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Seminar Convenor

Matthew.Allen [at] anu.edu.au
phone: (02) 6125 6575

The RMAP Seminars comprise three series:

  • RMAP Arguments: Debates on resource management are presented by a panel of three or four speakers including staff and students from within RMAP and invited specialists from government, NGOs, business and academia. Each panellist gives a short presentation which is followed by discussion with the audience. Topics are selected on the basis of their strong public interest. The Arguments are usually held in the Sparke Helmore Law Theatre or the Coombs Extension Theatre from 4.30-6pm and are followed by refreshments.
  • Research Seminars are presented by staff and visitors to the program as well as invited guest speakers. The seminars are usually held in Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) in the Coombs Building on Tuesdays from 12.30-1.30pm and you are welcome to bring your lunch.
  • Student Seminars include pre and post fieldwork presentations are delivered by the PhD students in RMAP and are held in Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) in the Coombs Building on Tuesdays from 12.30-2pm.

Venues are subject to change depending on audience size.

Podcasts and streaming audio are made available where authorisation has been given by the presenters and the RMAP Blog serves as a space for ongoing discussion on the seminar topics.

Upcoming seminars & events


DateTitlePresenter
September 09, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30
(Ref no: 287)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - THE MEGA-PROJECT OF MINING: A FEMINIST CRITIQUEDr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

is a Fellow with RMAP and works as a community and gender specialist in natural resource management, primarily in South Asia. Her research focus includes the social impacts of coal mining and studying the interface between large-scale mining and the community with emphasis on community empowerment.

November 06, 2008
Coombs Ext Rm104
2 DAYS-am/pm
(Ref no: 153)
RMAP WORKSHOP - GENDER AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN MININGKuntala Lahiri-Dutt

For further information or to register your interest in attending or presenting a paper, please contact Sophie Dowling at sophie.dowling@anu.edu.au or 6125 3374.

Previous seminars & events in 2008


DateTitlePresenter
September 04, 2008
Sparke Helmore Theatre 2
4.30-6pm
(Ref no: 281)
RMAP ARGUMENT - IS OIL PALM AN ENVIRONMENTAL TIME BOMB OR ECONOMIC SAVIOUR?Dr Colin Barlow, Dr Anne Casson and Dr John McCarthy

are challenged to address whether ‘sustainable palm oil’ is merely greenwash?
Assoc Prof Lesley Potter will be the Argument Moderator.
Panel members have summarised their positions and welcome comment

August 21, 2008
Sparke Helmore Theatre 2
4.30-6.00pm
(Ref no: 262)
RMAP ARGUMENT - COULD LOGGING BE GOOD FOR NEW GUINEA?Prof Rod Keenan, Bill Bowen and Assoc Prof Luca Tacconi

Our eminent panel debate whether the logging of New Guinea’s native forests can be justified as an activity whose economic benefits outweigh its political, social and environmental costs.
Dr Colin Filer will be the Argument Moderator
Visit the RMAP Blog for ongoing discussion and commentary

August 20, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-2.00
(Ref no: 264)
STUDENT SEMINAR - NATIONAL PARK CLAIM: REDEFINING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MÂORI AND NZ DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATIONKeri Mills

is a PhD Candidate in the Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program. Her PhD study looks at the influences on co-operative relationships between the Department of Conservation and Maori in a World Heritage national park. Her background is in New Zealand history.

August 12, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 229)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - POST-KYOTO CLIMATE POLICY: PROSPECTS FOR AUSTRALIA'S NEIGHBOURSDr Frank Jotzo

has worked on international development and climate change economics and policy since 1998. He has analysed options for future international climate policy using economic theory, quantitative models, and less formal policy analysis. He currently also works as an advisor to the Garnaut Climate Change Review.

