FIG President Stig Enemark attends International Conference
on Land Management
Munich, Germany, 17-18 April 2008
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Prof.
Holger Magel, Honorary President of FIG
giving his opening speech. |
FIG President Stig Enemark attended the International Conference “Policy
meets Land management: Contribution to the Achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals”, in Munich, Germany, 17-18 April 2008. The Conference
was hosted by Professor Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, and co-organised by
Professor Dr. Gottfried Konecny.
The Conference was focused on the contribution of sound land policies and
proper land management to the achievement and implementation of the
Millennium development Goals. A special focus was given to reflecting the on
the German contribution in this regard, but also the more global perspective
were presented and discussed. The conference was very well attended.
President Enemark gave his keynote presentation on “Global
partnerships in Land Management" in the session entitled "Global
Demand from a Professional Perspective – Overview of the MDGs in the context
of Land Management". This session also included presentations from Dr.
Clarissa Augustinus, UN-HABITAT Chief of Land and Tenure Unit; and
Dr. Mika Törhönen, FAO Land Tenure and Management Unit. A second
session included presentations from Mr. Willi Zimmermann, Land Policy
Advisor, and Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grünreich, BKG President.
The second day of the conference was organized as two parallel session
on:
- Education, Research and Capacity Building in Land Management, Geo
Informatics and geodesy, presenting education innovations from a range
of institutions, and
- Good practice Examples on Land Management, Geo Informatics and
Geodesy, showing case studies from a range of countries throughout the
world.
The conference also provided an excellent opportunity through the panel
sessions for discussing the various demands and approaches of Land
Management in support of the MDGs.
The conference program and proceedings as well as the adopted “Munich
Declaration on Land Management and Land Policy 2008” are available
on-line at http://www.landentwicklung-muenchen.de.
Read more:
Dr.
Clarissa Augustinus, Prof. Stig Enemark and Dr.
Mika Törhönen. |
Prof. Dr.
Gottfried Konecny, Mr. Willi Zimmermann and
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grünreich. |
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