Topics / Region: Africa
SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - October 2007
Spatial Data Infrastructure – Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. The October 2007 issue includes (among many other items): http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n10.pdf - Congo-Kinshasa: Production des cartes communautaires…SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - September 2007
Spatial Data Infrastructure – Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. The September 2007 issue includes (among many other items): http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n9.pdf - Tunisian Association for Digital Geographic…SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - August 2007
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAPv4n8.pdf Spatial Data Infrastructure – Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. The August 2007 issue includes (among many other items): - Libya Spatial Data Information Infrastructure…Gruzen Madagascar photos live on the F&ES Africa Network Photo Gallery
Rachel Gruzen's photos of Madagascar are now live on the Africa Network's Photogallery. Also on view are Heather Arrowood's images of Tanzania. Members of the Forestry & Environmental Studies community are invited to post their own images of the diverse…Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Management 2007
Johannesburg, South Africa, 27-28 August 2007 Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Management 2007 Conference will showcase the seriousness of the challenges confronting us, the risks we are in, real issues affecting the environment and provide sustainable environmental management solutions. It…Africa Network: Publications
People & Organizations Alumni/ae Events Community Postings Publications Links Photo Gallery The Policy Terrain in Protected Area Landscapes: Challenges for Agroforestry in Integrated Landscape Conservation February 2006 Biodiversity and Conservation Rebecca Ashley, Diane Russell, Brent Swallow Link Climate,…All Africa Environmental Health Conference
Nairobi, Kenya, 27 - 30 August 2007 The All Africa Environmental Health Conference, hosted by the Association of Public Health Officers Kenya will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from the 27th to the 30th of August 2007. Topics that will…International Conference on Water Resources Monitoring, Modeling and Simulation
Alexandria, Egypt, 25-27 November 2007 The Egyptian Water Resources Association, in conjunction with Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, Desert Research Institute, USA, Disaster Research Centre, Japan, UNESCO, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt, will host an international conference on Water Resources Monitoring,…Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Southern Symposium
Pretoria, South Africa, 4-9 November 2007 Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy (HELP), a joint initiative of the United Nations Educational Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO), is holding a symposium from the 4th to the 9th…1st EMAN-Global Conference
Pretoria, South Africa, 24 - 26 Oct. 2007 The first EMAN-Global Conference will be held on Wednesday 24th – Friday 26th October 2007 at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Prestige Auditorium, Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa. The Environmental Management Accounting…The 8th WATERnet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium
Livingston, Zambia, October 30 - November 3, 2007 The 8th WATERnet/WARFSA/GWP-SA Symposium organized by WATERNET, Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD), Water Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA), and Global Water Partnership-Southern Africa (GWP-SA) will take place in Livingstone,…African GIS & remote sensing news - July 2007 SDI-Africa newsletter
Spatial Data Infrastructure – Africa (SDI-Africa) is a free, electronic newsletter for people interested in GIS, remote sensing, and data management issues in Africa. It has been published monthly since May 2002 and has wide circulation across Africa. Each issue…Carbon Markets Africa
Cape Town, November 14 - 15 2007 The inaugural Carbon Markets Africa conference is a two day business networking event that will bring together the worlds leading carbon consultants, brokers and financiers with African business. This event joins the Carbon…Biofuels Markets Africa
Cape Town, November 5-6 2007 The second annual Biofuels Markets Africa conference will take place in Cape Town this November. The regions first international networking event for the whole biodiesel and ethanol value chain attracted over 200 industry executives from…Climate Change Action Africa - 2007
Adaptation Policies & Strategies for Sustainable Development in Africa August 28 - 30, 2007 · Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa For more details: http://www.iqpc.com/cgi-bin/templates/singlecell.html?topic=221&event=13430Environmental and Health Aspects of Mining, Refining and Related Industries
22 to 26 July 2007 Pilansberg Game Reserve, North West Province, South Africa Website: http://www.kingfischer.co.za Contact name: Adri Fischer The aim of the conference is to facilitate interdisciplinary discussions about all environmental and health issues concerned with the mining and…2007 World Environmental Education Congress
