tell what is happening to the world, why, what it means to Canada, and what we can do about it. This compact package will summarize vast amounts of information now spread through many national and international reports. It will be the summit of the global information pyramid put in a Canadian context. The report is being prepared by Michael Keating, a well known Canadian environment writer. He is working with an Editorial Advisory Board from CGCP staff and directors, as well as outside experts. The report, about 100 pages in print form, will have three sections: Section I — Key issues to watch A series of short essays on major global issues by invited experts. Each year they will recap major events from the past year and forecast emerging issues. Section II — Key trends Facts and figures on the top 20 global environment, economic and social trends most important to Canada. Trend line graphs will track global changes over time, with Canada put in perspective. What is our role, and what do we have to win or lose from these changes? Section III — Contacts and background Useful facts, figures and dates of upcoming events, and contact addresses for more information on specific topics. How to participate in discussions about major global change events in the coming year. Canada and the State of the Planet has been endorsed by a wide range of people, including Maurice Strong, Chairman of the Earth Council, and Lester Brown, President of the Worldwatch Institute. Funding has already been offered by the Richard Ivey Foundation, Ontario Hydro, and a number of federal departments including Environment, Natural Resources, and Foreign Affairs and International Trade. These and other departments are providing information and technical support. A great deal of help has already been provided by Environment Canada's State of the Environment Directorate and Robert Slater, Assistant Deputy Minister. A print version of Canada and the State of the Planet will be available in late 1996, in English and French. For more information contact Michael Keating, Project Director and Editor, Canada and the State of the Planet, 10 Astor Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 3M2; tel: (416) 423-2425; fax: (416) 425-0019; e-mail: 103362.75@CompuServe.COM.