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FOREST DAY PROGRAMME

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Registration & Poster Session

Time: 09.00-10.00

The range of focus is impressive, featuring many different perspectives on forests and climate change, including: current research initiatives and project syntheses; results and case studies; recommendations and methodologies.

SESSION 1
Opening Plenary

Time: 10.00-11.30

Opening Plenary
Venue: Grand Ball Room

SESSION 2
Parallel Side Events

Time: 12.00 - 13.30

	Carbon emission abatement costs from reduced deforestation
	Carbon Market & other Funding for Reducing Emissions From Tropical Deforestation
	Drivers of deforestation and implications for incentive schemes
	Estimating REDD and Afforestation Carbon and Economic Benefits, and Addressing Implementation Issues
	Evolving a Technical Sourcebook for REDD Implementation
	Forests, climate change and the forest industry – The business perspective Introduction
	High Conservation Value (HCV) Forests and land use planning for REDD
	Linking decision-making with knowledge about forest adaptation to climate change – the contribution of the Joint CPF Initiative on Science and Technology
	Maximizing multiple benefits for climate, communities and biodiversity from forest carbon projects
	SFM for REDD: from acronyms to implementation in the tropics
	Sustainable forest management and climate change mitigation: building on past experience.
	The Forests Now Declaration: Forests Now in the Fight Against Climate Change
	The future of the land use sector in carbon markets

SESSION 3
Crosscutting Themes

Time: 14.00 - 15.30

	Crosscutting Themes 1: Setting the baseline and estimating the forest carbon - methodological challenges
	Crosscutting Themes 2: Markets and governance: Can we make them work?
	Crosscutting Themes 3: Efficiency V Equity- What are the trade offs and can they be managed?
	Crosscutting Themes 4: Adaptation to climate change: Achieving increased resilience and livelihood improvements

SESSION 4
Parallel Side Events

Time: 16.00-17.30

	Biofuel for climate change mitigation and sustainable development? A legal perspective on the opportunities and challenges of biofuel in developing countries
	Boreal Forests Role in Fighting Climate Change
	Experiences in National-Level Deforestation Baseline Analysis
	Estimating Carbon Stocks and Changes in Forested Landscapes
	Getting Ready for the Forest Carbon Market
	Old subject, new tricks? How will existing forestry institutions deliver climate-conscious forest management?
	Perspectives toward Healthy Tropical Forest
	Making REDD Work for the Poor
	Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries (REDD): Concept and practical efforts
	Synergies between the Rio Conventions: carbon forestry projects that contribute to biodiversity conservation and combating degradation.
	Sustainable Forests and Carbon Management
	Tools and Incentives for Optimizing Biodiversity Benefits of REDD

SESSION 5
Closing Plenary

Time: 17.45-18.15

Closing Plenary
Venue: Grand Ball Room B