March 2002 Date Place Meeting 3-6 Mar Adelaide, Australia Sustaining Our Communities–International Local Agenda 21 Conference 4-6 Mar Kathmandu International Conference on Women, Science & Technology for Poverty Alleviation 4-8 Mar Yokohama Codex 3rd Session of The Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Biotechnology 4-15 Mar San José, Costa Rica 2nd Session of UN Forum On Forests: Unff-2 4-15 Mar New York 46th Session of The Commission on The Status of Women 6-8 Mar Bern, Switzerland International Conference on Flood Estimation 11 Mar San José, Costa Rica High-Level Forestry Roundtable At 2nd Session of UNFF 11-15 Mar Geneva 46th Meeting of The Standing Committee of CITES 13-15 Mar Vancouver Globe 2002 Conference - Accelerating Business & Sustainable Development Strategies 14-15 Mar Rio De Janeiro UNEP Finance Initiatives Annual Global Roundtable on Finance & Sustainability 14-16 Mar Victoria, Canada British Columbia Community Forestry Forum - Exploring Policy & Practice 16-20 Mar Alexandria, Egypt Biotechnology & Sustainable Development - Voices of The South & North 18-22 Mar Monterrey, Mexico UN International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) 18-22 Mar Cape Town 4th International Friend Conference - Bridging the Gap Between Research & Practice 18-22 Mar Montevideo, Uruguay Subregional Workshops to Support The Implementation of The Stockholm Convention on POPS 22 Mar   World Day for Water 2002 22-31 Mar Copenhagen UNEP Global Youth Forum - Gyf2002 25-27 Mar Washington DC Earth Technologies Forum Mar Ottawa 1st Joint Meeting of Health & Environment Ministers of The Americas Mar Addis Ababa Conf. on Partnership for Urban Development: New Approaches, New Actors for Changing Urban Policy 25 Mar-5 Apr New York 3rd Preparatory Session for the 2002 WSSD 28 Mar Geneva 2nd Meeting of The Bureau of 5th Meeting of The Conference of Parties to The Vienna Convention 30 Mar Washington 7th International Wildlife Conference Mar/Apr Abuja, Nigeria African Ministerial Conference on Water