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Thursday, 30 April 2009

We are glad to present the results of the two calls for the IHDP Open Meeting 2009. We are very happy about the number and quality of sessions and papers submitted. This list provides you with an overview of the current status in our allocation of papers to sessions. However, at this moment we cannot completely guarantee the session allocation or time slot for each paper, as some minor changes to the list are still expected. Abstracts of papers and sessions, as well as concrete time slots for each session will be available soon.

You are invited to have a look and get back to us if you have any questions or if you request changes to be made. We will try to incorporate the requested changes sent by February, 28th. However, please keep in mind that due to the great amount of presentations we will be only able of reallocating papers to other sessions on an exceptional basis. Please contact Ms Esra Bozkir at bozkir@ihdp.unu.edu for that.

The size of some sessions still varies significantly. If sessions will have more than 5 or 6 papers after a final round of changes and amendments, they will become double sessions, unless the convenor decides differently.

Tip: When looking for the allocation of your own paper, use your browser's find function to look for your name or paper title.

Limits I: Barriers and limits to adaptation posed by governance (international focus)

Limits II: Barriers and Limits to Adaptation Posed by Governance (National and Subnational Focus)

Limits III: Barriers and limits relating to the role of communities in local adaptation

Integrating Adaptive Capacity, Vulnerability, and Resilience with Development

Institutionally challenged: history and prospects of managing river basins in a changing global environment

Climate Change and Development: Key Consideration for Effective Policy Responses

Mainstreaming climate change policies at multiple scales: challenges and opportunities

Strengthening Governance and Institutions in Integrated Assessments of Global Sustainability

Knowledge Systems, A Community Focus

Sustainability and Adaptive Capacity

Climate Change and Resilience: Can We Learn Fast Enough?

SCENES - Water Scenarios for Europe and for Neighboring States

Ethics, Law and Democratic Procedures

How do culture, beliefs, attitudes and traditions in urban societies interact with environmental change?

Responding to Coastal and Marine Change: Comparative Assessment of Coastal Governance Initiatives (I-II)

Adapting Institutions to Address Global Change

Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions

Multi-level Governance and Sustainability Related Research

Climate Change and Social Vulnerability

Governance and the global water system:The need to adopt a global perspective on water issues

The Role of Multi-stakeholder Change Processes In Adapting Institutions For Greater Equity and Sustainability

Estimating Cost Of Adaptation To Inundation Of Islands: Case Study From Indian Sundarbans

Multi-level Governance and Sustainability Related Research

Transitions in Water Management - The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs

	Integrating Adaptive Capacity, Vulnerability, and Resilience with Development 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D010 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room A Convenor: Nathan Engle, University of Michigan, United States
	Disaster risk management as a barrier to sustainable adaptation: responding to climate-driven hazards in the Cayman Islands and NE Brazil. Presenter: Emma Tompkins, Sustainability Research Institute, United Kingdom
	Effects of Land-Use Policies and Practices on Vulnerability to Flooding at Poyang Lake, China Presenter: Qing Tian, University of Michigan, United States
	Knowledge, Governance and Institutional Change: Building Adaptive Capacity of Water Management in Brazil. Presenter: Nathan Engle, University of Michigan, United States
	Increasing Robustness of Governance Indicators for Resilience and Adaptive Capacity Assessment in Brazilian River Basin Management Presenter: Nathan Engle, University of Michigan, United States
	Adaptation, Institutions, and Livelihoods Presenter: Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan, United States
	Drivers of Change and Autonomous Adaptations in the Mesoamerican Coffee Sector: Potential Avenues for Policy Intervention Presenter: Edwin Castellanos, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala

	Limits I: Barriers and limits to adaptation posed by governance (international focus) 14:00 - 15:00, Thursday 30 April Session: C150 Venue: Bundesrat, Room 314 Convenor: Karen O'Brien, University of Oslo, Norway
	Actors, Networks and Adaptation in the Arena of Forest Ecosystem Goods and Services and Climate Change in West Africa Presenter: Maria Brockhaus, CIFOR (Centre for International Forestry Research), Indonesia
	The Fragmentation of Global Climate Governance: Challenges for Adaptation Presenter: Fariborz Zelli, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
	Institutional Barriers on Adaptation to Climate Change and Natural Disasters in Africa Presenter: Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah, Sunyani Polytechnic, Ghana

