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New Enclosures: Resource Grabs and Environmental Challenges in the Global South

Thursday, July 17, 2014: 5:30 PM-7:20 PM
Room: F202
RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English

Session Organizers:
Lotsmart FONJONG, University of Buea, Cameroon and William MARKHAM, University of North Carolina, USA
Chair:
William MARKHAM, University of North Carolina, USA
Shale Gas in South Africa: Regulating a Resource Grab (Oral Presentation)
David FIG, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Contested Claims over Space: Discourse and Politics Among Fishers and the Oil Industry in Mexico (Oral Presentation)
Liina-Maija QUIST, University of Helsinki, Finland; Anja NYGREN, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland

“Once upon a Time We Had the Commons” the Change on Small Peasantry: The Case of Kocaoba, İzmir, Turkey (Oral Presentation)
Zeynep Ceren EREN, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Conflicts Between Artisanal Miners and the Government in Mongolia (Oral Presentation)
Tselmegsaikhan LKHAGVA, Board Member, Mongolia; Tamir CHULTEMSUREN, Board member, Mongolia