8th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium – Ghent

14-16 September, 2010
LINKAGES BETWEEN BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Plenary 1

Chair: Frank Maes, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Paul Van Cauwenberge, Rector, Ghent University
• Piet Taelman, Dean, Faculty of Law, Ghent University
• Rob Fowler, University of South Australia and Chair, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
• Alejandro Iza, Director, IUCN Environmental Law Centre
• Representative from UNEP
• Sheila Abed, Chair, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law
• Yves Le Bouthillier, University of Ottawa and Director, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law

Plenary 2

Chair: Frank Maes, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Christina Voigt, University of Oslo (Norway), REDD+: A Benefit or Threat to Biodiversity?
• Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato (New Zealand), Climate Change and Biodiversity: The Limits of Response
• Jolene Lin, University of Hong Kong (China), Cost-Sharing Arrangements in the International Climate Change and Biodiversity Regimes
• Andrew Long, Florida Coastal School of Law (USA), Linkage-Based International Environmental Law
• Nikita Lopoukhine, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, Protected Areas : A Natural Solution to the Wicked Problem of Climate Change
• Zen Makuch, Imperial College London (UK), How Valid is the Promotion of Agrofuels by Reference to Ecosystem Conservation and Environmental Protection: An Evaluation of UK and French Law and Policy in an EU Context

Panel 1: Protected Areas I

Chair: Jamie Benidickson, University of Ottawa (Canada)

• An Cliquet, Ghent University (Belgium), Connectivity between Protected Areas as an Adaptation Strategy for Biodiversity Conservation
• Ben Boer, University of Sydney (Australia), Protected Areas and Climate Change: The Natural Solution
• Alexander Paterson, University of Cape Town (South Africa), Co-managing the Interests of Indigenous Peoples, Biodiversity and Climate Change within South Africa’s Protected Areas

Panel 2: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Human Rights I

Chair: Jose Juan Gonzalez Marquez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolina (Mexico)

• Svitlana Kravchenko, University of Oregon (USA), Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Human Rights: Impact, Synergy, and Confluence
• Fernanda de Salles Cavedon, Universidade do Vale do Itajai (Brazil) and Michel Prieur, University of Limoges (France), Biodiversity, Ecological Disasters and Human Rights: Constructing Resilience by an Environmental and Ethical Approach
• John E. Bonine, University of Oregon (USA), Enhancing Citizen Litigation to Protect Biodiversity
• Jordi Jaria i Manzano, Centre de Estudis de Dret Ambiental de Tarragona (Spain), Cultural Diversity, Sustainability and Environmental Justice

Panel 3: Land Use Planning/ Landscapes/Cities I

Chair: Geert Van Hoorick, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Katrien Debeuckelaere, Flemish Region, Department of Town and Country Planning, Housing Policy and Immovable Heritage, Land-use Planning (Belgium) and Gretta Goldenman, Milieu Ltd, Environmental Law & Policy (Belgium), Climate Change, Land Use Planning and the EU Floods Directive: Lessons from the Schelde
• Charles-Hubert Born, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), Land Use Planning Law: Key Instrument for Biodiversity Adaptation to Climate Change
• Albert Mumma, University of Nairobi (Kenya), Cultural Landscapes, Biological Diversity Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation: Reflections on the Role of Culture in Combating Climate Change

Panel 4: Wetlands/Drylands/Mountains/Antarctica/Arctic

Chair: Gilberto Rincon, Center for Sustainable Development (Colombia)

• Tina Tin, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (USA), Climate Change and Biodiversity: Global and Antarctic Interactions
• Giovanna Romero Cristancho, Centro de Estudios Para el Desarrollo Sostenible (Colombia), Climate Change and Threats to the Water Factories

Panel 5: Biodiversity and Climate Change: Poverty, Ethics and Justice I

Chair: Winnie Carruth, Membership Manager, Secretariat of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (Canada)

• Karen Bubna-Litic, University of Technology Sydney (Australia), Can Climate Change be an Effective Driver for Corporate Change - a Snapshot from Australia
• Shawkat Alam, Macquarie University (Australia), The Linkages between Climate Change, Poverty and Sustainable Development: An Appraisal of Inter and Intra-Generational Equity
• Ricardo Botero Villegas, Center for Sustainable Development (Colombia), Governance of Ethnic Groups, Biodiversity and Climate Change

