Ayodya Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Saturday, 8 December 2007, 09:00-18:00 hrs

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Why Forest Day?

Forests are now at the very center of international debates on climate change and are likely to feature strongly during December’s Thirteenth Session of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC.

Fittingly, CIFOR and co-hosts will be holding the first ever Forest Day on Dec 8th, 2007 as an event parallel to COP13. Forest Day will see CIFOR and partner organizations presenting an international forum on forest and climate change policies at the global, national and local levels.

Speakers representing a broad range of forest stakeholders are committed to presenting and discussing the current prominent forest issues central to the climate change debate.

There will be:

• Leaders from the world’s pre-eminent forest-related organizations will be engaging in debate.
• Forestry agenda setters from the private and public sector will defend and explain forestry initiatives.
• NGO representatives will address concerns for equity and state the case for local people.
• Experts at the cutting-edge of policy, scientific research, and market development will showcase a range of measures aimed at benefiting people and the global environment.

Forest Day aims at generating vigorous debate and analytical dialogue of all the social, science, technological, human and political issues inseparable from any discussion of forests and climate. With these themes and such a diversity of participants, Forest Day provides an exemplary vehicle for carrying the crucial questions about forests and climate change in to the future.  

By informing the larger climate change community of the many ways forests can assist them, Forest Day is set to become a reference point in UNFCCC discussions.

Presentations, discussions and debates will focus on:

• Forest’s role in climate change mitigation and adaptation
• REDD and mitigating climate change in developing countries
• Forests, climate change and their social and livelihood implications
• Pilot projects and their technical, monitoring and data-related challenges
• Emerging forest regimes in the context of governance, legal and institutional issues
• Laws, rights, compliance and enforcement in the new forest paradigm
• Methods to ensure equity in forest-related investment and financing mechanisms
• Reducing transaction and opportunity costs in forest and carbon markets
• Linking carbon sequestration with the many other environmental services provided by forests

Further Information:

Rachel Carmenta
Climate Change Research Officer, CIFOR
Mailing Address: P.O.Box 6596 JKPWB, Jakarta 10065, Indonesia
Tel: +62 (251) 622 622 Fax: +62 (251) 622 100
E-mail: r.carmenta@cgiar.org