Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP), Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC), and the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Location: Aula (University hall), 1st floor, Collegium Minus

Successful REDD mechanisms may result not only in reduced deforestation, but also in improved livelihoods for the rural poor. This side event will offer an opportunity to reflect on how such a win-win situation may come about, by examining the rapidly evolving REDD debate and drawing on lessons from experiences in community-based forestry from around the world.  Insights will be provided on the challenges and opportunities for implementing effective, socially-just, and pro-poor REDD policies and measures, such that the rights of the local people managing, conserving and utilizing forest resources can be safeguarded by the new climate treaty.

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Chair: TBC
Time	Title of presentation	Speaker & Institution	File(s)
14:30 – 14:45	What will it take to get communities involved in REDD?	Margaret Skutsch, Univ. Twente
14:45 – 15:00	Delivering benefits to rural communities: issues at the international level	Leo Peskett, ODI
15:00 – 16:00	Participatory debates on REDD, rural development and the role of Community Forestry:	Bhola Bhattarai, FECOFUN
		Long Ratanakoma, Forest Administration, Cambodia
		Alvaro Rodriguez, ACICAFOC
		Patrick van Laake,  ITC
		Kamal Banskota,  ICIMOD
		Mike McCall, ITC
		Libase Ba, ENDA
		Elaikumu Zahabu, Sokiano University, Tanzania