EFMSV Programme

08 October 2008

09 October 2008

Conceptualising Environmentally Induced Migration

• Mr. Ulrich HAUSCHILD - Mayor - City of Bonn
• Prof. Janos BOGARDI - Vice Rector/Director - United Nations University (UNU)/Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
• Mr. Sergio A. ZELAYA-BONILLA - Policy and Advocacy on Global Issues and Platforms - UNCCD Secretariat
• Mr. Mike COWING - Project Coordinator - UNEP Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch (PCDMB) - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Mr. Bernard SNOY - Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities - Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Mr. Richard KINLEY - Deputy Executive Secretary - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  Welcoming Statement Mr.KINLEY

• Dr. Philippe BONCOUR - Head of International Dialogue on Migration Division - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Dr. Dominic KNIVETON - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography - University of Sussex Keynote Speech Presentation Dr.KNIVETON

• Prof. Michelle LEIGHTON - Director of Human Rights Programmes at the Centre for Law and Global Justice - University of San Francisco
  Keynote Speech Presentation Prof.Michelle LEIGHTON

• Prof. Etienne PIGUET - Director of the Institute of Geography - University of Neuchâtel
• Peter CROLL - Director - Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
• Prof. Úrsula Oswald SPRING - Professor at the Regional Centre of Multidisciplinary Research - National University of Mexico (CRIM-UNAM)
  Panel Discussion Prof. OSWALD SPRING

• Ambassador Salvino BUSUTTIL - Adviser to the Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Fondation de Malte
• Mr. Sergio A. ZELAYA-BONILLA - Policy and Advocacy on Global Issues and Platforms - UNCCD Secretariat
• Dr. Frank LACZKO - Head of the Research and Publication Division - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  

• Migration into Contaminated Sites: Migrant’s Settlements in Central and Eastern Europe Built in Places with High Environmental and Social Vulnerability
  
  by Dr. Richard FILCAK
  
  

• International Migration of Gangetic Fishermen In South Asia
  
  by Prof. Miah Muhammad ADEL
  
  
• Environmental Risks and Social Demographics Characteristics in Argentina: Pampa Arenosa and Vallimanca Salado Basin - A Case of San Carlos de Bolivar
  
  by Dr. Maria Celia GARCIA

• Refugee-Host Interaction in the Krisan Refugee Settlement in Ghana
  
  by Mr. Samuel Kofi Miledzi AGBLORTI
  
  
• Key Elements of Environmentally Induced Migration: A Mesoamerican and Mexican Vision
  
  by Prof. Úrsula OSWALD SPRING
  
  
• Environmentally Induced population displacements: Conclusions from PERN's Online Seminar
  
  by Dr. Susana ADAMO
  
  
• Assessment of the Coping strategies, Vulnerability and Livelihood patterns of Female Refugee Headed Households
  
  by Ms. Gloria, Tina MOMOH

• Illegal Self-Settlement in Thailand: How Burmese Refugees Cope with Life in Exile
  
  by Ms. Inge BREES
  
  
• Conflict, Internal Displacement and Urban Food Security in the City of Ambon, Indonesia
  
  by Mr. Jeroen ADAM
  
  

• Migrant Vulnerability: the Ambiguous Role of Social Networks
  
  by Dr. Alexandra WINKELS

• Climate Refugees and Human Insecurity: the Hidden Cost of Climate Change
  
  by Dr. Shambhavi V. Murthy GOPALKRISHNA
  
  
• Reconceptualising International Migration: Levels of Conflict, Human Insecurity and Opportunity Frameworks
  by Dr. Ibrahim SIRKECI
  
  
• Forced Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa: the Conflict-Environment Link
  
  by Prof. Wim NAUDE
  
  
• Climate Induced Displacement and International Law
  
  by Dr. Jane MCADAM
  
  
  Rapporteur: Ms. Humaira Daniel

• The Impact of Environmental Problems On Migration: The Case of Egypt
  
  by Dr. Tamer AFIFI
  
  
• Western Sahara: Migration, Exile and Evironment. A Case Study
  
  by Prof. Oscar ALVAREZ GILA & Ms. Virginia LÓPEZ DE MATURANA DIÉGUEZ
  
  
• Migration and Environmental Change on The Fringe of The Desert. Oases In The Moroccan Drâa Valley
  
