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Indigenous and Local Community Perspectives on Forests and Climate Change: What Is Needed for an Effective Strategy to Avoid Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Rainforest Foundation Norway and Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED)

Location: Siedemnastka, 1st floor, Collegium Minus

Civil society and Indigenous Peoples will present alternative views on the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) debate with a focus on principles and processes that should be considered in the discussion on REDD. Speakers will discuss how to ensure that the development and implementation of REDD does not lead to negative social and environmental consequences. Case studies on local forest management systems will be presented, focusing on lessons learned and criteria for success. Strategies for promoting sustainable livelihoods for the rural poor will also be presented and discussed.

Chair:
Samuel Nguiffo, Executive Secretary in Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement Cameroon

Time

Title of presentation

Speaker & Institution

File(s)

14:30 – 14:45

Community forest management and alternative livelihoods in the Congo Basin

Samuel Nnah Ndobe, Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement/CED, Cameroon

  

14:45 – 15:00

Securing land rights of Indigenous Peoples as a mitigation measure in Brazil

Adriana Ramos, Instituto Socioambiental, ISA, Brazil, TBC

 742 KB

15:00 – 15:15

Rights, forests and climate change: recommendations for action

Lars Løvold, Director Rainforest Foundation Norway

 795 KB

15:15 – 15:30

Setting foundations to ensure rights in REDD: Possibilities at the Global, National and Local levels (Note: Title changed)

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chair UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues

 45 KB

15:30 – 16:00

Discussion

 

  
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
CIFOR advances human wellbeing, environmental conservation and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries. CIFOR is one of 15 centres within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).