Workshop "Forest and people: from skyview to local dynamics", June 23-28
The Paris School of Economics is glad to invite you to the "Forest and people: from skyview to local dynamics" workshop organized by the Opening Economics Chair.
- Dates: From Sunday, June 23 to Thursday, June 28
- Venue: CAES du CNRS - Centre Paul Langevin
24 rue du Coin, 73500 Aussois
This interdisciplinary workshop brings together researchers from economics, human geography and remote sensing around a common research object, namely forests around the world with a special focus on developing countries. The workshop combines standard presentations with open slots to foster discussions on the drivers of forest cover change. From the global to the micro scale, the workshop emphasizes the importance of measurement and the complexity of human behaviour in relation to the environment. The workshop will put public policy in the spotlight by, among other things, discussing their effectiveness in reducing forest cover loss, by shedding light on potential spatial or temporal spillovers, or by questioning the appropriate scale and duration of public intervention.
Program
Sunday, June 23rd
16:45 - Departure of bus from Chambery
18:30 - Expected arrival in Aussois
19:00 - Apéro
20:00 - Welcome dinner
Monday, June 24th
08:30-08:40 - Introductory remarks
08:40-10:40 - Chair: François Libois (PSE, INRAE)
Jeff Vincent (Duke University): Impact of BTAP on private tree-growing in Pakistan
Marine Gueben (Université de Namur): Seedlings of democracy? Quantitative approach on community forestry and local politics
Richard Nikiema (CEE-M): From farms to jobs: Promoting conservation through active labour market policies for structural transformation
Sam Staddon (The University of Edinburgh): Communities, Care and Connections: Rooting Resilience in Rural Nepal
10:30-11:00 - Coffee break
11:00-12:30 - Chair: François Libois (PSE, INRAE)
Julia Girard (CEE-M): Locally-managed marine and coastal areas in Madagascar
Erin Sills (NC State University): Keynote lecture: Performance-based finance for global public goods: lessons from REDD+
12:30-14:00 - Lunch
14:00- 16:00 - Chair: Maëlys De la Ruppelle (Cergy Paris Université)
Liam Wren-Lewis (PSE, INRAE): Deforestation and Structural Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zhu Kunxin (The Ohio State University): Mangroves Help Reduce the Impact of Climate-induced Cyclones in India
Nurhani Widiastuti (CIRAD): Women’s knowledge and roles in community-based mangrove management in Teluk Wondama, Papua Barat Province, Indonesia
Olivia Aubriot (CESAH-CNRS): Reasons for creating, maintaining, abandoning community forest user groups in Nepal
16:00-16:20 - Coffee break
16:20-18:00 - Chair: Jean-Marie Baland (Université de Namur)
Marie Boltz (Université de Strasbourg): Post-conflict Land Restitution and Deforestation in Colombia
Marcelo Gantier (PSE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne): Bottom-up Conservation: Sub-national Protected Areas and Local Governance in Bolivia
Damien Arvor (Université Rennes 2, CNRS): Monitoring land use changes with remote sensing in Mato Grosso, Brazil
19:30 - Dinner
Tuesday, June 25th
08:30-10:30 - Chair: Liam Wren-Lewis (PSE, INRAE)
Daniela Miteva (The Ohio State University): The role of property rights and markets in forest conservation in the Tropics
Nolwen Vouiller (EHESS, ULiège): “We can’t even look at the forest anymore”: (dis)appropriation of Bardiya’s forests (south-west Nepal)
Thang Le Quang (Université Paris-Cité) Improving Land Cover Map in Nepal and the Effect of Seasonal Variation on Classification Accuracy
Frederik Noack (The University of British Columbia): The Impact of Multinational Firms on the Environment
10:30-11:00 - Coffee break
11:00-12:30 - Chair: Jeff Vincent (Duke University)
Julia Hélie (PSE, EHESS): A tree for a vote? Reelection Incentives and Deforestation Cycles in Indonesia
Nancy Harris (World Resources Institute): Keynote lecture: A decade of Global Forest Watch: results and way forward
12:30-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-16:00 - Free work & walk session