Panel 6: Energy I

Chair: Richard L. Ottinger, Pace University (USA)

• David Hodas, Widener University (USA), Rethinking Biodiversity and Ecosystem Protection in a Climate Change Age
• Geert Van Hoorick, Ghent University (Belgium), Fields, Wind Turbines or Birds? Are the Planning Authorities (Perhaps All Too) Keen to Jump on Renewable Energy Bandwagon?
• Abdullah Sacid Örengül, Ghent University (Belgium), Comparative Study of Energy Agencies, Renewable Energy and Climate Change

Panel 7: Climate Change and Biodiversity: Adaptation, Integration and Implementation

Chair: Willemien du Plessis, North-West University (South Africa)

• Jamie Benidickson and Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, University of Ottawa (Canada), Adaptive Management for Climate Change and Biodiversity Protection: The Canadian Mackenzie Valley Case
• Susan Shearing, University of Sydney (Australia), Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change: What is the Role of the Law in Facilitating Climate Change Adaptation?
• Andrew Long, Florida Coastal School of Law (USA), Advancing Forest-Related Adaptation: Improving Ecological Sustainability and Human Well-Being Through Voluntary Certifications within REDD

Panel 8: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

Chair: Shawkat Alam, Macquarie University (Australia)

• Donna Craig, University of Western Sydney (Australia), Indigenous Governance of Biodiversity Impacted by Climate Change in Melanesia: Role of Customary Law and Community Based Environmental Management
• Gilberto Rincon, Center for Sustainable Development (Colombia), Indigenous People’s Wisdom
• Priscila B. Becker, LLM candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, (Canada), Indigenous Peoples, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Brazilian Amazon

Panel 9: Biodiversity and Climate Change: Poverty, Ethics and Justice II

Chair: Robert V. Percival, University of Maryland (USA)

• Mekete Bekele Tekle, University of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Population Growth and Poverty: Challenges of Sustainable Development in Ethiopia
• Jose Juan Gonzalez Marquez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolina (Mexico), Connections between Biodiversity, Climate Change and Poverty in Mezo-American Legal Systems
• Michel Prieur, University of Limoges and Julien Bétaille, PhD candidate, University of Limoges (France), Climate Change and Biodiversity as Causes of Human Displacement: Towards an International Legal Status for Environmentally-Displaced Persons

Wednesday 15 September

Panel 10: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest I

Chair: Lye Lin Heng, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

• Feja Lesniewska, PhD candidate, University of London (UK), Definition of “Forests” in International Environmental Law: Implications for Ecosystems, Forest Peoples and Climate Change
• Robert Kibugi, PhD candidate, University of Ottawa (Canada), Community Poverty and Protected Forests in Kenya: Harnessing Biodiversity Conservation for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
• Harro Van Asselt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Forests at the Intersection of the Biodiversity and Climate Change Regimes: Exploring Synergies in a Fragmented Legal Order
• Mindge Cao, China University of Political Science and Law, and Ying Chen, PhD candidate, Southwest University of Political Science and Law (China), Forest Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity Conservation: From a Legal Perspective

Panel 11: Protection of Species

Chair: Alexander Paterson, University of Cape Town (South Africa)

• Arie Trouwborst, Tilburg University (The Netherlands), Climate Change Adaptation and the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species and its Daughter Agreements
• Adeniyi Olatunbosun, University Ile-IFE (Nigeria), Wildlife Conservation and Game Management – Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
• Robert V. Percival, University of Maryland (USA), Protection of Biodiversity, Climate Change and Emerging Global Environmental Law
• Herwig Unnerstall, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Germany), Natura 2000 and Climate Change Options and Imperatives for Adapting the Interpretation of the Habitats Directive

Panel 12: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Agriculture

Chair: Carolyn Farquhar, Associate Director, Secretariat of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (Canada)

• David Cassuto, Pace University (USA), The CAFO Hothouse: Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture and the Law
• Eckard Rehbinder, Goethe-University Frankfurt (Germany), The Contribution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy to Protecting Biodiversity and Global Climate in Europe
• Rafael Gonzalez Ballar, University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica), Biodiversity, Climate Change and Agriculture in Central America
• Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law (USA), Agrobiodiversity, Food Security and Climate Change

