7th Global Conference (2008)

Wednesday 9th July – Saturday 12th July 2008
Mansfield College, Oxford

Conference Programme, Abstracts and Papers

The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Final Conference Programme (1.4c)

Wednesday 9th July 2008
from 12.30
Registration

13:30
Welcome and Opening Words
Rob Fisher and S. Ram Vemuri

14.00
Session 1: Conceptual Beginnings
Chair: Ram Vemuri

Arvind Jasrotia
The Value of Nature: A Holistic Perception

Gert Goeminne and Erik Paredis
The Concept of Ecological Debt: An Environmental Justice Approach to Sustainability, Calling for Radical Transitions in Industrialised Countries

16.00
Coffee

16.30
Session 2: Conceptual Beginnings 2
Chair: Deborah Stiles

S. Ram Vemuri
Significance of Connectedness for Environmental Justice Participation

17.30
Notices and Announcements

17.40
Wine Reception

18.30
Dinner

Thursday 10th July 2008
Theme: Environmental Justice
Chair: Erika Techera

09:00
Session 3
NGO Participation in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Real Openness or a LipService?
Tomoko Ishikawa

10:00
Daniel McFee
The Role of Religious NGOs in Shaping Environmental Ethics in International Civil Society – The World Council of Churches as a Case Study

11:00
Coffee

11:30
Session 4
Linda Hadfield
Sustainability and Citizenship at the European level – the RAISE Project

12:30
Lunch

14.00
Session 5
Andrea Zhouri
Developmental Projects and Violence in Rural Brazil; The Case of Hydroelectric Dams

15.00
Seisei Tatebe – Goddu
Mechanisms for Achieving Environmental Justice

16.00
Coffee

16.30
Session 6
Klemens Laschefski
The Agro Fuel Debate: Conflicts Between Diverse Environmentalisms

17.30
Chair Summary of Themes

17.45
Sessions End

Friday 11th July 2008
Theme: Global Citizenship
Chair: Linda Hadfield

09:00
Session 7
Rodne Galicha
Communities and Mining: The Politics of Environmental Injustice in the Philippines

10:00
Deborah Stiles
From Margins to Margins: Cultural Integrity, Ecological Survival and Future Transcripts in the Historical Home-Based Health Narratives of Nova Scotia and West Virginia

11:00
Coffee

11:30
Session 8
Marko Ahteensuu
Public Consultations on GMOs and Democracy

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Session 9
Erika Techera
Legal Frameworks to Support Community Based Natural Resource Management

15:00
Radoslaw Stech
Environmental Information, Participation and Citizens’ Activity. Case Studies from Poland and the UK

16:00
Coffee

16:30
Session 10
Omar Sarri
Relevance of Labeling Localized Products in Southern Countries: A Case Study of Dried Shellfish in the Saloum Delta Biosphere Reserve (Senegal)

17.30
Development Meeting
Rob Fisher and Ram Vemuri

18.00
Conference Ends