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Forest Day Sessions Summary

 

SESSION 1: OPENING PLENARY

10.00 - 11.30

 

SESSION 2: PARALLEL SIDE EVENTS

12.00 - 13.30

1. Evolving a Technical Sourcebook for REDD Implementation (GOFC-GOLD)
Evolving a Technical Sourcebook for REDD Implementation
Background and scope of the sourcebook
Monitoring deforestation
Monitoring forest degradation
Monitoring and estimating changes in forest carbon stocks
Guidance on reporting
 
 
2. Forests, Climate Change and the Forest Industry – The Business Perspective Introduction (ICFPA & WBCSD)
Welcome and introductions
Introducing the forest based sector and its different roles in climate change
ICFPA (TP)
The Carbon profile of the global forest sector
Global view: Forests and bio-energy FAO (WK)
Enabler of bio-energy - EU Bio-energy impact assessment
Sustainable forest product industry/Recommendations and conclusions
 
 
3. Carbon Emission Abatement Costs from Reduced Deforestation (ASB-ICRAF)
REDD and the Challenges of estimating abatement costs for avoided deforestation
Returns to land and comparative abatement costs in mixed land use systems in Cameroon
Landscape Analysis of Abatement Cost in the Philippines: The Lantapan ASB Case Study
Estimated investments required to avoid deforestation in the Amazon : A Peruvian perspective
Landscape-level analysis of abatement costs in four landscapes in Indonesia
Abatement costs of avoiding emissions from forest degradation
 
 
4. Drivers of Deforestation and Implications for Incentive Schemes (MPI)
Drivers of deforestation and implications for incentive schemes: Introduction
Correlations between national circumstances and deforestation: common regional patterns
Governance and socio-economic drivers of deforestation
Uncertainties at country-level and implications for design options of incentive schemes
Why incentives purely based on emission reductions will fail
 
 
5. The Future of the Land Use Sector in Carbon Markets (EcoSecurities)
Lessons learned from forestry land use projects under Kyoto and challenges ahead
Panel discussion:
  • Why was AR-CDM a failure?
  • What can be done to improve the situation?
  • Is reforestation important at all with a view to CC mitigation effectiveness?
  • What is the future of land use projects? (reforestation /REDD/adaptation)
  • What are the co-benefits of LU projects
  • How can adaptation benefits be used to leverage additional funds or incentives for LU carbon projects (or vice versa)?
 
 
6. Linking Decision-Making with Knowledge about Forest Adaptation to Climate Change – The Contribution of the Joint CPF Initiative on Science and Technology (IUFRO)
Forests and climate change – information needs of the UNFF
Forests, climate change and biodiversity – information needs of the CBD
Forests in a Changing Climate - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Mainstreaming Adaptation into Development – The Contribution of the Tropcial Forests and Climate Change Adaptation (TroFCCA) Project
Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change – The contribution of the Joint CPF Initiative on Science and Technology
 
 
7. SFM for REDD - From Acronyms to Implementation in the Tropics (ITTO)
ITTO’s experience in promoting SFM in the tropics
Keynote Address: Governor Eduardo Braga (Amazonas State, Brazil)
Payment of Environmental Services and Conservation in Amazonas, Brazil (with Prof. Virgilio Mauricio Viana, Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainable Dev. of the State of Amanonas, Brazil)
Sustainable forest management as a tool for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Forest Canopy Density Mapping: Climate Change Mitigation, Forest Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Forest Management, Philippine Experience
Strengthening forest law enforcement in the Republic of Congo through remote sensing technology and information systems
 
 
8. Maximizing Multiple Benefits for Climate, Communities and Biodiversity from Forest Carbon Projects (CCBA)
Introduction to optimizing multiple benefits for from forest carbon markets
Key issues surrounding land-based carbon from a market perspective
Investor interest in multiple-benefit forest carbon
The role of the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards
Making markets work for poverty alleviation: experiences from Indonesia and Guatemala
Innovative revenue sharing between Government and communities: Makira project, Madagascar
Conclusions and recommendations
 
