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International Conferenceon Scenarios and Models

of Biodiversity andEcosystem Services

15-16 February 2017

Organised by

Centre for Economic and Social StudiesDivision for Sustainable Development Studies

Begumpet, Hyderabad

VENUE

Centre for Economic and Social StudiesNizamiah Observatory Campus, Begumpet,

Hyderabad - 500 016, Telangana, India

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About the Conference

The two day international conference on Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and

Ecosystem Services is organized by the Division for Sustainable Development Studies at the

Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) in collaboration with the Indo-German

Biodiversity Programme, GIZ, the Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE), Centre for

Economics, Environment, and Society (CEES), Bangalore and the Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR), New Delhi as part of the network project on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Scenarios Network (ScenNet)" supported by the Belmont Forum through the Ministry of Earth

Sciences, Government of India during 15th to 16th February 2017 at the CESS, Hyderabad.

The basic goal of the ScenNet project (www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/en/scennet) is to strengthen

national and international ties between researchers working on scenarios of biodiversity and

ecosystem services i.e. the various benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. In order to achieve

this goal, the basic approach of the project is on building a well-structured community of researchers

working on the interactions between socio-economic scenarios and models of global change impacts

on biodiversity and ecosystem services. This conference also aims to contribute to the primary

objectives of the ScenNet project that are:

(a) develop a network to support research within the context of Future Earth

(www.futureearth.info)

(b) contribute to national and global assessment processes, especially IPBES (www.ipbes.net)

by facilitating identification of experts, improving the availability and visibility of pertinent

research and stimulating assessment relevant research

(c) Identify crucial issues that need to be addressed in the event of a research-oriented call for

proposals by the Belmont Forum in 2017.

The conference addresses scenarios and models of biodiversity and ecosystem services with special

reference to drivers of change. Sub themes of the conference are related to scenarios and models

pertaining to marine and terrestrial ecosystems with a focus on (a) direct and indirect drivers

including climate change, invasive species, institutional and demographic issues etc. (b) values

covering economic and non-economic benefits of ecosystems and biodiversity (c) impact of

ecosystem services on good quality of human life and (d) national policies and sustainable

development goals.

Participants for the conference have been selected based on an open call and peer review of

abstracts of papers. Thirty-three papers have been included for presentation in the technical

sessions apart from ten key note presentations by renowned scholars in the plenary sessions.

About 100 participants are expected to participate in the conference.

Conference Convener: Dr. Jeena T Srinivasan, Associate Professor, CESS

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MEMBERS DESIGNATION

Dr. Rob Alkemade Head, IPBES Technical Support Unit(Scenarios and Models), PBL, The Netherlands

Dr. Simon Ferrier OCE Science Leader, CSIRO Land & Waterand Adjunct Professor, Australian NationalUniversity, Australia

Prof. S Galab Director, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad

Dr. G V M Gupta Scientist, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE) MoES,

Government of India, Cochin

Dr. Paul Leadley University of Paris-Sud, Ecology,Systematics and Evolution Laboratory (ESE), France

Dr. Nandan Nawn Associate Professor, TERI University, New Delhi and Secretary,Indian Society for Ecological Economics

Prof. K N Ninan Chairperson, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, India (CEES),Bangalore and IPBES, Co-chair, Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity

Prof. M Gopinath Reddy Head, Division for Sustainable Development Studies (DSDS),Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad

Dr.B. Suresh Reddy Associate Professor, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad

Dr. Jyothis Sathyapalan Associate Professor, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad

Dr. Jeena T Srinivasan Associate Professor, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad

Dr. E Vivekanadan Scientist (Retd). (CMFRI), World Bank Ocean Partnership Inter-GovernmentalOrganisation, Project, Bay of Bengal Programme, Chennai

Scientific Organizing Committee

Local Organizing CommitteeMembers at CESS

MEMBERS DESIGNATION

Dr. G. Alivelu Registrar

Prof. S Galab Director

Mr. M S R K Prasad Administrative Officer

Mr. A Rajagopal Finance Officer

Prof. M Gopinath Reddy Professor

Dr. B. Suresh Reddy Associate Professor

Dr. Jyothis Sathyapalan Associate Professor

Dr. Jeena T Srinivasan Associate Professor, (Conference Convener)

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Dr. Rob Alkemade is researcher at PBL Netherlands Environmental

Assessment Agency and special associate professor at Wageningen

University. He received his PhD on the role of nematodes in coastal ecosystems

at Wageningen University in co-operation with The Netherlands Institute of

Ecology. At the National institute for Environment and Public Health (RIVM)

and PBL he has developed and applied models for assessing the effects of

environmental changes on biodiversity at various spatial levels. He coordinated

the development of the GLOBIO model for global scenario analyses on

biodiversity and ecosystem services. Currently his research focusses on the impacts

of land management on ecosystem services and biodiversity. He has contributed

to a series of global assessments, such as, The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,

Global Environmental Outlooks GEO) and Global Biodiversity Outlooks

(GBO). Currently he heads the technical support unit of the IPBES assessment

on scenarios and models, aiming at the development of new scenarios for

biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Dr. Rob Alkemade

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Invited Guests / Keynote Speakers

Dr. P S Easa

Dr. P.S. Easa has thirty nine years of experience in Biodiversity Research and

Conservation with Ph. D on Elephant Ecology and Behaviour. Has undergone

training in Wildlife Conservation and Management at Conservation and Research

Center, Front Royal, Smithsonian Institution. He served as a Scientist in Kerala Forest

Research Institute in 1978, was the Head of the Department of Wildlife for about

ten years and retired as the Director-in-charge. Dr. Easa has extensive experience on

conservation aspects all over the country. Currently, he is the Chairman of Care Earth

Trust, Chennai, a National level NGO working for the cause of biodiversity

conservation.