August 05, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 236)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - PROCESSES AND PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PNG’S OIL-RICH INTERIORDr Emma Gilberthorpe

is a lecturer in social anthropology at Durham University in the UK. She works in the Kutubu and Ok Tedi regions of Papua New Guinea where non-renewable resource extraction projects (oil and copper respectively) are currently operating.

July 28, 2008
Sparke Helmore Lecture Theatre 2
4.30-6pm
(Ref no: 140)
RMAP ARGUMENT - IS AUSTRALIAN RICE A WASTE OF AUSTRALIAN WATER?Dr John Angus, Dr Eric Craswell and Dr Barney Foran

will share a panel arguing the logic, merits and drawbacks associated with growing rice in Australia. Dr Mike Bourke will be the Argument Moderator.

July 08, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30
(Ref no: 183)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - A FAIR SHARE? SHARING THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF COLLABORATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT Dr Sango Mahanty

has research interests that broadly encompass livelihoods, relationships and politics in resource governance, with current projects in collaborative forest management and payments for environmental services.

June 26, 2008
Seminar Room C
3.30-5.00pm
(Ref no: 191)
STUDENT SEMINAR - DEALING WITH CHALLENGING TASKS: DECENTRALISED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT IN EASTERN INDONESIAHendra Yusran Siry

has a Bachelor degree in marine science from the University of Riau, Indonesia (1996) and Masters degree from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand (2001). Prior to taking up his PhD, he held the position of planner with the Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research in the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia for five years.

June 24, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 190)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - ‘APPROPRIATE’ METHODOLOGY IN EVALUATING GENDER EMPOWERMENT PROJECTSProfessor Saraswati Raju

is a Visiting Fellow at RMAP and Social Geographer at Jawaharlal Nehru University, interested in urban and rural development with a focus on gendered disparities in the labour market, literacy, education and empowerment in India.

June 17, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-13.30
(Ref no: 187)
RESEARCH SEMINAR- THE MORAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE LOGGING INDUSTRY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEADr Colin Filer

is the Convenor of RMAP and has research interests that include the social context and impact of resource management policies and resource conservation or development projects in Melanesia.

June 03, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 175)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - SMALL-SCALE FISHING BY THE SAMA ON EAST COAST SABAH, BORNEO: COMPARISON OF LAND AND SEA SAMA FISHERMENDr Rintaro Ono

is a Postdoc Fellow with Anthropolgy and Natural History, ANU

May 29, 2008
Seminar Room C
4.00-5.00pm
(Ref no: 174)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - GIFT AND COMMODITY RELATIONS IN PRO-POOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF RICE SEED COMPANIES IN CAMBODIAMaylee Thavat

is a PhD student at RMAP whose research has involved three years living and working in Cambodia. Her research interests lie in the areas of agricultural trade and development, commodity chain analysis, development theory and practice.

May 15, 2008
Innovations Building Lecture Theatre
4.30-6pm
(Ref no: 139)
RMAP ARGUMENT - ARE MARINE PARKS A WASTE OF SPACE?Prof Karen Edyvane, Dr Richard Kenchington, Prof Roger Bradbury and Dr Pascal Perez

will unravel the complex issues surrounding the relative merits and shortcomings of marine parks.

May 06, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-2pm
(Ref no: 144)
RMAP STUDENT SEMINAR - ANTICIPATING SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES AFTER MINE CLOSURE: STUDY OF PT. KALTIM PRIMA COAL, INDONESIAWijayono Sarosa

is a PhD student in RMAP investigating a framework for sustainable mine closure in Indonesia.

April 29, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-2pm
(Ref no: 138)
STUDENT SEMINAR - MINERAL GOVERNANCE, CONFLICTS AND RIGHTS: A CASE STUDY OF INFORMAL GOLD MINING IN PONGKOR, INDONESIANina Indriati Lestari

is a PhD student in RMAP investigating the informal small-scale mining practices in Indonesia and their significance to the community in surrounding areas.

