US-Japan Joint Symposium
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“Natural Resource Management for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding”
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Date and time: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 (9:30 – 18:00)
Venue: International Conference Hall, JICA Research Institute (Ichigaya, Tokyo)
Language: English and Japanese (with simultaneous translation)
Co-organizers:
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JICA Research Institute (JICA-RI)
Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
Global Infrastructure Fund Research Foundation Japan (GIF)
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
the University of Tokyo
5. Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
6. Please register at:
http://jica-ri.jica.go.jp/announce/us-japan_joint_symposium_on_natural_resource_manage
ment_for_peacebuilding_and_statebuilding.html
The United States and Japan are two of the largest sources of bilateral assistance to
countries seeking to rebuild after conflict. Decades of experience illustrates the need for more
effective approaches to post-conflict peacebuilding and diplomacy. Natural resource
management offers as-yet underutilized approaches for peacebuilding.
This joint symposium celebrates the development of the book “Harnessing Natural
Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from U.S. and Japanese Assistance” by the research
project of ELI-GIF-University of Tokyo, while introducing recently-initiated JICA-RI research
project on land and property problems in post-conflict situations.
Drawing upon analyses by U.S. and Japanese researchers and practitioners of projects
from Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and elsewhere, the ELI-GIF-University of
Tokyo volume identifies lessons and opportunities for how natural resource-management
programs can strengthen U.S. and Japanese peacebuilding initiatives.
Researchers from the JICA-RI project will join the discussion by introducing their
perspectives and analyses particularly on land and property issues. Though the JICA-RI project
is only at the early stage, their initial findings and the mutual discussion with presenters will
deepen the understandings on the problems and broaden the scope of participants in both
projects.
Practitioners, researchers, students and others interested in the topic are invited to a
conversation as the contributors to the book discuss lessons for development and security
practitioners on the roles of natural resource management in conflict and peacebuilding; lessons
on conflict dynamics and power structures in post-conflict situations; and, development
challenges in post-conflict natural resource management programs.
Agenda
US-Japan Joint Symposium
on
Natural Resource Management for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding
Tuesday 25 October 2011 at JICA Research Institute (Ichigaya, Tokyo)
Co-organized by:
JICA-RI, Environmental Law Institute,
Global Infrastructure Fund Research Foundation Japan, and
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Sponsored by:
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
Opening: Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Akio Hosono, Director, JICA-RI
9:30 – 9:40
Part 1: Land and Property Problems in Post-Conflict Statebuiding and Economic
Development
Session 1. Land and Property Problems in Post-Conflict and Conflict-Affected Settings
（Chair: Mikiyasu Nakayama, Univ. of Tokyo）
9:40 – 9:50
Road infrastructure reconstruction as peacebuilding priority in
Afghanistan: Negative implications for land rights: Mourad Shalaby
9:50 –10:00
Counternarcotics efforts and Afghan poppy farmers: Finding the right
approach: David M. Catarious
10:00 –10:10 Demobilization, reintegration, and natural resources in Afghanistan:
Mami Sato
10:10 – 10:25 Discussion: Land and property problems in post-conflict statebuilding
and economic development, with special reference to case studies in
Africa: Shinichi Takeuchi (JICA-RI)
10:25 – 10:50 Open Discussion
＜Break＞
Session 2. Land and Property Problems in Post-Conflict Statebuilding and Economic
Development（Chair: Carl Bruch, ELI）
11:00 – 11:10 U.S. bilateral assistance to Liberia: Forestry as the cornerstone to
Peacebuilding: Lisa Goldman
11:10 – 11:20 Building peace through sustainable forest management in Asia: Jennifer
Wallace
11:20 – 11:30
Assistance to Natural Resource Management and Community
Reconstruction in Post-Conflict East Timor: Naori Miyazawa
11:30 – 11:40 Comments: Kiyoko Furusawa (Tokyo Women’s Christian University)
11:40 – 11:50 Comments: Ryutaro Murotani (JICA-RI)
11:50 – 12:30 Open Discussion
＜Lunch Break＞
Part II. Harnessing Natural Resources for Peacebuilding: Lessons from U.S. and
Japanese Assistance
Session 1: Introduction and Project Overview (Chair: Shinichi Takeuchi, JICA-RI)
13:30 – 13:45 US-Japan Joint Research Project: Carl Bruch (ELI)
Session 2: Learning from Actual Experiences (Chair: Shinichi Takeuchi, JICA-RI)
13:45 – 13:55 Improving natural resource governance and building peace and stability
in Mindanao, Philippines: Maria Zita Butardo-Toribio
13:55 – 14:05 Infrastructure and peacebuilding in Sri Lanka: Mikiko Sugiura
14:05 – 14:15 Redevelopment of inland water transport for post-conflict reconstruction
in southern Sudan: Mikio Ishiwatari
14:15 – 14:45 Open Discussion
＜Break＞
Session 2: Learning from Actual Experiences (continued) (Chair: Ryutaro Murotani, JICA-RI)
15:00 – 15:10 Post-Conflict Agriculture Restoration in East-Timor: Haruka Satoh
15:10 – 15:20 Linking demining to post-conflict peacebuilding: A case study of
Cambodia: Nao Shimoyachi-Yuzawa
15:20 – 15:30 Natural resources, post-conflict reconstruction, and regional integration:
Carl Bruch
15:30 – 16:00 Open Discussion
Session 3: Panel Discussion
16:10– 17:40: Toward better natural Resources management in post conflict countries:
(1) Moderator: Carl Bruch (ELI)
(2) Panelists:
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Ilona Coyle (ELI)
Mikiyasu Nakayama (University of Tokyo)
Mikio Ishiwatari (World Bank, ex-JICA Senior Advisor)
Shinichi Takeuchi (JICA-RI)
Marcal Gusmao (National University of East Timor)
Closing
17:40 – 17:55 Closing Remarks: Dr. Norio Yamamoto, Global Infrastructure Fund
Research Foundation Japan