Dr. Easa has worked on diverse groups of animals and published Hand books on

animals and plants. He has published 41 Research Reports, 55 scientific papers, 7

books, 9 scientific articles in edited books and editor of three books and written

several popular articles in addition to popular lectures in academic institutions. He

has been associated with several biodiversity related programmes in the state. He has

served in a number of policy making bodies and committees in Kerala, Chhattisgarh,

Jharkhand and Odisha and Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

Dr. Easa was associated with academic activities of Wildlife Institute of India and

Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and natural History. Currently, he is a member of

National Board for Wildlife and Asian Elephant Specialist Group of IUCN/SSC.

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Dr Simon Ferrier joined CSIRO in 2008, after more than 20 years working

with an Australian state-government agency, during which he pioneered

the development and application of a wide range of model-based approaches to

addressing biodiversity in conservation assessment, land-use planning and natural

resource management. More recently he and his CSIRO team have been

developing a new generation of macroecological approaches to biodiversity

modelling and assessment, and applying these techniques at regional, national

and global scales to assess past-to-present change in the status of biodiversity,

project impacts of future scenarios of climate and land-use change, and evaluate

the potential effectiveness of alternative policy and management options in

ameliorating these impacts. He is also actively involved in a number of initiatives

promoting and guiding efforts in biodiversity modelling and assessment globally,

including recently co-chairing the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity

and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Methodological Assessment of Scenarios and

Models.

Dr. Simon Ferrier

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Dr. G V M Gupta

Dr. G. V. M Gupta is a Marine Chemist by virtue of academics and Marine Biogeochemist

by virtue of expertise. His research interests are Carbon and Nutrients biogeochemistry,

Greenhouse Gases, Estuarine and Coastal biogeochemistry, Ecosystem dynamics, etc. He

did Ph.D on Biogeochemistry of the Bay of Bengal at National Institute of Oceanography

during 1993-98. Joined in Ministry of Earth Sciences (then Department of Ocean

Development) as Scientist-C in its attached office Integrated Coastal and Marine Area

Management-Project Directorate (ICMAM), Chennai and worked there for a decade between

1999 and 2009. During the period at ICMAM he undertook many scientific projects of

vide research interests, viz. preparation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management plans and

Critical Habitat Information Systems for selected sites of India, Pollution monitoring and

modeling program for the Indian coast, Tsunami impact assessment studies, Biogeochemistry

and Ecosystem modeling for brackish water Chilka lake and estuaries, etc. From 2009 till

now working at Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Cochin (another attached

office of MoES). As Scientist-F presently he is coordinating the scientific projects on Arabian

Sea biogeochemical processes with focus on integrated estuarine, coastal and offshore

processes, algal blooms and primary production, Anthropogenic effects, Coastal hypoxia/

anoxia and its effects on ecosystem, Marine Ecosystem Modeling, etc. He has 25 peer-

reviewed research publications in reputed national and international journals on multi-

disciplinary aspects of marine and estuarine ecosystems.

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Prof. S Galab

Prof S Galab is a Development Economist with doctorate in Economics and Post

Graduation in Economics and Statistics. Currently he is Director of Centre for

Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad and leading the Young Lives, an

International Longitudinal Project in Andhra Pradesh, on Childhood Poverty. He

has carried out research in the broad fields of Rural Development and Agriculture on

various aspects like Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Project Affected People, Natural

Resource Management, Handloom and Power loom sector, Rural Indebtedness,

Agrarian Distress and Farmers' Suicides, MGNREGS, Dry Land Agriculture. He

also worked on the Effectiveness of Public Policies related to Poverty Alleviation

including Social Capital, Women Empowerment, Child Labour and Livelihoods. He

has been Project Director for Andhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project

(APDPIP) and Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Project (APRPRP). He has

research publications in national and international journals. Besides conducting

research, he also does teaching and supervising M Phil and Ph.D. students. He was

a member in Welfare Commission on Farmers - a Commission appointed by the

Government of Andhra Pradesh in response to the Agrarian Crisis in the State, Working

Group on Poverty Elimination and also was associated with the Expert Group on

Agricultural Indebtedness. He is one of the co-authors of the book 'On Joint Forest

Management in Andhra Pradesh' and "Organizing Poor Women - The Andhra Pradesh

Experience". He is a member of the Commission on "Inclusive and Sustainable

Agricultural Development of Andhra Pradesh" constituted by Government of Andhra

Pradesh. He is also a member in the Advisory Board of Telangana Minority

Commission of Enquiry.

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Prof. Gopal K Kadekodi is currently an Honorary Professor at Centre for Mulit-

Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad. Prior to this, he was the Director of

Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (2003-06), a Research Professor at

Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad (1998-2002), Professor at

the Institute for Economic Growth, New Delhi (1973-98) and Visiting Professor at Erasmus

University, Rotterdam (Holland) during 1981 and 1989, and Technical University, Twente

(Holland) in 1984. Prof. Kadekodi holds a Masters degree in Statistics from Indian Statistical

Institute, Calcutta and and a Doctoral degree in Economics from University of Southern

California, USA. His doctoral degree bagged the Thomas Nixon Carver award in 1973 as

the best thesis in USA in 1973. He has been awarded several prestigious awards, such as, the

Fulbright Fellow (1967-71), USA, Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1971-73, USA, SANDEE

Fellow, and Rajyotsava award from Government of Karnataka 2005 for his contributions to

the field of Education and Environmental Research. He has made significant research

contributions in the field of common property resources, energy, natural resource management

and valuation, economic development and governance.

