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International Workshop on "Adaptation to climate change: the role of ecosystem services"

CATIE-Turrialba-Costa Rica, 3-5 November 2008

The workshop are organized for having a view of the state the art in the different aspects involved in the design of adaptation strategies to climate change; sharing experiences from the Latin American region; and building up the basis for a research network on the role of ecosystem services for adaptation to climate change.

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Intern with TroFCCA West Africa: Denboy Kudejira


TroFCCA at Conference on Sustainable Forest Management in Africa

Stellenbosch, South Africa,
3 – 7 November 2008

In a continuous process of mainstreaming climate change into forest management practices, TroFCCA has successfully included a session on "Forests and climate Change Response – Can we balance adaptation and mitigation in Climate Change Response Programmes?".


TroFCCA at Conference on Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate

Umeå- Sweden,
25-28 August 2008

TroFCCA & CIFOR has organized a ½ to 1 day session on “Tropical Forest management and Climate Change Adaptation” in the context of the upcoming IUFRO-FAO-SLU Conference entitled Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science, Policies, and Practices. We will include papers that cover the biophysical/silvicultural, social, institutional, and economic basis of tropical forest management (natural and planted stands) in the context of global climate change. more


TroFCCA at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, Hanoi- Vietnam, 21-26 April 2008.

In collaboration with FAO, TroFCCA & CIFOR will hold a session on Forests and Climate Change in the Forestry Week. Topics that will be discussed are including climate change Mitigation and Adaptation, Emerging opportunities such as voluntary carbon markets and Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, etc. more

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TroFCCA is a four years effort of the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Tropical Agriculture Centre for Research and Higher Education (CATIE) to contribute to the limited understanding of adaptation and tropical forest ecosystems.

Through the development of specific methodologies to assess vulnerability, the project will contribute to the efforts to mainstreaming of adaptation into development. The project will complement activities already taking place in the countries in which it will be implemented and, for this reason, a working relation with national governments and other organizations will be established before commencing activities.

Acknowledging that the impacts of climate change will not be the same for all areas of the planet, TroFCCA will work on three regions and seven countries. While following the same approach and methodology, each region will concentrate on those aspects of climate change that are a priority according with its development policy, environmental conditions and expected climate changes. These aspects will be defined through consultations with the government and will be brought in concrete terms in initial kick-off meeting for each region.