The Environmental Association of Southern Africa will be hosting the 2007 World Environmental Education Congress from the 2nd to the 6th of July 2007 in Durban, South Africa. Theme: Learning in a Changing World Website: www.weec2007.com21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology
The Centre for African Conservation Ecolog (ACE) and NMMU will be hosting the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) from 1 – 5 July 2007. The LOC is expecting 1500 – 2000 delegates from over 50…Meeting of the African Forestry Wildlife Commission (AFWC)
Created in 1959, the African Forestry Wildlife Commission (AFWC) is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest issues on a regional basis. It meets…Workshop on Recreational Hunting, Governance, Equity and Conservation Benefits
On 1st July a workshop on Recreational Hunting, Governance, Equity and Conservation Benefits will be held at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth , South Africa in association with the Society for Conservation Biology’s Annual Meeting. It will…IMA course in Monitoring and Evaluation in Development, 22 Oct. - 2 Nov. 2007, Cape Town, South Africa
IMA International is offering a course on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) in Development from 22 October to 2 November 2007, in Cape Town, South Africa. Language for the training will be English. At the end of the course participants will…SAGE Magazine Volume II, Issue I
This is SAGE's third magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduIntegrated conservation, land use, remote sensing, and ecosystem dynamics in Central Africa
Dr. Laporte is a biologist whose research centers on the applications of satellite imagery to tropical forest ecosystems, including vegetation mapping, land-use change, and deforestation causes and consequences. She has been involved in numerous environmental projects in Central Africa over…Swahili Lunch Table
Branford College Tuesdays and Fridays 12:30-1:30.Climate Change Effects on Sub-Saharan Africa Conference
A conference on the topic of climate change as it relates to Sub-Saharan Africa is taking place June 6-9, 2007 in Coutonou, Benin. Issues covered will range from impacts on agriculture and ecosystems to adaptation strategies. Abstract submission deadline is…VISIONS OF AFRICA: Contemporary African Cinema: Faat Kine
Luce Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave., Yale University. Director: Ousmane Sembene (121 minutes, 2000, Senegal, in French and Wolof with English subtitles) Faat Kine is an independent single mother and successful businesswoman who runs a gasoline franchise. As she reflects back…The Livelihood and Herding Activities of Pastoral Fulani in Bida Emirate
Presented by Regina Fu, Fox Fellow, Yale University and the University of Tokyo, Japan. Luce 102, 34 Hillhouse Ave., Yale University.VISIONS OF AFRICA: Contemporary African Cinema: Lumumba
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Yale University. Director: Raoul Peck (A Zeitgeist Films Release) (115 minutes, 2000, Zimbabwe/Mozambique/Belgium, in French with English subtitles ) Lumumba is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the rise and fall…Reforemers, Rebels, and Revolutionaries: Prophetic Movements in Africa
Matthew Kustenbauder, Yale University, Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Yale University.SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue II
This is SAGE's second magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduIntegrated Assessment of a Native Tree Species for Restoration of Agricultural Lands in Mali
Kerry Dooley, Yale University presents "Integrated Assessment of a Native Tree Species for Restoration of Agricultural Lands in Mali." Room 102, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Yale University.Democratization and Land Reform: Insights from the Kenyan Experience
Jackie Klopp, Columbia University, presents "Democratization and Land Reform: Insights from the Kenyan Experience." Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, Yale University.
Calestous Juma to be McCluskey Fellow in Spring 2008
Professor Juma is at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He will be the McCluskey Fellow in the Spring 2008 semester. He is an internationally recognized expert on sustainable development in Africa, international trade, international environmental policy, and…The Great Trek to Tanzania: South African Capital, Race, and National Sovereignty in the Post-Apartheid Era
Richard Schroeder, Rutgers University. ISPS Conference Room B012, 77 Prospect Street.Newspaper article on Peace Corps assignment in Senegal
George Washington Univeristy Newspaper Article: Ditching the Office to Promote Peace AbroadAfrican Drum Processional
Afro-American Cultural Center. African Drum Processional. Old Campus to Afro-American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street.The Work of Fiction: The Novel and the Social Imaginary in Africa
African Studies. Historical Narratives Lecture Series. Simon Gikandi, Princeton University, “The Work of Fiction: The Novel and the Social Imaginary in Africa.” Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse.Visions of Africa Film Series: "You, Africa!" and "Festival in the Desert"
"You, Africa!" directed by Ndiouga Moctar Ba, 1993, 43 minutes, Senegal (in Wolof and French with English subtitles) "Festival in the Desert" by Lionel Brouet, 2003, 52 minutes, Mali (in French with English subtitles). Luce Auditorium.
