531 Environmental movements, organizations and civil societies

Friday, August 3, 2012: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
OB 303 (Faculty of Economics)

RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English
Session Organizer:
Brian GAREAU, Boston College, USA
Chair:
Catherine Mei Ling WONG, Australian National University, Australia
The emergence of climate contrarianism as a ‘wise (use)' social movement (Oral)
Maxwell BOYKOFF, University of Colorado-Boulder, USA

Going local: Environmental governance and calls for local democracy at jumbo pass and the tobeatic wilderness area (Oral)
Mark STODDART, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Howard RAMOS, Dalhousie University, Canada

Climate change and environmental governance: The role of environmental non-governmental organizations in Brazil (Oral)
Teresa DA-SILVA-ROSA, Center of Urban and Socio-environmental Studies/NEUS/UVV, Brazil; Priscila GUIO, Center of Urban and Socio-environmental Studies/NEUS/UVV, Brazil; Gustavo SEDA, Center of Urban and Socio-environmental Studies/NEUS/UVV, Brazil; Joćo Paulo ALMEIDA, Center of Urban and Socio-environmental Studies/NEUS/UVV, Brazil