The Anthropology and the Environment Committee of the RAI have put together a list of anthropologists who are interested in environmental issues. This list is a resource for other anthropologists and for those outside anthropology looking for a particular expertise.
If you are interested in being included please reply to admin@therai.org.uk and include:
- Name
- Affiliation
- Contact details
- Statement of interest
- Geographical/topical area of interest
Jones, Eric T.
Name: Eric T. Jones, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Wilamit LLC, University of Oregon, Oregon State University
Contact details: eric.t.jones@oregonstate.edu, www.wilamit.net
Geographical/topical area of interest: USA, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Denmark. Food Systems, Wild Foods, Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Agroecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Nontimber Forest Products, Sustainable Farming, Media Anthropology, Food Safety Modernization Act, Environmental Education.
Jorgensen, Dan
Name: Dan Jorgensen
Contact details: Department of Anthropology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 5C2
1-519-661-2111 ext 84702
dwj@uwo.ca
Statement of interest: My interest is largely in issues involving land rights in relation to mining projects in Papua New Guinea. Environmental interests per se are tangential to these concerns for me, but are obviously implicated in local people’s’ rights and ability to enjoy the land on which they live.
Geographical/topical areas of interest: Papua New Guinea
Kainyande, Milton Wagbei
Name: Milton Wagbei Kainyande
Affiliation: Green Scenery http://www.greenscenery.org/
Contact details: miltonkainyande@gmail.com
Statement of interest: My backgroud is research on environmental and climate change. I am working for an environmental protection and promotion agency in Sierra Leone named Green Scenery.
Geographical/topical area of interest: I am interested in coastal environment protection from deforestation and violent flooding.
Kiik, Laur
Name: Laur Kiik
Affiliation: Oxford University, doctoral student
Contact details: laur.kiik@anthro.ox.ac.uk
Statement of interest: conservation, wildlife, ethnic nationalism, war, environmentalism, religion, ontology/cosmology, wildlife trade
Geographical/topical area of interest : Burma / Myanmar, Kachin
Kopnina, Helen
Name: Helen Kopnina
Affiliation: Leiden Univeristy AND The Hague University of Applied Science
Contact details: Johanna Westerdijkplein 75 2521 EN Den Haag
Statement of interest: biological conservation, ecological justice; environmental education; sustainability
Geographical/topical area of interest: global/international