Highlights of the African Collection
Includes a tour of the current exhibit in Sterling Memorial Library - L'Afrique qui disparait! The Congo postcards of Casimir Zagourski and other highlights of the Yale Library's extensive African Collection. Registrations are necessary as places are limited - please…
Diamonds and Development
As moviegoers flock to view the new Hollywood blockbuster "Blood Diamond," the Kalahari San people of Africa's largest diamond producer, Botswana have just won a major judicial victory. Unlike Sierra Leonne, where the film is based, Botswana and its inhabitants…
The Inconvenience of Science (with an afterword about the Nobel Prize for Gore)
The following review was written before the Nobel Prize announcement on October 12, 2007. While there is much to admire about his activism, the Nobel committee has just politicized the debate further by giving the prize to Gore. The IPCC…
Africa Network: Links
People & Organizations Alumni/ae Events Community Postings Publications Links Photo Gallery Online Access to Research in the Environment Tropical Resources Institute Yale and the World – Africa Yale Council on African Studies Yale African Students Association Yale World…Conflict and Justice in Burundi and Rwanda
Maria Burnett, Human Rights Watch. Room 121, Law School, 127 Wall Street.Family Networks, Orphan Caretaking and Orphan Welfare in Tanzania
Christopher Ksoll, Yale University. Room 16, 27 Hillhouse Avenue.Timap (Stand Up) for Justice Sierra Leone: Developing a Model for Advancing Justice in Post-Conflict West Africa
Vivek Maru, Timap for Justice, Sierra Leone. Room 128, Law School, 127 Wall Street.Dakar to Port Loko: Perspectives From West Africa
Directed by Nathaniel Cogley. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Darfur and the Challenges of Multilateral Action
Jendayi Frazer, US State Department. Room 202, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment in Africa
Panelists: Stephanie Urdang, Rwanda Gift for Life; Cecilia Mwaluda, Pathfinder International; Dai Ellis, Clinton Foundation. Room 127, Law School, 127 Wall Street.Shattered Dreams?: An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic
Ron Bayer, Columbia University, with Gerald Oppenheimer, Brooklyn College. Panel discussion to follow. Room N-107, Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar Street.Community Collaboration: Approaches to HIV/AIDS in Mombasa
Cecilia Mwaluda, HIV/AIDS Activist and Counselor, Mombasa. Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.The Emergence (or not) of Private Property Rights in Land: Southern Nigeria, 1851-1914
James Fenske, Yale University. Room A001, ISPS, 77 Prospect StreetNorm Change on the Right to Health: HIV/AIDS in Africa
Holly Burkhalter, International Justice Mission. Room 120, Law School, 127 Wall Street.The Rise of African Christianity and Its World Significance
James Ault, filmmaker; author. Overseas Ministries Study Center, 490 Prospect Street.How Did Civil War and Genocide Affect Poverty in Rwanda
Philip Verwimp, Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. Room 119, 8 Prospect Place.Lost Boys of Sudan
Directed by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Developing World Gaining Access to Environmental Research
A collaborative initiative to help reduce great disparities in scientific resources between developed and developing nations.Africa Week sponsored by the Yale African Students' Association (YASA) and UNICEF
Events include: A benefit concert for Program Amman Imman, the launching of a new journal of African Affairs, a Faculty round table on Africa and the Disciplines, a Pierson College Master's Tea with Dennis Hamilton (M.PH 1971 and Associate Director…Africa Night at the IC Cafe
Chimamanda Adichie, author; Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. Book Reading, Signing, and Q & A Session. Performances by Asempa and WORD. International Center, 421 Temple Street.All Day Long African Movie Festival
Luce Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse AvenueYale and Africa Panel Discussion
Panelists: William Foltz, Yale University; Aleta Wenger, Yale University; Rebecca Pappas, Yale University; Elizabeth Dickinson, Yale University. International Center, 421 Temple Street.Africa and the Disciplines Faculty Roundtable
Africa and the Disciplines Faculty Roundtable. Chair: William Foltz, Yale University. Roundtable Members: Ann Biersteker, Yale University; Kari Hartwig, Yale University; Thomas McDow, Yale University; and David Simon, Yale University. Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.Hobbes and the Congo: Framing Processes and Continued Local Violence During the Congolese Transition (2003-2006)
Severine Autesserre, New York University. Room 102 Brewster Hall, 124 Prospect St.Building Africa for the 21st Century
Yale Law School Event. Room 129. Contact Neysun Maboubi for information.Beyond Rwanda: New Directions in Comparative Genocide Research
Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin. Room 119, 8 Prospect Place.Why Was There So Little Oppositional Terrorism During the Anti-Apartheid Struggle in South Africa?
