TFRN-4 Presentations

Session 1: Welcome, reports from Task Force and Expert Panels, progress with Gothenburg Revision and the Guidance Document

• ‘Integration of flows of nitrogen from agriculture in the Czech Republic’ Budnakova & Cermak
• Feedback report from WGSR-46 to TFRN Sutton
• Progress report of the Expert Panel on Mitigation of Agricultural Nitrogen (EPMAN) Bittman & Dedina
• Estimating costs of the TFRN Options for Annex IX revision: Winiwarter & Klimont
• Commission views on the GP Annex IX revision process Samarelli
• Progress report of the Expert Panel on Nitrogen and Food (EPNF) Westhoek & Pallière
• Progress report of the Expert Panel on Nitrogen Budgets (EPNB) Winiwarter & Bleeker

Session 2: Nitrogen and Climate

• Nitrogen and climate interactions Erisman

Session 3: Integrating nitrogen management – national viewpoints and current work

• Nitrogen research and policy in Portugal Branquinho
• Nitrate directive implementation in the Czech Republic Klir
• The Water Framework Directive and its potential links to other policies Johnes

Session 4: Reports from international conventions, the European Commission and other activities

• UNEP Global Partnership on Nutrient Management Sanders
• Developing linkages between international conventions Bull
• Introduction to the Global Air Pollution (GAP) Forum Bull

Session 5: National Experience in Implementing Nitrogen Measures in the Gothenburg Protocol

• UNECE CLRTAP Questionnaire on Strategies and Policies: How did the countries get on with implementing Annex IX and other N measures? Howard

Session 6: Work plans, agreement of actions and minutes