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The 89th issue of MEA Bulletin includes two guest articles:

· Earth Summit 2012 – the Rio Spirit, by Felix Dodds, Stakeholder Forum; and

· Piloting Integrated Processes and Approaches to Facilitate National Reporting to Rio Conventions – a Global Environment Facility financed project, by Adamou Bouhari, UNEP Division of GEF Coordination, and Asghar M. Fazel, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

This issue includes reports on preparations for the April Climate Change Conference in Bonn , Germany , and the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, which will take place in May in New York , US . It also includes summaries of recent meetings, including the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee, the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the 60th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization.

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