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Presenting the IASC First Thematic Conference on "the Knowledge Commons" - 2012

The website of the 1st Thematic Conference on "the Knowledge Commons" is on line.

Important: The deadline for submission has been extended until 31 January 2012!

The conference will be held in the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium, from 12th to 14th of September, 2012.

As stated in the conference web-page:

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IASC 2013

The forthcoming 14th IASC Global Conference will be held in Mount Fuji area, Japan.

Dates: June 3 - 7, 2013
Location & Conference Site: Mount Fuji - lake Yamanaka and Fujiyoshida City, Japan
Host: Onshirin Regional Public Organization
Conference Website: http://www.iasc2013.org


Presenting an extract from the promotional video of the 14th Biennal IASC Global Conference:

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A brief note on the IASC European Meeting

Here’s one of the best reasons to be a member of IASC: we have wonderful conferences!

In September 2011, the European meeting was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, a lovely city with a charming historic old town and gardens. The conference venue was the Agricultural University of Plovdiv, which provided excellent conference facilities only a short walk from our hotel. Scholars from 21 countries met to discuss “Shared Resources in a Rapidly Changing World”; one focus was on the special challenges of resource management regimes in post-socialist countries.

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2011-12 Membership Drive

This year IASC invites you to support the association and become member with a direct invitation from Susan Buck, current President.

Commons are spaces of collective action where communities maintain the environment to sustain their livelihoods and cultural values.
The commons are particularly important to the livelihoods of poor people in the South, to environmental integrity in the South and North, and to mitigating and adapting to climate change.

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Impact Stories

The International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) has brought together an impressive array of evidence from around the world that communities are able to manage common property resources effectively and sustainably. But there is more to IASC than just great ideas, theory, and even cutting-edge research: we also have impact on the ground.

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Institutional Supporters

Resources

International Journal of the Commons
The International Journal of the Commons

Digital Library of the Commons
The Digital Library of the Commons

The Commons Digest
The Commons Digest

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