UN-Habitat and the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD) organized an international expert group meeting on 9-11 May in Barcelona. Inaugurated by the Secretary of Environment and Sustainability of the Catalonian Government, the meeting focused on landscape connectivity and city-region planning. Bringing together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 10 city-regions on all continents, 7 international institutions, the meeting also featured several renowned experts including Harvard University's Richard Forman, the world's foremost scholar on landscape ecology. Participants discussed drivers, catalogued needs and committed to actions toward reducing landscape fragmentation. Participating regions are expected to present a plan of action at the upcoming World Summit of Regions in June, immediately preceding the high-level Rio+20 Summit.
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