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Forest Day 2 - UNFCCC COP 14 Parallel Event Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests and Climate Change. |
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Following the success of the inaugural Forest Day at last year's Bali COP13, CIFOR will host Forest Day 2 at the UNFCCC COP14 in Poznan, Poland, 6 December 2008. The event will be co-hosted by the Polish Government and the State Forests, and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF). more
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“CIFOR Japan Day” |
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Wed, 15 October 2008. Supported by the Embassy of Japan and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Indonesia Office.
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CIFOR Agenda in WCC |
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More than 8,000 of the world’s leading decision makers in sustainable development: from governments, NGOs, business, the UN and academia. Together in one place for 10 days: to debate, share, network, learn, commit, vote and decide. more
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CIFOR at IUCN World Conservation Congress. Barcelona, 6-10 October 2008 |
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More than 8,000 of the world’s leading decision makers in sustainable development: from governments, NGOs, business, the UN and academia. Together in one place for 10 days: to debate, share, network, learn, commit, vote and decide. more
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IUCN World Conservation Congress. 5 to 14 October 2008, Barcelona, Spain. |
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The World Conservation Congress, co-hosted by Spain and Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain from 5 to 14 October 2008, is the premier environmental event of 2008. The first part of the Congress, the World Conservation Forum, runs from 6 to 10 October and is a great opportunity to debate pressing issues and their solutions for sustainable development. more
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The Koli workshop 2008: Forests in the changing environment. 3-5 September 2008, Koli, Finland |
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The workshop is an integral part of the Work Programme of the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) and it lays a basis for a regional contribution to the eighth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF).
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Agriculture in a Changing Climate: the New International Research Frontier. September 3, 2008 - Parliament House, Canberra. |
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Annual Development Conference on Agriculture in a Changing Climate: the New International Research Frontier. 3 September 2008 The Theatrette, Parliament House, Canberra.
Climate change is now accepted as a fact by most members of the Australian community. This acceptance provides a new climate for governments, decision-makers and researchers to assess the impacts and the necessary solutions across many important sectors around the globe, in our region and in Australia. more
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Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science, Policies, and Practices. Umeå, Sweden, August 25-28, 2008 |
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The conference will focus on the current state of knowledge of ongoing changes in climatic conditions in different regions of the world, and the implications of these changes for forest management and conservation. Presentations and discussions will emphasise research, policies and practices that are needed to enable us to plan for and manage healthy, productive forests to meet future societal needs for forest products and the full range of forest goods and services.
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Side Event at the Ninth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Bonn, Germany. May 22, 2008 |
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In response to the increasing challenges of conserving forest biodiversity in tropical, developing countries, landscape- and ecosystem-level approaches that are inclusive of, but broader than, protected areas have been presented as potential, adaptive solutions to mediating the trade-offs between conservation and livelihoods. more
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Poverty Reduction through Forestry-related Activities in Asia |
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Forest Day, Cameroon: Shaping the Debate on Forests and Climate Change in Central Africa |
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'Forests are a key issue for climate change discussions', said Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), during last December's international climate meeting in Bali. The conference delegates also expressed an urgent need for 'meaningful action to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation' (REDD).
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Agenda for the event on forests and climate change |
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Session I: Forests and Climate Change Mitigation
"Reduction of emission from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD): A readiness index for a full implementation", by Dr Daniel Murdiyarso, CIFOR Environmental Services Programme, Indonesia more
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Opening Session: Forestry in a Changing World |
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CIFOR at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week. Hanoi, 21-26 April 2008 |
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With its theme "Forestry in a changing world", Asia Pacific Forestry Week will bring together hundreds of experts to tackle some of the most pressing environmental and socio-economic issues of our time. CIFOR will play a major role, in partnering with other institutions to host plenary sessions, dialogue, book launches and information markets
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ACIAR Teak Project Annual Meeting |
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The ACIAR Teak Project Annual Meeting will be held on April 15 - 17, 2008 in Yogyakarta (the tentative venue will be at Quality Hotel, Yogyakarta). The meeting is objected to inform donor (ACIAR), PAG (Project Advisory Group), local stakeholders (the government of Gunung Kidul district and other related regional institutions) regarding the progress of project activities.
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Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa, a country-led initiative in support of UNFF. Durban, South Africa, 8-11 April 2008 |
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The Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa will bring together diverse stakeholders, policy makers and international experts to share experiences and explore opportunities for generating concrete gains from governance reforms and decentralized forest management. more
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Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa, a country-led initiative in support of UNFF |
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The Workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralization in Africa brought together diverse stakeholders, policy makers and international experts to share experiences and explore opportunities for generating concrete gains from governance reforms and decentralized forest management This Initiative in support of the United Nations Forum and Forests will provide a platform for bringing lessons from other international and national processes more
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Beijing International Conference on Combating Desertification. 22-24 January 2008. Beijing, China |
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The State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China (SFA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) will organize an International Conference on Combating Desertification, from 22-24 January 2008, in Beijing, China.
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Barcelona PEN workshop. Barcelona, Spain, 8th – 12th January 2008 |
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We would like to invite all partners of the Poverty and Environment Network (PEN) to the 4th PEN workshop in Barcelona in January 2008. While the first phase of the PEN project (and the first three workshops in 2004-2006) focused on fieldwork and methods of data collection, this workshop will officially launch the second phase, focused on the global data analysis and synthesis. It will also be the first opportunity to get all PEN partners together.
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