Jeff Goodwin, NYU. Discussant: Laia Balcells, Yale University. Room A001, ISPS,77 Prospect Street.Kinship, Institutions, and Governance in Rural Kenya
Brainstorming Sessions. Ryan Sheely, Yale University. Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.SDIS dinner with Sem Shikongo
SDIS presents Sem Shikongo (current Yale World Fellow): Chief Development Planner, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Government of Namibia As Deputy Director of Namibia?s Directorate of Environmental Affairs, Sem Shikongo, 34, is responsible for Namibia's environmental programs and the country?s…A Leader Will Arise: An African Interpreter, Evangelist, Ambassador, and Chief in the Early Colonial Worlds of South Africa and Great Britain
Historical Narratives Colloquium Series. Presented by Roger S. Levine, Sewanee: The University of the South. Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave.African Popular Culture: Guerrilla Genres, Intertextuality and Mass Youth Audiences
Historical Narratives Colloquium Series. Presented by Muff Anderson, University of the Witswatersrand. Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave.Does Globalization Run Roughshod over Environment, Development, Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and other Values?
Yale World Fellows Program Lecture Series Presented by: Getachew Alemu, Director General, Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office; Chantal-Line Carpentier, from Canada, Head of Environment, Economy and Trade Program, NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation; and Sem Shikongo, Chief Development Planner, Ministry of…The Promise and Peril of Transboundary Conservation: Examining Human-Wildlife Conflict in Southern Tanzania
Africa Brown Bag. Presented by Catherine Picard of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Luce 102, 34 Hillhouse Ave.Maternal Anemia in Pemba, Tanzania: Access and Barriers to Treatment
Africa Brown Bag. Presented by Sarah Beckham of African Studies & EPH. Luce 102, 34 Hillhouse Ave.Deaf Kenyans and HIV/AIDS: VCT Services for and by Deaf Kenyans
Africa Brown Bag Presented by Alina Engelman, Epidemiology and Public Health, Luce 102, 34 Hillhouse Ave.Looking at Darfur from Eastern Chad: A Journalist's Perspective
Africa Brown Bag Presented by Michael Kavanagh, International Relations Luce 102, 34 Hillhouse Ave.The Congo in 2006: Elections, Democracy, and Development?
Africa Brown Bag Presented by Nancy Steedle of African Studies Luce 102, 34 Hillhouse Ave.VISIONS OF AFRICA Contemporary African Cinema: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Director: Peter Raymont (2004, 91 minutes, Canada) Shake Hands with the Devil shows how the international community's general lack of interest in Africa, abandoned the people of Rwanda in their time of greatest need. It looks at General Dallaier's heroic,…VISIONS OF AFRICA Contemporary African Cinema: Imperfect Journey
Director: Haile Gerima (1994, 88 minutes, Ethiopia, in English and Amharic with English subtitles) Imperfect Journey introduces acclaimed Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima and Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski as they travel through Ethiopia, from Gondor to the capital Addis Ababa filming…Visions of Africa Contemporary African Cinema: Le Malentendu Colonial (The Colonial Misunderstanding)
Director: Jean-Marie Teno (2004, 73 minutes, Cameroon, in English, French and German with English subtitles) Le Malentendu Colonial looks at European colonialism in Africa through the lens of Christian evangelism, indeed as the model for the relationship between North and…Liquified Petroleum Gas Substitution for Wood Fuel in the Northern Region of Ghana: Impacts on Community Forest Resources
TRI Brown Bag Lunch Series. Presented by Melody Ocloo. Sage 32.The Role of Wild Food Sources in HIV Affected Households in Rural Nkandla, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
TRI Brown Bag Lunch Series. Presented by Christopher McManus. Sage 32.Integrated Assessment of Guira senegalensis
TRI Brown Bag Lunch Series. Presented by Kerry Dooley. Sage 32.Local Institutions Engagement in Decision-Making through Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: A Comparison of Conservation Projects in Mozambique and Peru
TRI Brown Bag Lunch Series. Presented by James Leslie. Sage 32.Too Much Money but Not Enough Capacity: Case Study of Conservation International - Botswana
ORGEFF Seminar. Presented by Todd Gartner, F&ES. SOM-room A-51.