	Limits II: Barriers and Limits to Adaptation Posed by Governance (National and Subnational Focus) 15:00 - 16:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D030 Venue: Bundesrat, Room 314 Convenor: Susanne Moser, University of California Santa Cruz, United States
	New Public Management, Governance and Limits to Adaptation in Mexico and Norway Presenter: Siri Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway
	Preparing for Climate Change Impacts in California: Overcoming Governance Barriers at the State and Local Levels Presenter: Susanne Moser, University of California-Santa Cruz, United States
	Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Management of Wetlands in a Changing Environment: The Case of Zimbabwe Presenter: Admire Chereni, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

	Limits III: Barriers and limits relating to the role of communities in local adaptation 16:30 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D040 Venue: Bundesrat, Room 314 Convenor: Johanna Wolf, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, United Kingdom
	Moving Beyond the Climate Change Damage Report in the Okanagan Region, Canada Presenter: Stewart Cohen, University of Illinois, Canada
	Polycentric governance challenges in adapting natural resources management to climate change Presenter: Don Nelson, United Kingdom
	Climate Change Adaptation: local realities for a global issue Presenter: Richard Friend, WorldFish Center, Cambodia
	Overcoming Institutional, Behavioural, and Contextual Barriers to Action on Climate Change: Insights from Three Municipal Case Studies in British Columbia, Canada Presenter: Sarah Burch, University of British Columbia, Canada

	Institutionally challenged: History and Prospects of Managing River Basins in a Changing Global Environment 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D050 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room F Convenor: Claudia Pahl-Wostl, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
	Assessing the transformability of river management regimes in the Tisza and Amudarya river basins Presenter: Jan Sendzimir, IIASA, Austria
	Processes of Social Learning and Water Regime Change towards Adaptive and Integrated Approaches Presenter: Claudia Pahl-Wostl, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
	The Co-Production of Knowledge about Water Resources: Framing, Uncertainty and Climate Change Presenter: Marcela Brugnach, University of Osnabrück, Germany
	Adaptive Capacity, Sticky Behaviour, And Catchment Scale Land Use Management Presenter: Claire Quinn, Sustainability Research Institute, United Kingdom
	The Influence of Political Culture on Water Governance Institutions: A Cross-CountryComparison Presenter: Margot Hill, University of Geneva, Switzerland
	Your epistemology or mine? Social learning as an adaptive form of governance for managing natural resources Presenter: Kevin Collins, United Kingdom

	Climate Change and Development: Key Consideration for Effective Policy Responses 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D060 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room C Convenor: Richard Klein
	Low Carbon Technology Transfer: Insights from India and China Presenter: Alexandra Mallet, University of Sussex, Sussex Energy Group, SPRU, United Kingdom
	Cooperation, conflict and adaptation to climate change inTransboundary river basins in Africa Presenter: Declan Conway, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
	Empowering adaptive capacity: gender and development perspectives Presenter: Geraldine Terry, University of East Anglia UK, United Kingdom
	Environmental Impact Assessments as a Tool to Integrate Climate Change Science Information into Decision Making. Presenter: Helen Ingram, University of Arizona, United States

	Mainstreaming Climate Change Policies at Multiple Scales: Challenges and Opportunities 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D070 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room B Convenor: Henry Neufeldt, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, United Kingdom
	Appraising Strategies for Regional and Local Climate Capacity Building in EU: are current efforts fit for purpose? Presenter: Maria Falaleeva, VU Univeristy Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Mainstreaming Sustainable Development. Analysis of and lessons from the European Union’s way of institutionalising sustainability in policy processes Presenter: Frieder Otto Wolf, SERI Sustainable Europe Research Institute Germany e.V., Germany
	Integrating ENSO into Fisheries Management: A critical review Presenter: Hernan L. Villagran Naranjo, Analyst/Consultant. Science, Tecnology and Public Policy, Chile
	Climate Change and Tourism: Strategies for Adaption and sustainable development in coastal and mountain regions Presenter: Harald Heinrichs, University Lüneburg, Germany
	How Does The E.U. Integrate Climate Change Issues In Its Development Aid Policies ? Short Term Reaction Versus "Capacity Approaches" Presenter: Marie Ange Baudoin, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

