Newsletter September 1998
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: A growing team of scholars will be contributing to a research project and book on ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. If you are working in this field and wish to learn more about the project, ple ase visit the following Web site: http://www.ccesd.lgu.ac.uk/psa/call0498.htm. Comprehensive proposals and indicative outline should be received by September 1, 1998. Completed papers should be sen t by December 1, 1998. Papers should be original work and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. For more information, contact: Dr. Paul G. Harris, Inter-national Relations Programme, London Guildhall University, E-mail: pharris@lgu.ac.uk.
IEA Bioenergy Task 25 (Greenhouse Gas Balances of Bioenergy Systems) Workshop: BETWEEN COP3 AND COP4: THE ROLE OF BIOENERGY IN ACHIEVING THE TARGETS STIPULATED IN THE KYOTO PROTOCOL, Nokia/Finland, 8-11 Sept 1998 For more detailed information and regis tration visit the Task 25 WWW homepage at http://www.joanneum.ac.at/iea-bioenergy-task25 or contact Reinhard Madlener (fax: +43 316 876 1320, e-mail: reinhard.madlener@joanneum.ac.at) at JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Elisabethstrasse 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
IInd INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS: WOMEN WORK HEALTH, RIO DE JANEIRO, 1999: GENDER EQUITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE: CHALLENGES OF THE NEW SOCIAL TIMES. HOTEL GLORIA, September 19- 22, 1999. For more information: JZ Congressos, R. Conde de Iraja 260, 2o andar, 22 271-020 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil, Tel: (55 21) 286 2846; Fax: (55 21) 537 -9134; E-mail: mail@jz.com.br.
WEB SITES
The Web site and Newsletter of the Cultural Ecology Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers Group has recently moved to http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo (then follow the link). The C ultural Ecology Specialty Group promotes scholarship and acts as a network for work in cultural and political ecology.
The Millennium Institute is maintaining a set of “State of the World Indicators” at http://www.igc.apc.org/millennium/inds. The Indicators are designed to give a quick overview of some of the key cr itical issues facing Earth.
The State Environmental Protection Administration of China, SEPA, in co-operation with UNEP/GRID-Arendal in Norway has prepared a State of the Environment China report to be presented on the Internet, at: http://www.grida .no
A hot debate on Sharing the Air: The rich nations are trying to frame the rules for trading in emissions. However the methods being used to allocate these are questionable. Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain present their arguments in the Analysis section of the August 15th issue of Down To Earth at www.oneworld.org/cse/html/dte/dte980815/dte_preview.htm
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary can be found at: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/floor0/recent/. Issue 28 of the bulletin Tiempo: Global Warming and the Third World is now on-line at http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/newswatch/.
The Southeast Asian Science Policy Advisory Network for Global Environmental Change (SEA-SPAN) invites interested individuals to join its electronic discussion and news list. To get an accurate picture of the scope of the list, see the SEA-SPAN archive s at: http://www.icsea.or.id/sea-span/Sparchve.htm. If you are interested in joining, please send a request with some biographic details to either Mr. Mario Manzano or Louis Lebel at m.manzano@icsea.or.id or llouis@praduu2.wu.ac.th. Alternatively you can apply for membership through the SEA-SPAN home page at: http://w ww.icsea.or.id/sea-span/.
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Closing date: Oct. 1, 1998. For more information, contact: Dr. Kathleen Miller – Interim Program Director, Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, National Center For Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307, (303) 497-8115; e-mail: kathleen@ucar.edu
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY Environmental Politics and Sciences: The Center for Environmental Sciences and Education and the Department of Political Science at Northern Arizona University solicit applications for a full-time, tenure-track, entry-level Assistant Professor position in Environmental Sciences and Politics, to begin in August 1999. The position is a joint appointment between CESE (College of Arts and Sciences) and Political Science (College of Social and Behavioral Sciences). Closing date : Oct. 15, 1998. For more information, contact: David Schlosberg at david.schlosberg@nau.edu.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN DIMENSIONS PROGRAMME ON GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: The International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) invite applications for the position of Executive Direct or of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). Letters of application with a curriculum vitae and the names of three referees should be received no later than 15 September 1998 by the Executive Director of ICSU, 51 boulevard de Montmorency, F-75016 Paris 16, France, Fax +33-1-4288 9431, e-mail: icsu@lmcp.jussieu.fr. Interviews for the post will be scheduled in October 1998. Further information on the IHDP and its Secreta riat can be provided by either Professor Eckart Ehlers, Chairman SC-IHDP, Tel: +49-228-73 2688 or 73 7232; Fax: +49-228-73 5393; e-mail: secretariat@igu.bn.eunet.de or by Dr. Larry R. Kohler at the Secreta riat: Tel: +49-228-73-9050; Fax: +49-228-73-9054; e-mail: kohler.ihdp@uni-bonn.de. http://www.uni-bonn.de/IHDP.
