Tenatative Program African Environmental Ethics and Values in the 21st Century 21 to 23 May 2010

Conference at University of North Texas in May 2010 The Center for Environmental Philosophy (CEP), in the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas (UNT), located in Denton, Texas, United States in collaboration with the Center for African Environmental, Human and Societal Ethics in the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos, Nigeria, and the African and Societal Research Network, will hold its first conference on "African Environmental Ethics and Values in the 21st Century." African peoples and nations have had a complex history and development. In earlier times, they had a humane and peaceful society and environment informed by a sound ethics. Owing to the dialectics of nature and relationships, they are experiencing developmental challenges which have impacted negatively on their environment. They are grappling with nationality issues arising from governmental, administrative difficulties and this, in association with social issues have brought vices of corruption, environmental injustice, wars resulting to unhappiness and misery among her populace. Although she is a land of milk and honey (natural resources), the lack of contemporary eco-friendly ethics has brought about national dislocations and resurrected the forces of ethnicism, exploitation and class struggles, animal cruelty, environmental pollution and degradation, etc. Accepted Abstracts Pat O. Agboro, University of Lagos, Nigeria African Environmental Ethics: A Creation of Distorted Values Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako and William Forbes, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas Some Fundamentals of Conservation in South and West Africa Adder Abel Gwoda, The University of Yaounde. Cameroon Thinking about the Balance between Development and Environmental Constraints: A New Direction for Africa Workineh Kelbess, Addis Ababa University,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Can African Environmental Ethics contribute to Environmental Policy in Africa? Oluwafemi Alexander Ladapo, Ministry of Justice, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria The Evil Forest as a Concept of Ethno-Forestry in Africa Chukwugozie Maduka, University of Benin, Nigeria Crises over BENIN CITY Moats and Traditional Grounds: Ought They to be Restored to Their Prime State, Sustained in Their Present Form or Transformed to Promote Environmental Aesthetics and Sanitation? Geoffrey I. Nwaka, Abia State Univerity, Uturu, Nigeria Indigenous Knowledge as Local Response to Globalization and Climate Change in Nigeria/Africa Jane Okwako, Western Michigan University Community, Conservation and Collaborative Practice: The Institutional Origins and Dimensions of Sustainability Ethics in Kenya Osimiri Peter, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria The African Worldview and the Question of Interspecies Justice Questions should be directed to Dr. Chigbo Ekwealo, Conference Coordinator (ekwealo2002@yahoo.com) or Dr. Gene Hargrove, Director of CEP (hargrove@unt.edu). Website: http://www.cep.unt.edu/africa.

CEP - January 25, 2010