TRI Lecture Series, Spring 2003
January 22nd
Common but Differentiated Responsibilities: the Case of the UN Framework Climate Convention
Donald Goldberg, Senior Attorney, Climate Change, Center for
International and Environmental Law
Mr. Goldberg, a leading legal expert on climate change, was the first NGO representative on the U.S. delegation to the climate change negotiation and the first North American NGO representative to the Global Environment Facility. His other areas of expertise include ozone depletion, international financial institutions and trade and the environment.
January 29th
Mobilizing Science for Sustainable Energy Systems
Jeffrey Sachs, Executive Director, Earth Institute, Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Dr. Sachs is one of the world's leading economists on globalization and has served as an advisor to numerous governments and international institutions. He is currently Special Advisor to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
February 5th
Oil, Conservation, and Sustainable Livelihoods in Pastoral People in the Middle East
Dawn Chatty, Deputy Director, Refugee Studies Centre, Professor of Social Anthropology, Oxford University, England
Dr. Chatty's research interest is the ethnography of the Middle East. She is co-editor of the book Conservation and Indigenous Mobile Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement, and Sustainable Development.
February 12th
Mining the Frontier Forests of El Dorado: Local Realities, TNCs and the Quest for Sustainable Forest Management in the Guiana Shield
Janette Forte, Senior Social Scientist, Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Guyana
Ms. Forte's work focuses on collaborative management of the Iwokrama Forest and sustaining livelihoods through strategic resource management and institutional strengthening of communities. She also serves on the national working group on timber certification and is involved in the National Certification Standard Development Process, linked to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
February 19th
Rethinking the 'Global': Environmental Conflict within Tanzania's Mafia Island Marine Park
Christine Walley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Walley's interests include globalization theory, gender, the environment, development and documentary film. Her research in the Mafia Island Marine Park, examines the political contestation surrounding Tanzania's first national marine park.
March 5th
The New Logic of Global Environmental Governance
Ann Florini, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Dr. Florini, PhD in Political Science, is an expert on global governance, globalization, transnational civil society networks, and transparency. Her current work is focused on new approaches to good governance. Dr. Florini is the author of the forthcoming book The Coming Democracy: New Rules for Running a New World.
March 26th
Indigenous Lands and Tropical Forest Conservation in the Era of Globalization
Stephan Schwartzman, Anthropologist, International Program, Environmental Defense
Dr. Schwartzman creates strategies to protect tropical rainforests and their indigenous peoples, particularly the native peoples of the Brazilian rainforests. He also works to promote the adoption of environmentally sound lending policies by multilateral banks and national governments.
April 2nd
Fields of the Future: Under what Local and Global Conditions can Genetic Engineering Contribute to Sustainable Agriculture?
Don Doering, Senior Associate, Management Institute for Environment and Business, World Resources Institute
Dr. Doering, PhD in Molecular Biology, works on corporate strategy and public policy relating to genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture as well as the general arena of corporate social and environmental performance and strategy. He is principal author of Tomorrow's Markets: Global Trends and their Implications for Business.
April 9th
North-South Consensus Building on Hydro-Power
Navroz Dubash, Senior Associate, Institutions and Governance, World Resources Institute
Dr. Dubash, PhD in Energy and Resources, focuses on local resource management, global environmental governance and the impacts of international financial flows on the environment. He is the principle author of A Watershed in Global Governance: An Independent Assessment of the World Commission on Dams.
April 16th
Is Agriculture the Enemy of Nature?: Agro-Food Globalization and the Worldwide Farmers' Movement for Agroecology
Kathleen McAfee, Assistant Professor of Social Ecology and Community Development, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Dr. McAfee is currently researching sustainable agriculture and agro-biodiversity around in the tropics. Her prior research focused on the development of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use projects, primarily in Guyana.
April 23rd
The New Thrilla' in Manila: Peasant Fighting against Bioengineering
David Frossard, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Frossard's research focuses on peasant ecological movements, environmental sustainability and biodiversity, ethics of development and science, and international education.
April 30th
Golden Rice — The Numerous Hurdles of a Humanitarian GMO Project
Ingo Potrykus, Professor of Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Dr. Potrykus is the inventor of the genetically engineered "Golden Rice." He focuses on food security in developing countries by developing and applying genetic engineering technology to crop plants such as rice, wheat, sorghum and cassava.
