You are cordially invited to attend a seminar organized by the International Association for the Studies of Common Property (IASCP) and the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) on May 20, 2005 at IFPRI, 4th floor conference facilities.

The seminar will be structured around the topics 'Defending the Commons', and 'Decentralization and the Commons', presenting the latest research and programmatic work therein.

Speakers include:

• Augusta Molnar and Arvind Khare, Forest Trends
• Carl Bauer, Resources For the Future
• David M. Hughes, Rutgers University
• Dianne E. Rocheleau, Clark University
• Esther Mwangi and Stephan Dohrn, CAPRi/IFPRI
• Jesse Ribot, World Resources Institute
• Jon Anderson, USAID
• Owen Lynch, Center for International Environmental Law

For more information contact Stephan Dohrn at s.dohrn@cgiar.org or Denni Jayme at djayme@ciel.org.

Preliminary program