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Committee for Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change Environment Law of the Sea and Antarctica Science and Technology Social Development Sustainable Development Water Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Information and communication technologies Millennium Development Goals Research Women and the environment Social Development: Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Technical cooperation Sustainable Development: Biodiversity Biotechnology Climate change Desertification and Drought Forests Freshwater Health Major Groups Marine Resources Mountains Oceans and seas Sanitation Sustainable development in a globalizing world Toxic chemicals Waste (hazardous) Waste (radioactive) Waste (solid) Waste Management Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Türkiye Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Saudi Arabia Ukraine Oman Slovakia Australia Lithuania Croatia Poland Czechia Slovenia
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Ensuring the safety of the environment, pollution control and preservation of ecosystems in the context of the various fundamental objectives of sustainable development. • Protecting the wildlife, conserving nature, preserving the renewable resources, and working on utilizing them for sustainable uses. • Monitoring and evaluating climate changes in coordination with the concerned authorities in order to maintain the integrity of the environmental, social and economic systems. • Develop and promoting relations in the fields of environmental and climatic affairs between the Committee for Nature Conservation and other countries; activating areas of cooperation with specialized authorities, organizations, and institutions; participating in regional and international conferences. • Raising awareness and instill the concepts of requirements for dealing with the environment and climatic affairs at all levels of society; establishing the principles of preservation of the environment and natural resources; and supporting efforts involved in achieving the objectives of sustainable development. • Support for the “Green Economy” and implementation of its appropriate technologies. • The protection of the natural environment is core to sustainable development. A better planet for wildlife will be a better planet for people too. Our goal is a world where biodiversity loss is reversed and where our actions help to ensure the sustainable management of the planet’s resources. Such a world would provide future generations with clean air and water, a stable climate, thriving wildlife and a robust, diversified and sustainable economy. As one of the Major Groups of the United Nations the Committee for Nature Conservation took actively part in preparation to The Rio+20,which can be found at the following link: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.php?page=view&type=510&nr=126&menu=20 .Countries of main activities in the alphabetical order: The Antarctic, The Arctic, Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Oman, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine.
Year established:	1952
Year of registration:	1957
Organizational structure:	Presidium of the Committee for Nature: Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences 2011 - 2014 •prof. PhD hab. Zbigniew Mirek (The Botany Institute of PAN, Kraków) – President tel. 12 424-17-01; e-mail: z.mirek@botany.pl •prof. PhD hab. Zbigniew Glowacinski (The Institute of Nature Conservation of PAN, Kraków) – Vice-President and President of the Committee with IUCN. •prof. PhD hab. Jacek Herbich (The University of Gdansk) – Vice-President •prof. PhD hab. Jan Holeksa (The Botany Institute of PAN, Kraków)–Secretary •Toxicologist Jolanta Kruszelnicka (Affiliation with RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Independent UN Consultant on Environmental Toxicology, and Human and Ecological Risk Assessment Expert, Australia; e-mail: jolantakr@yahoo.com •prof. PhD hab. Ludwik Tomialojc (The University of Wroclaw)– Member of the Presidium and member of the Committee with IUCN •PhD Agnieszka Nikel (The Botany Institute of PAN Kraków)- Administration Secretary tel. 12 424-17-69; e-mail: a.nikel@botany.pl *The Committee for Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences is a member of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). • The Committee for Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences is one of the Scientific Committees at the Division II- Biological Sciences- of the Academy. About the Academy and its purposes: The Polish Academy of Sciences is a state scientific institution founded in 1952. From the very beginning, it has functioned as learned society acting through an elected corporation of top scholars and research organizations, via its numerous scientific establishments. It has also become a major scientific advisory body through its scientific committees. The Academy is composed of national members (including both full and corresponding members) and foreign members. Membership in the Academy is held for life. The number of national members is set at no more than 350. All members (national and foreign) are elected by the General Assembly from among candidates with the highest scientific achievements and of recognized authority. The names of potential national members are submitted by current national members, the councils of university faculties, and the scientific councils of research establishments in Poland (including the Academy institutes). Foreign members are proposed and elected by the national members. Each member of the Academy is a member of one of the five divisions, according to her or his scientific discipline. Members are responsible for their own scientific activities as well as the statutory tasks of the Academy. The organizational structure of the Academy is comprised of divisions, territorial branches and scientific and task force committees. Scientific committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences constitute the independent, cooperating with the Academy's divisions, nation-wide representation of individual disciplines or their groups or interdisciplinary scientific problems, serving the integration of researchers from the whole country. The committees are composed of the members of the Polish Academy of Sciences of respective disciplines, outstanding research workers of higher education establishments, research centers of the Polish Academy of Sciences, departmental research units and of economic and social organizations. As for multilateral cooperation, the Polish Academy of Sciences is a member of the European Science Foundation (ESF), the European Federation of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP); it develops collaboration with the NATO Scientific Directorate.