Panel 13: National Governance I

Chair: Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, University of Ottawa (Canada)

• J.C. Becker, J.C. Finley and A.E.Luloff, Pennsylvania State University (USA) and A.L. Kennedy and Paul V. Martin, University of New England (Australia), Toward a Contemporary Behavioural Science Basis for Effective Regulation
• Rhuks T. Ako, University of Hull (UK) and Olubayo Oludoro, Adekunle Ajasin University (Nigeria), Bureaucratic Rhetoric of Climate Change in Nigeria: International Aspiration verses Local Realities
• Oton Felix Okon, Lagos State University (Nigeria), The Effect of Bioinvasion and Anthropogenic Factors on the Environment of Badagry Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria and West Africa
• Yen-Sheng Ho, PhD candidate, National Taipei University and Shun-Kuei Chan (Taiwan), The Legal Research on Wetland Conservation Regulations in Taiwan

Panel 14: Biofuels I

Chair: Melissa Powers, Lewis and Clark University (USA)

• Liselotte Smorenburg-van Middelkoop, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Sustainability Criteria by the EU: Do they Provide the Legal Solution to the Devil’s Dilemma of Bioenergy?
• Michael I. Jeffery, University of Western Sydney, and Xiabao Zhao, PhD candidate, University of Western Sydney (Australia), Will Biodiversity Pay the Price? The Case for and against the Use of Biofuels and Biochar to Aid in the Mitigation of Climate Change
• Alexandrina Sobreira de Moura, Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil) and Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (Brazil), The Biodiesel Program and Sustainable Development in Brazil
• Vladimir Magalhaes, Catholic University of Santos (Brazil), Biofuels: The Risks to Brazilian Biodiversity and their Interaction with Global Warming
• Victor M. Tafur, Pace University (USA), Linkages between Biodiversity and Bioenergy: Inclusive Market Development

Panel 15: Access and Benefit-sharing of Biological Diversity and Technology Transfer

Chair: Kai T. Kokko, University of Lapland (Finland),

• Natalie Stoianoff, University of Technology Sydney (Australia), The Australian Experience in Biodiversity Access and Benefit-sharing
• Cholatee Watanawejvijit, LLM candidate, University of Oregon (USA), The Feasibility of Using Compulsory Patent Licensing in Combating Climate Change and Preserving Biodiversity
• Claudia Ituarte-Lima, PhD Candidate, University of London (UK) and Suneetha M. Subramanian, United Nations University (Japan), Equity Dimensions in ABS Legal Agreements and REDD Negotiations
• Katinka Jesse, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Potchefstroom University (South Africa), Clean Development Mechanism vs. Technology Transfer: Does the Kyoto Protocol Provide an Example for the Convention on Biological Diversity?

Panel 16: Climate Change Emissions and Biodiversity I

Chair: Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law (USA)

• Hanna Tolsma, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Groningen (The Netherlands), Integrated Permitting according to the IPPC Directives: Linkages with Biodiversity and Climate Change
• Marjan Peeters, Maastricht University (The Netherlands), Liability of Greenhouse Gas Emitters for Damage to European Nature
• Alexander Zahar, Griffith Law School (Australia), Does Self-Interest Skew State Reports of Green Gas Emissions? A preliminary Analysis based on the First Verified Emissions Estimates of Annex B Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
• Ping Chen, PhD candidate, Ghent University (Belgium), European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: Institutional Lessons for China
• Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, University of Waikato (New Zealand), Snails, Mining and Climate Change: The Politics of Biodiversity in New Zealand

Panel 17: National Governance II

Chair: Rafael Gonzalez Ballar, University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica)

• Laode M. Syarif, Hasanuddin University (Indonesia), Indonesia’s Experiment in Regulating REDD+
• O.F. Oluduro and G.N. Gasu, Adekunle Ajasin University (Nigeria), A Critical Appraisal of the Legal Regime for Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria
• Angela Dwyer, University of Technology Sydney (Australia), The impact and potential of Climate Change as a Listed Key Threatening Process to Threatened Species and Communities in Australi
• I. Nyoman Nurjaya, Brawijaya University (Indonesia), Indonesian Environmental Law Development and Reform: from Dutch Ordannantie, the 1982 Basic Environmental Management Act to the Human Environmental Management Act of 1997