  by Mr. Alfons FERMIN
  
  
  Rapporteur: Ms. Evalyne KATABARO

• A Country Made For Disasters: Environmental Vulnerability and Forced Migration In Bangladesh
  
  by Dr. Hassan BOUSETTA
  
  
• Migration and Displacement Triggered by Flooding Events In The Mekong Delta, Vietnam
  
  by Ms. Olivia DUN
  
  
• Tuvalu's Environmental Migration to New Zealand
  
  by Mr. Shawn SHEN & Mr. François GEMMENE
  
  
• Migration Induced by the Construction of the Three-Gorges Dam on the Yang-Tse River in China
  
  by Mr. François GEMENNE
  
  
  Rapporteur: Ms. Jessica JOHMANN

• Climate and Migration: a Synthesis
  
  by Prof. Etienne PIGUET
  
  
• Linking the Earth’s Future to Migration: Scenarios Of Environmental Change And Possible Impacts On Forced Migration
  
  by Mr. Johannes FRÜHMANN
  
  
• Deciphering the Importance of Environmental Factors in Human Migration
  
  by Dr. Fabrice RENAUD
  
  
• The Definition of 'Environmental Refugees' - a New Component
  
  by Mr. Jan I. KNUTH
  
  
  Rapporteur: Mr. David WRATHALL

• Linking Migration Responses to Environmental Degradation and Change: Towards Establishing a Research Framework
  
  by Dr. David MKWAMBISI
  
  
• Movement Under Environmental Disasters: The Case of Ghana
  
  by Mr. Jones Lewis ARTHUR
  
  
• Solastalgia: Environmentally-Induced Distress and Migration Due to Climate Change Among Africa’s Poor
  
  by Dr. Petra TSCHAKERT
  
  
• Environmental Risks, Demographic Dynamics and Quality of Life: Argentina at the Beginning of the XXIth Century
  
  by Dr. Guillermo Ángel VELÁZQUEZ

• "Buscando la vida" - How do Increasing Periods of Drought Affect Migratory Behaviour in Zacatecas, Mexico?
  
  by Ms. Kerstin SCHMIDT-VERKERK
  
  
  
• Migration as a Coping Strategy for Environmental Hazard Mitigation on Small Islands: Environmental Risk Modeling of Montserrat’s Volcanic Eruptions
  
  by Prof. Jack L. ROZDILSKY & Prof. Gerhardus SCHULTINK
  
  
• Displacement and Climate Change: Finding Solutions
  
  by Mr. Scott LECKIE

• The Event that shook the Spirit of the City: Population and Reconstruction in the Aftermath of the Earthquake of 1746, Lima
  
  by Ms. Maialen LASA EGURZA
  
  
• The San Juan's Earthquake of 1944: Disaster, Corruption and Migration
  
  by Ms. Eunate BARROETA
  
  
• Between Malthus and Verne. The Current Migratory Movements for Environmental Catastrophes
  
  by Dr. Marcelino IRIANNI
  Rapporteur: Ms. Susanne KRINGS

• Dr. Tamer AFIFI - Junior Academic Officer - Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability & Adaptation Section - United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
• Dr. Koko WARNER - Head of Section - Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability & Adaptation Section - United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
• Mr. Francois GEMENNE - FNRS Research Fellow - CEDEM / CERI - University of Liege / Sciences-Po Paris

• Flooding and Relocation: The Zambezi River Valley In Mozambique
  
  by Mr. Marc STAL
  
  
• North-South Migration in Ghana: What Role for the Environment?
  by Mr. Kees VAN DER GEEST
  
  
• Case Study Senegal: Environmental Degradation and Forced Migration
  by Ms. Frauke BLEIBAUM
  
  
• The Impact of Environmental Problems On Migration In The Republic of Niger
  
  by Dr. Tamer AFIFI
  
  
  Rapporteur: Ms. Korinna VON TEICHMANN

• Dr. Olaf HAHN - Head of the Department ‘Society and Culture’ - Robert Bosch Foundation
• Mr. Adi EICKHOFF - Deputy Chairman of the Board - Foundation for International Dialogue of the Savings Bank in Bonn
• Ms. Adelheid FEILCKE-TIEMANN - Director of International Relations - Deutsche Welle

Current Research on Environmentally Induced Migration

• Mr. Yoichiro TSUCHIDA - Senior Advisor/Climate Change - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  Presentation of Mr.Yoichiro TSUCHIDA / Address by Mr. Yoichiro TSUCHIDA

