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Forest Day: Programme

Palais de Congrès, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 09.00 - 17.00

Programme (French)

Forest Day Central Africa


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Time Agenda  
08.30 – 09.00 Registration participants  
09.00 – 10.00 Opening  
  Welcome Cyrie Sendashonga (CIFOR)
  Opening speech Minister of Forests and Wildlife Cameroon
  Key-note address : The Congo Basin forests and climate change Joseph Amougou (Ministry of Environment, Focoal Point UNFCCC)
  Key-note address: CDM, REDD, new tools, new challenges for African forest Christophe Besacier (French Cooperation)
10.00 – 10.30 Pause café  
10.30 – 12.30 Parallel Sessions  
  1. REDD in Central Africa: interactions with other forest management approaches Moderator: Thierry Liabastre (French Cooperation) 
  The impact of CMD on cacoa plantations: a concrete example Hortense Ngono (ANAFOR)
  REDD: a pilot project in Cameroon Claus-Michael Falkenberg (GTZ)
  REDD and conservation Martin Tchamba (WWF)
  REDD and forest exploitation Alain Billand (CIRAD)
  2. Forestry dynamics: methods, challenges and results Moderator: Louis Zapfack (University of Yaoundé I) 
  Natural forest regeneration: scientific challenges and methodologies Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury (CIRAD)
  Forestry dynamics in agricultural landscapes in Cameroon Valentina Robiglio (IITA)
  Reforestation in Cameroon Vincent Béligné (French Cooperation)
  Deforestation, degradation and mapping Gideon Shu (GFW)
  3. Impact of REDD on rural poverty Moderator: René Oyono (CIFOR) 
  CDM/REDD mechanisms: really for local populations? Raphael Hanmbock (ANCC)
  Social and ecological indicators of community plantations William Mala (CIFOR)
  Forest tenure Patrice Bigombe Logo (CERAD)
  4. REDD, markets and governance Moderator: Guillaume Lescuyer (CIRAD/CIFOR) 
  REDD, an innovative financing mechanism Carry Ann Cadman (World Bank)
  Link between carbon markets and forest sector Christophe Besacier (French Cooperation)
  Is carbon seqeustration a competitive economic land use? Denis Sonwa (IITA/ASB)
  Which institutional arrangement? Peter Minang Akong (ICRAF/ASB)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch  
14.00 – 15.30 Forest café Moderator: Anne Nsang (UNIC)
14.00 – 15.00 Restitution of the discussions in the parallel sessions Moderator: Abdon Awono (CIFOR)
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break  
15.30 – 16.30 Closing session: Which strategy for the future of REDD in Central Africa? Modérateur : Abdon Awono (CIFOR) 
  Political point of view Hon. Jean- Jacques Zam (REPAR)
  Point of view COMIFAC Martin Tadoum (COMIFAC)
  Point of view international community (to decide)
  Which impact of REDD on the sustainable management of forests and poverty reduction in the Congo Basin? Johnson Nkem (CIFOR)
  Closing Cyrie Sendashonga (CIFOR)