He has authored sixteen books from reputed publishers such as Oxford University Press

(three books), Sage Publications (two books), Academic Foundation (two books), Kluwer

Academics, and Pargamon Press; The most recent books being: REMEMBERED

THOUGHTS, in 2014 and STILL SEARCHINHG FOR A SHORE, IN 2016.He has

published more than 100 articles in national and international journals. His article in Indian

Journal of Agricultural Economics was adjudged as the best article with the D K Desai

award in 1998.

Prof. Kadekodi has edited and brought out the Karnataka Development Report in 2006

and is on the Editorial Boards of Environment and Resource Economics, The Pacific and

Asian Journal of Energy, and Journal of Quantitative Economics.

He was the President of Indian Society of Ecological Economics during 2002-04; member

of the Nanjundappa High Power Committee on Redressal of Regional Disparity in Karnataka

(2000-02) and Former Member, National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi.

Prof. Gopal K Kadekodi

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Dr. Paul Leadley's research focuses on 1) the impacts of global change, especially climate

change and rising CO2 on ecosystem functioning and plant diversity in terrestrial

ecosystems, 2) the interactions between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and 3) modeling

nutrient competition between plants as well as rhizosphere interactions between plants and

soil micro-organisms. This research is based primarily on field experiments and mathematical

models.

Dr. Leadley has worked with a variety of models ranging from very fine scale models of

nutrient fluxes in soils to large regional scale models of climate change impacts on arctic

tundra and forests. He currently leads or participate in several research projects using multi-

model comparisons and model-data comparisons to quantify uncertainty in projections of

global change impacts on terrestrial ecosystems. In one of these projects they are using models

to explore the impacts of climate change on forests, and are collaborating with foresters to

develop adaptive management strategies.

Research on grasslands has dominated his experimental research over the last 20 years. Most

recently their team has been investigating the combined effects of fire and elevated levels of

temperature, CO2, N deposition and precipitation on nitrogen cycling in California grasslands

in collaboration with l'INRA Lyon, Northern Arizona University and Stanford University.

They have also been collaborating with INRA in Clermont-Ferrand on experimental studies

of interacting global change impacts on temperate grasslands.

At the international level, Dr. Leadley have been heavily involved in international science

programs for over 20 years including in the GCTE (Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems)

program, the Global Land Project and DIVERSITAS (the international biodiversity science

program). He is currently the chair of the bioDISCOVERY core project of DIVERSITAS

that focuses on improving the science of biodiversity assessments, monitoring and scenarios.

He has recently become involved in science-policy communication through activities in

international assessment processes. He led the biodiversity scenarios review for the Convention

on Biological Diversity's Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 which came out in May 2010,

participated in key meetings supporting the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) processes and is a lead author as part of the

IPCC's 5th Assessment report.

At the national level, he is currently a member of the scientific steering committees of the

Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB, the inter-institutional body for biodiversity research

in France), the national environmental alliance (AllEnvi) and a regional program for

interdisciplinary research on climate change (GIS "Climat, Environnement, Société"). He is

also chair the FRB's flagship program on biodiversity scenarios and modeling.

Dr. Paul Leadley

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Prof. K N Ninan

Prof. K N Ninan is Chairperson, Centre for Economics, Environment and Society,

Bangalore, India and Co-Chair, Methodological Assessment of Scenarios and

Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Intergovernmental Science-Policy

Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, United Nations, Bonn, Germany.

Prior to this he was Professor of Ecological Economics at the Institute for Social and

Economic Change, Bangalore, India. He has also been a Visiting Professor/Fellow at

several international universities and institutions such as University of Gothenburg,

Sweden; University of Cambridge; University of California, Santa Barbara; University

of Tokyo, University of Versailles, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, Institute

of Developing Economies, Tokyo, etc. His research areas relate to environmental

economics in general and more specifically economics of biodiversity and ecosystem

services, and climate-related issues. His major books include: Building a Climate

Resilient Economy and Society-Challenges and Opportunities (Edward Elgar,

Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA, 2017);Valuing Ecosystem Services-

Methodological Issues and Case Studies (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and

Northampton, USA, 2014); Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and

Biodiversity-Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges (Earthscan, London and

Washington, 2009 and 2011) and The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation-

Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems (Earthscan, London and Washington 2007,

2008; Routledge, London, 2016).

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Prof. Ravindranath is with the Centre for Sustainable Techologies, Indian Institute

of Science, Bangalore. He has focused his research, advocacy and publications on

various dimensions of Climate Change -Mitigation Assessment, Greenhouse Gas

Emissions Inventory in Land Use Sectors, Impact of Climate Change and Vulnerability

Assessment in Forest and Agro-ecosystems, Adaptation and Climate Resilience, Forest

Ecology, CDM and REDD+ Projects.He has also worked on Bioenergy, Biofuels and

Biomass Production, Environmental / Ecosystem Services, and Citizen Science. He is

an author for several IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Assessment

Reports on Climate Change - WMO and UNEP focusing on mitigation in forest sector

and author for IPBES (Inter-Governmental Platform on Bio-diversity and Eco-system

Services)-Reports. He is the Scientific Advisory Panel Member for Global Environmental

Outlook (GEO 6). He was the Science Technology Advisory Panel (STAP) member of

GEF (Global Environmental Facility) for Climate Change Focal Area during 2008 -

2012 and a UNFCCC expert for GHG (Greenhouse Gas) inventory reports submitted

to UN. Prof. Ravindranath has published 8 books (from Oxford and Cambridge Uni.