YALE UNIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL SCIENTIST: Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies seeks a junior-level social scientist, demonstrating a potential for international leadership, for a ladder faculty position. Closing date: Dec. 1, 1998. For more information, contact: Professor Michael R. Dove, Chair, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA (telephone 203-432-3463; Fax: 203-432-3817; E-mail: michael.dove@yale.edu.
UNFCCC FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME: Under the Fellowship Programme, professionals from developing countries and countries with economies in transition undertake policy-related, analytical work of relevance to their countries at the Convention secretariat head quarters in Bonn, Germany. Closing date: Oct. 1, 1998. For more information: see http://www.unfccc.de or contact Ms. Joanna Depledge, Fellowship Programme office, Climate Change secretariat, PO Box 260 124, D-53153 Bon n, Germany, Tel: (49 228) 815 1000; Fax: (49 228) 815 1999; E-mail: secretariat@unfccc.de.
BATES COLLEGE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: The Environmental Studies Program at Bates College invites applications for a tenure-track, assistant professor position in Environmental and Natural Resource Policy. Closing date: November 1, 1998. For more information, contact: John Smedley, jsmedley@bates.edu.
MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF FELLOWS, RACKAM SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, POSTDOC FELLOWSHIPS 1999-2002: Applications are invited for qualified candidates for the three-year postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Michiga n. Areas of study include SOCIAL SCIENCES, as well as humanities, arts, phyiscial and life sciences. Candidates should be near the beginning of their professional careers. Those selected for fellowships must have received the Ph.D. or comparable degree b etween June 1, 1996 and September 1, 1999. Closing date: Oct. 8, 1998. For more information: society.of.fellows@umich.edu (734) 763-1259; http:/ /www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.htm
RECENT PUBLICATIONS BY ESS MEMBERS
Matthew R. Auer, “Agency Reform as Decision Process: The Reengineering of the Agency for International Development,” Policy Sciences, Vol. 31, No. 2 (1998): 81-105.
Matthew R. Auer, “Colleagues or Combatants? Experts as Environmental Diplomats,” International Negotiation, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1998): 267-287.
Hans G. Brauch: „Causas a largo plazo de las migraciones desde el Norte de Africa a los paÃses de la Unión Europea. El Factor Demográfico”, in: Antonio Marquina (Ed.): Flujos Migratorios Norteafricanos Hacia La Union Europea. Asoci acion y Diplo-macia Preventiva (Madrid: Agencia Española de Co-opera-ción Internacional, 1997): pp. 241-333.
Hans G. Brauch: „Long-Term Security Challenges to the Survival of the North African Coun-tries: Population Growth, Urbanisation, Soil Erosion, Water Scarcity, Food Production Deficits and Impact of Climate Change (2000-2050)”, in: Antonio Marquina (Ed. ): Mutual Perceptions in the Mediterranean, Col-lec-tion Strademed (Madrid: UNISCI, 1998): in print.
Hans G. Brauch: Kli-mapolitik der Schwellenstaaten Südkorea, Mexiko und Brasilien – Eine AFES-PRESS Studie für das Umwelt-bundes-amt (Mosbach: AFES-PRESS, 1998), 344 pp.
Paul G. Harris, “Affluence, Poverty and Ecology: Obligation, International Relations and Sustainable Development,” ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, vol. 2, no. 2 (Fall 1997).
John Barkdull and Paul G. Harris, “The Land Ethic: A New Philosophy for International Relations,” ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, vol. 12 (1998).
Ken Conca & Geoffrey Dabelko (eds.), GREEN PLANET BLUES (Boulder: Westview, 1998, 2nd ed.).