April 22, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-2pm
(Ref no: 132)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES. A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND FILM PRODUCTION-DISSEMINATION.Dr. MA. Yunita T. Winarto

has a PhD in Anthropology (1997) from the Australian National University (RSPAS), MSc in Environmental Technology (1985), the Imperical College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. She was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal ANTROPOLOGI INDONESIA published by the Department of Anthropology, University of Indonesia (1998-2004) and currently holds the Academy Professorship Indonesia's position.
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Copies of the DVD can be ordered by contacting rmap.seminars@anu.edu.au
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April 10, 2008
Sparke Helmore Theatre 2
4.30-6.00pm
(Ref no: 123)
RMAP ARGUMENT - ARE SECURE RESOURCE RIGHTS THE KEY INGREDIENT FOR INDIGENOUS GROUPS TO BENEFIT FROM RESOURCE RELATED DEVELOPMENT?Prof Jon Altman, Dr John Burton, Dr Jessica Weir and Dr Sango Mahanty

present the first in the 2008, RMAP Argument Series.

See RMAP Blog for ongoing discussion and commentary

April 04, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
2.30-4pm
(Ref no: 122)
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT SEMINAR: EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, BANGLADESH. Mr Nazrul Islam

completed his Bachelor of Social Sciences in Economics and Masters of Social Sciences in Economics at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1991 and 1993 respectively. He is now posted at Bangladesh High Commission in Canberra as Counsellor.

March 17, 2008
Sparke Helmore Lecture Theatre 2
6.45-8.15pm
(Ref no: 107)
PUBLIC LECTURE - EMISSIONS TRADING FOR AUSTRALIA: LESSONS FROM EUROPEDr Felix Matthes

is a leading international expert on the policy dimensions of greenhouse gas emissions trading and energy policy, and has been closely involved in the development of the EU’s national allocation plans, and the review of the EU emissions trading scheme for the post-2012 period. He has been a senior scientist at the Öko-Institut (Institute for Applied Ecology) since 1990 and was Deputy Director from 2002-2004, and is currently a visiting lecturer at the Free University of Berlin and a visiting scientist at MIT.

March 11, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 91)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - FIFTY YEARS OF CHANGE IN THE COUPLED HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM ON BELLONA, SOLOMON ISLANDSDr Anette Reenberg

is currently professor in landscape & agricultural geography. Her research addresses issues related to natural resource management strategies in rural landscapes, including adaptation to climate change. The focus is on land use and land cover systems viewed in a landscape ecological perspective as well as in an interdisciplinary perspective, such as relating land use dynamics to their larger scale contexts of biophysical, cultural, socio-economic, institutional or demographic nature.

March 04, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 48)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - RIGHTS, POVERTY AND TIMOR SEA OIL. Mr Paul Cleary

began his career as an Australian journalist reporting on economic and social policy, and on Southeast Asia. After serving a decade in Australia’s national press gallery he was awarded a Chevening Fellowship by the UK Foreign Office, and after completing studies in London was appointed by the World Bank as an advisor to the Prime Minister of East Timor on the Timor Sea oil and gas negotiations.

February 22, 2008
Seminar Room C
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 55)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - ARE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS SOCIALLY EXCLUSIVE? A STUDY FROM THAILANDDr Tim Forsyth

works on environmental governance in Asia. He specializes on the politics of science and expertise, and the relationships with civil society, and the dilemmas of implementing global environmental policy at the local level.

February 19, 2008
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
12.30-1.30pm
(Ref no: 50)
RESEARCH SEMINAR - ON THE MOVE: MIGRATION AND MAKING A LIVING IN THE OIL PALM FRONTIERS OF WEST NEW BRITAIN PROVINCEGeorge Curry & Gina Koczberski

are geographers who have worked in PNG since the mid 1980s. Much of their research has been on smallholder livelihood practices, socio-economic change, and migration, with fieldwork in ENB, WNB, Oro and the Sepik.

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