15th IARC Webinar by the HSS department by Prof. dr. Bas Arts, Personal Professor & Chair, the Netherlands

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

 

Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, India

 

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences 

 

International Academia and Research Committee (IARC) Webinar Series 

 

(Webinar No. 15)

  
 Title: Forest Governance: Hydra or Chloris?
  
 Speaker: Prof. dr. Bas Arts, Personal Professor & Chair in Forest Governance at the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy (FNP) group at Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
 Date: Monday, 21st March 2022
 Time: 6.00 pm. (IST)
 Link for joining: https://meet.google.com/fjk-uijd-ywv
 Session moderator: Prof. Sailaja Nandigama
 Welcome: Prof. Devika (HoD, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences)
 Profile of the Speaker: 
 Prof. dr. Bas Arts is Professor in Forest Governance at Wageningen University & Research and Chief Scientist of PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Prof. Arts (1961) holds a personal chair in forest governance at the Forest and Nature Conservation Policy (FNP) group at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He is also Chief Scientist at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Arts holds a Master in biology (Majors in forest ecology and in environmental sciences, 1987) and a PhD in public administration and environmental sciences (1998). Currently, Arts’ research and teaching focus on international forest, biodiversity and climate change governance, local natural resource management and their interconnections (local-global nexus, multi-level governance). His experience includes research in the Netherlands, Europe and the Tropics, interdisciplinary work with natural and social scientists, policy design and scenario development with stakeholders, and policy advice at various levels (United Nations, EU and Netherlands). Arts is also visiting professor at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, currently, and was Visiting Professor at the Europe College in Bruges, Belgium (2006-2010), at BOKU University of Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria (March-April 2010), at the Geography Department of Cambridge University, UK (October 2013) and at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment of the University of Michigan, USA (March-April 2014). Also, he was Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute on Common Goods in Bonn, Germany (2002). He (co)produced over 150 academic publications, including journal articles, books and book chapters. Over the years, Arts acquired – both as main applicant and co-applicant – over 25 important research grants, including NWO, EU Framework and EU Horizon 2020 programs. Since 2006, 36 PhDs graduated under his (co)supervision. During his career, he taught over 20 different courses on various topics related to his expertise, with various didactic approaches and forms, and at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, post-doctoral). FNP’s research program, led by Arts between 2006 and 2018, was evaluated by an international peer review committee in June 2015 and its quality and relevance were both assessed as ‘excellent’.
 Website: https://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/Bas-prof. ... s-Arts.htm
 Summary:
 Prof. dr. Bas Arts recently published a so-called Cambridge Element (a booklet of about 90 pages) entitled ‘Forest Governance: Hydra or Chloris?’ (Cambridge University Press). It offers a novel analysis of forest governance, inspired by discursive-institutionalism and philosophical pragmatism. It distinguishes different governance modes, shifts and norms, illustrated by various case studies (FLEGT, REDD+, Forest Certification, Participatory Forest Management). Special focus is on performance of these initiatives; do these make a difference on the ground? Results are however quite mixed, which may lead to more optimist or more pessimist interpretations of the situation in which the world’s forests and forest-dependent people might find themselves today (Chloris versus Hydra worldviews).
  
 Contact: sailajan@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Thanks and regards
Devika
HoD, HSS