Panel 18: Biodiversity and Climate Change: Oceans and Coasts I

Chair: Nilufer Oral, Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey)

• Robin Warner, University of Wollongong (Australia), Harnessing the Ocean to Combat Climate Change: Regulating the Impact of Climate Change Mitigation Activities on Marine Biodiversity
• Ed Couzens, University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Huge Grey Canaries: Cetaceans, Climate Change and a Climate of Change
• Jane Cynthia Graham, LLM candidate, Vermont Law School (USA), Protecting the Marine Resources of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from Climate Change Through the National Marine Sanctuaries Act: A Hidden Sanctuary for Climate Change Litigation?

Panel 19: Invasive Species

Chair: Vernon Thomas, Guelph University (Canada)

• Melissa Powers, Lewis and Clark University (USA), Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: The Federal Courts' Role in Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species
• Sophie Riley, University of Technology Sydney (Australia), Plausible Hypothesis or Scientific Certainty: Protecting Biodiversity from Invasive Alien Species in an Era of Climate Change
• Liu Nengye, PhD candidate, Ghent University (Belgium), Prevention of Invasive Species from Ballast Water: Chinese Legislation in the Age of Climate Change
• Jacqueline Hand, University of Detroit Mercy (USA), Legal Changes to Manage the Double Whammy Impact of Global Climate Change and Invasive Species on Biodiversity

Panel 20: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Human Rights II

Chair: Rob Fowler, University of South Australia (Australia)

• Loretta Feris, University of Cape Town (South Africa), In Search of Equity for Africa: An Assessment of Three Frameworks that Impacts on Biodiversity and Climate Change
• Ndongo Linda Mbone, PhD candidate, University of Ghent (Belgium), Climate Change, Human Rights and the Darfur Crisis
• Mario Williams Garcia, Centro De Pensamiento Ambiental Del Caribe (Colombia), Climate Change: Biodiversity a la B.B.Q.?

Panel 21: National Governance III

Chair: Lee Paddock, George Washington University (USA)

• Ilona Millar, Baker & McKenzie (Australia), and Peter Richardson, Baker & McKenzie LLP (UK), The Relationship between the Legal Frameworks relating to Climate Change and Biodiversity: a Comparative Analysis between Australia and the United Kingdom
• Deng Haifeng, Tsinghua University (China), Research of Legal Interactive Mechanism on Climate Change in China -Taking the Interactive Experiences between Federal and State in the United States as an Example
• Natalia Gusmerotti & Domenico Amirante University of Napoli (Italy), The Role of Environmental Agreements for Biodiversity Protection: Evidence from European and Italian Experiences
• Anél du Plessis, North-West University (South Africa), The Principle of Subsidiarity and Curbing the Loss of Diversified Life: South African Perspectives on the Role of Municipalities in Climate Governance

Panel 22: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services I

Chair: Marjan Peeters, Maastricht University (The Netherlands)

• Fran Aldson, MA candidate, University of London (UK), Ecuador and the Yasuni ITT Proposal: Testing the International Community’s Commitment to Climate Change and Biodiversity Law
• Nathalie Hervé-Fournereau and Alexandra Langlais, University of Rennes I (France), Can the Concept of Ecosystem Services Promote New Synergies between European Strategies on Climate and Biodiversity
• Tania Garcia López, Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico), Paying for Environmental Services: A Tool for Benefit-Sharing of Biological Diversity

Panel 23: Climate Change Emissions and Biodiversity II

Chair: An Cliquet, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Markus Gehring, University of Ottawa (Canada), Trade Law Implications of Carbon and Biodiversity Pricing
• Rob Fowler, University of South Australia (Australia), Blue Carbon – The Overlooked Component in Legal Approaches to Mitigation of Climate Change
• Lasse Loft, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) (Germany), Conservation and Financing of Biodiversity – Synergies between International Biodiversity and Climate Change Law