Number and type of members:	All Members of the Committee for Nature Conservation of Polish Academy of Sciences 2011 – 2014 •prof. PhD hab. Józef Banaszak (The University of Kazimierz Wielki, Bydgoszcz). •prof. PhD hab. Andrzej Michal Bereszynski (The Nature University of Poznan). •prof. PhD hab. Adam Boratynski (The Institute of Dendrology of PAN, Kórnik). •prof. PhD hab. Wieslaw Faltynowicz (The University of Wroclaw). •prof. PhD hab. Zbigniew Glowacinski (The Institute of Nature Conservation of PAN, Kraków). •PhD Andrzej Górz (Pedagogical University, Institute of Biology, Krakow), Entomologist; e-mail: agorz77@gmail.com •PhD Mehdi A. Jaaffar (Vice President at Environment Society of Oman), e-mail: mehdi.jaaffar@gmail.com •prof. PhD hab. Jacek Herbich (The University of Gdansk) •prof. PhD hab. Janusz Herezniak (The University of Lódz) •prof. PhD hab. Jan Holeksa (The Botany Institute of PAN, Kraków) •PhD Bogdan Jaroszewicz (The Bialowieska Geo-botanical Station of The Warszawa University) •Toxicologist Jolanta Kruszelnicka (Affiliation with RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Independent UN Consultant on Environmental Toxicology, and Human and Ecological Risk Assessment Expert, Australia; e-mail: jolantakr@yahoo.com •PhD Jerzy Kruszelnicki (The University of Warmia-Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland); Ecological and Environmental Protection Expert;e-mail: jerzykruszelnicki@wp.pl •PhD hab. Marek Kucharczyk (The Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej University, Lublin) •prof. PhD hab. Józef Kurowski (The University of Lódz) •prof. PhD hab. Maria Lawrynowicz (The University of Lódz) •prof. PhD hab. Zbigniew Mirek (The Botany Institute of PAN, Kraków, Poland) -Head of Organization •PhD Salahadin A. Mohammed (Department of Information and Computer Science, KFUPM. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)Database Expert; e-mail: adam@ccse.kfupm.edu.sa •PhD hab. Zbigniew Myczkowski (The Technical University of Kraków) •prof. PhD hab. Henryk Okarma (The Institute of Nature Conservation of PAN, Kraków) •prof. PhD hab. Romuald Olaczek (The University of Lódz) •PhD Józef Partyka (Ojcowski National Park) •Master of Engineering Pawel Pawlaczyk (Nature Club, Swiebodzin) •PhD hab. Krzysztof Skóra ( The Marine Station of The Oceanic Institute of The Gdanski University, Hel) •prof. PhD hab. Ewa Symonides (member of the IUCN, The Warszawa University) •prof. PhD hab. Jerzy Szwagrzyk (The Agriculture University, Kraków) •prof. PhD hab. Ludwik Tomialojc (The University of Wroclaw) •prof. PhD hab. Katarzyna Turnau (The Jagiellonian University, Kraków) •prof. PhD hab. Stanislaw Wika (The University of Slask, Katowice) •PhD hab. inz. Leslaw Wolejko (The Zachodniopomorski Technological University, Szczecin) •prof. PhD hab. Adam Zajac (The Jagiellonian University, Kraków).
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