China Ecological Forum will host a special session, in which keynote speeches will be presented by Ms. Amina Mohamed, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP and UN Assistant Secretary-General, and Prof. Yanhua Liu, Counsellor at the Counsellors' Office of the State Council of China. The special forum, titled "Rio+20 and South-South Cooperation", is focused on the new opportunities and challenges for South-South Cooperation and the way China cooperates with other developing countries in a post Rio+20 era. The forum also aims to inspire the science community to enhance its support to informed decision-making for green economy development in developing countries. For more details, please refer to the poster attached in this invitation.

Date and Time: 10:00-12:00, July 20th (Friday), 2012

Venue: Room 2602, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, IGSNRR) (refer to the map provided)

Working Language: English

Registration and Contact:

Liang WU (Tel: 13581500264, Email: liang.wu@unep-iemp.org)

Guoqin WANG (Tel: 64889031, Email: guoqin.wang@unep-iemp.org)

We welcome all who are interested in this topic to the forum. Please send your registration information (Name, Affiliation and Title, Contact Information and Purposes are all required). Media colleagues are also very welcome.

Annex 1: Poster of the event: Rio+20 and South-South cooperation”Special Session of China Ecological Forum

Annex 2: Traffic guide of the event