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Knowledge and Social Learning Public Event in Berlin



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Dr. Louis Lebel's speech is followed attentively by the audience and the panel (from Right to Left: Professor P.S. Ramakrishnan, Dr. Otto Lampe Head Protocol and Foreign Affairs, Land Berlin and Professor Josee van Eijndhoven, Dutch Research Insti-tute for Transitions (DRIFT). Dr. Lebel is the director of the Unit for Social and Environmental Research (USER) at the Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
On Tuesday evening, 21st February 2008, 7.00 pm, a public panel was held at the Akademie der Künste, in famous Pariser Platz in Berlin. The Panel discussion, under the same headline as the IHDP Thinkshop itself, represented the public start of the “Knowledge and Social Learning initiative” and built a bridge to the 2008 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change

Please see the event program for the list of panelists.

Event Program: Download PDF
Photos: Ellen Pfeiffer

























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Professor P.S. Ramakrishnan, INSA Honorary Senior Scientist, School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, presents his research on the importance of traditional knowledge to foster environmental sustainability
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Executive Director, Dr Andreas Rechkemmer, explained the relevance of social learning to address global challenges. The Public Panel was moderated by moderated by Dr. Andreas Kraemer, Director of the Ecologic Institute, Berlin
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Dr. Irene Quaile-Kersken, editor and presenter of Deutsche Welle's award-winning weekly environment program "Living Planet", opened the debate about environmental news reportin