[acn-l] 2d Annual IWLC

GreenLife Society - North America (pcis at igc.apc.org)
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>From: GreenLife Society - North America <pcis at igc.apc.org>
>Subject: 2d Annaul IWLC
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>2d Annual International Wildlife Law Conference: Registration Materials
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>The 2d Annual International Wildlife Law Conference will take place on
April 8, 1997 in Washington DC at the Georgetown University Law Center. =20
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>Conference co-sponsors are:
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>=B7 American Society of International Law's wildlife section
>=B7 GreenLife Society - North America
>=B7 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
>=B7 Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law & Policy
>=B7 Environmental Law Society, American University School of Law
>=B7 Detroit College of Law-Michigan State University
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>The conference will utilize the same three panel format as at last year's
conference. The panels for the conference are as follows:
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>PANEL #1: 9:00am-11:30am
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>The precautionary principle and international wildlife treaty regimes
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>Moderator: David Favre, Faculty of Law, Detroit College of Law - Michigan
State University
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>=B7 Drs. Jonathan Verschuuren & Chris Backes, Faculty of Law, Tilburg
University, Netherlands, "The Precautionary Principle in European and Dutch
Wildlife Protection Law and Policy;"
>=B7 Dr. Joan E. Russow, Co-ordinator, Global Compliance Research project &
Sessional lecturer, Global Issues, Environmental Studies Program, U. Of
Victoria, "The Implications of Compliance with the Precautionary Principle:
Report to the Commission on Sustainable Development;"
>=B7 Dr. W.M. von Zharen, College of Wildlife and Agriculture; College of
Geosciences and Maritime Studies, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas,
USA, "Stewarding Marine Species: Beyond the Precautionary Principle;"
>=B7 William C. Burns, Director, GreenLife Society - North America, "Using
Reverse Listing to Implement the Precautionary Principle in the Context of
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora;"
>=B7 Dr. Sudhir K. Chopra, Visiting Professor, Department of Environmental
Science and Policy and Department of International Relations, Central
European University, Budapest, Hungary & Craig Hanson, Member, Illinois
state bar, "Deep Ecology to the Precautionary Principle: Ethical Principles
Evolve into Customary International Law."
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>PANEL #2: 1:00-3:00pm
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>The International Whaling Commission and the aboriginal whaling exception.
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>Moderator: Professor Howard S. Schiffman, Adjunct Faculty, International
Programs, New York University School of Continuing Education.
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>=B7 Bill Dollinger, Wildlife Coordinator, Friends of Animals, Washington,
DC, "Return to Commercial Whaling: Playing the Native Card;"
>=B7 Dr. Harry Scheiber, Stefan Riesenfeld Professor of Law and History, &
Associate Dean of Law for Jurisprudence & Social Policy, Boalt Hall School
of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, "The
Ethical Basis and Proper Limits of Special Indigenous Claims;"
>=B7 Karen Barton, Dept. Of Geography, University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona, USA, "Common Property Theory and the Resource Dilemma: The Case of
the California Gray Whale;"=20
>=B7 Leesteffy Jenkins, The Humane Society of the United States/Humane
Society International, "Aboriginal Subsistence Quotas at the International
Whaling Commission: Tradition or Travesty?;"
>=B7 Phoebe Wray, Senior Consultant, Center for Action on Endangered Species
& Professor, Cultural History, Boston Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts,
Cultural Conundrums: Can We Ever Find A Loop?
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>PANEL #3: 3:30-5:30pm
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>The Convention on Biological Diversity: Problems and Prospects
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>Moderator: William P. Weiner, Faculty of Law, Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
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>=B7 Lyle Glowka, Legal Officer, International Union for the Conservation of
Nature Environmental Law Center, Bonn, Germany, "The Convention on
Biological Diversity: A New Context for Wildlife Conservation;"
>=B7 Dr. Maria Gavouneli, Associate, Hellenic Institute of International and
Foreign
>Law, Athens, Greece; "The New Mediterranean Protocol on Biodiversity:
Regional Approaches in a Wider Context;"
>=B7 Manuel Ruiz, Senior Researcher, Biodiversity Program, Sociedad Peruana
de Derecho Ambiental, Peru, "International Wildlife Traffic and Article 15
of the Convention on Biological Diversity;"
>=B7 Dr. Tracy Dobson, Associate Dean of International Studies, Michigan
State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA, "Radical Restructuring of
Environmental Policy to Preserve Biodiversity in Africa: Malawi at the
Crossroads;"
>=B7 Chris Wold, Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington College of Law,
American University & staff attorney , Center for International
Environmental Law, topic to be announced.
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>Registration may be effectuated by printing out the form below and mailing
it to the following address: Professor David Favre, Detroit College of Law
- Michigan State University, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
48824. Checks should be made out to "Detroit College of Law at Michigan
State University." For additional information, contact us at:
pcis at igc.apc.org.
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>Registration Form: 2d Annual International Wildlife Law Conference,=20
>April 8, 1997
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>Georgetown University School of Law Center
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>Name: ____________________________________________
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>Organization: _____________________________
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>Address: _________________________________
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>City: __________________________
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>State: _______
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>Postal Code: ___________ =20
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>Country _______________
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>Phone: ________________
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>Fax: _________________
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>E-mail: ________________
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>Fees (Check One):
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>Regular _____ ($50.00 until March 1st, $55.00 thereafter)
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>Student _____ ($25.00) =20
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>Please mail to: Professor David Favre, Detroit College of Law - Michigan
State University, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
(Favre at pilot.msu.edu). Checks should be made out to "Detroit College of
Law at Michigan State University."
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Wil Burns =09
Director, GreenLife Society - North American Chapter=20
700 Cragmont Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94708 USA =09
Phone/Fax: (510) 558-0620=09
E-mail: pcis at igc.apc.org =09
WWW site: http://EELINK.umich.edu/greenlife/index.html =09

GLSNA Affiliations:

The EarthAction Network
Reseau International d'ONG sur la Desertification (RIOD)
Accredited NGO Observer, International Whaling Commission
European Social Science Fisheries Network

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