Aiming to increase knowledge and understanding of the problem as well as promote a more integrated and comprehensive approach to environmental management, UNU organized, in July 1999, an International Conference on Inter-linkages. While the conference focused primarily on the scope of the phenomenon, panelists identified a number of practical solutions and entry points to the various themes, including the role of information systems and exchange, finance, issue management and scientific mechanisms. One of the general recommendations widely endorsed by the participants was the need to move from concept to application and produce synergies having tangible impacts "on the ground.

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On cover page --Inter-linkages: synergies and coordination among multilateral environmental agreements