Panel 24: Land Use Planning/ Landscapes/Cities II

Chair: Geert Van Hoorick, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Irina Krasnova, Moscow State Juridical Academy (Russia), Climate Change and Land Use Planning in Russia
• Lye Lin Heng, National University of Singapore (Singapore), Biodiversity and Climate Change: Challenges for Cities and Perspectives from Singapore
• Stefan Gruber, PhD candidate, Sydney Law School (Australia), China’s Cultural Landscapes under Threat: Pressure from Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change and Demographic Changes

Panel 25: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Forest II

Chair: Albert Mumma, University of Nairobi (Kenya),

• Tom Baxter, University of Tasmania (Australia), United We Stand, Divided We Fall: Forests- a Vital Link between the Twin Crises of Biodiversity and Climate
• Grit Ludwig, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Germany), Local Conditions for the Legitimacy and the Success of REDD plus – the example of Mozambique
• Kai T. Kokko, University of Lapland (Finland), A Legal Method and Tools for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Regulation: Safeguarding Forest Biodiversity in Finland

Panel 26: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Civil Society

Chair: Nathalie Hervé-Fournereau and Alexandra Langlais, University of Rennes I (France)

• Louis J. Kotzé and Willemien du Plessis, North-West University (South Africa), Protection of Biodiversity through Civil-Based Mechanisms in South Africa: A Survey of Recent Development
• Ambra Gobena, Attorney at law, Bangkok (Thailand), Exploring Biodiversity, Agriculture, and Climate Change Issues in National Laws Affecting Local and Indigenous Communities
• Carlos Teodoro José Hugueney Irigaray, Federal University of Mato Grosso (Brazil), Law and Climatic Changes in the Amazonian Countries: Performance of Non-governmental Organizations and Academia

Panel 27: Energy II/ Biofuels II

Chair: Melissa Powers, Lewis and Clark University (USA),

• José Rubens Morato Leite, Délton Winter de Carvalho, Matheus Almeida Caetano, Silvana do Prada Brouwers and Maria Leonor Paes Cavalcani Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), Biofuels (Ethanol): an Analysis of the Environmental Rule of Law in the Risk Society
• Giada Dalla Gasperina, University of Trento (Italy), Linking Environmental Decay with the Illegal Waste Market: Current Trends and Future Directions
• Heline Sivïni Ferreira, Universidade Federa; de Santa Catarina (Brazil), Maria Leonor Paes Cavalcani Ferreira, PhD Candidate, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), and Patryck de Arújo Ayala, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso (Brazil), Climate Change, Biofuels and Biodiversity in Brazil: the Need to Protect the Amazon Forest against Potential Damages related to the Sugarcane Monoculture
• Carolina Dutra, Simone Lavelle Godoy de Oliveira, Mauricio Duarte dos Santos and Sergio Madureira Vaz, University Center UNIMONTE and Catholic University of Santos (Brazil), Global Environmental Governance and Biofuels: Addressing Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation Issues?

Colloquium Distinguished Speaker:

Charles Okidi, University of Nairobi, Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP) (Kenya), International Legal Responses to Threats to Marine Biological Diversity

Thursday 16 September

Panel 28: Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services II

Chair: An Cliquet, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Kathleen Mertens, University of Hasselt (Belgium), The International Legal Regime for the Protection of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services from Climate Change
• Carla C. Gomez Wichtendahl, PhD candidate, University of Ottawa (Canada), Biodiversity markets in the climate change era. The potential of biodiversity offsets as a complement to international climate change instruments
• Elena Merina Blanco, University of Bristol (UK), Ecosystem Services and Agriculture: a Marriage Made in (Environmental) Heaven?
• Rebecca Bates, University of Sydney (Australia), Managing Water Supply and Water Stress in the Face of Climate Change
• Peter Bismarck Olanya, Makere University (Uganda), Ecosystem and their Services: the Case of Uganda

Panel 29: Biodiversity and Climate Change: Oceans and Coasts II

Chair: Frank Maes, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Nilufer Oral, Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey), Marine Protected Areas and Climate Change Adaptation for the Mediterranean Sea Region: the Role of the Regional Seas Program
• Vernon Thomas, Guelph University (Canada), Complementing environmental science in marine protected areas legislation
• Qin He, PhD candidate, Ghent University (Belgium), Climate Change and the Protection of Fisheries Resources in the North East Atlantic: Role of the European Union

