Greetings:
The enclosed was posted on an environmental list, & I thought I'd passs
it on for those who might be interested. -JRC
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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LOCAL HERITAGE IN THE CHANGING TROPICS:
Innovative Strategies for Natural Resource
Management and Control
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
February 10-12, 1995
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The Yale chapter of the International Society of Tropical
Foresters is hosting their fourth annual conference to examine the
international response to the destruction of cultures and associated
natural resources in the tropics.
In many areas, local peoples' groups have forged new alliances
amongst themselves and with global partners to assert customary
natural resource control. These coalitions are reasserting
traditional knowledge and claims, and are developing a diverse array
of constructive alternatives to victimization by market forces. The
conference will provide a forum in which to review these
strategies and to foster communication among workers from
various fields and regions. Conference speakers and
participants will be drawn from all levels of this process
and from all parts of the globe.
The conference will address three major themes:
1) Legal structures and local recognition:
The focus will be on problems in codifying traditional
land and resource rights into national law and the
concomitant problems in transforming ill defined
'groups' into legal entities.
2) Constructive market participation:
Market participation will be presented as a means to
exercise local control of natural resources by
constructively channelling market penetration towards
goals of improved standards of living, political
empowerment, cultural preservation, and conservation of
biodiversity.
3) Information technologies:
While information control has often been used by elites
to marginalize groups, as information technology becomes
more accessible, communities are using knowledge
recording and dissemination systems in innovative ways
to further their causes. The conference will explore
ways that local people are using information and
communication technologies to press claims and conserve
customary knowledge.
Proceedings of the conference will be published as part
of the Yale School of Forestry Bulletin series.
Schedule of Events:
Friday February 10
7:00 PM Welcome address Jared Cohon, Dean,
Yale School of Forestry
7:30 PM Keynote address
8:30 PM Reception [Bowers Hall - School of Forestry]
Saturday February 11
8:00 AM Coffee and Donuts [School of Management - SOM]
8:30 AM Plenary Panel 1: Legal Structures and Local Recognition
Questions and discussion [SOM]
10:15 AM Coffee [SOM]
10:45 AM Working groups 1: Case studies of Legal Structures
and Local Recognition [SOM]
11:45 PM Working Group Summaries
12:00 PM Lunch [SOM]
1:15 PM Plenary panel 2: Constructive Market Participation
Questions and discussion [SOM]
3:00PM Coffee [SOM]
3:30 PM Working groups 2: Case studies of Constructive
Market Participation
4:30 PM Working Group Summaries
5:00 PM Reception [Sage Lounge - School of Forestry]
6:00 PM Optional Limited Seating Dinner [Bowers]
7:30 PM Videos/Film/possible Musical Event
Sunday February 12
8:00 AM Coffee and Donuts [SOM]
8:30AM Plenary Panel 3: Information Technologies
Questions and discussion [SOM]
10:30 AM Coffee [SOM]
11:00 AM Working groups 3: Case studies of Information Technologies[SOM]
12:00 PM Working Group Summaries
12:15 PM Lunch [SOM]
1:30 PM Synthesis
2:30 PM Closing remarks Nancy Peluso, Yale School of Forestry
A speaker list will be available November 15, and will be
included in a subsequent reposting.
Poster Display:
Space will be available for the display of a single poster
(no larger than 50cm by 150cm) by interested attendees.
Posters should contain information about relevant projects
and must include the name and the affiliation of the
attendee.
Conference Location:
Yale University
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES),
Sage Hall,
205 Prospect Street,
and School of Organization and Management (SOM),
Watson Center,
135 Prospect Street,
New Haven, CT 06511 USA
For More Information, contact:
Greg Dicum
ISTF Conference Committee
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
voice: (203) 432-6999
fax: (203) 432-5942
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sponsored by the Yale Tropical Resources Institute, Yale
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and the
Weyerhaeuser Center for Forest Resource Management and Policy
Studies.
Registration:
Please make a hard copy and return as soon as possible. As
space is limited, registrations will be accepted in the order
they are received.
Name:_______________________________________________________
Affiliation:________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________
Telephone:______________________
Fax:____________________________
E-Mail:_________________________
Will you be bringing a posterboard? Circle one: Yes / No
Registration Fees:
$15 - student (lunch optional; $5 extra)
$75 - regular (lunch included)
$65 - regular registration if received before December 31,1994.
Registration fee includes refreshments and all materials.
Optional Limited Seating Dinner (Saturday Evening):
$20 - please indicate any dietary restrictions below:
_____________________________________________________
Early Registration (before December 31): _____X $65 = _____
Regular Registration: _____X $75 = _____
Student Registration: _____X $15 = _____
Optional Dinner: _____X $20 = _____
Total: _____
Make check or money order payable in US dollars to Yale
University-ISTF. Registration will be confirmed once
payment is made. Unfortunately, registration by E-mail can not be
accepted.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 9 00:29:26 MST 1994
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From: Annica Young Kronsell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 94 08:33:25 +0100
It appears as if I have become unadvertately un-
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subscribe and take part in the many interesting
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 9 05:52:35 MST 1994
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 07:55:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Jayne S Docherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On Wed, 9 Nov 1994, Annica Young Kronsell wrote:
> It appears as if I have become unadvertately un-
> subscribed to the ecofem list. I would like to
> subscribe and take part in the many interesting
> conversations.
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> Annica Kronsell
> Department of Political Science
> P.O.Box 52
> Lund University
> S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
I don't think you have been unsubscribed. We all just stopped "talking"
at the same time.... For me it was a combination of midterms and a lot
of political activist work to make sure that I would not have to
acknowledge Oliver North as my Senator.... I am glad to say that paid
off last night!!!!
So, what's up? Where is everyone? and What are we going to talk about?
Jayne
