The National Workshop on Prioritization & Characterization of Fast Growing Native Tree Resources
Venue: Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding
Forest Campus, B.B. No 1061, R.S.Puram P.O.
Coimbatore - 614 002. Tamil Nadu
Date : August 8th-9th 2007
Convener : Dr M. Surya Prakash
Director, Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding
email: director@ifgtb.res.in
Tel: 0422-243 1942
Organizing Secretary: R.S.C Jayaraj
Silviculturist, Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding
email : jayaraj@ifgtb.res.in
Tel: 0422-24598128
Last date for registration and submission of abstract : 31st May 2007
Last date for submission of paper : 10th July 2007
Registration fees: Free
Organizers: Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun
Sponsor: Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt of India
Thursday, May 24, 2007
ATREE Research Seminar 2007 is on 30-31st May 2007
Program details of the ATREE Research Seminar 2007 - Governance and Policy
Session 1: Policies and Institutions - 30. 5. 07 (Wednesday)
Moderator : Ganesh
Rapporteurs : Vivek and Chetan
9.40-9.45 am - Welcome and introduction - Ravi Chellam
9.45-10.00 am - Conservation governance and policy at ATREE - Seema P
10.00-10.30 am - National Capacity Self Assessment in Biodiversity - Ravi Chellam
10.30-11.00 am - Biodiversity Act 2002 - Priyadarsanan
11.00-11.15 am - Break
11.15-11.45 am - Defining Forests - Arpana B
11.45-12.15 am - Coastal Regulations - Aarthi Sridhar
12.15-12.45 am - Conservation and livelihoods in protected and other forests - Siddharth Krishnan
12.45-1.15 am - Socio ecological and institutional issues in forested landscapes - Nitin Rai
1.15–2.00 - Break
Moderator : Ankila Hiremath
Rapporteurs : Bharat Sundaram and Aravind
2.00-2.30 pm : Adaptive management for conservation and sustainable use - Sushmita Mandal
2.30-3.00 pm : BCRLIP – summary of social and institutional assessment across landscapes Nitin Rai
3.00-3.30 pm : Citizenry in green space management - Savitha Swamy
3.30-4.00 pm : Land tenure and coffee plantations - Prakruthi P
4.00-4.15 pm : Break
4.15-4. 45 pm : Ecotourism: institutions, indicators and incentives - Sheetal Patil
4.45–5.00 pm : Strengths and gaps in policy related work - Gopal Kadekodi & Sharad Lele
5.00-5.15 pm : Open discussion
Session 1: Policies and Institutions - 30. 5. 07 (Wednesday)
Moderator : Ganesh
Rapporteurs : Vivek and Chetan
9.40-9.45 am - Welcome and introduction - Ravi Chellam
9.45-10.00 am - Conservation governance and policy at ATREE - Seema P
10.00-10.30 am - National Capacity Self Assessment in Biodiversity - Ravi Chellam
10.30-11.00 am - Biodiversity Act 2002 - Priyadarsanan
11.00-11.15 am - Break
11.15-11.45 am - Defining Forests - Arpana B
11.45-12.15 am - Coastal Regulations - Aarthi Sridhar
12.15-12.45 am - Conservation and livelihoods in protected and other forests - Siddharth Krishnan
12.45-1.15 am - Socio ecological and institutional issues in forested landscapes - Nitin Rai
1.15–2.00 - Break
Moderator : Ankila Hiremath
Rapporteurs : Bharat Sundaram and Aravind
2.00-2.30 pm : Adaptive management for conservation and sustainable use - Sushmita Mandal
2.30-3.00 pm : BCRLIP – summary of social and institutional assessment across landscapes Nitin Rai
3.00-3.30 pm : Citizenry in green space management - Savitha Swamy
3.30-4.00 pm : Land tenure and coffee plantations - Prakruthi P
4.00-4.15 pm : Break
4.15-4. 45 pm : Ecotourism: institutions, indicators and incentives - Sheetal Patil
4.45–5.00 pm : Strengths and gaps in policy related work - Gopal Kadekodi & Sharad Lele
5.00-5.15 pm : Open discussion
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.
Controversy: The Bikram Yoga Patent Soup
Yoga is a 10 000 year old plus system of knowledge and healing followed by the people of India.
The regular practice of yoga by people in good health can work as a powerful, nearly cost free and simple way to stay fit and healthy for life.
Bikram Choudhary's efforts to patent yoga is shocking!
Equally alarming, till date, the US Patent and Trademark office has issued 150 yoga-related copyrights, 134 trademarks on yoga accessories and 2,315 yoga trademarks.
Do take a look at this!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_patent_on_yoga_Indian_gurus_fume
/articleshow/2058285.cms
Here's another question
What is the best policy for the Indian government to follow to ensure that traditional systems of knowledge and healing like yoga stay protected as a people's low cost knowledge and healing system?
The regular practice of yoga by people in good health can work as a powerful, nearly cost free and simple way to stay fit and healthy for life.
Bikram Choudhary's efforts to patent yoga is shocking!
Equally alarming, till date, the US Patent and Trademark office has issued 150 yoga-related copyrights, 134 trademarks on yoga accessories and 2,315 yoga trademarks.
Do take a look at this!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_patent_on_yoga_Indian_gurus_fume
/articleshow/2058285.cms
Here's another question
What is the best policy for the Indian government to follow to ensure that traditional systems of knowledge and healing like yoga stay protected as a people's low cost knowledge and healing system?
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