Session 2: Natural Resource Management and Livelihoods - 31. 5.2007(Thursday)

Moderator: Jagdish Krishnaswamy

Rapporteurs: Kiran MC and Nikhil Lele

9.45-10.00 am : Designing forest based livelihood programs - Bhaskar Sinha

10.00-0.30 am : Community based conservation in Darjeeling Himalaya - Nishat Ali

10.30-11.00 am : Insights for conservation from the protected areas of Darjeeling - Sunita Pradhan

11.00-11.15 am : Break11.15-11.45 am : Sand dune ecosystems in tsunami-affected mainland India - Kartik Shankar

11.45-12.15 pm : Impacts of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project - Sudarshan Rodriguez

12.15-12.45 pm : Strengthening Communities and Institutions for Sustainable Management of Vembanad Backwaters - Deepak Dayanandan and Jojo TD

12.45-1.15 pm : Building people friendly buffer around parks and sanctuaries - T Ganesh 1.15–

2.00 : Break

Moderator: Soubadra Devy Rapporteurs: Savitha and Aditya

2.00-2.30 pm : Integration of fire in the toolbox of forest managers - Ankila Hiremath

2.30-3.00 pm : Lantana camara: an invasive or a livelihood source - Ramesh Kannan

3.00-3.30 pm : Trends in landuse drivers in Karnataka - Sham Kashyap

3.30-4.00 pm : Drivers of reforestation - Harini Nagendra

4.00-4.15 pm : Break

4.15-4.45 pm : Strengths and gaps in NRM and livelihood related work - Gopal Kadekodi and Sharad Lele

4.45-5.15 pm : Open discussion

source : email communication from Dr Seema Purushottam, Associate Director, ATREE.