Press, Kluwer, and Springer Publishers) out of which 4 are on Climate Change. He has

also published over 150 peer reviewed research papers out of which about 60 are on

Climate Change. He has brought out special issues on Climate Change in Journals

such as Current Science, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies to Global Change. He is

an expert for World Bank, UN Organizations, and International Institutes.

Prof. N H Ravindranath

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Dr. Ravindra Singh

Dr. Ravindra Singh is working as Senior Advisor at the Indo-German

Biodiversity Programme, GIZ India. He has been the coordinator for

TEEB India Initiative on behalf of the GIZ. Over the last 17 years that he has

worked in the field of natural resources management, Ravindra has gathered a

rich and diverse experience at multiple levels - from working at grassroots with

community based organisations to national and international development

cooperation agencies. He has been working with GIZ since 2004 (then GTZ),

and has been involved with designing and implementation of various projects

in natural resource management, adaptation to climate change and biodiversity

management. His basic training is in economics.

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Dr E. Vivekanandan works as National Consultant in the World Bank Project on

Ocean Partnership - Bay of Bengal, in the Bay of Bengal Programme

Intergovernmental Organisation, Chennai. Until 2012, he belonged to Agricultural

Research Service and worked in various capacities including Head of Division and

Principal Scientist in Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR, Government

of India). He is having over 40 years of experience in marine fisheries research and

development. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Madurai University. He has pioneered the

research on marine fish population dynamics, stock assessment, climate change and

marine ecosystem modelling in India. He has authored several research papers, book

chapters and books in different areas of marine fisheries including stock assessment. He

is associated with several regional organisations on fisheries research and management

and has conducted FAO Fish Stock Assessment training for the region. He is a regional

trainer for Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) and Science

Communication for the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem project. He is also

instrumental in development of a training module on EAFM.

Dr E Vivekanandan

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Dr. Vakily is a fisheries biologist who graduated from Kiel University, Germany.

Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in various projects in Asia and West

Africa dealing with the management and conservation of aquatic resources. He spent a

good part of his career working for what then was the International Center for Living

Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM, now Worldfish Centre), where he assisted in

the development of - and training on - FishBase, the global information system on finfishes.

During his time with ICLARM, he also followed closely the development of the ecosystem

modelling software suite Ecopath with Ecosim, which allows - among others - for exploring

impact and placement of protected areas. He currently holds the position of team leader

in the Indo-German project "Conservation and Management of Coastal and Marine

Protected Areas", which looks into possibilities to improve the conservation of coastal

resources in India through the involvement of stakeholders in the planning and

management of areas along the coast worth protecting. His most recent publication is a

contribution to the reconstruction of 60 years of Sierra Leone's fish catches presented as

one of the 273 country reports in the Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries, compiled and

edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller.

Dr. Jan Michael Vakily

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Dr. Yugraj Singh Yadava is the Director of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter- Governmental Organisation (BOBP-

IGO). He is also the Project Manager of the GEF/World Bank funded Project on 'Ocean Partnerships for SustainableFisheries and Biodiversity Conservation', operating in the Bay of Bengal region (Feb 2016 - Dec 2018).

He was formerly a Fisheries Scientist with the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (1976-1992) and spent his largerscientific career in working on the floodplain lakes/wetlands in the Brahmaputra and Ganga River Basins. Subsequently, DrYadava worked as Advisor (Fisheries) in the North-Eastern Council (1992 - 1993) and thereafter as the Fisheries DevelopmentCommissioner (FDC) to the Government of India (1994 - 2000). Concurrently with his position of FDC and also later asDirector, BOBP-IGO, Dr Yadava functioned as the Member-Secretary of the Aquaculture Authority (set up as per thedirections of the Supreme Court in February 1997). In mid-2000, he joined the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)of the United Nations in its Field Programme, the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP).

He is well known in the national and international fisheries circle and has been responsible for many important decisions atthe national and global levels. By training,

Dr Yadava is an ecologist but during the last 25 years he has been actively involved in fisheries management (includingfisheries administration) and has participated in international agenda/debates concerning marine and inland fisheries and infisheries negotiations, at the regional and international levels.

He played a key role in institutionalization of the BOBP as an IGO; setting up of the Aquaculture Authority as per thedirections of the Supreme Court of India and later in the formulation of the Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 2005 of theGovernment of India; and establishment of the FAO's Sub-Committee on Aquaculture and Voluntary Guidelines on Small-scale Fisheries, an international instrument guiding the development of small-scale fisheries in the world.

Besides heading a Regional Fisheries Body for the last 13 years, Dr Yadava has worked in many projects/activities supportedby UN Organizations (UNDP, IMO, WMO, UNESCO, UINTAR); international donor agencies (Sida, GIZ); and throughbilateral arrangements with other Governments (Centre for Disease Control, US; Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries, Government of Japan). Dr Yadava is widely travelled and besides working in BOBP-IGO member-countries(Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka), he has worked in Projects in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand,Vietnam and Japan.

A prolific writer and has more than 150 publications to his credit. Dr Yadava is also a keen photographer and has about

75000 photos in his archives from more than 20 nations spanning South, South-east and Far-east Asia.

