The implications of war on the conservation of tropical forests will be explored in a two-day conference at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies on Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1.
Leaders from science, policy, resource management, forest communities and nongovernmental organizations are among the featured speakers for the conference, titled "War and Tropical Forests: New Perspectives on Conservation in Areas of Armed Conflict." They will explore the critical issues related to conservation before, during and after war. The event is hosted by the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF).
Ricardo Navarro, president and founder of Centro Salvadoreno de Tecnologia Apropiada and the recipient of the 1995 Goldman Foundation Environmental Award, will be the keynote speaker at the conference. He will discuss "War, Human Rights and the Destruction of Forests" at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, following opening remarks at 9 a.m. by Mark Ashton, associate professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Other topics to be addressed on Friday are "Biodiversity, War and Tropical Forests," "Forests and Conflict: The Colombian Case," "Legal Mechanism for Addressing Wartime Damage to Tropical Forests," "Forests in the Time of Violence: Conservation Implications of the Colombian War," "The Role of the Military and the Fate of the Forests: Indonesia in the Context of a Rapidly Evolving Southeast Asian Political Economy" and "Restarting Conservation in Post-War Liberia."
In addition, there will be three panel discussions on issues of conservation. These will be moderated by Yale faculty members Arun Agrawal and James C. Scott of the political science department, and Enrique Mayer of the anthropology department.
The conference will resume at 9 a.m. on Saturday with opening remarks by Jim Bryan of Yale's Tropical Resource Institute. Presentation topics on Saturday morning are "The Impact of War on the Forests in El Salvador: Opportunities for Rehabilitation," "Contras and Comandantes: Armed Movements and Forest Conservation in Nicaragua's Bosawas Biosphere Reserve in the 1990s," "Impacts of Armed Conflict on Forest Conservation Programs in Guatemala: Lessons Learned in the Maya Biosphere Reserve" and "The Zapatistas and Lacandon Selva: From Conservation to Counterinsurgency in the Chiapas Rainforest."
In the afternoon, conference participants will discuss "Building Partnerships in the Face of Political and Armed Crisis: The International Gorilla Conservation Programme," "Lessons Learned from On-The-Ground Conservation in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo," "Slaughter of Gorillas and the Crisis of Conservation in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo" and "Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Why Should We Care?"
Two panel discussions will also take place on Saturday. Serving as moderators will be Daniela Spenser of the history department, and Eric Worby and David Watts of the anthropology department.
Other Yale faculty who will make remarks at the event are Omari Ilambu of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Arthur W. Galston of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.
The conference is free for Yale students, faculty and staff. For non-Yale affiliates, the fee is $40; $25 for students. For more information or a complete schedule of events, visit the ISTF website at www.yale.edu/istf .
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