Where the Global Meets the Local
Gareth Wyn Jones
Wales is one epicentre for defining choices facing global society. We
have to address the extent of the National Assembly's powers, our relationship
with the European Union, the capitalist market model we wish to follow,
our security in a world of diminishing resources, and the challenge
of climate change. The political parties should come together to agree
a consensus to drive forward a progressive agenda following the next
Assembly election in May 2003.
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Gareth Wyn Jones is a Professor in the School of Agricultural
and Forest Sciences and Associate Director of the Centre for Arid Zones
Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor. Previously he was Deputy
Chief Executive and Director of Science and Policy Development with
the Countryside Council for Wales. He has extensive experience of rural
development and sustainable use of natural renewable resources in Wales
and elsewhere. He is currently Chairman of the Rural Wales Forum, on
the Boards of the International Centre for Agricultural Research in
Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the International Dryland Development Commission
(IDDC), and co-ordinator of an EU project on Sustainable Rangeland Management
in Southern Africa which is affiliated to the International Geosphere
Biosphere Programme.
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