Environment Support Group is organising a session on Green Politics on 11th December 2012, 9 am to 1 pm, as part of the 2nd Indian Biodiversity Congress held at J. N. Tata Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
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Agenda for Session on Green Politics in Indian Biodiversity Congress
11th December 2012
J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
BIODIVERSITY, POLITICS AND CONSERVATION
Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
9.00 to 9.10 am |
Mr. Leo F. Saldanha, Coordinator, Environment Support Group (Session Chairperson) |
Welcome and Introduction of the Panel |
9.10 am to 9.30 am |
Dr. Vandana Shiva, Founder Director, Navdanya |
Introductory Remarks on the Session Theme |
9.30 am to 9.50 am |
Dr. Vijay Chandru, CEO, Strand Genomics and Member of High Panel to Advise UNESCO Director General on Science and Technology for Development |
Are Corporate Ambitions informed by Environmental Limits and Biodiversity Conservation concerns? |
9.50 am to 10.10 am |
Mr. K. S. Sugara, IFS, Member-Secretary, Karnataka Biodiversity Board |
Chances for Conserving Biodiversity in a Climate of Weak Regulation |
10.10 am to 10.30 am |
Mr. R. Sridhar, Thanal and Save our Rice Campaign |
Farmers Rights, Plant Breeders Rights and Questions of Food Security given increasing Commodification of Biodiversity |
10.30 am to 10.50 am |
Coffee/Tea Break |
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10.50 am to 11.10 am |
Ms. Mallika Virdi, Mountain Farmer and former Sarpanch of Sarmoli Jainti Van Panchayat, Uttarkhand |
Conserving Himalayan Biodiversity and Associated Livelihoods given massive landscape transformations |
11.10 am to 11.30 am |
Ms. Bhargavi S. Rao, Coordinator (Education), Environment Support Group |
Rampant biopiracy in the context of rhetorical support for biodiversity conservation |
11.30 to 11.50 pm |
Mr. Ananth Hegde Ashishara, Chairman, Karnataka Western Ghats Task Force |
Formulating Resilient Policies to Conserve and Protect Western Ghats |
11.50 pm to 12.10 pm |
Dr. P. J. Dilip Kumar, IFS (Retd.), Former Director General of Forests, Ministry of Environment and Forests |
Do only Tigers matter to the Prime Minister? |
12.10 pm to 12.30 pm |
Mr. Basudev Acharya, MP, Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture |
Challenges in Regulating Biotechnology given its irreversible impacts on Biodiversity Conservation and Associated Livelihoods |
12.30 pm to 1.00 pm |
Interaction |
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Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC), the largest get together of scientists, conservationists, environmentalists, civil society groups and local communities concerned with biodiversity in India, is held once in two years, with the major objective to formulate a vision and alternate strategic plan for the conservation of biodiversity in the context of prevailing biodiversity loss and to make the people aware of the importance of biodiversity through expo and awareness programmes.
The Indian Biodiversity Expo (IBE 2012) organised as part of IBC 2012 showcases the rich biodiversity heritage of the country and presents a kaleidoscopic spectacle of the variety of life in India and its linkage with culture, food security, sustainable utilization of biodiversity and sustainable development paradigms.