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Full papers based on original research work carried ou on he ocal heme (highlighinghe environmenal aspecs) are invied rom research sudens (age below 30 years only)or Young Scienis Award. In he case o muliple auhorship, he rs auhor will beconsidered or he award, and he / she shall presen he paper. Cericae o prove ageand an underaking ha he work has no been presened elsewhere or has no beensubmited or publicaion / award shall be enclosed wih he regisraion orm.

Aer scruiny, he acceped papers will be pu eiher in paper or poser caegory, whichwill be duly communicaed o he auhors.

Gdene fo Pepon of Ppe nd Poe

Te so copy o he ull paper shall be submited by email or in CD. Te papers shallno exceed 5 pages (imes New Roman, 10 poin normal, single line space and wihadequae margins) including gures, ables, ec. Te size o he poser shall be 1m x 1 m.Only one poser per person will be a llowed.

29th, 30th & 31st August 2013 at Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala

environment

Congress

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Kerala

environment

Congress

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Fo de:

the Gene Convene, KEC 2013 | Centre for Environment and Development, Thozhuvancode,

Vattiyoorkavu P.O.,Thiruvananthapuram - 695013 | Phone: 0471 2369720, 2369721 | Fax: 2369720

E-mail: kec@cedindia.org | URL: www.cedindia.org

An ISO 9001-2008 Certifed Institution

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Hoel accommodaion is availableon paymen basis. Te Organizing

Commitee will provide he deails ohe ari o various hoels, on reques.Delegaes requiring accommodaion mayreques he General Convener o providenecessary suppor.

sponohpAny organizaion/individual payingL 25,000/- will be acceped as a co-sponsor o he even and heir names will

be published in he Proceedings o heCongress o be released a he venue oKEC. Tey can also send hree delegaes

wihou any regisraion ee.Pymen

All paymens owards KEC 2013 shallbe made by Demand Dra drawn inavour o Execuive Direcor, Cenre orEnvironmen and Developmen payablea Tiruvananhapuram.

Receipt of full paper along with registration form:

1 Jy, 2013

Communication on acceptance of paper:15h Jy, 2013

Delegate Registration for Congress participation:

25h Jy, 2013

Key De

regon Fee

Deege:L 200/-

sden nd eech cho: L 100/-

addon fee fo po egon: L 50/-

Regisraion ee includes working

lunch and ea during he seminardays and he Proceedings Volume ohe Congress. Sudens and researchscholars shall enclose bonadecericae or availing he concessionrae.

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Ce nd Hege fo Envonmen Mngemen

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

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Ke Envonmen Conge2013

Te Cenre or Environmen andDevelopmen esablished in 1993is an independen research anddevelopmen, raining and consulancyorganisaion ocussing in elds relaed

o Environmen and Developmen. Temajor programme areas o CED are: (i) Naural Resources and EnvironmenManagemen, (ii) Waer and Saniaion, (iii) Climae Change and Energy Sudies,(iv) Urban and Rural Sudies and (v) Geoinormaics. CED is he Cenre oExcellence on Solid Wase and Wasewaer Managemen o Minisry o UrbanDevelopmen, Governmen o India and Regional Resource Agency o Minisryo Environmen and Foress, Governmen o India. CED is an ISO 9001 2008Ceried Insiuion and has compleed nearly 100 projecs sponsored by variousagencies during he las 20 years.

CED iniiaed he Kerala Environmen Congress in 2005, wih he main objeciveo aciliaing ineracion and sharing o experise and experience wihin hescienic communiy and policy decision makers. Te Congresses were held

wih ocal hemes such as (i) Coasal and Marine Ecosysem, (ii) Fores Resourceso Kerala, (iii) Welands o Kerala, (iv) Environmenal Saniaion Healh andHygiene, (v) Waer Resources o Kerala, (vi)Solid and Liquid Wase Managemen,(vii)Energy and Environmen and (viii) Agriculure and Environmen since 2005.

9h Ke Envonmen Conge (KEC 2013)

Te 9h Kerala Environmen Congress (KEC 2013) is scheduled o be held aTiruvananhapuram rom 29h-31sAugus 2013. Te Congress will includeinvied paper presenaions by expers on various sub hemes as well as paper andposer presenaions by research sudens or Young Scienis Award.

Foc theme

Culture and Heritage for EnvironmentManagement

Culure and heriage can be he basis or innovaion andadvancemen or a healhy living environmen. Te peopleliving in une w ih naure have very srong oral radiions, ar,hisory, indigenous knowledge and perormances encoded

wih a number o conceps or he conservaion and enrichmen o he environmen.Teir knowledge sysems which are par o he Sui generis- abou environmen impara lo o regisries abou heir conribuions o he ehno sciences. Te local myhs,ehno music and spiriualis perormances are indicaors o heir inuiive knowledgeabou naure. Te indigenous knowledge o he rs peoples and armers , who were hecusodian o geneic resources, can be used o address and nd soluions o he currencrises like ood insecuriy, climaic changes, ecosysem degradaion ec. radiional riualperormances are grealy relaed o eriliy ecology while culural symbology and visualanhropology are conneced wih he primiive agriculural landscape. Te radiionalpracices also promoe a healhy liv ing. Te use o alernaive medicine coninues o growevery year.

Despie he imporance o culure and heriage, oo oen boh communiy and plannersdo no dedicae sufcien atenion and resources o preserving spaces and objecs,documening sories rom elders, recording as well as aciliaing a communiysconemporary culural pracices and explaining he science behind. Tere are manypolicies, ordinances, and regulaions on he books inended o ideniy, preserve, andproec heriage (rom naional o local). Sill, he angible and inangible culure andheriage requenly are no valued ully unil hey are in peril. Moreover, mos o heaciviies in his direcion are mere supercial and here is no earnes atemp o inquiredeep ino he environmenal/scienic aspecs o our culure and heriage.

Tis naional workshop on Culture and Heritage for Environment Management isinended as a hough provoking process in his direcion and will ideniy he researchand policy needs or creaing a healhy living environmen by invesigaing on our

culural heriage.

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Te major subthemes identifed are:

Culure, Heriage and AgriculureCulure, Heriage and ForesryCulure, Heriage and radiional/

Modern Indusry

Culure, Heriage and HealhCulure, Heriage and Educaion