Yugraj Singh Yadava

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Centre for Economics,Environment and Society

Indo-German BiodiversityProgramme, GIZ India

Indian Council ofSocial Science Research

Biodiversity and EcosystemScenarios Network

Programme

(Venue: Auditorium)

DAY 1: 15-02-2017

Registration 09.00-09.30

Inaugural Session 09.30-11.00

Chair : Dr. Yugraj Singh Yadava

(Director, Bay of Bengal Programme, Chennai )

Welcome 09.30-09.35 Prof. S Galab

Director, CESS

About Division for Sustainable 09.35-09-40 Prof. M Gopinath Reddy

Development Studies (DSDS) Head, DSDS

About the Conference 09.40-09.45 Dr. Jeena T Srinivasan

Conference Convener

Remarks by the Chief Guest 09.45-09.55 Prof. Gopal K Kadekodi

Honorary Professor, CMDR and

SANDEE Fellow

Remarks by Guests of Honor 09.55-10.10 Dr. G V M Gupta

Scientist,Centre for Marine Living

Resources and Ecology (CMLRE)

MoES, Government of India

Dr. J Michael Vakily

Indo- German Biodiversity Programme,

GIZ, Team leader, Management of

Coastal and Marine Protected Areas

Inaugural Address:

Biodiversity and Ecosystem 10.10-10.40 Prof. Paul Leadley

Service Scenarios: A Global University of Paris-Sud, Ecology,

Perspective Systematics and Evolution

Laboratory (ESE)

Remarks by Chair 10.40-10.50 Dr. Yugraj Singh Yadava

Vote of Thanks 10.50-11.00 Dr. Jyothis Sathyapalan

Principal Investigator, ScenNet Project

Tea/Coffee 11.00-11.30 Auditorium Dining Hall

Ministry of Earth SciencesGovernment of India

Division for SustainableDevelopment Studies,

Centre for Economic and Social Studies

Indian Society for Ecological Economics

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Technical Sessions I: 11.30-13.00 (Parallel)

Session I: Seminar Hall I

Drivers of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Chair: Dr. Rob Alkemade

(Head, IPBES Technical Support Unit (Scenarios and Models), PBL, The Netherlands)

Modeling the impact of climate change 11.30-11.50 Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi

on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Ecosystem services, drivers of ecosystem 11.50-12.10 Sulakshana Rao C and

deterioration and institutional arrangements R Balasubramanian

for their management: The case of Kuttanad

coastal wetland ecosystem of Kerala

Emerging local economic and social 12.10-12.30 Shalini Dhyani

dynamics shaping forest landscapes of

Central Himalayas, India

Drivers of change in global agricultural 12.30-12.50 Pradeep K Dubey, Ajeet

production: An overview Singh, P C Abhilash

Remarks by Chair 12.50-13.00 Dr. Rob Alkemade

Technical Sessions I: 11.30-13.00 (Parallel)

Session II: Seminar Hall II

Nature’s Benefit to People and Good Quality of Life (Valuation)

Chair: Prof. K N Ninan

(Chairperson, CEES, Bangalore and IPBES, Co-chair, Scenarios and Models)

Economic valuation of marine biological 11.30-11.50 Prof. Ramachandra Bhatta

resources: A basis for access and benefit

sharing

Promoting wildlife tourism in Little Rann 11.50-12.10 Arun Mani Dixit and

of Kachchh in Gujarat will conserve Somnath Bandyopadhyay,

biodiversity and enhance sustainable Satyasiba Bedamatta

economic growth and Lalit Kumar

Valuation of Tista river ecosystem services: 12.10-12.30 Manesh Choubey

A case study of Martam

agricultural landscape

Economic valuation of recreational benefits 12.30-12.50 V Raj Kumar and

from government botanical garden, The S Boopathi

Nilgiris: An individual travel cost approach

Remarks by Chair 12.50-13.00 Prof. K N Ninan

Lunch 13.00 -14.00 Auditorium Dining Hall





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Plenary Session I: 14.00 - 15.30

Venue: Auditorium

Co-chairs: Dr. Simon Ferrier, CSIRO Australia and

Dr. J Michael Vakily, GIZ Germany

Impact of Climate change on Biodiversity 14.00-14.25 Dr. N H Ravindranath

and Ecosystem Services Professor, Centre for

Sustainable Technology IISc,

Bangalore

Indian marine fisheries needs to address 14.25-14.50 Dr. E Vivekanandan

trade-off between sustaining resources and Scientist (Retd. CMFRI)

improving economic efficiency World Bank Ocean

Partnership Project, Bay of

Bengal Programme, Chennai

Status of marine living resources in India 14.50-15.15 Dr. N Saravanane

Scientist (CMLRI)

MoES, Cochin

Remarks by Chair 15.15-15.30 Dr. Simon Ferrier and

Dr. J Michael Vakily

Tea/Coffee 15.30 -15.45 Auditorium Dining Hall

Technical Session II: 15.45 - 17.35 (Parallel)


Nature (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)

Chair: Prof. Ramachandra Bhatta

(Emeritus Scientist (Economics), ICAR, College of fisheries, Mangalore)

Ecological restoration of mangrove forest 15.45-16.05 Shoeb Ahmed

in Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh,

India : Challenges and opportunities

towards eco-sustainability

Dynamics of food and feeding habits 16.05-16.25 Jitendra Kumar

of Rastrelliger Kanagurta off Mangalore S Benakappa

Coast South West Coast of India Gangadhara Gowda

Harsha Nayak

Lakshmipathi M T

Shivakumar M

H N Anjanayappa

S R Somashekara

A T Ramachandra Naik &

Kumar Naik A S





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Ichthyofaunal diversity and conservation of 16.25-16.45 K Karuppasamy, S David

finfishes along Wadge Bank, South India Kingston, P Jawahar and

V K Venkataramani

Fish biodiversity of Gosi Khurd dam in 16.45-17.05 Swapnil S Ghatge and

Maharashtra Sachin W Belsare

Biological diversity of phytoplankton along 17.05-17.25 Arti Joshi, A Y Desai,

Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch, A J Bhatt

Gujarat, India

Remarks by Chair 17.25-17.35 Prof. Ramachandra Bhatta

Technical Session II: 15.45-17.15 (Parallel)


