18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, Edinburgh. 28 June - 2 July 2010.

Conference Proceedings

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Monday 28 June 2010 Tuesday 29 June 2010 Wednesday 30 June 2010 Thursday 1 July 2010

Thursday 1 July 2010


Session 12 – Delivering REDD+: From Copenhagen to Cancun

Click To Download  Genevieve Patenaude: Introduction to REDD+
Click To Download  Mohamed Tasreef Khan: Guyana’s Perspectives on REDD+
Click To Download  Felician Kilahama: REDD+ Initiatives in Tanzania
Click To Download  Ravi Prabhu: UN-REDD Programme – Updates and Insights
Click To Download  Hans Brattskar: The Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative


Parallel Sessions – Delivering Change


Session 13.1 – Delivering REDD+: From Copenhagen to Cancun

Click To Download  Andrew Mitchell: Finance and Investments
Click To Download  Christopher Webb: The Role of Private Sector Finance in REDD+
Click To Download  James Mayers: Forest Governance – Can REDD level the playing field?
Click To Download  Stephen Ward: GEO Forest Carbon Tracking and the Global Forest Monitoring Network


Session 13.2 – Institutional Settings and Good Governance

Click To Download  Shadrach Akindele: Forest Restoration through Traditional Institutions in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Click To Download  Dusmanta Giri: The Forest Rights Act: Combining Forest Conservation with Human Development
Click To Download  Patrick Abbot: Developing a New Generation of Forest Institutions – Using Complexity and Systems Approaches to Building Institutions that can cope with Change and Uncertainty
Click To Download  Mwita Mangora: Poverty and Institutional Management Stand-off: A restoration and Conservation Dilemma for Mangrove Forests of Tanzania
Click To Download  Neela Mukherjee: Forest Restoration and Armed Conflicts: Challenges and Policy Options for India


Session 13.3 – Forestry Management: Challenges and the Future

Click To Download  Mbuvi Musingo Tito Edward: Why the Change after a century: Kenyan Experience on Initiatives to Change Forestry Management Approach
Click To Download  Purabi Bose: Decentralised Forest Management: Implications on Tribal Communities of Rajasthan in India
Click To Download  Rainee Oliphant: Local Forest Management Committees – the Jamaican Perspective
Click To Download  Hilary Allison: Forest Restoration in the UK: A Non-Government Perspective
Click To Download  Suvarna Chandrappagari: Making them Work Better – Capacity Building of Women Frontline Staff through Gender Sensitive Forest Governance


Session 14.1 – Building Better Institutions and Governance

Click To Download  H Carolyn Peach Brown: Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation: Institutional Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges in the Congo Basin
Click To Download  Abdulrahman Bin Abdulrahim: Strengthening Capacity Building in the Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia in Meeting Emerging Forestry Issues
Click To Download  Janette Bulkan: ‘Dis Wood Kyan Dun: Intended and Unintended Consequences for Logging and REDD of the Common Belief in Inexhaustible Natural Tropical Forest in Guyana
Click To Download  John Palmer: “We Don’t Do Annual Reports Now” – Documenting Trends in the State of Forest Management in Public Forest Assets and Private Forest Enterprises.  How REDD might make a positive difference
Click To Download  Sharif Ahmed Mukul: The Efficacy of Forest Law Enforcement and Economic Incentives to Prevent Illegal Logging in Developing States, Lessons learned from in and around two Conservation Areas of North-East Bangladesh


Session 14.2 – Valuing and Paying for Forests

Click To Download  Maharaj Muthoo: Climate Change, Forest Restoration and Payment for Ecosystem Services
Click To Download  Madhu Verma: Economic Valuation, Green Accounting and Payment for Environmental Services – Gear of the Toolkit for Tackling Impacts of Climate Change in Himalayan Forests of India
Click To Download  Patrick Meir: Beyond Carbon: realising the value and continued stewardship of tropical forest ecosystem services in a changing climate
Click To Download  Tapan Kumar Nath: Rubber Planting for Forest Rehabilitation and Enhancement of Community Livelihood: A Comparative Study in Three South Asian Countries


Session 14.3 – Improving Livelihoods

Click To Download  Mohammad Safa: Forest Protection and Livelihood in Bangladesh: An Investigation Applying Discrete Dependent Variable Models
Click To Download  Muino Taquidir: Climate Change: Also an Opportunity for Poverty Alleviation
Click To Download  M S Haque: Initiatives of NABARD in Restoring Degraded Lands with Community Participation through Afforestation and Reforestation Activities under Watershed Approach in India
Click To Download  Ogunjobi Johnson: Experiences of a Research Institute in Forest Restoration Practices in Nigeria


Session 14.4 – Restoration: Practical Experiences

Click To Download  John Grace: Incentivising rural communities in Africa to plant trees and protect woodland
Click To Download  Gemma Cassells: Using Remote Sensing to Map Forest Cover Change in Savannah Woodland: A Case Study in Malawi
Click To Download  Gillian Petrokofsky: Reliable Forest Carbon Monitoring – Applying a Participatory Evidence-Based Framework to Validate the Knowledge Base
Click To Download  Philippa Lincoln: Why REDD needs to enable socio-economic development to restore forests in MIOMBO woodland regions


Session 15 – Bringing Solutions Together: Our Common Future

Click To Download  Pavan Sukhdev: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Click To Download  Tim Rollinson: Conference Summary

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