Practices, power, and knowledge in participatory forest management (June 23-30, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Important Information for Summer School Applicants on Scholarships
For details see the attached document below. The deadline end on April 27th!
Please note the deadline for call for participants has been moved to May 15th!
With Prof. dr. Arun Agrawal, University of Michigan, USA as the anchor teacher
Summer School organised by,
The Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP), Wageningen University, the Netherlands &
Program for Law and Environment - Getúlio Vargas Foundation (PDMA/FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Following the success of the FNP (WASS) summer school held in 2011 (July 11-15) at WUR, a sequel for this is being organised in 2012 (June 23-30) in Rio de Janeiro by Forest and Nature Conservation Policy (FNP) group with its partners from Brazil- the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) situated in Rio de Janeiro.
The summer school in 2012, will focus on the theme "Practices, power, and knowledge in participatory forest management", with prof. dr. Arun Agrawal (University of Michigan, USA) as its anchor teacher. The teaching team for this summer school includes, Prof. dr. Bas Arts, Dr. Virgílio Gibbon, Prof. dr. Peter May, Dr. Sailaja Nandigama, Dr. Marcelo R Lennertz, Dr. Paulo de Meira Lins, Dr. Esther Turnhout, and Dr. Sven Wunder representing various international Universities and institutions across the Global North and South.
This summer school is organised in collaboration with the Graduate School of International Development Studies, Roskilde University and Centre for Forests, Landscape and Planning, University of Copenhagen; the FNP partners from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (CPDA/UFRRJ); the International Finance Corporation(the World Bank Group); and the International Centre for Forest Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
This summer school is being organised in the immediate aftermath of the Political Ecology course (June 4-8, 2012), offered by the University of Copenhagen; the ISEE2012 Conference (June 16-19) organised by ISEE/UN-DESA (a UNCSD learning centre); and the Rio+20 Summit, June 20-22 (UNCSD); to promote and facilitate dialogue and intellectual interaction among academic researchers and practitioners sharing common interests in Forest and Nature Conservation.
The FNP& FGV summer school call for participants and the application form are attached at the bottom this page.
We aim to bring in a maximum of 50 talented and highly motivated PhD fellows, Post-Doc researchers, and practitioners from across the world as participants for this summer school.
A limited number of fellowships/travel grants are available for FNP& FGV summer school participants registered in Universities/Institutes of developing countries.
Preparatory time: 2 weeks of self-reading and 1 week of attending lectures and interactive sessions.
Course contribution: 3 ECTS
Time schedule: 23rd June 2012 to 30th June 2012
Accommodation
Applicants can book their accommodation in http://www.cabanacopa.com.br for a reduced price.
Registration
Registration is possible electronically via the attached application form. Send the completely filled application form to the course coordinator, dr. Sailaja Nandigama.
The deadline for sending your filled application is 15 May 2012.
For more details on the application process, fees and content of the summer school contact the course coordinator Dr. Sailaja Nandigama (sailaja.nandigama@wur.nl), Forest and Nature Conservation Policy (FNP) group, Wageningen University.