Nature’s Benefit to People and Good Quality of Life

Chair: Prof. M Gopinath Reddy

(Professor, CESS)

The benefits of cleaning up urban lakes 15.45-16.05 Prajna Paramita Mishra

in mega cities: A revealed and stated

preference approach

Economic value of wetland biodiversity 16.05-16.25 Apra Sinha and

using travel cost method: A case study Mohammad Younus Bhat

Is relocation the solvent to biodiveristy 16.25-16.45 Madhusmita Dash and

conservation? Case study of Bhagirath Behera

Similipal Tiger Reserve in India

Climate change and the livelihood: An 16.45-17.05 Smita Malik

empirical study of fishermen

community in Odisha

Remark by Chair 17.05-17.15 Prof. M Gopinath Reddy

Conference Dinner 19.30 Auditorium Terrace





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DAY 2: 16-02-2017

Technical Session III: 09.00-10.30 (Parallel)


Drivers of Change (Direct and Indirect Drivers)

Chair: Prof. Biswaroop Das

(CEPT University)

Religion, local community and conservation of 09.00-09.20 Rashmi Rekha Samal

natural resources: A study in Sikkim, Gangtok

IPR management in biodiversity conseravtion 09.20-09.40 Duvvuri V N Pradeep

Stone quarrying and sustainable development 09.40-10.00 B Srinivasa Rao

in Eastern Ghats, AP Region, India."

Drivers of change in biodiversity and 10.00-10.20 Brajaraja Mishra

ecosystem service : The case study of

Lakhari Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha

Remarks by Chair 10.20-10.30 Prof. Biswaroop Das

Technical Session III: 09.00-10.30 (Parallel)


Nature’s Benefit and Good Quality of Life

Chair: Dr. Arun Mani Dixit

(Centre for Environment and Social Concerns, Ahmedabad)

Ecosystem diversity, services and livelihood - 09.00-09.20 Tapan K Deka

A case study in the wetlands of Assam, India.

Economic cost of land 09.20-09.40 P Dayakar

degradation in India.

A contingent valuation study of preserving 09.40-10.00 Mohammad Younus Bhat

Biodiversity-A Case study of Dachigam and Apra Sinha

National Park

Climate change and its impact on community 10.00-10.20 Subhrajit Rath

livelihood in industrial belt of Odisha

Remarks by Chair 10.20-10.30 Dr. Arun Mani Dixit

Tea/ Coffee 10.30-10.45 Auditorium Dining Hall





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Plenary Session II: 10.45 - 12.40Venue: Auditorium

Co-chairs: Prof. Gopal K Kadekodi(Honorary Professor, CMDR and SANDEE Fellow) and

Dr. Ravindra Singh(Indo German Biodiversity Programme, GIZ)

Scenario analyses using the 10.45-11.10 Dr. Rob AlkemadeIMAGE-GLOBIO model framework Head, IPBES Technical

Support Unit (Scenariosand Models), PBL, TheNetherlands

CSIRO's global biodiversity modelling 11.10-11.35 Dr. Simon Ferrierinfrastructure OCE Science Leader,

CSIRO Land & Waterand Adjunct Professor,Australian NationalUniveristy

Models of Biodiveristy and Ecosystem 11.35-12.00 Prof. K N NinanServices : A Review and Applications Chairperson,CEES,

Bangalore and IPBES,Co-chair, Scenariosand Models

Indian agriculture: Emerging scenarios 12.00-12.25 Prof. S Galaband implication on agro biodiversity Director, CESS

Remarks by Chair 12.25-12.40 Prof. Gopal K KadekodiDr. Ravindra Singh

Lunch 12.40-13.00 Auditorium Dining Hall

Technical Session IV : 14.00 - 15.30 (Parallel)Session I: Seminar Hall I

Nature (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)Chair: Prof. E Revathi

(Professor, CESS)

Delineation and quantification of 14.00-14.20 K NagendraBabu, J V N Sagroforestry through open source datasets Prasad, K V Rao,using NDVI for selected mandals region G S Pratyusha Kranthi,of Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, Ch Srinivas Rao andSouthern India K Sammi Reddy

An Insight in to the bio-diversity and 14.20-14.40 I Chitra and S Kasiecosystem of mangrove forest inPitchavaram at Cuddalore district ofTamil Nadu

Free and open source GIS models in 14.40-15.00 Stutee Gupta andassessment of ecosystem services Shikha Anand

Futuristic changes in mangrove species 15.00-15.20 Tuhin Ghosh andzonation and ecosystem services in response Shruti Thakurto sea level rise within Bangladesh Sundarban

Remarks by Chair 15.20-15.30 Prof. E Revathi









Technical Session IV: 14.00 - 15.30 (Parallel)


Nature’s Benefit and Good Quality of Life

Chair: Prof. R Sivaprasad

(University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad)