Chimpanzee Ecology and Forest Conservation in Kibale National Park, Uganda
Yale Forest Forum Leadership Seminar Lunch
Presented by: David Watts, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology, Yale University David P. Watts is a Professor of Anthropology whose research speciality is the behavior and ecology of nonhuman primates. He has done fieldwork in Panama (behavior of white-faced capuchin monkeys),…Tarangire National Park Tanzania: Local Perceptions of Tourism and Park Management
TRI Brown Bag Lunch Series. Presented by Heather Arrowood. Sage 32.
Africa Network
A resource for members of the school community who work, study, and live in AfricaFighting the East African Slave Trade: Humanitarian Crusades and Imperial Pretexts
Historical Narratives Colloquium Series. Presented by Robert Harms, Yale University. Co-sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Luce 203, 34 Hillhouse Ave.The Craft of Belonging: Whites, Water, and Wilderness in Africa
Agrarian Studies Colloquium Series. Presented by David Hughes, Human Ecology, Rutgers University. ISPS seminar room, 77 Prospect Street
Drying Fish For Sale on the Mainland
2006 Student Internship Bazaruto Island, Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique James Leslie Internship Host: WWF, Peru & Mozambique
Cleaning Fish After The Morning’s Catch
2006 Student Internship Bazaruto Island, Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, Mozambique James Leslie Internship Host: WWF, Peru & MozambiqueVisiting Faculty & Fellows
Dr. John O. Kakonge Visiting Associate Research Scholar 2005-2006 Over the last twenty-five years, Dr. John Kakonge has had a long and distinguished career with UNDP. For some twelve of those years, he was a UNDP Resident Representative and UN…Student and Faculty Projects in Africa
Please see projects listed at the Tropical Resources Institute websiteYale Program to Give Developing World Access to Global Scientific Research
Paul-Bendiks Walberg has had the “brain-drain migration” on his mind. This phenomenon – when the best and brightest of a nation or region are compelled to travel abroad for education, research and job opportunities, never to return home– is a…Alumni
Please see the site below for a list of alumni currently in Africa or with professional ties to the region: http://environment.yale.edu/63/people_&_organizations/alumni/topic/1304/Links to other Yale University Africa related sites
Links to other Yale University sites pertinent to Africa can be accessed below:Faculty Research in Africa
Listed below are some of the ongoing and recently completed collaborative projects in Africa involving F&ES faculty members.SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue I
This is SAGE's first magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.edu
Environmental Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
John O.Kakonge Associate Research Scholar 43 pages, 2006 Order a print copy
Resource Use in the Tri-National Sangha River Region of Equatorial Africa
Heather E. Eves, Rebecca Hardin, Stephanie Rupp, Editors Order a print copy in English, French or both.
The Ecotourism Equation: Measuring the Impacts
Elizabeth Malek-Zadeh, Editor Order a print copy
Brooke Parry in Africa
Pete and I went to visit a veterinarian, Ulf (covered on "The Wild Vet" of National Geographic), who is working to set up a nature reserve in Namibia. With the help of a South African investor, Miena (a 27 year…
Species and Ecosystem Conservation
Timothy W. Clark, Michael J. Stevenson, Kim Ziegelmayer, Murray B. Rutherford, Editors Order a print copy
Transformations of Middle Eastern Natural Environments
Jeff Albert, Magnus Bernhardsson, and Roger Kenna, Editors Order a print copy
