Appendix 1 - Program

Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable
Development Conference
The World Bank, Washington, D.C.

September 27, 1993

Introductory Remarks

Mohamed T. El-Ashry, Chief Environmental Adviser to the President and Director of Environment, World Bank [now Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Global Environment Facility, U.S.A.]

The Value of Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development

Moderator: Emmanuel Asibey, Senior Ecologist, Agriculture and Environment Division, Southern Africa Country Department, World Bank

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ntombie R. Gata, Deputy Director, Department of Research and Specialist Services, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, and Water Development, Zimbabwe

Contributions of Traditional Knowledge to Health and the Environment

Moderator: Mario Ramos, Senior Environment Specialist, Land, Water, and Natural Habitats Division, Environment Department, World Bank [now Senior Environmental Specialist, Global Environment Facility, U.S.A.]

Speakers: Maurice M. Iwu, Visiting Senior Research Associate, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, U.S.A.; Professor of Pharmacognosy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Arturo Argueta, Ethnobiologist, Advisor to General Director, National Indigenous Institute, Mexico

Moelagi Jackson, President, Faasao Savaii Society, Western Samoa

Cindy Gilday, Special Advisor, Department of Renewable Resources, Government of Northwest Territories, Canada

Discussant: Janis Alcorn, Program Manager for Asia/Pacific, Biodiversity Support Program, U.S.A.

Summary and Concluding Remarks

Pierre Landell-Mills, Senior Policy Adviser, Office of the Vice President, Environmentally Sustainable Development, World Bank [now Chief, Resident Mission, World Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh]

September 28, 1993

Traditional Institutions, Participation, and Development in Africa

Moderator: Mamadou Dia. Chief, Capacity Building and Implementation Division, Africa Technical Department, World Bank

Speakers: Bernard La Ouedraogo, President, Association International, (Six-"S") Se Servir de la Saison Se en Savane et au Sahel, Burkina Faso

Nana Odoru Numapau II, President, National House of Chiefs, Ghana

Discussants: Moses Kiggundu, Professor, School of Business, Carleton University, Canada

Paula Donnelly-Roark, Public Sector Management Specialist, Capacity Building and Implementation Division, Africa Technical Department, World Bank

Indigenous Development Planning

Moderator: Maritta Koch-Weser, Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Asia Technical Department, World Bank

Speakers: Bachir Soahlal, Task Manager, Matruh Natural Resource Management Project, Agriculture Operations Division, Middle East and North Africa Country Department, World Bank

Peter Klemann, German Team Leader, Qasr Rural Development Project, GTZ, Egypt

Salima Abd El Rehim Mohamed, Officer for the Women's Affairs Program, Qasr Rural Development Project, Egypt

Theodore Van der Pluijm, Director, Latin America and Caribbean Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy

Jorge Terena, Director, Regional Support Program for Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin, International Fund for Agricultural Development; and Andean Development Corporation, Ecuador

Roberto Haudry, Project Official, Latin America and Caribbean Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy

Discussant: Shelton H. Davis, Principal Sociologist, Social Policy and Resettlement Division, Environment Department, World Bank

Summary: Whaimutu Dewes, Attorney, Fletcher Challenge Ltd., New Zealand

Mamadou Dia. Chief, Capacity Building and Implementation Division, Africa Technical Department, World Bank

Concluding Remarks

Ismail Serageldin, Vice President, Environmentally Sustainable Development, World Bank