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February 12th: Does Land Titling Stem Forest Damage? Native Communities in the Peruvian Amazon

February 12, 2013, 12:00-1:00pm, Room 1024 Dana Building Over the past twenty years, dozens of developing countries have decentralized forest governance, often by granting indigenous groups and other local communities formal title to land. During the same period however, forests …

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Twelfth RRI Dialogue on Forests Governance and Climate Change

The Twelfth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change, organized in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, identified the major emerging threats to forests and took stock of proven strategies to reduce emissions. It assessed the potential for expanding and …

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Dr Indroyono Soesilo: “Global climate change: the role of Indonesia”

 Wednesday, October 17th at 12-1pm Room 1046 Dana Building Dr Soesilo will discuss the impact of global climate change on Indonesia. Indonesia will be impacted by global climate change in several areas: sea level rise, new and wider ranges of …

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Fall 2012: IFRI Training Course at the University of Michigan

The annual IFRI training course will be held in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for 10 weeks beginning on Sept 7, 2012. The course will be taught by Prof Arun Agrawal …

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Venture meeting at the Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)

IFRI will participate in a workshop hosted by SESYNC (the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centre) in Annapolis, Maryland USA on December 13-14th 2012. The theme is ‘Limits of Environmental Governance’. The aim is to bring together a small but diverse group of scholars and practitioners …

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