ATREE Research Seminar 2007 - Governance and Policy

Session 1: Policies and Institutions

30. 5. 07 (Wednesday)TimeAgendaPresenter/s
Moderator: T Ganesh
Rapporteurs: Vivek and Chetan
9.40-9.45 Welcome and introduction Ravi Chellam
9.45-10.00 Conservation governance and policy at ATREE Seema P
10.00-10.30 National Capacity Self Assessment in Biodiversity Ravi Chellam
10.30-11.00 Biodiversity Act 2002 Priyadarsanan
11.00-11.15 Break
11.15-11.45 Defining Forests Arpana B
11.45-12.15 Coastal Regulations Aarthi Sridhar/ Sudarshan Rodriguez
12.15-12.45 Land tenure and coffee plantations Prakruthi P
12.45-1.15 Ecotourism: institutions, indicators and incentives Sheetal Patil
  1.15-2.00 Break
Moderator: Soubadra Devy
Rapporteurs: Rajkamal and Aditya
2.00-2.30 Conservation and livelihoods in protected and other forests Siddharth Krishnan
2.30-3.00 Socio ecological and institutional issues in forested landscapes Nitin Rai
3.00-3.30 Adaptive management for conservation and sustainable use Sushmita Mandal
3.30-4.00 BCRLIP - summary of social and institutional assessment across landscapes Samuel Thomas
4.00-4.15 Break
4.15-5.00 Strengths and gaps in policy related work at ATREE Sharachchandra Lélé and Gopal Kadekodi
5.00-5.30 Open discussion

Session 2: Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods

31. 5. 2007 (Thursday)TimeAgendaPresenter/s
Moderator: Ankila Hiremath
Rapporteurs: Bharat and Aravind
9.30-10.00 Designing forest based livelihood programs Bhaskar Sinha
10.00-10.30 Fiscal measures for conservation- case of NTFP cess Manoj D and Seema P
10.30-11.00 Insights for conservation from the protected areas of Darjeeling Sunita Pradhan
11.00-11.15 Break
11.15-11.45 Sand dune ecosystems in tsunami-affected mainland India Kartik Shankar
11.45-12.15 Impacts of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project Sudarshan Rodriguez
12.15-12.45 Strengthening Communities and Institutions for Sustainable Management of Vembanad Backwaters Deepak Dayanandan and Jojo TD
12.45-1.15 Building people friendly buffer around parks and sanctuaries T Ganesh
  1.15-2.00 Break
Moderator: Jagdish Krishnaswamy
Rapporteurs: Kiran MC and Nikhil Lele
2.00-2.30 Integration of fire in the toolbox of forest managers Ankila Hiremath
2.30-3.00 Lantana camara: an invasive or a livelihood source Ramesh Kannan
3.00-3.30 Citizenry in green space management Savitha Swamy
3.30-3.45 Break
3.45-4.15 Trends in landuse drivers in Karnataka Sham Kashyap
4.15-4.45 Drivers of reforestation Harini Nagendra
4.45 -5.15 Strengths and gaps in NRM and livelihood related work at ATREE Gopal Kadekodi and Sharachchandra Lélé
5.15-5.45 Open Discussion
7.00 DINNER

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