Sayuni Bildad Mariki, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, will defend her PhD thesis: Communities and conservation in West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: Participation, costs and benefits, on 17 June 2015.
Norwegian title of thesis:
Lokalsamfunn og naturvern i Vest-Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: Deltakelse, kostnader og nytte
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
To what extent can the policy trends towards commercialization – with increasing reliance on markets and non-state actors – deliver positive local and national conservation and development outcomes?
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Auditorium at Bioforsk, Høgskoleveien 7, Ås
12:15 - Trial lecture
13:15 - Public Defence
Supervisors:
Professor Tor-Arve Benjaminsen, NMBU, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Main supervisor)
Professor Hanne Svarstad, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (Co-supervisor)
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Dr. Elizabeth Watson, University of Cambridge, UK
Second opponent: Dr. Christine Noe, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Coordinator: Professor Pål Vedeld, NMBU, Department of International Environment and Development Studies
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2015:45, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1288-0.