Hello, A panel on "Environmental Governance in Asia" is proposed for next spring's AAS conference in Hawaii. The organizers are seeking at least one more paper. If interested, please contact them directly, as below.
Kind regards, DS ------------------------------ *Call for Papers for the 2011 Association of Asian Studies Conference in Hawaii* The Association of Asian Studies is holding their annual conference from March 31 to April 3, 2011 in Honolulu. We are looking to put together a panel, as described below, and are searching for papers. If you would like to join this panel, please email an abstract of no more than 250 words, along with your address, email, and affiliation, to Shaunna Barnhart at [email protected] and Bryan Bushley at [email protected] by July 27, 2010. For more information on the conference, please see http://www.aasianst.org/annual-meeting/. *Environmental Governance in Asia: Current Trends and New Directions* Recent decades have seen both the rise of decentralized systems of environmental governance, such as those centered on forest livelihoods, and the increasing involvement of the state and markets, such as with carbon trading. Local communities across Asia are collectively managing natural resources like forests and water; as well as small-scale renewable energy systems, such as micro-hydro, solar, and biogas. Simultaneously, governments in the region are implementing programs to strengthen centralized governance of various resources, forming networks and partnerships at local, regional, and global levels to address climate change, and seeking to participate in carbon trading. In this panel, we will explore current trends and new directions in environmental governance in Asia. We seek to construct a panel comprised of papers from a broad range of regions and contexts, in order to build and share experiences that will allow for not only expanding our knowledge of specific case studies, but also exploring ways in which diverse local or regional experiences can provide a platform for understanding new directions and possibilities in environmental governance that can improve both quality of life and the environment. Potential paper topics include, but are not limited to, community forestry, renewable energy initiatives, REDD and carbon trading, climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts, and the conservation of protected areas, wildlife and biodiversity. -- Shaunna Barnhart PhD Candidate Department of Geography The Pennsylvania State University 302 Walker Building University Park, PA