• Dr. Ahmédé YAHAYA-ADAMOU- Research and Policy Officer - International Organization for Migration (IOM) Presentation of Dr.YAHAYA-ADAMOU

• Mr. Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS - Secretary General - Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Environmental Displacement: The International Legal Dimensions
  
  by Ms. Maria STAVROPOULOU
  
  
• The Need for International Recognition and Protection of Environmentally Induced Migrants: Presentation of an Interim Report by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  by Ms. Tina Acketoft
  
  
• Climate Change, Migration and Human Rights in Small Pacific Island States: How Liberalized Migration Can be a Human Rights “win-win” for Tuvalu, Kiribati and New Zealand
  by Ms. Sarah STEFANOS
  
  
• Environmentally Induced Displacement and the 1951 Refugee Convention: Pathways to Recognition
  by Mr. Bruce BURSON
  
  
  Rapporteur: Ms. Korinna VON TEICHMANN

• Forced Migration of Alaskan Indigenous Communities Due To Climate Change
  
  by Ms. Robin BRONEN
  
  
• The Campaign for Recognition of Climate Change Refugees in the South Asia-Pacific – Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Australia
  by Ms. Alexandra BHATHAL
  
  

• Factors and Impacts of Migration in Recent Years - An Analysis of Structural and Institutional Change in Romania
  by Dr. Doru Leonard IRIMIE
  
  
• Institutional Barriers to the Recognition and Assistance of Environmentally Forced Migrants
  by Prof. Chloe Anne VLASSOPOULOS
  
  
• Evacuation and Return - Crisis Mobility in New Orleans Following Hurricane Katrina
  
  by Mr. Mark KAMMERBAUER
  
  

• Migration and Natural Hazards:Is Relocation A Secondary Disaster or an Opportunity for Vulnerability Reduction?
  by Mr. Nishara FERNANDO
  
  
  Rapporteur: Ms. Evalyne KATABARO

• Environmental Migration from Rain-fed Regions in India Forced by Poor Returns from Watershed Development Projects
  
  by Dr. Kaushalya RAMACHANDRAN
  
  
• Mozambican Refugees in Malawi: What Did Happen to Soils and Forests?
  by Ms. Inês Macamo RAIMUNDO
  
  
• Migration and Development: a Resource-Based Approach
  by Mr. Andrea BASSI
  
  
  Rapporteur: Mr. Alexander FEKETE

• Mr. Bernard SNOY - Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities - Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
  
• Dr. Fausto PEDRAZZINI - Programme Director - North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security Programme
  
• Dr. Chad BRIGGS - Associate Research Fellow - Institute for Environmental Security (IES)

• Environmental Factors in Mexican Migration: the Cases of Chiapas and Tlaxcala
  
  by Mr. Stefan ALSCHER
  
  
• Unequal Neighbors with Similar Challenges: Environmental Degradation and Migration on Hispaniola Island
  by Mr. Stefan ALSCHER
  
  
• Environmental Changes and Migration in Argentina
  by Prof. Oscar ALVAREZ GILA and Marcelino IRIANNI
  
  
• Immigration from Ecuador to Europe. A Case Study on the Effect of Environmental Changes
  by Ms. Virginia LÓPEZ DE MATURANA & Ms. Ana UGALDE ZARATIEGUI

• Dr. Imme SCHOLZ - Head of Environmental Policy and Management of Natural Resources Department - German Development Institute (DIE)
  Presentation of Dr.SCHOLZ

• Prof. Anthony OLIVER-SMITH - Emeritus Professor in Anthropology - University of Florida
  Presentation of Prof.OLIVER-SMITH

• Prof. Paul VLEK - Director of the Centre for Development Research (ZEF) - University of Bonn
  Presentation of Prof.VLEK

• International Relocation from Pacific Island Countries: Adaptation Failure?
  
  by Dr. John R. CAMPBELL
  
  
• Economic Policies and Design Strategies Related to Mitigation and Adaptation to Climatic Changes in Argentina. Their Importance in the Determination of Migration Scenarios
  by Dr. Ana Maria FERNÁNDEZ EQUIZA
  
  
• Rising Sea-Levels, Kingtides and the Modern Subject: Local Dialogue on an Environmental Crisis in Coastal Papua New Guinea
  by Dr. David LIPSET
  