 
9. Estimating REDD and Afforestation Carbon and Economic Benefits, and Addressing Implementation Issues (LBNL)
Introduction
Minutes What tools are available for projecting baseline emissions for deforestation?
Minutes Addressing Permanence, Additionality and Leakage in an International REDD Agreement
Minutes Assessing Comparative Advantage and Leakage in Emission Reductions from Deforestation.
Minutes GHG Mitigation Potential in Global Forests: Role of transaction costs and alternative baselines
 
 
10. Sustainable Forest Management and Climate Change Mitigation - Building on Past Experience (FAO)
Perspectives on Forests and Climate Change Mitigation
Forest Monitoring and Assessment for Climate Change Reporting
Civil Society’s Essential Involvement for Successful Government Policy Implementation
Codes and Guidelines for Sustainable Forest Management
Best Practices for Improving Law Compliance in the Forest Sector
The Non-Legally Binding Instrument on All Types of Forest
 
 
11. Carbon Markets & other Funding for Reducing Emissions from Tropical Deforestation (UCS)
The costs and benefits of reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Brazilian Amazon
Carbon Price Impacts on Land Investment at the Forest Frontier
Private sector requirements for REDD credit trading & lessons learnt from the market for LULUCF credits
The Dual Markets Approach to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
Supply and Demand of REDD Credits and Other Funding Sources: A review of the literature
 
 
12. The Forests Now Declaration - Forests Now in the Fight Against Climate Change (GCP)
Introduction
From Brazil to Bali: A Global Call to Action
A Call to Action from the Amazonas State Government, Brazil
A Call to Action from the Congo Basin Forests
A Call to Action from Papua New Guinea and the Coalition For Rainforest Nations.
Why Forests Need Markets NOW.
Is there a role for a large-scale fund to prepare the markets?
 
 
13. High Conservation Value (HCV) Forests and Land Use Planning for REDD (HCVF-RN)
Introduction to High Conservation Value Forests
The HCV Framework and land use planning for REDD
HCVF and standard setting for forest carbon projects
HCVF case studies, Indonesia
FSC Viewpoint on HCVF
TNC Viewpont on HCVF
World Bank Viewpoint on HCVF
Forest Peoples’ Programme Viewpiont on HCVF
WWF viewpoint on HCVF
 

SESSION 3: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES

14.00 - 15.30

1. Setting the Baseline & Estimating Forest Carbon – Methodological Challenges
2. Markets and Governance - Can We Make Them Work?
3. Efficiency v Equity- What Are the Trade Offs and Can They be Managed?
4. Adaptation to Climate Change – Achieving Increased Resilience and Livelihood Improvements

SESSION 4: PARALLEL SIDE EVENTS

 16.00 - 17.30

 
1. Appropriate Tools and Incentives are Required to Optimize Potential Biodiversity Benefits of REDD (SCBD)
Introduction / Role of the CBD in supporting biodiversity co-benefits of REDD
Introduction to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, and possibilities for integration of biodiversity aspects
The Great Apes Survival Project – identifying win-win areas
Can carbon concerns save Borneo's forest wildlife?
Ensuring Multiple Benefits from Forest Carbon Markets: Integrating Mitigation, Adaptation, Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation
 
 
2. Perspectives Toward Healthy Tropical Forest  (FFPRI)
Opening Remark
Operational role of remote sensing to the forest and landscape management (CIFOR)
Local Community Forest Management Practices for Global Environmental Balance
Importance of plantation wood resources in Southeast Asia
JICA Mangrove Project in Bali – Abstract-
Monitoring the fragile mangrove ecosystem –Impact of Tsunami and recovery
 
 
3. Estimating Carbon Stocks in Forested Landscapes (ASB-ICRAF)
Overview of the measurement challenges
New National-Level Estimates of Tropical Forest Carbon Stocks
Optimizing land and forest classification in GIS analysis – Case Studies from Indonesia
Where does uncertainty stem from? Strategies for more accurate estimation of wood density for carbon pool assessment in tropical forests
 
