WCD Final Forum Meeting

The report of the March 2001 final forum meeting is now available online

Gone...but not forgotten

The DDU - A new initiative is born at final WCD Forum

2 April 2001

Changing of the Guard: New Director Appointed for Transition Period

As IUCN-bound Achim Steiner steps down, Jeremy Bird to lead transition Secretariat through August, when follow-on Unit is scheduled to start

29 March 2001

WCD Wins 2001 Institutional Award from International Association of Impact Assessment

Global, 2,500 member organisation recognises WCD's review of environmental, social impacts and recommendations to incorporate impact assessment into decision-making

21 February 2001

The End & A Beginning

WCD Forum ends with broad consensus to 'work with the report'

Awards for the WCD

WCD awarded Zayed International Prize for the Environment:

Press Release

Acceptance speech - Prof. Kader Asmal

Kader Asmal Selected as a "Top Newsmaker" by Engineering News-Record

... Three Banks, Three New Initiatives - Development Agencies Announce New Plans

... Countries Take Up The Challenge - Germany and UK announce national follow ups

Reactions to the report
Official responses and press releases from Organisations, institutions and NGOs

Press clippings from: Journal of the International Water Assocation - Asia Week - New York Times - Times of India - Le Temps - Seattle Times - Economic Times of India - Daily Yomiuri - Engineering News-Record - Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Christian Science Monitor - Financial Times - New Scientist - The Economist - Wall Street Journal - The Hindu - MSNBC - The Guardian - Libération - and others