Changing ecosystem and tribal livelihood 14.00-14.20 Rajanikanta Jena

aspect: An analysis

How green practices are working on hotel 14.20-14.40 Arakhita Behera

industry: Evidence from greater hyderabad

municipal corporation (GHMC) star hotels

Environmental policy in India and judicial 14.40-15.00 Nishant Kumar

activism in imparting environmental justice

Biodiversity conservation and livelihoods 15.00-15.20 Jyothis Sathyapalan,

in the Little Rann of Kutch P S Easa and Pavan Kumar

Remarks by Chair 15.20-15.30 Prof. R Siva Prasad

Technical Session IV: 14.00 -15.30 (Parallel)

Session III: Seminar Hall III

Sustainability

Chair: Dr. Jeena T Srinivasan

(Associate Professor, CESS)

Valuing regulating ecosystem services: 14.00-14.20 M Balasubramanian

A meta - analysis

Land use dynamics in India- drivers-policy 14.20-14.40 P A Lakshmi Prasanna,

implications P Ramasundaram, Sunetra

Ghatak and Rashi Mittal

Reconciling the linkages of ecosystem 14.40-15.00 R Aggarwal, S Chakraborty

services with forest fire in Indian R Avtar and P M Dhakate

Himalayas: Towards a sustainable human

environment system

Impact of climate change on ecosystem 15.00-15.20 Ellipse Rath

services and the way ahead in climate

change modelling research

Remarks by Chair 15.20-15.30 Dr. Jeena T Srinivasan

Tea/ Coffee 15.30-15.45 Auditorium Dining Hall





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Valedictory Session 15.45 -16.45

Venue: Auditorium

Chair: Prof. S Galab

(Director, CESS)

An Overview of the Conference 15.45-15.55 Dr. Jyothis Sathyapalan

PI ScenNet Project

Valedictory Address 15.55-16.25 Dr. P S Easa

Former Director KFRI,

Kerala)

Remarks by Partners 16.25-16.40 INSEE, GIZ, CEES, and

ICSSR

Vote of Thanks 16.40-16.45 Dr. Jeena T Srinivasan

Conference Convener


Centre for Economics and Social Studies (CESS)

The Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) was established as an autonomous body registered under the Societies

Act in the year 1980. Appreciating its role in the promotion of research and training, the Indian Council of Social Science

Research (ICSSR) recognized it as a national institute in the year 1986 and included CESS in its network of institutions

for annual grant. The CESS has also been approved by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Ministry of

Science and Technology, Government of India. The Centre has been receiving maintenance grants from the State

Government and the ICSSR and project-specific grants/consultancies from the state government, central government,

World Bank, UNICEF, and other International Organizations. The main objective of the Centre is to undertake mutually

supportive and interrelated research and training activities in the field of economic and social development in Telangana,

Andhra Pradesh and India. It functions, thus, as a Resource Centre for the Planning machinery of the Government on

various inputs needed by it on socio-economic aspects. Over a period of time, CESS has developed expertise on several

themes especially on natural resources and environment, agriculture and livestock development, food security, poverty

alleviation, unemployment, district planning, resettlement and rehabilitation, state finances, industrial development and

economics of health and demography, urban development, trade and services, etc. The Centre also undertakes research

projects sponsored by different agencies such as the State Government, Central Government, Asian Development Bank,

World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, DFID, GIZ European Union, Volkswagen University-Germany, Ford Foundation, the

International Foundation for Science- Sweden, Rockefeller Foundation-New York, ODI-the UK, Tata Trust and other

organizations. Apart from carrying out sponsored research projects, the Centre participates in collaborative research with

other institutions in India and abroad. The Centre has collaborations with universities and research institutions abroad

such as the Oxford University, the Reading University, University of East Anglia and Memorial University of Newfoundland

etc.

The CESS has been recognized by the Telangana University for full time PhD and by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University

and the University of Hyderabad for external registration for Ph.D programs in Development Studies. The Centre is

situated in the heart of Hyderabad and housed in the 5 acre campus given by Osmania University in the premises of the

Nizamiah Observatory at Begumpet.

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Ministry of Earth Sciences

The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is mandated to provide the nation with best possible services in forecasting the

monsoons and other weather/climate parameters, ocean state, earthquakes, tsunamis and other phenomena related to

earth systems through well integrated programmes.The Ministry also deals with science and technology for exploration

and exploitation of ocean resources (living and non-living), and play nodal role for Antarctic/Arctic and Southern Ocean

research.

Vision

To excel as knowledge and technology enterprise in the earth system science realm towards socio-economic benefit of the

society.

Mission

To conduct scientific and technical activities related to Earth System Science for improving forecasting of weather, monsoon,

climate and hazards, exploration of polar regions, seas around India and develop technology for exploration and exploitation

of ocean resources (living and non-living), ensuring their sustainable utilization.

Functions

1. The augment and sustain long term observations of atmosphere, ocean,cryosphere and solid earth to record the vital

signs of Earth System and changes.

2. To develop forecasting capability of atmosphere and oceanic phenomena through dynamical models and assimilation

techniques and to build prediction system for weather climate and hazards.

3. To understand interaction between components of Earth Systems and human systems at various spatial and temporal

scales.

4. Exploration of polar and high seas regions for discovery of new phenomenon and resources.

The Belmont Forum and ScenNet

The Belmont Forum is a group of the world's major and emerging funders of global environmental change research. It

aims to accelerate delivery of the environmental research needed to remove critical barriers to sustainability by aligning

and mobilising international resources. It pursues the goals set out in the Belmont Challenge by adding value to existing

national investments and supporting international partnerships in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scientific

endeavours. ScenNet is funded within the framework of the 2014 Collaborative Research Action (CRA) "Scenarios of

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services" call, which aimed to stimulate networking and capacity building for innovative

research across social and natural science disciplines. In India, the ScenNet is implemented through the Ministry of Earth

Sciences, Government of India.

