Seminaari: Ilmastonmuutos, luonnonvarat ja sosiaalinen oikeudenmukaisuus

Kepa järjestää yhteistyössä Helsingin yliopiston Politiikan ja talouden tutkimuksen laitoksen kanssa ilmastonmuutosta ja luonnonvarojen käyttöä koskevan seminaarin, jossa on mukana sekä Maailma Kylässä-festivaalille osallistuvia suomalaisjärjestöjen etelän-vieraita että akateemisia asiantuntijoita.

Seminaarin kielet ovat englanti ja espanja. Englanninkieliset puheenvuorot tulkataan espanjaksi ja päinvastoin.

Tilaisuus on kaikille avoin.

SEMINAR: PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE – CONNECTING THE LOCAL TO THE GLOBAL

Date: Friday 23 May 2014

Venue: Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki

Kepa and the Department for Political and Economic Studies at the University of Helsinki have the honour to invite you to a half-day seminar discussing ways to secure ecologically, socially and economically sustainable development on an over-burdened planet characterized by increasing rivalry over the control of natural
resources.

Is it possible to pursue the dominant model of economic development while respecting planetary boundaries and democratic practices of governance? What alternatives are indigenous movements and community-based organizations around the world proposing? How could international rules and agreements foster a transformation towards ecologically viable and socio-economically equal patterns of production? What's the role of climate change in all of this?

Our interesting and diverse set of speakers, including representatives from social movements, academia and government, will present their views and opinions on these and many other questions. The audience is encouraged to actively participate in the deliberations.

The languages of the event are English and Spanish. Interventions in English will be interpreted into Spanish and vice versa.

Everyone is welcome and no prior registration is required. Coffee will be served half an hour before the seminar begins.

8:30 COFFEE

9:00 OPENING WORDS

Timo Lappalainen, Executive Director, Kepa

9:10–10:05 MODELS OF ECOLOGICALLY AND SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Peasant farming, democracy and the challenge of climate change

Deolinda Carrizo, National Indigenous Peasant Movement of Argentina, MNCI / Via Campesina (Argentina)

Sustainable small-scale agriculture and food security

Karno Batiran, Director, Payo Payo Foundation / INSIST Network (Indonesia)

Discussion

10.05–11:00 COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT – EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES

Securing livelihood and sustainability through community forestry

Gustavo Sánchez Valle, Mexican Network of Peasant Forestry Organizations / _Red MOCAF (Mexico) _

Community-based forest management and the challenges of multilevel governance

Salla Rantala, Researcher, University of Eastern Finland; Visiting researcher, Viikki Tropical Resources Institute, University of Helsinki

Discussion

11:00–11:10 BREAK

11:10–12:00 INDIGENOUS ALTERNATIVES TO THE COMMODIFICATION AND
PRIVATIZATION OF NATURE

Zapatista autonomy and collective management of natural and communal resources

Xochitl Leyva Solano, Researcher, CIESAS (Mexico)

Socio-economic development and traditional culture in times of changing climate

Cándido Menzua, President of the Forum of Panamanian Indigenous Peoples COONAPIP, and the Congress of Embera-Wounan (Panama)

Buen vivir – Pathways towards ecological and social well-being

NIABDULGHAFAR TOHMING, PROGRAMME OFFICER, FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH (THAILAND)

Discussion

12:00-13:00 CONNECTING THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

What approaches are needed globally in sustainable forest and agricultural management to avoid a climate disaster

Ville Niinistö, Finnish Minister of the Environment

The political economy of natural resource governance

Bonn Juego, Post-Doctoral Researcher in Development and International Cooperation, University of Jyväskylä

Globalization, state governance and local autonomy: an impossible trilemma?

Markus Kröger, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki

Discussion

13:00 CLOSING REMARKS

Anja Nygren, Research Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki (tbc)