Panel 30: Protected Areas II

Chair: Ben Boer, University of Sydney (Australia)

• Penelope Figgis, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (Vice-Chair), Connectivity Conservation
• Kavitha Chalakkal, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), Role of International Law in Climate-induced Geographical Shifts in Protected Areas
• Ivett Montelongo Buenavista, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (Mexico), Reducing GHG by Protecting Urban Natural Protected Area
• Sophie Thériault, University of Ottawa (Canada), Of Protected Areas and Inuit Food Security: National Parks in Nunavik in Times of Climate Change
• Rosa Uylenburg, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Climate Change and the (in)flexibility of Natura 2000

Panel 31: Regional Governance I

Chair: Sophie Riley, University of Technology Sydney (Australia)

• Jimena Murillo Chavarro, Ghent University (Belgium), What are the Andean States Doing Regarding Biodiversity Lost in their Paramos
• Solanges Teles da Silva, Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Carolina Dutra, Catholic University of Santos (Brazil), Amazon Cooperation Treaty and Climate Change International Law Regime
• Monia Braham Youssfi, PhD candidate, University of Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I (France), Mediterranean Integration and Poverty: The Need of a Conceptual Framework for National Climate-resilient Strategies

Panel 32: Regional Governance II/ International Governance

Chair: Chair: Bharat H. Desai, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India),

• Justin Rose, University of the South Pacific (Vanuatu), Law, Climate Change and the Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Pacific Island Region
• Milan Damohorsky, Charles University (Czech Republic), Climate Change and Biodiversity Protection from the Legal Point of View in Central Europe
• Koh Kheng-Lian National University of Singapore (Singapore) and Mayla A. Ibanez, Mindanao State University (Philippines), A Challenge for ASEAN Cooperation: Linking Biodiversity and Climate Change – Focus on Food Security
• Willem Daniel Lubbe, PhD Candidate, North-West University (South Africa) Sustainable Transfrontier Biodiversity Conservation as a Holistic Solution to Climate Change
• Nils Goeteyn, PhD candidate, Ghent University (Belgium), An Institutional rather than a Treaty Law Issue?

Panel 33 National and Regional Targets

Chair: Laode M. Syarif, Hasanuddin University (Indonesia)

• James Prest, Australian National University (Australia), Australian Vegetation and Biodiversity Law – Ignoring Climate Change Impacts in a Context of Regulatory Flexibility, Offsetting and Fast Tracking
• Lorenzo Squintani, PhD candidate, University of Groningen (The Netherlands). National and Supranational Targets for the Protection of Biodiversity. Empirical Date on Factors Influencing their Level of Convergence
• Beatriz Pérez de las Heras, University of Deusto (Spain), The European Union New Strategies to Address Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change: Divergence and Synergies

Panel 34: Environmental Migrants

Chair: Maria Marquès i Banqué, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain)

• Michèle Morel, PhD candidate, Ghent University (Belgium), Protecting Environmental Migrants: Recent Findings from the UN Institute for the Environment and Human Security
• Nicole de Moor, PhD candidate, Ghent University (Belgium), Temporary Labour Migration for Victims of Natural Disasters: the Case of Columbia-Spain
• Solange Teles da Silva, Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Heyd Fernandes Mas, LLM Student, Mackenzie Presbyterian University (Brazil),Climate Refugees, Challenges of a New Category of Displaced Persons

Plenary 3

Chair: An Cliquet, Ghent University (Belgium)

• Opi Outwaite, University of Greenwich (UK), Preventing and Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss through Biosecurity
• Gloria Estenzo Ramos, University of the Cebu College of Law (Philippines), Combating Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss in a “Hot Spot” Megadiversity Country
• Sakhile Koketso, University of Cape Town (South Africa), An Examination of Adequacy of South African Protected Areas Legislation in the Face of Climate Change
• Annalisa Savaresi, PhD candidate, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Reducing Emissions from Deforestation under the UNFCCC: A New Opportunity for Promoting Forest Conservation?
• Michelle Lim, PhD candidate, University of New England (Australia), Transboundary Conservation of Mountain Biodiversity in a Climate Change Impacted World: Governance Perspectives from Central Asia and the Island of Borneo