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The World Today - October issueThe World Today - October issue
Monday 6 October 2008
The current financial crisis should come as no surprise, writes Dr Paola Subacchi in this month's The World Today....

Somali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International CommunitySomali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International Community
Thursday 2 October 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008 and threatens to disrupt international trade and...

Six Perspectives on the Georgia ConflictSix Perspectives on the Georgia Conflict
Tuesday 30 September 2008
Six new briefing notes from the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House offer analysis and insight on the...

Latest Chatham House Papers

Making Sense of the EU Climate Change Package
October, 2008
The EU is currently at a hectic stage in the development of its internal climate change policies. Having proposed...

Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Local Wars
October, 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008; so far over 60 ships have been...

Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable Forest Use in the Democratic Republic of Congo
October, 2008
Download Paper here (French version) This is a report of a meeting, Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable...

After the Battle: What the August War will mean for Russia's Domestic Politics
September, 2008
The true driver of Russia's foreign agenda is the domestic situation. The Russian ruling class has returned to a...

 

 

Alison Hoare

Alison Hoare

Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme

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Expertise

  • Natural resource use & sustainable development

  • Ethnobiology & forest management

  • Intellectual property rights & sustainable development

  • International environmental governance

Projects

  • Impact of IPR rules on sustainable development
  • Genetic resource use & CBD negotiations
  • International environmental crime

Recent Publications

  • 'Patenting Genetic Resources: Striving for the Right Balance', with Richard Tarasofsky, Chatham House Briefing Paper, October 2007
  • Asking and Telling: Can "Disclosure of Origin" Requirements in Patent Applications Make a Difference? The Journal of World Intellectual Property 10(2)(2007): 149-169 A.L. Hoare & R.G. Tarasofsky
  • Resource Rights and Timber Concessions: Integrating local peoples' land-use practices in forest management in the Congo Basin. The Rainforest Foundation, UK. (2007)
  • The Use Of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Congo Basin: Constraints and Opportunities. The Rainforest Foundation, UK. (2007)
  • Divided Forests: Towards Fairer Zoning of Forest Lands. The Rainforest Foundation, UK. (2006)
  • Food Resources of the Lundayeh of the Ulu Padas, Sabah, and Changing Patterns of Resource Use. Borneo Research Bulletin 34 (2003): 94-119
  • Implications of a UNEO for the Global Architecture of the International Environmental Governance System. IDDRI (2004) R.G. Tarasofsky & A.L. Hoare.

Experience


2006 - Date Associate Fellow, Chatham House
2004 - 2006 Research Consultant
2002 - 2003 Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Kent
1998 - 2002 PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Kent
1997 - 1998 M.Phil. Candidate, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
1993 - 1997 People and Plants Initiative, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Languages

French (not for broadcast)