16:00-16:20 - Coffee break
16:20-18:30 - Chair: Daniel Perron (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Dil Khatri (Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies): Examining socio-ecological transitions and new human-wildlife relations in farming landscapes of the Nepal Himalaya
Maria Cano (PSE, ENS): The paradox of the forest and the logger: A study of the evolution of forests through the pre-industrial economic period in Wallonia and the cadastral organization of the region
Carl Bethuel (Université Rennes 2): Monitoring palm oil expansion in Indonesia
Gunnar Kohlin (EfD, University of Gothenburg): Exploring the Potential and Challenges of Voluntary Carbon Markets in the Global South
19:30 - Gala Dinner
Wednesday, June 26th
08:30-10:30 - Chair: Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann (PSE, INRAE)
Jérémie Gignoux (PSE, INRAE): The impact of a forest moratorium on smallholders and industrial palm oil plantations in Indonesia
Bertrand Ygorra (ISPA, INRAE): Tropical deforestation & road monitoring: a Sentinel-1 application
Jessica Meyer (UPEC) : Forest co-management and poverty environment traps
Antoine Leblois (CEE-M, INRAE): Collaborative management partnerships have made protected areas effective at protecting forests across Sub-Saharan Africa over two decades
10:30-11:00 - Coffee break
11:00-12:30 - Chair: Damien Arvor (Université Rennes 2, CNRS)
Marta Pinzan (PSE): The Impact of Organic Farming on Productivity and Biodiversity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Marie Weiss (EMMAH, INRAE): Keynote lecture: Deriving vegetation traits from remote sensing products: pre-processing steps, algorithms & validation
12:30-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-18:00 - Free work & walk session
19:30 - Dinner
Thursday, June 27th
08:30-12:30 - Free work or organized walk session in the Vanoise
12:30-14:00 - Lunch
14:00-15:50 - Chair: Olivia Aubriot (CESAH-CNRS)
Cécile Chéron-Bessou (CIRAD): Life cycle assessment: assets and bottlenecks for soil assessment
Joëlle Smadja (CESAH-CNRS): The trip of the tree: the case of Alnus Nepalensis in Nepal
Andrea Nightingale (University of Oslo): Keynote lecture: Forests of Democracy: governing landscapes and a changing polity in Nepal
15:50-16:20 - Coffee break
16:20-18:20 - Chair: Eswaran Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute)
Sanjay Chaudhary (Kathmandu University), Romain Valadaud (CIRAD): Women in Forest Governance: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Community Forests under the Department of National Park and Division Forest Office of Nepal
Subhrendu Pattanayak (Duke University): Ecotourism & Energy Access: Panel data evidence from the high Himalaya
19:30 - Local dinner: Fondue savoyarde
Friday, June 28th
09:00-10:30 - Conclusion and pathfinding discussion (Chair: François Libois (PSE, INRAE)
11:00 - Departure from Aussois
12:30 - Expected arrival in Chambery
Organizing committee: François Libois (PSE, INRAE), Marta Pinzan (PSE)
Contacts: François Libois (francois.libois at psemail.eu); Marta Pinzan (marta.pinzan at psemail.eu)
This event is tied to the Agence Nationale de la Recherche funded projects GOLFOR-DEEPN (ANR-18-CE03-000) and PALMEXPAND (ANR-20-CE03-0004). It has also received support from Ecoles Universitaires de Recherche - Paris Graduate School of Economics, under the French government subsidy managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (reference ANR-17-EURE-00). We thankfully acknowledge support from the EcoSocio department and the CLIMAE Metaprogram at INRAE. The event has also been funded by CNRS, CEPREMAP, GIS Asie and the Opening Economics Chair at the Paris School of Economics.
The Opening Economics Chair allows economists to respond in creative and effective ways to the major questions of our times, by integrating two observations: that current challenges, complex and multifaceted as they are, demand an approach that transcends disciplinary boundaries, and that economics research must be renewed by advances made in other related disciplines.