	Strengthening Governance and Institutions in Integrated Assessments of Global Sustainability 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D100 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room C Convenor: Arthur Petersen, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands
	Integrating Institutions and Governance into Formal Modelling and Scenarios Presenter: Sofia Frantzi, Institute for Environmental Studies, Netherlands
	Local Institutions and Environmental Governance in India: Partnership between Public, Private and Civil Societies Presenter: R.B. Singh, University of Delhi, India
	"Technology Mapping across Knowledge Value Chain enhancing Sustainability Competitiveness: Derivation of Knowledge Economy in an Integrated Global Model on Technology, Environment and Society" Presenter: Jagdish P. N. Giri, Aaditya Energy Foundation, India
	Can the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) meet the needs of the South? Presenter: Steinar Andresen, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
	A Worldview Approach Towards Governance and Institutions for Sustainable Development Presenter: Arthur Petersen, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands

	Knowledge Systems, A Community Focus 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D110 Venue: Bundesrat, Room 222 Convenor: Ilan Chabay, Goeteborg Center for Plus at Chalmers University of Technology, Member of IHDP Scientific Committee
	Scientific Communication and the Public: Mapping Climate Issues over India/China and South Korea/Taiwan Presenter: Roger Chen, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
	Tradition as a Modern Strategy: Indigenous Knowledge, Local Governance and National Development in Nigeria Presenter: Geoffrey Nwaka, Abia State University, Nigeria
	Building Resilience: Integrating NGO Agendas and Community Voices Presenter: Maureen Biermann, Pennsylvania State University, United States
	“Alive” Knowledge Systems for building a Resilient Community Presenter: Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, ekgaon technologies, Indi

	Sustainability and Adaptive Capacity 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D150 Venue: Bundesrat, Plenarsaal Convenors: Kathleen Galvin, Colorado State University, United States
	Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainability: Are we Heading Down the Wrong Road? Presenter: Karen O'Brien, University of Oslo, Norway
	What is a resilient community?Understanding the social dynamics of sustainability and adaptive capacities Presenter: Katrina Brown, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
	Cultural Dimensions of Global Environmental Change in the Andes (Latin America) Presenter: Barbara Goebel, Ibero-American Institute, Germany
	Social systems and resilience: What are critical factors for understanding adaptation to change? Presenter: Kathleen Galvin, Colorado State University, United States
	Environmental Change and Implications for Resilience - a case study in rural South Africa Presenter: Julia Mambo, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

	Climate Change and Resilience: Can We Learn Fast Enough? 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D180 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room B Convenor: Per Olsson, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden
	Resilience of Agro-Ecosystems in India’s Drylands: Role of Technological Lock-ins, Poverty, and Debt Traps Presenter: Rimjhim Aggarwal, Arizona State Univeristy, United States
	Resilience In Practice: Reflections On Development Agendas And Livelihood Transformations Presenter: Henny Osbahr, Walker Institute for Climate Systems Research, United Kingdom
	Connecting landscapes and articulating holistic values: A social practice for managing urban ecosystems services with cases from Stockholm and Cape Town Presenter: Henrik Ernstson, Stockholm University, Sweden
	Change Dynamics of the Organization-Institution Feedback: A Core Factor in Determining the Resilience of Institutions Presenter: Hernan L. Villagran Naranjo, Analyst/Consultant. Science, Tecnology and Public Policy, Chile
	Social Networks as a Coping Strategy to Climate Change Variability Presenter: Fiona Rotberg, Uppsala University, Sweden

