Poverty and Parks
A global assessment of the social impact of protected areas
Panel at the World Conservation Conference, Bangkok.
Event number 585: 20th November in Breakout Room 09 from 1700 to 1900.
While the advantages of biodiversity conservation
are widely acknowledged, the potentially adverse social consequences of the
creation of protected areas are less well known. This panel will discuss and
outline a two stage research project on the “local social costs of conservation”,
which will provide evidences on this topic on a global scale.
Goal: The purpose of the panel is to examine methodological and practical issues associated with a proposed social impacts assessment of protected areas. The recent increase in the spread of protected areas is marked by the absence of good information about the social consequences of that spread. This panel outlines how this gap could be addressed.
Chair: Michael M. Cernea (Part 1) & Gonzalo
Oviedo (Part 2)
Coordinators: Kai Schmidt-Soltau[1] & Dan Brockington
Programme:
Opening
remarks by Michael M. Cernea
Part
1: 1700-1800
Why
conduct an assessment and how to do so. Comparative experience
Speakers (max. 10 minutes each):
Discussion
Part
2: 1800-1900
Experience
from current programmes
Speakers (max. 5 minutes each)
Discussion
Closing
remarks by the Gonzalo Oviedo
Refreshment
and chances for more discussions ….
Contact: SchmidtSol@aol.com or dan.brockington@geography.oxford.ac.uk
[1] Representative for the International
Network on Displacement and Resettlement (INDR)(www.displacement.net), which
sponsors the panel.