Posted by BHAVAN’S N.A. PALKHIVALA ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH
[BHAVAN’S PALSAR]
Two day Interdisciplinary International Seminar on, “ROLE OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENTS IN BIODIVERSITY GOVERNANCE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KERALA”
On 7th and 8th June 2018
At
BHAVAN’ N.A. PALKHIVALA ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH
Deadline: 25th May 2018
About the Institution
Bhavan’ N.A. Palkhivala Academy for Advanced Legal Studies and Research is an unaided law college affiliated to University of Calicut and recognised by the bar council of India, established in the year 2012. The institution is dedicated for the sacred memory of Bhavan’s former Vice President and legendary Jurist N. A. Palkhivala. Bhavan’s PALSAR has the pristine and divine ancient dictum of सर्वं धर्मे प्रतिष्ठितं as its Institutional motto. [Sarvam Dharme Prathishtitham-Everything in the Universe is founded on Dharma – Mahabharata 12-222-47b. The institution is dedicated to inculcate value based education in both the field of law and management to become value based leaders in these fields. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has a very crucial role to play in this area and serve our motherland by moulding futuristic lawyers and managers for our country who hold their firm feet on the solid foundation of our great heritage and pristine culture and are able to blossom information in to knowledge and mature it in to wisdom who will be competent to adorn the positions deciding destiny of our nation and human race.
The institution formerly offered three year LL. B course and later the college started its prestigious five year BBA, LL. B (Hons) course in the year 2013 now the college having almost 300 students in five different batches and the institution is now functioning at Bhavan’s Ramanattukara campus.
To achieve the motto of the academy the institution is promoting research in the field of law and management. The academy also organising distinguished programs from the inception onwards.
Concept Note on the Seminar
Kerala is a land ecologically fragile situated in the south-western tip of Indian peninsula. Inland of Kerala includes Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee and spice plantations as well as forests breeding many other rare species of flora and fauna. Kerala having a rich biodiversity and it includes the variability of species in terrestrial, aerial and aquatic habitats, the diversity of ecosystems and the diversity of genes they harbour. It is an essential component of the nature and it ensures the survival of human species by providing food, fuel, shelter, medicines and other resources to mankind. It is the duty and responsibility of the present generation to protect and preserve the rich biodiversity for the future generations.
However, decline in biodiversity is a matter of great concern. Numerous numbers of plants and animal species are endangered and threatened. Conservation of biodiversity has assumed great importance to preserve the ecological balance and thereby derive sustainable benefits for the present and future generations. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, is a significant milestone in this direction. The act was enacted to meet the obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992, to which India is a party.
The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 is intended for the conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources, knowledge and other related matters. For the above purpose the act provides a three tire system of implementation i.e. a Biodiversity Authority at the national level, Biodiversity board at the state level and biodiversity management committees at the grass root level.
For the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, a combined effort of all the professionals, business men and other stake holders becomes the imminent need of the contemporary world. So we hope an interdisciplinary seminar to generate novel thoughts from different disciplines of knowledge. So we invite papers from the students, research scholars, professionals, teachers in the field of Science, Management and Law.
In view of these emerging issues and challenges, the Academy propose to convene a two day International Seminar on, “ROLE OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENTS IN BIODIVERSITY GOVERNANCE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KERALA” so as to provide a forum for participants to understand the emerging issues in this realm and to explore concrete solutions which can emerge as an eye opener for the government and policy makers.
Session Themes:
- Role of Local Self Governments under Biological Diversity Act 2002.
- Biodiversity Governance – Legal Framework
Participatory Decision Making under CBD and Nagoya Protocol. United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972 to Rio+20- Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992- Cartagena Convention its Protocol on Biosafety- The Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)- Jakarta Charter on Business and Biodiversity, 2009- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)- Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)- Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)- The ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
- Sustainable business practices for biodiversity conservation
Biodiversity Governance – New Directions- liberalisation and challenges to natural resource management- sustainable business practices- corporate social responsibility- environment friendly business initiatives and green products- other new business practices.
- Biodiversity: Scope and Extent
Forest Biodiversity- Inland waters Biodiversity- Island Biodiversity- Marine and Coastal Biodiversity- Mountain Biodiversity- Desert Biodiversity- Agricultural Biodiversity- Climate Change and Energy Security- Clean Technologies and the Clean Development Mechanism- Waste, Water, Air Quality Management and Pollution Control- Ecological taxation (Eco-Tax).
GUIDELINES FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
All abstracts and full papers must be sent to: palsar.bioseminar@gmail.com in the format outline given below:
- The abstract should not be more than 350 words and must be attached with a cover page containing the following details – Title of the Paper, Name of the Author, University/ Institution/Organisation, Email Address & Mobile Number of the Author.
- The full paper should be between 3500-4000 words
- The main text should be in Times New Roman with font size 12 and spacing of 1.5 and Foot note should be in Times New Roman with font size 10 and spacing of 1
- All submissions should follow the standard Indian citation (SILC)
IMPORTANT DATES
- Last Date of Sending Abstract: 25th May 2018
- Intimation regarding Selection of Abstract : 30th May 2018
- Last Date of sending full Papers : 4th June 2018
Registration Charges:
| Delegates | Early Bird Registration (on or Before 1st June , 2018) | After 1st June, 2018 |
| In-service persons/ Faculties | Rs.1000/- | Rs.1500/-
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| Research Scholars (Mphil / Ph.D./ PDF) | 500 | 750 |
| Accompanying person | 250 | 500 |
| Students | 250 | 500 |
| Foreign Delegates | US$ 150
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US$ 250 |
Travel:
The venue is Seminar Hall , Bhavan’s Palsar Campus, which is approximately 16. km away from the city, Kozhikode/Calicut. Bhavan’s PALSAR is well connected with Southern Railway, NH 66 and by Air. Nearest railway stations are at Feroke and Kozhikode. The Calicut Airport (Code: CCJ) is 10 km from the venue.
Contact:
The delegates are advised to contact the convenor and joint convenor for all queries and clarifications at email: palsar.bioseminar@gmail.com Sri. N. Nikhilesh, Convenor. Mob: 9037884213, Sri. V. Arun, Joint Convenor, Mob: 8089284079 . PALSAR Tel.: 0495-2440604.
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ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Chief patrons
Dr. K. Parameswaran, former Professor of the Law Academy and former Professor of the School of Indian Legal Thought, M.G. University, Kottayam
Sri. K.V. Sachidanandan (—-)
Patrons
Advocate P. Parameswaran, Hon’ble Director of Bhavan’s Ramanattukara Kendra
Prof. P. S Gopi, Principal Bhavan’s PALSAR
Dr. Surekha Somabalan, Head of the department of Law, Bhavan’s PALSAR
Convenor
Sri. N. Nikhilesh (Assistant Professor Law)
Joint convenor
Sri. V. Arun (Assistant Professor Law)
Smt. Sudha Mohan (Assistant Professor Law)
Student convenors
Kum. Keerthi
Kum. Anjana aliyas
Kum. Anamika
Kum.Gautham karishna
Kum. Vignaraj
Kum. Neena soman
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