	SCENES - Water Scenarios for Europe and for Neighboring States 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D240 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room G Convenor: Kasper Kok, Wageningen University, Netherlands
	Participatory, multi-scale scenario development.Experiences from the SCENES project Presenter: Kasper Kok, Wageningen University, Netherlands
	Balancing the Social and Ecological Dimensions in Groundwater Conflicts Presenter: Counselo Varela Ortega, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain
	The role of different actors in mainstreaming CC policies at the regional level: The Tisza basin example Presenter: Zsuzsanna Flachner, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Reserach Institute for Soil and Agrochemistry, Hungary
	Fuzzy Cognitive Maps as a communication and learning tool for stakeholders and modelers in participatory scenario development; examples from the SCENES project Presenter: Mathijs van Vliet, Wageningen University

	Ethics, Law and Democratic Procedures 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D260 Venue: Verwaltungsanbau WCCB, P87 Convenor: Roberto Guimaraes, School of Public and Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Vice Chair of IHDP Scientific Committee
	Transparency under Scrutiny: Governing global and local environmental change through information disclosure Presenter: Aarti Gupta-Biermann, Wageningen University, Netherlands
	Administrative-Law Type Mechanisms In Earth System Governance. Empty Ritual Or Exercise Of Procedural Democracy? Presenter: Francesca Spagnuolo, University of Pisa, Italy
	Inter-disciplinary Deliberative Democracy: strengthening the democratic legitimacy and political authority of scientific representations Presenter: Katharine Nora Farrell, University of Aarhus, Denmark
	New Paradigm For Responding To Global Environmental Change InThe 21 Century Presenter: Mukul Sanwal, Harvard, School of Government, Germany
	Mitigating Future Disasters: The Politics and Ethics of Human Resettlement Presenter: Craig Johnson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University

	How do culture, beliefs, attitudes and traditions in urban societies interact with environmental change? 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: C160 Venue: BMZ, Nelson Mandela Convenors: Michail Fragkias, Arizona State University, Dawn Parker, George Mason University, United States, and Tobias Langanke, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
	Trusting On Social Disaster Reduction Capabilities And Public Flood Cognition: Based On The Investigation Of China’s Yangtze River Basin Presenter: Yun Su, Beijing Normal University, China
	Culture and Climate Change Interface, with Particular Reference to Ghana Presenter: Michael Kofi Nsiah, Sunyani Polytechnic, Ghana
	Permissible vulnerabilities? Examining cultural interpretations of climate risk adn resilient adaptation strategies through flood events in urban India Presenter: Max Boykoff and Emily Boyd, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Cultural Dimensions, Adaptation, and Climate Change Presenter: Thomas Heyd, University of Victoria, Canada
	The role of reciprocity norms, trust, and institutional experience on individual behaviour in commons dilemmas: A study of collective action in source separation of wastes Presenter: Dawn Parker, George Mason University, United States

	Responding to Coastal and Marine Change: Comparative Assessment of Coastal Governance Initiatives (I-II) 14:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D020 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room 2.07 Convenor: Andreas Kannen, GKSS Research Centre, Germany
	Setting the Scene: Coasts and seas as social-ecological systems, related governance dimensions and analytical approaches Presenter: Andreas Kannen, GKSS Research Centre, Germany
	Community based Coastal Zone Management – An effective mechanism in the aftermath of december 2004 tsunami event in Tamil Nadu, India Presenter: R. R. Krishnamurty, University of Madras, Chennai, India
	The Governance Dimensions of Accelerating Coastal Change in Latin America Presenter: Stephan Olsen, Coastal Resources Centre, University of Rhode Island, United States
	A Framework for Ocean and Coastal Governance: New Zealand’s Fiordland Experience Presenter: Bruce Glavovic, Massey University, New Zealand
	Governance challenges in the coastal fisheries sector: case studies from northern Norway Presenter: Jennifer West, CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, Norway
	Perception and scaling – analysing examples of policies and governance in the North Sea Presenter: Andreas Kannen, GKSS Research Centre, Germany
	Analysing Governance in the Coastal Zone: Perspectives from the IHDP Earth System Governance Project Presenter: Frank Biermann, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
	The devil´s advocate: Coasts as complex systems – why complex systems can not be controlled Presenter: Beate Ratter, University of Hamburg and GKSS Research Center, Germany

