Global Academy on Natural Resources Law & Governance
Building perspectives and capacities of law graduates, young teachers, policy researchers, practitioners, professionals, policy workers and future leaders on natural resources law, sustainable development, environmental policy and resource governance, and linking world’s sustainability by integrating principles of globally important solutions and governance perspectives.
This 10-days global training course examines the linkages between natural resources and legal instruments, legal tenets of managing natural resources, and governing the resources for sustainable conservation. Depicting case studies and case laws from a wide range of the current natural resources across the globe, the course considers how different social, political, economic and gender aspects influence the legal implications surrounding the natural resources. The course also examines how environmental activists and their interventions conserved parks, water, forests and land in the face of the commercial threats from extractive industries and destructive projects. The course will consider how the current international and development system elaborates and processes to sustainably manage the available natural resources. The course aims at equipping lawyers, researchers, students, practitioners, professionals and teachers seeking refined knowledge and skills for meeting the challenges of sustainable use of natural resources globally. This 10-days international training program will be executed in partnership and collaboration with various academic and practice-oriented organizations. The course will take place in Turin (Italy) by streamlining a fine and competent expertise of African, European, Asian, North American, South American and Pacific region professors, lawyers, researchers and activists.
The natural resources are diverse and most valuable for human development in contemporary times. Moreover, more and more national governments, provincial governments, regional councils and local governments have started recognizing the economic, ecological and social values of the different natural resources existing within their respective territories. A large number of commercial ventures want to grab the natural resources for exploiting and earning profits. Hence, interagency, interstate and international stakeholders have a competition and conflicts to acquire, own and exploit the productive natural resources. Therefore, in modern contexts, a greater number of legal experts and policy workers are required to handle effectively the complex legal issues involved in managing, protecting and conserving the natural resources, apart from ensuring the rightful distribution to the weaker stakeholders and the local communities within the framework of UNSDGs. Hence, a global training, namely Global Academy on Natural Resources Law & Governance, is essential to overcome regional and global gaps of truly trained legal manpower required to support juridical affairs involved in natural resources management and governance.
This international training program is a hybrid of training and symposium modes. It will consist of moderation and facilitation by the Moderator Faculties side by side the short lectures by Faculty Speakers. The participants or delegates will not act as mute listeners or learners, but they will be given at least 50% time to speak and present their papers and articles through oral presentations using appropriate (audio-visual) aids. Such a hybrid combination (model) of capacity building in scientific domains rarely exists. Unlike conventional conferences, symposia or seminars, this innovative program will NOT conduct parallel sessions; instead, all sessions will operate in one lecture hall where all participants/delegates will listen and attend all faculty members and all delegate/participant speakers.
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