Conference Description
The general themes to be included are the following- Theoretical issues: Development perspectives and the connections of resources, tribes and State; resource perceptions-community and state interface; Land, tribes and State: competing interests and emerging realities; Forests and Tribes: state mediation; Identity issues-resistance and negotiations; Legal and policy instruments and tribal interests (national and international regulations, policies, programmes including UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). The seminar will be conducted in Rajiv Gandhi University, a Central University, located at Itanagar which is the capital seat of the state of Arunachal Pradesh with historical significance. This conference will bring together educators representing many roles; teaching staff, program administrators, students, researchers and teacher educators, to discuss the latest ideas and learn from one another.