	Adapting Institutions to Address Global Change 14:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D220 Venue: TNT, Süßmuth Room Convenor: Oran Young, University of California Santa Barbara, Chair of IHDP Scientific Committee
	Negotiating Solidarity: Strategies for Adapting G77 Institutions to Climate Change Presenter: Antto Vihma, University of Helsinki, Finland
	Institutions and adaptation strategies in rural Mesoamerica: the role of civil organizations in facing global changes in the coffee sector Presenter: Edwin Castellanos, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
	Adapting institutional governance to address changes in conservation of protected areas under armed conflict Presenter: Guillermo Andres Ospina, Grupo de Estudios Sociales Comparativos GESC, Colombia
	Rethinking Regulation: Harmonising Tendencies, Globalising Complexities, and the Challenges of Instituting Priorities for Poorer Communities Presenter: Adrian Smith, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
	Method Matters: Why Sustainability Science Methodology Is More Than Just A New Field Of Science Studies Presenter: Katharine Nora Farrell, University of Aarhus, Denmark
	The ADAM digital adaptation compendium Presenter: Jochen Hinkel, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
	Predicting Institutional Preparedness in the Face of Ocean Acidification Presenter: Julia Ekstrom, Stanford University, United States
	The role of uncertainties in the design of international water: anhistorical perspective Presenter: Itay Fischhendler, Hebrew University, Israel

	Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D090 Venue: Verwaltungsanbau WCCB, P86 Convenors: Robin Sydneysmith, Barry Smit, Grete K Hovelsrud
	Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change: Cases from Northern Norway, Northern Sweden, Northern Finland and North-West Russia Presenter: E. Carina H. Keskitalo, Umeå University, Sweden
	Cross-cutting themes of Arctic Vulnerability: Synthesis and Integration Presenter: Robin Sydneysmith, University of British Columbia, Canada
	Vulnerability And Adaptive Capacity In Arctic North America Presenter: Mark Andrachuk, University of Guelph, Canada
	Environmental Degradation of Polar Regions: Strategic and Security Environment Implications at the Globalization Process. Presenter: Julia Schmied, Brasilia University, Brazil
	Climate Change and Institutional Capacity in an Arctic Gateway Community: A CAVIAR case study of the City of Whitehorse Presenter: Ralph Matthews, University of British Columbia, Canada
	Bring Science Back to the North: Supporting Inuit Adaptation to Climate Change Presenter: Maude Beaumier, McGill University, Canada

	Multi-level Governance and Sustainability Related Research 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D120 Venue: Bundesrat, Room 222 Convenors: Alex Smajgl, CSIRO, Australia
	Dynamic Livelihoods and Change: The interplay between choice and outcome Presenter: Kostas Alexandridis, CSIRO, Australia
	Polycentric Governance: From Government to Governance for Biodiversity in Enlarged EU Presenter: Tatiana Kluvankova-Oravska, IF SAS, Slovakia
	Emissions, Climate, Wealth and Health in a Highly Polluted Latin American Capital City Presenter: Alejandro Leon, Universidad de Chile, Chile
	South America's role in the perspectives for mitigation and adaptation to climate change Presenter: Eduardo Viola, University of Brasilia, Brazil
	The Research on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Changes in Latin America Presenter: Rafael Martins, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

	Climate Change and Social Vulnerability 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D130 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room G Convenor: Christoph Goerg, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Germany
	Institutional Tenets: New Arrangements for Research on Global Change and Sustainability Presenter: Sonia Talwar, University of British Columbia, Canada
	Vulnerability and uncertainty: How to address ignorance in governance for adaptation? Presenter: Christoph Goerg, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Germany
	Climate Change and Pharmaceutical Industry: Vulnerabilities and Adaptation to Environmental Regulations Presenter: Bhasi Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, India
	Mapping Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Puno, Peru Presenter: Erika Trigoso, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, United States
	Policy issues related to climate change in Spain Presenter: Ana Iglesias, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
	Building Resilient Energy Systems: Evaluating and Managing Systems Transitions Addressing the Water-Energy-Technology-Knowledge Factors Presenter: Chris Rynikiewicz, Lepii University of Grenoble / CNRS, France
	Vulnerability and Climate Change: A framework towards the adaptability approach Presenter: Chandra Bahinipati, Madras Institute of Development Studies, India

