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Day 1: Friday, March 17th, 2006

10.00–10.45 Welcome of the participants and opening session
10.45-11.00 Tea Break
PANEL 1 The Challenges of Water Management
11.00 Welcome address
Christoph Eberhard, Facultés Universitaires, Saint-Louis/ AFAD, Brussels
Judicial Intervention in Water Sharing - Conflicts in India with Special Reference to Cauvery Water Dispute
K. Chandrasegaran, Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry.
Rights of People in Water Management
L. Solomon Raja, Dr Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00- Right to Water – A Basic Human Right : Some Reflections
Ragunath Reddy, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Law University, Chennai

Property Rights of Water in a Changing Context
Vishnu Konoorayur, Indian Law Institute, Delhi
Pollution of Acquifier and Denial of Human Rights.
Ebenezer Joseph, Government Law College, Tirunelvelli, Tamil Nadu

16.00-16.15 Tea Break
16.15- Water Law Reforms in the Context of Water Sector reforms
Philippe Cullet, School of law, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London
Coastal Zone Management with Reference to India
C. Paranthaman, Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry

Day 2: Saturday, March 18th , 2006

PANEL 2 The Challenges of Forest Management
08.30- Ivory Coast’s Land Law Reform of 1998 in the Light of the Political and Agrarian History and in the Perspective of the Recent Conflict. A case study of the Western Forests.
J-Pierre CHAUVEAU, INRA-UMR Moisa, IRD-UR, Montpellier
Non-Wood Forest Products and Management of the Forest of Kerala
Lucie Dejouhanet, French Institute of Pondicherry
The Impact of the Decentralized Natural Resources Management on Land Law Dynamics in Cameroun
Adonis Milol, Université Paris 1, Paris
Judicial Process and Democratisation of Forest Resource Management : A Critical Appraisal of of the Case of T.N. Godavarman Tirumalpad
T.K. Naveen, Lawyer, Delhi
1030-1045 Tea Break
PANEL 3 The Challenge of Women’s Rights
1045- Matrimonial Regime in India
D. Sankar, Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry
Women’s Inheritance of Land According to Modern Hindu Law
Florence Laroche-Gisserot, Paris, France
Women Empowerment in Land Laws in Pondicherry
N.Ravi,Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry
Hindu Women’s Right to Property in India
M.Gangadevi,Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry
1230-1400 Lunch Break
PANEL 4 The Question of Land Reforms
1400- Tunisian Land Law: Origins and Evolution Since Independence
Nada Auzary-Schmaltz, CNRS/IRMC
Contemporary Challenges of the Land Law of 1885 on Urban Planning in Tunisia
Jellal Abdelkafi, DPLG/IUP, Tunisia
Post Land Reform Land Uses Along The Coastal Areas of Vypin Island, Kerala, India
Thomson Kaleekal, Cochin University of Science & Technology
Rights of Dalits on Depressed Class Lands
S.Srinivasan,Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry
1600-1615 Tea Break
PANEL 4 The Issue of Tribal People’s Rights
1615- Good Governance And Contestation Over Tribal Rights To Land in India
Ajit Menon, CISED, Bangalore
State Against Democracy or State Action for General Will : Use of Laws & Judicial Interpretation of Laws for Land Acquisition That Deny Rights To The Tribal People : Cases of mega projects in Orissa
Shyama Prasad Rout, JNU, Delhi
Forest Resources Management and Tribal Development in India
O.Seetha Kumari, Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry

Day 3: Sunday, March 19th , 2006

PANEL 5 The Challenges of participation
0830- “Local is Lekker”. Devolution of Land Rights To Community-Based Organizations & the Sustainable Use of the Local Natural Assets : The CBNRM National Programme in Namibia
Renaud Lapeyre, Université Versailles St-Quentin en Yvelines, Centre d’Economie et d’Ethique pour l’environnement et le Développement
Land Law Security & Mediation
Manuela Lesage, CIRAD, France
The Socio-Economic Context of Land Extensification In Kodagu District
Emmanuel Bon, CERED-forum, University Paris 10 University Nanterre.
1030-1045 Tea Break
1045- Access To Land & Natural Resource Management in Madagascar’s Highlands.Customary Practices & Securisation of Rights
Mustapha Omrane, Université Paris 5, France
Sustainable Development of Fisheries through Decentralised Governance: A Case Study of Coastal Local Self Governments in Kerala
Hari Babu & J.B. Rajan
Tsunami & Land Law
Georgette David, Pondicherry
1230-1400 Lunch Break
PANEL 6 The Stakes Of The Merchandization Of Land & Of Private Property
1400- The Legal Organization of Land Property in Cameroun
Tchapmegni Robinson, Université de Nantes, Juge aux Tribunaux de Mbalmayo, Cameroun
C.R. Noyes typology of property regimes
Mathieu Galey, Université de Paris, France
Equal Property Rights : Beyond Sustenance
R. Revathi, S.K. University, Ananthapur (A.P)
Judicial Expediency on Land Acquisition
Ragunath Patnaik, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, India
1600-1615 Tea Break
PANEL 7 Environmental & Emerging Challenges in Natural Resources Management
1615- The Issues Of Land & Environmental Law In Uttar Pradesh
V. P. Tiwari, Allahabad University, India
Legal framework for Integral Natural Resources Management in India - A Critical Review
M. S. Vani & Rohit Asthana, Development Center for Alternative Policies, New Delhi
Land Laws, Minerals & Development : A Case For Legislative Innovations
D. Parthasarathy, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai.

Latest addition : 16 March 2006.