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GIZ

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a global service provider in the field of

international cooperation for sustainable development with more than 17,000 employees. GIZ has over 50 years of

experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment,

and peace and security. As a public-benefit federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government - in particular the

Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) - and public and private sector clients in around

130 countries in achieving their objectives in international cooperation. With this aim, GIZ works together with its

partners to develop effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.

Germany has been cooperating with India by providing expertise through GIZ. To address India's priority of sustainable

and inclusive growth, GIZ works jointly with many Indian partners in almost all states in the country. The focal areas of

Indo-German cooperation currently are energy; environmental policy, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources;

and sustainable economic development.

Indo-German Biodiversity Programme

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India (MoEFCC) in partnership with the

GIZ is implementing the Indo-German Biodiversity Programme. Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for

Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation,

Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the Indo-German Biodiversity Programme comprises the following:

● The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity - India Initiative (TII)

● India Business and Biodiversity Initiative (IBBI)

● Conservation and Sustainable Management of Existing and Potential Coastal and Marine Protected Areas (CMPA)

● Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services Project

● Access and Benefit Sharing Partnership Project

The CMPA project, supported by the BMUB, contributes to conservation and sustainable use of coastal and marine

biodiversity resources in selected areas along the coast of India. Taking into consideration the economic importance of the

coastal zone for large segments of the population, the Project's approach is people?centered, thus ensuring the support for

conservation by those depending on coastal ecosystems.

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INSEE was conceived at a meeting held in New Delhi in September, 1998 and within four months it was registered under

the Societies Act as a regional society affiliated to the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE).

INSEE aims to further the cause of sustainable development by providing a forum for dialogue among scholars, practitioners,

and policy analysts from various disciplines, particularly economics and ecological sciences on a range of issues of national

and international interests, such as climate change, natural resources, energy, waste, ecosystem services and valuation.

INSEE's major activities include the following:

● Biennial Conferences,

● Seminars, workshops, policy dialogues and training programmes,

● Networking nationally and internationally,

● Publication of books,

● Dissemination through web-basedplatforms.

Over time, INSEE has expanded its activities: in addition to its regular major activity of organising conferences since the

initial days, it has increasingly focused on organising training workshops and other outreach events in more recent years.

These activities have been demand-driven given the growing interest among scholars in areas of economy, ecology and the

society.

Biennial Conferences are being held regularly since 1999. These conferences have typically attracted an average of 150-

175 participants from young students to renowned academicians, from policymakers to practitioners. Distinguished

scientists-both natural and social-have served as members of the Scientific Advisory Committee and Local Organising

Committee for these events.

Besides the eight biennial conferences, the society has organised 13 Capacity Building Workshops for University and

College teachers and researchers, 5 Symposiums, and supported 4 panels at Conferences organised by other Societies.

Apart from 7 books published by reputed publishing houses, the society will launch the inaugural issue of its flagship

journal Ecology, Economy, Society soon.

INSEE is governed by an elected Executive Committee with a two year term. The INSEE members represent a wide range

of social and natural scientists, environmentalists, ecologists, policy makers, administrative officials, planners, and

institutions/corporate bodies interested in the interface of ecology and economics. As on December 2016, it has 487

members, including individual life members (457), corporate life members (10), ordinary members (6), and student

members (14).

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Ninth Biennial Conference

Sustainability, Institutions, Incentives: Voices, Policies and Commitments

November 8-10, 2017

Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala

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Website: www.ecoinsee.org

How do we as a generation sustain our "spaceship earth"? This has been

a central thematic area for those working in the broad sphere of Ecological

Economics and Sustainability Science. This goal of sustainability is

intricately linked with human behaviour and anthropogenic pressures

which are often transmitted through institutions. History shows that institutions evolve, transform or wither away due

to changing incentives faced by individuals and communities. Institutions get moulded by changing societal processes,

technological changes or even extreme events (among other factors). Individuals and groups voice their choices through

formal and informal mechanisms, and participate in decision-making.

When, how and where do their voices get heard? How do policies get framed and implemented? What roles do trust

and power relations play in our commitment to sustainability.

INSEE proposes to provide a platform for inter-disciplinary engagement on these issues to students, researchers,

practitioners and policy-makers in its Ninth Biennial Conference.

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)

Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) was established in the year of 1969 by the Government of India to

promote research in social sciences in the country. The Council sponsor social science research programmes and projects

and administer grants to institutions and individuals for research in social sciences. The council also institute and

administer scholarships and fellowships for research in social sciences. It gives financial support to institutions, associations,

and journals engaged in social science research. The council also advise the Government of India on all matters pertaining

to social science research as may be referred to it from time to time; and take such measures generally as may be

necessary from time to time to promote social science research and its utilization.

Centre for Economics, Environment and Society

Centre for Economics, Environment and Society (CEES), Bangalore is registered as a non-profit organisation working

in the interface of economics, environment and society. Its mission is to address the development and environment

challenges facing governments and societies, and promoting environmentally sound and socially just development,

and human well-being and sustainable development. CEES is guided in its mission and work by a distinguished panel

of international and national experts.

Centre for Economic and Social StudiesDivision for Sustainable Development Studies

Nizamiah Observatory Campus, Begumpet,

Hyderabad-500016, Telangana, India

Phones: 040-23416610-13, 23402789, 23416780,

Fax: 040-23406808,

E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.cess.ac.in

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