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Program:
May 29
08.30-09.00: Registration and coffee
Session 1: Introduction to the conference
Moderator: Poul Wisborg (Noragric)
09.00-09.20: Opening: Vice chancellor UMB, Hans Fredrik Hoen
Political advisor, Ministry of Environment, Audun Garberg.
09.20-0925: Practical information (by the organizers)
09.25-09.45: Arild Angelsen (UMB): Where is REDD+ heading?
09.45-11.00: Status in participating countries – presentation by REDD Focal Points from each participating country – 8 minutes per county
- Brazil: Paulo José Chiarelli V. de Azevedo
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Patrick Bisimwa Kulimushi
- Ghana: Yaw Kwakye (tbc)
- Indonesia: Chandra Kirana
- Nepal: Resham Dangi
- Pakistan: Syed Mahmood Nasir
- Tanzania: Julius Ningu
- Uganda: Xavier Mugumya
11.00-11.30: Coffee break
Session 2: The potential of different national REDD+ architectures to reduce carbon emissions
Moderator: Pål Vedeld (Noragric)
11.30-11.50: Arild Vatn (UMB): National REDD+ architectures – the main issues.
11.50-12.30: Maria Brockhaus (CIFOR): National REDD+ policy processes: Old or new power constellations?
12.30-13.30: Lunch
13.30-14.00: Question and discussion session
14.00-14.30: Natalie Unterstell (Brazilian REDD+ Focal point): The Brazilian REDD+ architecture
14.30-14.45: Virgilio Viana (FAS): REDD+ projects on the ground: the Bolsa Floresta Program experience
14.45-15.00: Questions and discussion
15.00-15.05: Introduction to group work on the overall capacities of national REDD+ architectures
15.05-17.00: Group work 1 – incl. coffee break
17.00-17.45: Plenary presentations and summing up
1800: Dinner
May 30
08.30-09.00: Coffee
Session 3: Making REDD+ participatory and protective of local rights
Moderator: Mariteuw Chimere Diaw (African Model Forest Network)
09.00-09.30: Anne Larson (CIFOR): Does REDD+ favor securing rights at the local level? An overwiew
09.30-10.00: William Sunderlin (CIFOR): Does REDD+ favor securing rights at the local level? Observations from 19 projects in five countries
10.00-10.30: Question and discussion session
10.30-11.00: Coffee break
11.00-11.40: Edwin Vasquez (COICA): How could REDD+ serve indigenous interests? (with translation)
11.40-12.05: George Kajembe (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania): The REDD+ process in Tanzania: The village as an arena for defining and defending local and national interests
12.05-12.20: Gene Birikorang, (Hamilton Resources, Ghana): State ownership vs. customary rights to forests: The challenges of legal pluralism for REDD+ in Ghana
12.20-13.20: Lunch
Moderator: Darley Kjosavik (Noragric)
13.20-13.50: Question and discussion session
13.50-13.55: Introduction to group work on REDD+ on participation and protection of local rights
14.00-16.00: Group work 2 – incl. coffee break
16.00-17.00: Plenary presentations and summing up
1800: Dinner
May 31:
08.30-09.00: Coffee
Session 4: What to pay for and how?
Moderator: Maryanne Grieg Gran (IIED)
09.00-09.25: Desmond McNeill (University of Oslo): REDD+: What should be measured?
09.25-09.50: Esteve Corbera (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona): Distributional implications of payments for ecosystem services
09.50-10.20: Adrian Enright (SNV, Vietnam): What payment systems for REDD+ do local people favor? Experiences from Vietnam
Gorettie N. Nabanoga and Justine Namaalwa (Makerere University, Uganda): What payment systems for REDD+ do local people favor? Experiences from Uganda
10.20-10.50: Question and discussion session
10.50-11.20: Coffee break
11.20-11.50 Chandra Kirana (Indonesia REDD Task Force): How to monitor and pay? The Indonesian experience
11.50-12.05: Questions and discussion
12.05-12.10: Introduction to group work on payments and measuring outcomes
12.10-13.10: Lunch
13.10-14.40: Group work 3
14.40-15.25: Plenary presentations and summing up
15.25-15.55: Coffee break
Session 5: Final discussion – round table
Moderator: Desmond McNeill (University of Oslo)
16.00-17.00: Closing round table
1800: Dinner
