Demography, Environment, and Conflict in Indonesia and India: April 21, 2009

Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program for

Demography, Environment, and Conflict in Indonesia and India

featuring

Henrik Urdal, Senior Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War,
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

Steve Rhee, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow (2007-9)
(Please note corrected affiliation.)

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC, USA 20004
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Several recent country-level studies have found only moderate support
for the idea that population pressure and resource scarcity can lead to
political violence. This finding challenges much of the case-study
literature in the field, as well as widely held popular perceptions. But
the level of analysis may partly explain the discrepancy.

Sub-national empirical studies in India and Indonesia conducted by
Henrik Urdal of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
(PRIO), provide more support for the resource scarcity and conflict
scenario than most cross-national studies. Urdal will present these case
studies and discuss the relationship between population, resource
scarcity, conflict, and governance. AAAS Science and Technology Policy
Fellow Steve Rhee will discuss his extensive work on forest and
land-tenure conflicts involving villagers, timber companies, and the
government in Kalimantan, Indonesia. His presentation will be based on
fieldwork he conducted in Indonesia from 1999-2004 as part of his Ph.D.
at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

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Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building: 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 5th
Floor Conference Room. A map to the Center is available at
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