Draft Program

11 November 2010

Venue: Senate Hall, Main Building, Ludwigstrasse 23

10:00 hrs Registration and welcome coffee

10:30 hrs Opening address

Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee, President, Justus Liebig University

10:40 hrs Welcome

Prof. Dr. Ingrid-Ute Leonhäuser, Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of ZEU

Prof. Dr. Jens Adolphsen, Dean Faculty of Law, Justus Liebig University

Session 1: Trans-boundary Protected Areas as Means to Protect Biological Diversity

11:00 hrs TBPAs in Light of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention, 

Dr. Edith Wenger, Consultant to the Conseil Régional Alsace (tbc)

11:30 hrs Discussion

Session 2: TBPAs and Regional Integration

11:45 hrs EU Law in Light of International Law on TBPAs

Prof. Dr. Jonathan Verschuuren, University of Tilburg

12:15 hrs SADC and AU Law in Light of International Law on TBPAs

Niel W, Lubbe , North-West University, Potchefstroom

12:45 hrs Discussion

13:15 hrs Lunch

14:00 hrs Excursion to the Botanical Garden

Session 3: Treaty-Based Arrangements for the Establishment of TBPAs

15:30 hrs Examples from Europe: Ayse-Martina Böhringer, JLU, Giessen

16:00 hrs Examples from Southern Africa: Niel W. Lubbe, NWU, Potchefstroom

16:30 hrs Discussion

17:00 hrs Coffee break

Session 4: The Ecosystem Approach and the Trans-boundary Protection of Biodiversity

17:30 hrs The Ecosystem Approach in International Environmental Law

Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of ZEU, Program Coordinator TraProBio, Giessen

18:00 hrs Comment

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Beyerlin, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg

18:10 hrs Discussion

18:30 hrs End of Session

19:30 hrs Dinner

Dinner speech: Globalization of constitutional law

Prof. Dr. Francois Venter, Dean, Faculty of Law, NWU

12 November 2010

Venue: Old Library, Bismarckstr. 37

Session 5: The Administration of TBPAs

09:30 hrs Facilitating Cooperation by Certification: EUROPARC’s program “Trans-boundary Parks – Following Nature’s Design”

Cornelia Ehlers, EUROPARC

10:00 hrs The Administration of TBPAs in Southern Africa 

Dr. Clara Bocchino, NWU, South Africa

10:30 hrs Discussion

11:00 hrs Coffee break

Session 6: TBPAs: Facilitating Synergies between MEAs

11:30 hrs Enhancement of Human Security through TBPAs

Anel Terrblanche, NWU, Potchefstroom

12:00 hrs Environmental and Human Rights Protection through TBPAs

Prof. Dr. Anel du Plessis, NWU, South Africa

Prof. Dr. Willemien du Plessis, NWU, South Africa

12:30 hrs Discussion

13:00 hrs Lunch break

Session 7: Evaluation and Conclusions

14:30 hrs Panel session with input statements by

Prof. Louis Kotze, NWU

Dr. Christiane Paulus, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Germany (tbc)

Dr. Rolf Mack, German Association for Technical Collaboration (GTZ) (tbc)

16:00 hrs Conclusions and farewell

Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn

16:30 hrs Coffee, tea and biscuits on the run