[Anthropgrad] FW: Inaugral RMAP Argument

[Liz Walters]

RMAP Arguments aim to generate debate among academic, government, 
professional and media circles on topics of broad appeal with a focus 
on controversial issues. A key question will be debated by a panel of 
speakers who will present their argument followed by a discussion with 
the audience.

** Indonesian Fishing in Australian Waters: Has the Problem been Solved?

Panelists
** Professor James Fox (Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program,
ANU)
** Dr Natasha Stacey (School for Environmental Research, CDU)
** Hendra Siry (PhD candidate in Resource Management in Asia-Pacific
Program, ANU)

Thursday 27 September 2007, 4.30-5.30 pm - followed by the /Boats to
Burn/ book launch and refreshments.
Sparke Helmore Theatre 1, Fellows Road, ANU

Abstract
The 'problem' of Indonesian fishing in Australian waters has been around
for a long time. The most intensive and costly policy responses have
been implemented in the last financial year. According to the Australian
government this investment, coupled with research and education
programs, has resulted in 'positive outcomes' with a significant
decrease in illegal fishing.
But has the problem really been 'solved'? What has the impact been on
Indonesian fishers? What more could be done? This seminar will explore
these issues from a number of perspectives, with a focus on the
Indonesian perspective.
How does the Indonesian government see the problem and the solution, and
in what ways does it cooperate with the Australian government to deter
'illegal, unregulated and unreported' fishing. How do Indonesian
fishermen perceive the actions of either government? And how do the
perceptions and actions of those with traditional fishing rights differ
from newcomers to the fishing grounds in Australia's Exclusive Economic
Zone?

Bio
Professor James Fox was educated at Harvard (AB '62) and Oxford (B Litt.
'65, DPhil. '68) where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has taught at various
American Universities: Harvard, Cornell, Duke and Chicago and at various
European Universities: Leiden, Bielefeld and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes
en Sciences Sociales. He is a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy
of Sciences and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in
Australia. His area of primary interest is Indonesia, with special focus
on Java and eastern Indonesia. He has carried out considerable research
in Timor, most recently in East Timor. More generally, his interests are
in comparative issues affecting the whole of the Asia Pacific region.

Natasha Stacey graduated with a PhD in Anthropology from Charles Darwin
University (previously the Northern Territory University) in 2000. She
has previously worked on resource management projects in Indonesia and
the Pacific region and has provided advice to the Australian government
in relation to Australia and Indonesia's fisheries relations; in
particular, solutions to the issue of Bajo fishing activity in
Australian waters. Natasha is a Programme Coordinator in the School for
Environmental Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin
University.

Hendra Siry is a PhD Candidate at RMAP with research interests in
decentralised coastal management, challenges of community-based
management and the co-management approach in coastal zone management. He
has held the position as planner of Agency for Marine and Fisheries
Research (AMFR), Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries(MMAF),
Indonesia and has worked for the Directorate General of Regional
Development - Ministry of Home Affairs.  He has been a fellow of Asian 
Scholarship Foundation from 2002
to 2003, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2002, the UN-Nippon
Foundation 2006-2007. He completed his Bachelor degree in marine science
from University of Riau, Indonesia and holds a Master in Urban
Environmental Management from the Asian Institute of Technology,
Thailand.

* The RMAP Argument will be followed by Natasha Stacey's, Boats to Burn
<http://epress.anu.edu.au/boats_citation.html>, book launch and
refreshments.

You are invited to contribute to the ongoing debate on the RMAP Blog
<http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/rmap-arguments/> after the Argument.

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