Session

Time/Lectures

Introduction – Conference Begins

9:00 am PT

Keynote: Prof. Mark Lubell, UC Davis - Environmental Science and Policy, co-director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior, UC Davis

Keynote: Conflict and Cooperation in Polycentric Governance Systems

Session I - Environmental Conflict and Cooperation in the Middle East

10:00 am PT

Moderator: Tareq Abu-Hamed, Director, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

Miri Lavi-Meeman, AIES: Herding in the Middle East: Rethinking Drylands Conservation in Climate Frontiers

Fareed Mahameed, CTWM, Decentralized Wastewater Management, and Reuse as a Response to the Water and Sanitation Crisis in the Developing World: Case Studies from Palestine and Israel's Bedouin Community

Jozsef Kadar, AIES: Energy Poverty in a Warming Middle East – Case Study: Israel- Jordan–Palestine

Session II: Human-Nature Connections and Rights

11:00 am PT

Moderator: Jen Holzer, Brock University

Julia Baird, Brock University: The Role of a Nature-Based Program in Fostering Multiple Connections to Nature

David Katz, University of Haifa: Hydro Diplomacy in the Middle East

Shah Fahad, Leshan Normal University, China: Territorial Rights and the Localization of the Indigenous Environmental Guardian Standard in Pakistan

Orni Bloch, Technion: Design as a Tool for Enhancing Human-Nature Interaction

Session III: Planning and Governance in Marine Environments

12:30 pm PT

Moderator: Michael O’Donnel, UC Davis

Anne Maree Kreller UNSW, Sydney: Knowledge and Conflict in Sea-Level Rise Adaptation in The Central Coast, NSW, Australia

Alicia Schuler, NOAA: Promoting responsible wildlife viewing practices through the Whale SENSE Program

Yaara Grossmark, Technion: Incorporating Human-Wildlife Interaction into Marine Spatial Planning: A Study Case of Guitarfish along the Israeli Mediterranean Coast

Session IV: Private and 3rd Sector Initiatives

1:30 pm PT

Moderator: Yael Teff-Seker, UC Davis

Shira Bukchin-Peles, The Hebrew University: Scaling Up the Black Soldier Fly Industry: Navigating Social Challenges and Supply Chain Design

Elai Rettig, Bar Ilan University: Powering Urban Energy Divisions as a Peacebuilding Strategy: Foreign Involvement in the Solar Electricity Projects of East-Jerusalem

Nir Yemini, Ben Gurion University: While We Work Together to Protect the Environment, We Compete for Money. ״

Session V: Planning and Governance on Land

2:30 pm PT

Moderator: Naama Sadan, Hebrew University

Yonat Rein-Sapir, The Hebrew University: Local Authority as An Environmental Entrepreneur- By Law or By Choice? Insights From Israel and Switzerland

Merav Cohen, Technion: What Makes Socio-Ecological Systems More Resilient? Principles And Methods to Test Them

Adi Elmaliah, Technion: Mapping and Assessing Cultural Ecosystem Services and Their Spatial Correlation with Biodiversity Israel's Arava Valley

Session VI: Collaborative Initiatives

3:30 pm PT

Moderator: Yael Teff-Seker (UC Davis)

Michael Schoon, Arizona State University: From Qualitative to Quantitative Analysis: Lessons on Collaborative Governance

Theresa Marie E. Lorenzo, University of Hong Kong: Advancing Rural Revitalization: Implementing Nature-Based Solutions by Enabling Environmental Cooperation

Rachel Neugarten, Cornell University: How Can We Shock-Proof Conservation? An Unsystematic Review and Example from Madagascar

9:00-9:30

Welcome (coffee and refreshments)

9:30

Introductions

Keynote: Michael (“Moose”) O’Donnell, UC Davis

UC Davis Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute

Title: Shades of Gray: Conflicts within Cooperation in Marine Conservation

10:30

Session 1: Knowledge and Methods for ECC through a Justice Lens

Moderator: Yael Teff-Seker

Jen Holzer, Brock University: How Should We Study Power in Environmental Governance?

Naama Sadan, Hebrew University: Equity Patterns in EE Inter-Organizational Networks

Rudo Chasi, Humphrey Fellow, UC Davis: Human-Elephant Conflict in Zimbabwe

Pramud Pandey , UC Davis: The Evolution of California Rural Dairy Industry, Environment, and Sustainability 

11:45

* Lunch * (provided by organizers – Helen Diller Institute, UC Berkeley)

12:45

Session 2 – Marine and Coastal Initiatives

Moderator: Michael O’Donnell

David Katz, University of Haifa: Desalination and the changing nature of Transboundary Water Conflict & Cooperation Sea

Yael Teff-Seker, UC Davis: Environmental Peacebuilding: The Case of the Red Sea Coral Reefs

Gene DePui: Cuesta College / CA Sea Grant: California Environmental Justice Database

13:30

Session 3: Water management

Moderator: Jennifer Holzer

Manuela Quijano Hoyos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Governing After FARC: Environment and Peacebuilding in the Colombian Amazon

Davis Manshardt, University of Connecticut: Conflict and Cooperation in Transboundary Groundwater Governance Through the Lens of Ostrom’s Design Principles

Seamus Land, Facilitator: Exploring the Relationship between Collaborative Capacity and Outcomes – Bridging Academic Models with Practice for Collaborative Landscape Conservation in the United States

Closing Lecture:

David Zilberman, UC Berkeley: Conflict and Cooperation in the Evolution of Water Supply Chains

14:45

Coffee Break

15:15-16:30

Workshop

Moderator: Naama Sadan