Post-growth perspectives on biodiversity conservation
On August 23rd 2021, University of Amsterdam presents the 'Post-growth perpectives on biodiversity conservation' symposium as a pre-event to the '8th International Degrowth Conference' 24—28 August 2021 (The Hague, NL)
Participation in the symposium is free, but registration is required for access to Zoom at postgrowth.uva@gmail.com
Invited speakers
James R. Allan
Asish Kothari
Iago Otero Armengol
Program
9.00 – 9.10: Welcome by organizing committee
Carmen Capendale, Crelis Rammelt, Kenneth Rijsdijk, and Joeri Sol
9.10 – 9.55: Keynote 1
Iago Otero Armengol
Conservation and transformation
9.55 – 10.00 Break
10.00 – 11.00 Contributed paper presentations 1
Sophus zu Ermgassen (University of Kent)
Infrastructure for all within planetary boundaries
Sietze Norder (Leiden University)
Anticipated postgrowth effects on insular biodiversity: An Island Perspective.
Vanessa Lambrecht (Het Grote Midden Oosten Platform):
The challenge for Western actors to be inclusive in de-growth actions and working for
environmental justice, and ensuring participation from the MENA region
11.05 – 11.50 Keynote 2
James Allan
Mapping global priorities for biodiversity conservation. Can we link these to postgrowth?
11.50 – 12.00 Break
12.00 – 13:00 Contributed workshop
Fiore Longo (Survival International), Francis Shomet Naingisa (Maasai elder), and
Carola Rackete (#NatureNeedsJustice Campaign)
Decolonizing conservation to provide biodiversity justice
13:00 – 14:00 Lunchbreak
14.00 – 14.40 Contributed paper presentations 2
Jack Sykes (University of Birmingham)
Breaking (the) Waves of Injustice: An assessment into the potential of blue regrowth to
contribute to more just marine conservation in the blue economy
Jocelyne Sze (University of Sheffield)
Conservation Basic Income as a progressive policy mechanism
14.40 – 14.50 Break
14.50 – 15.30 Contributed paper presentations 3
Sharona Jurgens (University of Aruba)
Developing a Model to Assess the Correlation between Population Changes, Economy and Land-
use Land Cover Change of Aruba
Gustavo Perez Verdin (Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CIIDIR Durango)
Effects of a payment for ecosystem services program in communicty forests in northern
Mexico
15.30 – 15.45 Break
15.45 – 16.45 Keynote 3
Ashish Kothari
Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy Towards Justice and Sustainability
16.45 – 17.00 Closing words by organizing committee
Carmen Capendale, Crelis Rammelt, Kenneth Rijsdijk, and Joeri Sol
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