Bulletin board
On this bulletin board, initiatives and questions from potential consortia developing an Integrated Project for CoCooN are published. Some of these initiatives are still looking for additional expertise to complement their team. We invite researchers, NGO representatives and consultants to consult the messages posted. If you could provide the expertise asked for, have suggestions for potential partners or if you are interested to join an initiative, please inform the contact persons mentioned.
New initiatives, seeking or offering expertise, specific questions or using the bulletin board for informing others within this community about specific events or research activities are welcomed.
To post a message, please send an email with your bulletin message to cocoon@nwo.nl.
Project development initiative: Impacts of Jatropha plantations for Biofuel: Repercussion on rural land use alienation and conflict escalation in Ethiopia and Ghana. We are looking for a northern/Dutch partner to disseminate research findings (if possible, BOTH ENDS).
Contact person: Richmond Antwi-Bediako, antwibed@yahoo.com
New input asked for: We are looking for a northern/Dutch partner to disseminate research findings (if possible, BOTH ENDS).
Potential partner listing:
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Partner (organization/country/contact person (if desired) |
Input (expertise) foreseen: | Identified before/during the matchmaking meeting: |
| Rural Environmental Care Association/ Ghana/ Richmond Antwi-Bediako | Research design and implementation/study, Advocacy and dissemination of research finding | before |
| University of British Columbia, Faculty of Forestry, Vancouver /Canada/Joleen A. Timko | Research design, Methodologies and inputs in study | during |
| Horn of Africa/Ethiopia/Mestin Kinfu | Research design and implementation/study | during |
| Forum for Environment /Ethiopia/ Yonas Gebru | Research design and implementation/study, Advocacy and dissemination of research finding | during |
| Institute of Development Study, University of Cape coast /Ghana/ Dr. Patrict Agbesinyale | Research design, Methodologies and inputs in study | before |
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Project development initiative: Sustainable mechanism to address marine and coastal resources and conflicts management in western African marine Ecoregion.
Contact for exchange /networking: Alassane Dieng, adieng@wwfsenegal.org
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Partner (organization/country/contact person (if desired) |
Input (expertise) foreseen: |
Identified before/during the matchmaking meeting: |
| Institute for environmental studies (IVM)- Netherlands | Marines resources and conflicts management | before |
| WWF Netherlands | Marines resources and conflicts management | before |
| Dr Marja Spierenburg (Univ. Amsterdam) | Protected areas & Tourism |
during |
| Prof. Ruerd Ruben (Centre for international development issues Nijmegen-CIDIN) | Trade, Ecolabelling | during |
| Dr Kees Van’t Klooster (Univ. Wageningen) | Conflict over marines and environment in Sierra Leone | during |
Project development initiative: Mapping conflicts in Sudan/Chad (subthemes: oil, water points, deforestation, transboundary movements, population displacements, vegetation changes, agriculture and pastoralism, ...).
Contact person: Filip Hilgert, filip.hilgert@ipisresearch.be
Potential partner listing:
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Partner (organization/country/contact person (if desired) |
Input (expertise) foreseen: |
Identified before/during the matchmaking meeting: |
| IPIS (International Peace Information Service), Antwerp (Belgium) | GIS, conflict analysis, capacity building, CSR | before |
| BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion), Bonn (Germany) | research, advocacy, capacity building | before |
| KACE (Al-Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightment and Human Development), Khartoum (Sudan) | NGO network, knowledge | before |
| University of Juba, Center for Peace and Development Studies (Sudan) | research facilities, local information | during |
| University of Gadarif, Faculty of Agric. & Environ. Sciences, Remote Sensing Unit (Sudan) | satellite image processing, map production | during |
| Research Center in Anthropology and Human Sciences, CRASH, N’Djamena (Chad) | local information | before |
Project development initiative: Development of Mechanism for Resource Use Cooperation to Eliminate Conflicts between Agriculturists and Pastor Maasai in Eastern Africa.Contact person: Joseph Phillip Hella, jhella@suanet.ac.tz
New input asked for: Sociologists with experience in Nomadic tribes. We are looking for assistance to identify the Non-research institute/NGO/ from North by expert in area of conflict and cooperation in particular to pastoralist/agriculturalist farming systems.
Potential partner listing:
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Partner (organization/country/contact person (if desired) |
Input (expertise) foreseen: | Identified before/during the meeting: |
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Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro Tanzania. Contact Persons (Prof Ephraem senkondo; and Dr Didas Kimaro (land use and GIS experts) |
Researchers, trainers and student supervision on areas related to natural resource management, crop and livestock based farming systems, socio-economics in pastoral and agro-pastoral societies, agro-pastoral conflict management Land use planning and GIS expert | before |
| Alterra, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
Contact person (Dr Kees Van t’ Klooster) |
Researcher, trainer and student supervision on areas related to Land and water management, agriculture and livestock | during |
| Leadership for Environment and development (Lead) – Non research Organisation based in Tanzania. Contact persons (Mr M. Ole Naselle and Mrs Saada Juma) | Non research Organisation responsible for environmental management, environmental laws, and indigenous community and Mr Ole Nassele being a Massai himself she is more knowledgeable about the Masaai culture which will be instrumental in our project Mrs Saada Juma is an experienced environmental lawyer and environmental consultant within LEAD and | after |
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World Initiatives for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP), based in Nairobi, Kenya. Contact person (Mr. Halakhe Dida Waqo) |
Researcher in conflict particularly on peace building, conflict management, pastrol development | during |
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Centre for Policy Dialogue, Lusaka, Zambia. Contact person (Dr Neo Simutanyi, Executive Director for the Centre) |
Researcher on the subject of land rights, conflicts and mechanisms to deal with competing claims | during |
Project development initiative: Helping Local Communities in Colombia to Deal with Natural Resource Wealth. Contact person: Wolf-Christian Paes, paes@bicc.de
New input asked for:
• Civil society organization (CSO) based in Colombia working on the relationship between natural resource wealth and violence/conflict
• CSO with an established track record in terms of working with local communities in resource-rich areas in Colombia and interested in upgrading its advocacy and research skills
Potential partner listing:
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Partner (organization/country/contact person (if desired) |
Input (expertise) foreseen: | Identified before/during the meeting: b/d |
| Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Bonn, Germany | Experience in research, advocacy and capacity building | during |
| FIAN (FoodFirst Information and Action Network), Cologne, Germany | Experience in advocacy and work with local communities | during |
| Universidad de los Andes |