Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Monitor, March 1998 Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Monitor, March 1998
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Calls for papers
Calls for cooperation
Calls for research proposals
Impact assessment in the development process:
Advances in integrating environmental assessment with economic and social appraisal
Following a highly successful conference in 1996 on Integrating environmental
assessment with economic and social appraisal, the Collaborative Programme for
Environmental Assessment and Economic and Social Appraisal in the Development Process is
now planning an international conference to review recent advances in the theory,
integration and application of methods of environmental, economic and social impact
assessment for purposes of achieving sustainable development, not only in developing
countries, but also in developed countries and countries in transition. The conference
will be held in Manchester (UK), 23-24 October 1998.
Papers (of 3000-5000 words) are invited in any area relevant to the objectives of the conference. The topics to be covered within the overall theme include:
- recent developments and case experiences in economic, social and environmental appraisals and their integration; sustainability assessment;
- practical applications of the methods of environmental impact assessment, and social and environmental appraisal;
- cost-benefit analysis and multi-criteria analysis;
- application of appraisal techniques to poverty alleviation; public participation; gender issues;
- sustainable natural-resource management.
Deadline for abstracts: 1 May 1998.
Deadline for full papers: 14 September 1998.
For full details see http://www.art.man.ac.uk/eia/Env_conf.htm
or contact: Debra Whitehead, Impact Assessment Conference Secretary, Institute for
Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, Crawford House, Precinct
Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9GH, UK.
Tel.: +44-161-275 2800.
Fax: +44-161-273 8829.
E-mail: debra.whitehead@man.ac.uk
Women and the environment
Women's Studies Quarterly publishes articles that introduce new feminist
scholarship and theory as these apply to teaching and the curriculum. The journal also
offers original material that can be used directly for the development of courses and
programmes, as well as reflective essays and original creative work of direct concern to
practitioners. The intersections of race and class with gender are a special concern, as
are international perspectives.
Women's Studies Quarterly invites contributions to a special issue on Women and the environment; this will be the spring-summer issue of the year 2000. Articles, syllabi, pedagogical essays, bibliographies, biographies, fiction, poetry—all contributions are welcome. Suggested areas of focus include, but are not limited to:
- feminist analysis of environmental issues;
- making use of women's indigenous environmental knowledge;
- collective or individual work by women on environmental problems and solutions;
- reports of environmental issues with particular impact on women;
- biographical sketches; personal stories;
- conference and organizational reports.
Co-editors of this volume are Diana Hope and Vandana Shiva.
For submission guidelines, please contact Diana Hope. The deadline for submission is 30
November 1998.
Manuscripts primarily focused on issues most pertinent to the United States should be sent
to Professor Diane Hope, Department of Professional and Technical Communication, College
of Liberal Arts, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester N.Y.
14623, USA.
E-mail: dshgpt@RIT.edu
Manuscripts international in scope should be sent to Vandana Shiva, Director, Research
Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, A 60 hauz khas, New Delhi 110 016, India.
Fax: +91-11-685 6795.
Bibliography on the indigenous management of genetic resources for livestock breeding
Pastoralists have created some of the world's most prolific livestock breeds, which
possess qualities--physical fitness, disease resistance and drought tolerance, for
example--that are crucial for the continued utilization of marginal areas for food
production. They have thus made an enormous contribution to achieving diversity among
domestic animals, which is one component of biodiversity. According to the UN Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO), domestic-animal diversity is very much under threat, with
perhaps one-third of recorded livestock breeds being endangered.
Current strategies for maintaining domestic-animal diversity are strongly biased towards high-tech procedures, such as genetic distancing for identifying the livestock breeds deemed most worthy of conservation, and cryoconservation (i.e., deep freezing of semen and embryos). Until now, the role of pastoralists and their indigenous strategies for managing genetic resources and upholding domestic animal diversity has never been acknowledged, nor has any effort been made to develop participatory approaches for the conservation of genetic resources for livestock breeding.
In order to develop concepts and programmes for involving pastoralists in the conservation of livestock breeds, the League for Pastoral Peoples has started collecting material for an annotated bibliography on the subject of traditional animal breeding strategies. The League would welcome copies of relevant publications for inclusion in the bibliography, as well as any information about projects and initiatives in this field.
Please contact: Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, League for Pastoral Peoples,
Pragelatostraße 20, 64372 Ober-Ramstadt, Germany.
Tel./fax: +49-6154-53 642.
E-mail: gorikr@t-online.de
South Africa - Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD)
SANPAD is a research programme funded by the government of the Netherlands for the
advancement of development-related research in South Africa. It particularly aims to build
capacity in those parts of the research community which have been disadvantaged in the
past. SANPAD is inviting South African research consortia to submit proposals for projects
which fall within the following broad themes:
- New approaches to economic development;
- Social development for empowerment;
- Natural resources and their management;
- Culture, identity and a new society;
- Governance for democracy.
Proposals will be assessed using the following criteria:
- There should be a clear indication of how the project not only will achieve its own objectives, but will also help to build capacity for future research.
- The research should be development-oriented and useful to policy-makers.
- More than one institution should be involved, and one of them should be a 'historically disadvantaged institution'.
- The total project budget should not exceed 250,000 rand.
Applications must be submitted by 20 April 1998. (The original deadline of 28 February 1998 has been extended.) Each year there will be a new call for proposals.
For more information, please contact: Jenny Hollander, SANPAD, Private Bag X10,
Dalbridge 4014, South Africa.
Tel.: +27-31-260 2809.
Fax: +27-31-260 2233.
E-mail: hollanderj@admin.und.ac.za
Or visit our website at: http://www.und.ac.za/und/sanpad
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