Paul G. Harris. UNDERSTANDING AMERICA’S CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY: REALPOLITIK, PLURALISM AND ETHICAL NORMS. OCEES RESEARCH PAPER. Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society at Mansfield College, Oxford University, 1998.
Ans Kolk and Ewout van der Weij, “Financing environmental policy in East Central Europe”, ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1998, pp. 53-68
Jonathan Krueger, “Trade Restrictions and the Montreal Protocol,” in Diana Tussie, ed., Environmental Issues in North-South Trade Negotiations (Macmillan Press, forthcoming 1998).
Jonathan Krueger, “Prior Informed Consent and the Basel Convention: The Hazards of What Isn’t Known,” Journal of Environment and Development, vol. 7, no. 2 (June 1998).
Jonathan Krueger, “Trade and Environment: From Rio to UNGASS (via Singapore),” Environmental Politics, vol. 7, no.1 (Spring 1998).
Jonathan Krueger, “The Basel Convention and Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes,” Royal Institute of International Affairs Briefing Paper, no. 45 (May 1998).
David Victor, Kal Raustiala & Eugene Skolnikoff (eds.), THE IMPLEMENTA-TION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1998).
Oran Young (ed.), GLOBAL GOVERNANCE–DRAWING INSIGHTS FROM THE ENVIRON-MENTAL EXPERIENCE (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998).
BOOKS RECEIVED OR NOTED
Alison Anderson, MEDIA, CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (London: UCL Press, 1997).
Susan Baker & Petr Jehlicka, DILEMMAS OF TRANSITION–THE ENVIRONMENT, DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE (Portland, OR: 1998).
Elizabeth Bomberg, GREEN PARTIES AND POLITICS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (London: Routledge, 1998).
Harold Coward (ed.), TRADITIONAL AND MODERN APPROACHES TO THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE PACIFIC RIM (Albany: SUNY Press, 1998).
Timothy Luke, ECOCRITIQUE–CONTESTING THE POLITICS OF NATURE, ECONOMY AND CULTURE (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997).
Roderick Neumann, IMPOSING WILDERNESS–STRUGGLES OVER LIVELIHOOD AND PRESERVATION IN AFRICA (Berkeley: UC Press, December 1998).
Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer with Gary Bryner, ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS–DOMESTIC & GLOBAL DIMENSIONS (New York: St. Martin’s, 1998, 2nd ed.).
Michael E. Zimmerman, et al., ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY–FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS TO RADICAL ECOLOGY (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998, 2nd ed.).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
IHDP WORKING PAPERS: The International Human Dimensions programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) is pleased to announce a new publications series called IHDP Working Papers. The Working Papers seek to highlight emerging issues in the field of Hu man Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. The Papers represent preliminary material circulated to stimulate discussion and comments.
IHDP Working Paper No. 1: “Scaling Issues in the Social Sciences”, is written by Clark Gibson, Elinor Ostrom and Toh-Kyeong Ahn.
IHDP Working Paper No 2: “The Problem of Fit between Ecosystems and Institutions” is written by Carl Folke, Lowell Pritchard Jr., Fikret Berkes, Johan Colding and Uno Svedin. Both Papers are available on-line at http://www.uni-bonn.de/IHDP/public.htm
Hardcopies will be available shortly from the IHDP Secretariat and can already be ordered (address see below).
The IHDP Science Project on Global Environmental Change and Human Security has produced its first research report: “The Role of Environmental Degradation in Population Displacement”. This 83 pages report, edited by Dr. Steve Lonergan, is also available free of charge from the IHDP Secretariat.
The IHDP/IGBP Science Project on Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) has issued LUCC Report No. 2: “Electronic Conference on Land Use and Land Cover Change in Europe”. The report was compiled directly from an e-mail conference held on this issue from 21 N ovember to 19. December 1997. The report is available from: LUCC International project office, Institut Cartografic de Catalunya, Parc de Montjuoc, 08038 Barcelona, Spain, E-mail: lucc@icc.es
The Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society at Mansfield College, Oxford University, announces the publication of OCEES Research Paper No. 15, “Understanding America’s Climate Change Policy: Realpolitik, Pluralism and Ethical Norms.” T his 78-page research paper is available for 8 British pounds Sterling. Go directly to the OCEES publications Web page at: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ocees/pubs.htm