	Governance and the Global Water System:The need to adopt a global perspective on water issues 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D140 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room F Convenors: Daniel Petry, Claudia Pahl-Wostl
	Towards a new environmental ethics and the solution of water conflicts: The case of the Latin American Water Tribunal Presenter: Patricia Avila Garcia, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
	A multi-level governance challenge: How to overcome the seeming trade-off between ecosystem and human water needs? Presenter: Claudia Pahl-Wostl, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
	Human Fluid Dynamics: Modeling the Complexity of Global Water Governance Presenter: Neil Harrison, Sustainable Development Institute, Laramie, United States
	United Waters: From Multi-Governance of Water to Multilevel WaterGovernance - Towards a Kyoto for Watermanagement ? Presenter: Theo Thoonen, Dean of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management TU Delft

	The Role of Multi-stakeholder Change Processes In Adapting Institutions For Greater Equity and Sustainability 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D200 Venue: Bundesrat, Room 315 Convenors: Bettye Pruitt, Dale Hunter, Minu Hemmati
	Role of Public participation in Achieving Development Agenda of Developing Countries; The Case of Communities Affected by Surface Mining of Gold in the Asutifi District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana Presenter: Jones Lewis Arthur, Sunyani Polytechnic, Ghana
	Environmental Epistemic Networks and Institutional Action: Observation of Present Relationships and Methodological Reformulation for Participatory Optimization Presenter: Elda Tancredi, Lujan National University, Argentina
	PROFILES as a method for Participatory Integrated Assessment: The Biomass Dialogue Presenter: Eefje Cuppen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Global agendas versus local realities – implementing policy relevant research for upland development in Lao PDR Presenter: Jean-Christophe Castella, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Lao People's Democratic Republic
	Community-based Forest Management: A Comparative Analysis of Community Forestry and Joint Forest Management Presenter: Madhav Karki, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal
	Anatomy of Climate Change Mitigation measures focused on Biofuels and Indigenous Peoples Presenter: Leah Abayao, University of the Philippines at Baguio, Philippines

	Estimating Cost Of Adaptation To Inundation Of Islands: Case Study From Indian Sundarbans 16:00 - 17:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D210 Venue: World Conference Center Bonn, Room A Convenor: Indrila Guha, Vidyasagar College for Women, India
	Eco-oriented Corporates a Case Study of Select Indian Companies Presenter: Sandhya Sri, Mrs. A.V.N. College, India
	Corporate Environmental Sensitivity: An Analysis of Select Indian Companies Presenter: Prasad Satya Venkat, Gitam University, India
	A Study of the Financing System for Climate Change Adaptation Presenter: Kanako Morita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
	Commodity Chain of Woodcarvings: Global Impacts and Local Responses - A Case Study in a Traditional Craft Village in Northern Vietnam - Presenter: Phuong Le Nguyen, Hanoi University of Agriculture, Viet Nam
	Trade and Environment Issues in Small Island States: Implications of Climate Change Presenter: Biman Prasad, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji

	Transitions in Water Management - The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs 14:00 - 15:30, Thursday 30 April Session: D300 Venue: Verwaltungsanbau WCCB, Room P86 Convenors: Dave Huitema, Sander Meijerink
	Water transitions, policy entrepreneurs and change strategies: lessons learned Presenter: Sander Meijerink, Radboud University, The Netherlands
	The role of actors in Australia’s water transitions Presenter: Sara Hughes, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara, United States
	Political and economic apertures and the shifting state-citizen relationship: reforming Mexico’s national water policy Presenter: Margaret Wilder, University of Arizona, United States
	Neo-liberal transitions in water management in Turkey: mainstream actors and opposition groups Presenter: Aysegül Kibaroglu, World Water Council Thematic Center, Turkey