The Third World Congress will be held at the Kyoto International Conference Hall in July 2006, organized by the Society of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS), The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) , in cooperation with the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (ALEAR).

We invite you to submit theoretical and empirical papers that focus on environmental and natural resource economics. The closing date for submission of papers is February 1, 2006. Authors will be notified of acceptance of their papers by early April, 2006. The number of submissions per person is unlimited, but the maximum number of presentation per person might be limited. Authors must register for the Congress in order for the paper to be included in the program (the web page for registeration will be available later). Paper submission is electronic, and is done through the link at the bottom of this web page.

We also welcome your contributions to organize sessions. Please send your proposals with detailed information on the aim and significance of the session and lists of possible speakers.

Deadline: February 1, 2006.

• Authors will be notified whether or not papers have been accepted for presentation early April, 2006
• If a paper is accepted, one of the authors must attend the meeting and present it in person. The presenting author of an accepted paper must register and pay the registration fee.
• Presentation will be made only by the oral presentation.
• All accepted papers will be released on the Internet and/or the CD-ROM as the proceedings.
• Only electronic submission via the Internet will be accepted.
• The number of submissions per person is unlimited, but the maximum number of presentation per person might be limited.

1. Papers should be written in English.
2. The first page should contain the title of the article, name(s) of the author(s), and institutional affiliation(s), and an abstract (not exceeding 200 words). Underline the name of the presenting author.
3. Papers should not exceed 40 pages.
4. Papers should be submitted by PDF file of which size is less than 2 MB. If you have any problems in sending it by PDF file, please contact the secretariat.
5. Choose two themes from the Category List below and mark the paper application form.
6. The completed paper should be submitted on-line via our website.