IASC News and Announcements

Policy Forum:

Scaling Up Conservation Practices for

Natural Resource Commons in Africa

A Regional Meeting of the

International Association for the Study of Commons

The President Hotel, Bantry Bay, Cape Town, South Africa

Tuesday, 20 January 2009	Wednesday, 21 January 2009	Thursday, 22 January 2009
Welcoming Keynote Address: Dr. Monde Mayekiso Deputy Director General, Marine and Coastal Management South Africa	Keynote Address: Mrs. Portia Segomelo Deputy Director, Department of Environmental Affairs, Botswana	IASC Presidential Address: Dr. Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Parallel Panel Sessions	Parallel Panel Sessions	Parallel Panel Sessions
Evening Event: Launch of the Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Case	Afternoon Plenary Panel: Addressing Historical Discrimination through Commons Policy Discussant: Prof. Lungisile Ntsebeza, University of Cape Town	Afternoon Workshop: Getting our Message to Policy Makers, Community Members and Activists

The objective of this Policy Forum is to share existing research and experiences in the governance of large scale natural resource commons across different ecosystem types in Africa. These include among others: coastal zones; arid grasslands; forests; savannas and forest patches; and floodplain ecosystems. The Policy Forum brings together researchers and policy makers to examine existing research on commons governance. The Policy Forum takes as its starting point the insight that addressing natural resource degradation in Africa means finding ways to identify reproduce and encourage positive practices of commons management across wide scales.

Contacts

Dr. Lapologang Magole, Programme Committee Chair,
Harry Oppenheimer Okavanga Research Centre, University of Botswana
magolel@orc.ub.bw

Dr. Mafaniso Hara, Organizing Committee Chair,
PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
mhara@uwc.ac.za

http://www.plaas.org.za/newsevents/iasc/reg/

Early Registration, before 1 December 2008, USD 180
Late Registration, USD 210
South African Student Registration, USD 25 (bring student card)
On Site Registration available from 08:30 on the 20th January 2009
Lunch is not included in the student registration fee