  
• Climate Change, Desertification and Environmentally-Induced Migration in the Western Mediterranean: Possible Scenarios for Southern Europe and North Africa by 2020 and 2050
  by Dr. Hans Günter BRAUCH

• Evidence on the Link between Migration, Climate Disasters, and Human Development
  by Ms. Isabel PEREIRA
  
  
• Drought Induced Temporary Migration in an East Indian Village
  by Mr. Sebastian JÜLICH
  
  
• The Fine Line Between Choice and Flight: Environmental Drivers, Socio-economic Processes and the Perpetuation of Migration in Rural Benin, West Africa
  by Dr. Martin DOEVENSPECK

• 2008 Research Agenda for Environmental Change and Migration: "The Hohenkammer Challenge"
  by Mr. David WRATHALL & Mr. Benjamin MORRIS

• What's in a Name: Social Vulnerabilities and the Refugee Controversy in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
  by Mr. François GEMENNE
  
  
• Migration and Vulnerability Affected by Environmental Change: A Study on Rajshahi City, Northern Western part of Bangladesh
  by Ms. Salima SARWAR
  
  
• Guatemala: a Review of Historic and Recent Relocation Processes Provoked by Disasters of Natural Origin
  by Dr. Juan Carlos VILLAGRÁN DE LÉON
  
  
• Gully Erosion and Human Vulnerability in Anambra State, Nigeria
  by Ms. Chizoba CHINWEZE

• Prof. Thomas DOWNING - Director - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Oxford Office, and Munich Re Foundation (MRF) Chair in Social Vulnerability at United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
  
• Dr. Mohamed HAMZA - Disaster Expert - Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Oxford Office
  
• Ms. Lezlie MORINIÈRE - Interdisciplinary Doctoral Candidate - Office of Arid Lands Studies (Minor in Global Change), University of Arizona

• Environmental Migration: Case of Kyrgyzstan
  
  by Dr. Emil NASRITDINOV
  
  
• Environmental Change and Forced Migration Scenario In Tajikistan
  by Mr. Parviz KHAKIMOV
  
  
• Migration and Environment In Kazakhstan: The Aral Sea and Semey Regions
  by Ms. Aina SHORMANBAYEVA
  
  
• Environmental Migration in Inner Mongolia, China
  by Ms. Qian ZHANG
  
  
  Rapporteur: Dr. Zita SEBESVARI

• Case study: Volga river basin, environmental issues, flood and migration
  
  by Dr. Eva CSOBOD
  
  
• Migration, Environment and Development In Southeast Coastal Spain
  by Dr. Alfons FERMIN
  
  
• In The Land of Ostriches: Developmentalism, Environmental Degradation and Forced Migration In Turkey
  by Ms. Zeynep KADIRBEYOGLU

• Prof. Janos BOGARDI - Vice Rector/Director - United Nations University (UNU)/Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
• Dr. Philippe BONCOUR - Head of International Dialogue on Migration Division - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Dr. Franck LACZKO - Head of the Research and Publication Division - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Dr. Glenn DOLCEMASCOLO - Technical Coordinator – Disaster Risk Reduction, UNEP Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch (PCDMB) - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

11 October 2008:

Outlook

• Dr. Jill JAEGER - EACH-FOR Project Scientific Director - Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI)
  Presentation of Dr.JAEGER

• Mr. Harry WIJNBERG - Chair - Living Space for Environmental Refugees (LiSER)
  Presentation of Mr.WIJNBERG

• Mr. Armin LASCHET - Minister of Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration - German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Dr. Philippe BONCOUR - Head of International Dialogue on Migration Division - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• Dr. Ibrahim TOGOLA - Director - Mali Folk Centre
• Dr. Anneke TRUX - Head - Convention Project to Combat Desertification - German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
• Prof. Houria Tazi SADEQ - Lawyer and UNESCO Interdisciplinary Chair for Sustainable Management of Water - Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics tbc.
• Mr. Maximilien PARDO and Dr. Glenn DOLCEMASCOLO United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  Presentation of Mr.PARDO

• Mr. Armin LASCHET - Minister of Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration - German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
  

• Prof. Janos BOGARDI - Vice Rector/Director - United Nations University (UNU)/Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
  Closing Remarks of Prof.BOGARDI