[EVENTS] NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOREST LAWS, TRIBAL WELFARE, RIGHTS OF FOREST DEPENDENT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN INDIA ORGANIZED BY DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW; SUBMIT ABSTRACT BY 15th JANUARY, 2023

NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOREST LAWS, TRIBAL WELFARE, RIGHTS OF FOREST DEPENDENT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN INDIA IN DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW, SPONSERED BY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH

DATES OF THE EVENT: 06-11 FEBRUARY, 2023

THEMES OF THE WORKSHOP

Day 1 : Knowledge Production on Forests

• The Relevance of Epistemology
• Research Methods- Subjectivity and Objectivity

Day 2 : Forest Governance through the Legal Lens

• Colonialism and the process of Territorialization
• Legal Scope of Forests
• Primacy of Conservation in Forest Laws
• Politics of Collective Action and Enactment of Forest Rights Act
• Supreme Court and Forests: T. N Godavarman & Beyond

Day 3 : Institutional Structure of Forest Governance, Interest Groups & Primary Decision Makers

• Parliament, Forest Bureaucracy & Civil society
• Commercial Interests and Exploitation of Resources
• Wild life Protection & Environment Conservation

Day 4 : Recognition and Protection of Tribal and Forest Dwellers Rights

• Political Constructions of the Forest Problem
• Locating Scheduled Tribes in Forest Governance: Stakeholders or Owners
• Studies on Condition of Scheduled Tribes

Day 5 : Marginalised Groups in India’s Forests

• Rights of Scheduled Castes and Indigenous Communities
• Gendered Nature of Forest Governance and Exclusion of Women

Day 6: Valedictory

REGISTRATION FOR THE WORKSHOP:

There is no registration  fee for the workshop.

PARTICIPANTS:

It is open for participation and contribution by research scholars, academicians and administrators from all disciplines  working  on the themes  of the workshop. 

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT:

Interested  participants  are required to submit an abstract of about 500-1000 words briefly  explaining  the area of their  research and methods   employed   by  them.  Interested   participants   may   send   their   abstracts to forestrmlnlu@gmail.com .

DEADLINE: January 15, 2023

SELECTION: Twenty participants will be chosen for this workshop. Local participants from universities and colleges in the Uttar Pradesh will also be invited for the workshop.

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