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YOUTH ECO-FORUM
8th Youth Eco-Forum 2012 - "Climate Change/Creating Balance " Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada) August 8-14, 2012
Canada’s Yukon Territory has been granted the opportunity to host the 2012 Northern Forum’s Youth Eco-Forum on the theme of “Climate Change and Creating Balance.” Thirty to 60 youth delegates from Northern Forum member regions, and their chaperones, will join Yukon youth and event coordinators for seven days of programming as they cultivate youth leadership, environmental awareness and circumpolar relationship building. We invite you to share in these event details and ask for your support in hosting what promises to be an inspiring and successful Eco-Forum. The Eco-Forum will be held just outside the capital city, Whitehorse. Accommodation and most sessions are set for the Hot Springs Valley Retreat, located 30 minutes from our international airport. This Center is recognized for its beauty, attention to detail and focus on environmental stewardship. http://www.yukonretreat.ca/ There will also be time for everyone to enjoy these hot springs http://www.takhinihotsprings.com/eindex.html . For more information on Whitehorse and its surrounding area, visit: http://www.visitwhitehorse.com/indexsummer.html We will also use two of the seven days to travel by minibus to explore other exceptional Yukon areas, with part of these tours examining the practices of two Yukon mine sites while looking for “best practices”. You can learn more about Yukon here: http://travelyukon.com/about-yukon .
Youth Eco-Forum 10th Anniversary Anchorage, Alaska (USA) May 1-8, 2011
"Partnerships for Forests"
Organized in cooperation with the Chugach National Forest, the Alaska Geographic and the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), the Youth Eco-Forum focused on the ecosystem of the Chugach National Forest in southcentral Alaska (forests, glaciers, mountains, wetlands) and the threats represented by climate change to this ecosystem. It was held jointly with a UAA Scientific Symposium "Classrooms for Climate", and included field trips to various destinations in the Chugach National Forest. The 2011 Youth Eco-Forum was placed under the U.N. International Year of the Forests and International Year of the Youth.
Besides the field trips, the youth attended the "Classrooms for Climate" at UAA, participated in an Environmental Game and prepared a Declaration that was presented to the University of Alaska the last day of the Forum.
On May 4th, the youth took a six-hour long private cruise out of Whittier into Prince William Sound.
6th Youth Eco-Forum of the Northern Forum May 28-June 2, 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)
"Clean Water - Living Planet"
5th Youth Eco-Forum of the Northern Forum August 18-22, 2008 Gangwon Province (Republic of Korea)
"Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources"
The 2008 Youth EcoForum “Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources” was held in Sokcho city,
Photo Gallery (Powerpoint)
4th Youth Ecoforum of the Northern Forum August 21-25, 2006 Khanty-Mansiysk, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Russia)
"Oil and the Environment"
3rd Youth EcoForum of the Northern Forum August 2005 Akureyri, Iceland
"Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Local and Global Action"
The town of
2nd Youth Eco Forum of the Northern Forum
Power Point report (2.4 MB)
The first Youth Eco Forum was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, December 2-5, 2001. The Youth Eco Forum is a part of the Northern Forum project “Environmental Education in Northern Regions”. The Youth Eco- Forum gathered participants, 18 youth ambassadors, and other program staff from seven Northern Forum member regions (Alberta, Alaska, Heilongjiang, Hokkaido, Khanty-Mansy, Lapland, and Sakha). The concerns, visions and actions of the youth towards the environment in their countries were summed up in a Declaration signed by the youth and presented to the United Nations at the Eco Summit in 2002.
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