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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 March 2010 )
 
9th Biennial IASFM Conference Conference/Symposium PDF Print E-mail
The Search for Solutions: Achievements and Challenges January 9 -13, 2005. www.iasfm.org. for contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , fax: +44 (0) 1865 270 721
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
The XVth International Congress of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences (ICAES) PDF Print E-mail
International Conference/Symposium on Involuntary Displacement & Sustainable Livelihood Restoration: Good Practices & Learning from Mistakes in Florence, Italy July 5-12, 2003. View the announcement. The last date for submission of the abstract is 15.11.2002. Direct questions to Dr. A.B. Ota, the Session Chair and the Organizer of the Symposium at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
Call for papers for the National Seminar on ‘Urgent Issues in Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabil PDF Print E-mail
February 6-7, 2003 by the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Project of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), http://www.rronline.org. Abstracts of the papers due October 31st, 2002, and should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Read full text of the request.
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
Society for Applied Anthropology 2003 Annual Meeting PDF Print E-mail
March 19-23, 2003 at the Marriott in Downtown Portland, Oregon. Read invitation or visit www.sfaa.net. Direct questions to Satish Kedia at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
8th Biannual Conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) PDF Print E-mail
Jan 5-9, 2003. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Theme: Forced Migration and Global Processes. Subtopics include development-induced displacement. The deadline for abstract is 31 March, 2002. See www.iasfm.org for details or contact Professor Francois Crepeau, at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
International Symposium on Involuntary Resettlement in China PDF Print E-mail
A Major International Symposium on Involuntary Resettlement in China was held on 12-14 May 2002. Report on the meeting forthcoming.
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
IAPS/Bibalex Conference on Environment, Health and Sustainable Development PDF Print E-mail
IAPS/Bibalex Conference on Environment, Health and Sustainable Development Global Environment Issues and Sustainable Development Population Resettlement and Environmental Risks Alexandria, Egypt, 11-16 September 2006 Call for Papers The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (The Library of Alexandria) will host a special session on ‘Global Environment Issues and Sustainable Development: Population Resettlement and Environmental Risks’ as part the International Association for People-Environment Studies/Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference on Environment, Health and Sustainable Development, at Alexandria, Egypt, from 11 to 16 September 2006. This special session will address a wide spectrum of issues related to social and environmental risks, inherent in the development process, that are affecting peoples around the world. The particular focus will be on exploring planning strategies to contain them. Development projects are often at the root of many risks to environment. Mining development projects, for example, are notorious for their devastating impact on surrounding natural environments. The World Commission on Dams emphasized the negative impacts on ecosystem as one of the most serious failings of existing dams. Environmental deterioration is, however, a direct consequence not only of the main project, but also of pressure exerted on the fragile local ecosystem from the resettlement of large population groups displaced by projects in other places. Conflict becomes unavoidable in host communities even where people are not overtly hostile towards resettlers, simply because now more people compete for the same limited land base, natural resources and employment opportunities. Moreover, much traditional ecological knowledge is lost when people are forced to relocate and in the process get detached from their natural environment. The large majority of those resettled faces grave risks of social and economic impoverishment including, landlessness, joblessness, homelessness, marginalization, food insecurity, morbidity, social disarticulation, and loss of access to common property resources. The establishment of national parks and other conservation-related development activities disconnect the indigenous peoples from natural resources that they have relied on for their livelihoods for centuries. On relocation, these people face serious impoverishment risks as, lacking education and ignorant of laws and their rights, they are in no position to protect their interests. Urban environmental improvement programmes, especially those aimed at keeping a city clean and green, target slums and impoverish the most vulnerable people. Villages and farming communities in close proximity of growing cities often get displaced by their expansion plans, becoming more impoverished than before. The following themes tjat were identified for discussion: Social and Environmental Impacts of Development Projects New Research on Involuntary Resettlement and Impoverishment Risks Issues Impoverishment Risks in Conservation-related Displacements Urban Environmental Improvement Projects and Population Resettlement Impoverishment Risks from Environmental Damage Displacement Risks from Mining Projects Large Projects and Indigenous Peoples Gender Concerns in Resettlement Planning Globalization, Displacement and Impoverishment Risks Policy/Management Response to Social and Environmental Risks The Conference website www.iaps19-bibalex.com and organizer was This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with cc to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
Poverty and Parks: A global assessment of the social impact of protected areas PDF Print E-mail
November 20th by The Panel at the World Conservation Conference, Bangkok. For more details, contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 November 2007 )
 
INDR at SfAA March 2008 PDF Print E-mail

Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting
Memphis, Tennessee, USA.  March 25-28, 2008.

In celebration of its 7th birthday, the International Network on Displacement and Resettlement hosted a very special conclave of involuntary resettlement and displacement specialists at the 2008 meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.  March 25-28, 2008.  (Info about annual meeting is on www.SfAA.net). The  SfAA theme, "The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship: Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Anthropology" -- was perfectly suited to examining the current "hot issues," growing in importance worldwide, in the anthropology of displacement and resettlement.

See the full program - 16 sessions!

Last Updated ( Monday, 03 November 2008 )
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INDR identifies key human rights issues in the IFC involuntary resettlement policy revision

On behalf of INDR, Theodore (Ted) Downing helped prepared an overview of human rights issues to be considered in the revision of the International Finance Corporation's Performance Standard on Involuntary Resettlement and Land Acquistion (PS5).  INDR joined with the International Accountabiity Project (Jennifer Kalafut) and the Housing and Land Rights Network (Shivani Chaudhry) to prepare a brief on key Issues for Upholding Housing Land and Property Rights in the International Finance Corporation’s Review of Environmental and Social Policy Standards (Jan 2010).  Their findings highlighted 1) minimizing displacement and ensuring that displaced persons are project beneficiaries, 2) inclusion of individuals and communities who lose their livelihoods because of polluted fisheries, diminished water supplies, air pollution and other project impacts who face the full gamut of potential human rights violations and risks associated with unmitigated displacement, 3) inclusion of full risk assessment and livelihood restoration measures,  4)  ensurance that there are specific requirements for providing information and training about rights and processes options (including IFC policies and accountability mechanisms) by a third party prior to negotiations to help balance the bargaining power, and 5) strengthening of free, prior and informed consent in compliance with other international standards.

 

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