 
4. Biofuel for Climate Change Mitigation and Sus. Development - A Legal Perspective on the Opportunities and Challenges of Biofuel in Dev. Countries (IDLO-APRC)
Title of presentation: Good governance, the rule of law and sustainable development of biofuel in developing countries
Title of presentation: UNFCCC versus CBD – Indonesian response to alternative energy
Title of presentation: Biofuels and Sustainable Development: issues for Indigenous peoples and local communities
Title of presentation: Biofuels and carbon markets – current situation and perspectives 
 
 
5. Synergies Between the Rio Conventions - Carbon Forestry Projects that Contribute to Biodiversity Conservation and Combating Degradation (EcoSecurities)
Designing ecosystem services projects: The supply side
Marketing of ecosystem services: The demand side’s perspective
Conservation Carbon: Combined Ecosystem Services
Payments for biodiversity – piloting methodologies for biodiversity offsetting
Guyana Shield Initiative and Additionality of REDD (tbc, IUCN NL)
 
 
6. REDD & Poverty (PEP)
Introduction to the Poverty and Environment Partnership (PEP)
Presentation of the background paper
Key features of REDD
Forests, poverty, and implications for REDD
Panel discussion – Lessons learned from related experiences
  • The Coalition for Rainforest Nations – Kevin Conrad
  • Protected Areas – Lera Miles (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Indigenous Peoples Rights – Marcus Colchester (FPP)
  • Carbon Market – Eric Bettleheim (SFM Ltd.)
  • Forest Carbon Partnership Facility – Benoît Bosquet (WB)
  • Experiences in forest management:
    • Africa – Peter Minang (ICRAF)
    • Amazon – Jan Borner (CIAT)
    • Indonesia – Mubariq Ahmad (WWF)
Looking ahead – livelihood risks and opportunities from REDD
 
 
7. Sustainable Forests and Carbon Management (GEF)
Introduction ＆Opening remarks
1) Introduction to GEF Sustainable Forest Mgt Program: Richard Hosier, Team Leader, Climate and Chemicals. (5 minutes)
2) Introduction to Japanese activities for development and utilization of land observation technologies for Sustainable Forest Management Dr. Mitsuo Matsumoto, FFPRI (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute) (5 minutes)
Japan’s ongoing actions and future strategies for enhancing sustainable forest management in developing countries.
GEF's Programmatic Investment in Sustainable Forest Management
Kyoto and Carbon Project - A Global forest and environmental monitoring using the ALOS PALSAR
Carbon Benefits - Modeling, Measurement, and Monitoring Project
Challenges to evaluate reduced emission from deforestation and forest degradation using satellite in Southeast Asia
 
 
8. Old Subject, New Tricks - How Will Existing Forestry Institutions Deliver Climate-Conscious Forest Management? (WRI)
Old Subject, New Tricks - How Will Existing Forestry Institutions Deliver Climate-Conscious Forest Management? (WRI)
Setting the stage on REDD and institutions
Current and future forest cover changes in Southeast Asia.
 
 
9. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries (REDD) - Concept and Practical Efforts (GTZ)
REDD pilot projects in German development cooperation (tentatively)
REDD Pilot Project implementation in Cameroon for COMIFAC
Degradation detection at different spatial scales: Preliminary results from a feasibility study
The Madagascar REDD project
Biomass inventory methods, deforestation factors and baseline development in Madagascar
 
 
10. Boreal Forests Role in Fighting Climate Change (NRDC)
Role of Global Boreal Forest in Climate Regulation
Canadian Aboriginal Communities: on the Climate Frontline
Boreal Forest Conservation and Bali: Looking Forward
 
 
11. Experiences in National-Level Deforestation Baseline Analysis (CI)
Introduction
Progress and examples of national baselines of tropical deforestation
Monitoring deforestation and selective logging in the Brazilian Amazon
Monitoring forest clearing in Indonesia and the Congo Basin
 
 
12. Getting Ready for the Forest Carbon Market, World Bank (WB) & Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia
Setting the Stage for the Global REDD Process
Readiness Process in Indonesia
Developing Country Perspective on Readiness (
The Role of NGOS in the Implementation of the Readiness Phase
Complementarities between the FCPF and the GIFC
 

SESSION 5: CLOSING PLENARY

17.45 - 18.15

 

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