Programme VIII TIEC

Thursay, 1 June

Registration [9:30 – 9:45 CEST]

Official Welcome [9:45 – 10:00 CEST]

  • Teresa Fajardo (CEDAT, Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
  • Mònica Pons Hernández  (TIEC Organizing Committee, AAEDAT)

KEYNOTE SPEACH: Dr. Iyan Offor (Birmingham City University): Multispecies Lawscapes in the Anthropocene: Priorities for a Critical, Constitutional Turn in Biodiversity Law [Abtract] [10.00-10.40 h CEST]   

Panel 1. Diagnosis of the current biodiversity crisis (10:40-11:40 CEST) 

Chair: Marouane Laabbas El Guennouni (CEDAT, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) 

  • Santiago Rodríguez Sanmiguel (Universidad Externado de Colombia): Area-Based Management Tools: an approach to face marine biodiversity loss in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction? [Abstract]
  • Elena Evangelidis (European University Institute): Local and subnational governments in the CBD and beyond [Abstract]
  • Asmaa Khadim (Leiden University): Resisting Midas’ Curse: A constitutional ethnography of environmental rights in Costa Rica [Abstract]
  • Robinson Miranda (Universidade Católica de Santos) – Warning sign: the biodiversity crisis and non-compliance with the Aichi’s goals in Latin America  [Abstract]

Debate and Q&A [11:40-12:00h CEST]

Poster presentation and coffe break [12:00-12:30 CEST]

Research Seminar— Transnature Project (Biodiversa+) [12:30-14:00  CEST]

  •  Federica Cittadino (Eurac)
  • Teresa Fajardo (Universidad de Granada)
  • Avi Brisman (Eastern Kentucky University)

Poster presentation and lunch break [14:00-15:30 CEST]

KEYNOTE SPEACH: Dr. Maria Marquès, Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies, Faculty of Legal Sciences, University of Rovira I Virgili [Abstract] [15:30-16:10 CEST]

Panel 2. Legal challenges to achieve a regulatory body that embraces an ecocentric and biocentric approach [16:10-17:10h CEST]

Chair: Iván Hortigüela Bolsa (CEDAT, Universitat Rovira i Virgili) 

  • Emmalucia Virardi (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies) – The role of soil restoration in addressing the biodiversity crisis [Abstract]
  • Federica Catonini (University of Copenhagen) – Protecting, conserving and restoring marine carbon sinks for the benefit of climate and marine ecosystems: a global regulatory challenge [Abstract]
  • Niels Hoek (European University Institute) – A dark spot in EU law: the invisible regulation of light pollution [Abstract]
  • Mònica Pons-Hernández (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) – The illegal trade in European eels: how is the legislation that governs their trade failing to protect the species?  [Abstract]

Debate and Q&A [17:10-17:30 CEST]

Dinner [20:30 CEST] Restaurant: El Llagut (C. de Natzaret, 10)

Friday, 2 June

KEYNOTE SPEACH: Dr. Avi Brisman (Eastern Kentucky University): Monstrous Nature and Eco-Horror as Fertilizer for Speciesism: How Cultural Representations of Nature Contribute to Biodiversity Loss [Abstract] [10:00-10:40 CEST]  

Panel 3. Towards a species and ecologically just society [10:40-11:40h CEST] 

Chair: Aloia López Ferro (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) 

  • Florencia Paz Landeira (Laboratorio de Investigación en Ciencias Humanas) – Activismo comunitario y derechos de niños y niñas en conflictos socioambientales. Abordaje antropológico de un fallo judicial [Abstract]
  • K A Appadoo and Jaggeshar, B. (University of Mauritius) – Exploring the Need for an Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) Act in the Republic of Mauritius [Abstract]
  • Saba Pipia (The Georgian-American University) – How International Humanitarian Law (over)looks Non-human Victims of Armed Conflict [Abstract]
  • Isidoro De Bortoli (Eurac Research) – Wildlife crimes and law enforcement: The importance of public direct involvement in environmental criminal prroceedings. A carpathian perspective [Abstract]

Debate and Q&A [11:40-12:00h CEST] 

Poster presentation and coffe break [12:00-12:30 CEST]

Workshop LIFE Project: Conserving Nature Through Land Stewardship and Lease Contracts: Best Practices from Germany and Spain [12:30-14:00]

  • Anabel Cepas (Xarxa per a la Conservació de la Natura)
  • Mathias Brummer (Xarxa per a la Conservació de la Natura)
  • Joan Pons (INSTA – Derecho ambiental, diálogo y sostenibilidad)

Official closure [14:00-14:15 CEST]