Forest Day Side Events Provisional list 20/11/07

Date/Time/ Organizer Title/Theme Room

Saturday, Food and Agriculture Sustainable forest management and climate 8 December organization of the change mitigation: building on past experience. 12.00-13.30 united nations (FAO) The side event will provide an overview of the Cigar Room Susan Braatz experience in sustainable forest management that [email protected] can be applied to the challenges of climate change Tel: (+39) 06 57051 mitigation, particularly reducing emissions from and forest degradation in developing countries. It will consider technical tools and mechanisms, governance and legal frameworks, livelihood concerns, financial considerations and capacity strengthening needs in key areas, including forest law enforcement, forest fire management, reforestation and forest landscape restoration, protected area management, and reduced impact logging. It will also highlight key intersectoral issues to be addressed, particularly related to agriculture. Existing tools, mechanisms and partnerships that can support forestry efforts in climate change mitigation will be highlighted. The side event will include presentations from FAO and various partner institutions working to strengthen SFM in developing countries.

Saturday, Poverty and REDD & Poverty 8 December Environment 16.00-17.30 Partnership (PEP) The impacts of deforestation extend beyond Grand Ball David Huberman loss and increased greenhouse gas Room A david.huberman@iucn. emissions. The livelihoods of many of the world's org poorest people are strongly linked to both the Tel: +41 79 813 1214 clearing and conservation of forested ecosystems. Mechanisms for REDD will thus have far-reaching economic implications. Rural communities rely heavily on the use of timber and non-timber resources from forests, as well as the conversion of forests to agriculture and other uses. Forest ecosystem services such as water supply and crop pollination likewise play a key role in supporting rural livelihoods. While the rural poor depend heavily on forests, in some contexts their poverty has also been identified as a significant driver of deforestation. Inevitably, any efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, as a means to mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity, must address the complex linkages between forests and poverty.

Saturday, International union of Linking decision-making with knowledge about 8 December Forest Research forest adaptation to climate change – the 12.00-13.30 institutions (IUFRO) contribution of the Joint CPF Initiative on Sanur Room Alexander Buck Science and Technology [email protected] Current climate change policies and measures tend Tel: +43 1 877 01 51 to focus on mitigation. Yet, even with mitigation in 13 place, measures and policies will need to be developed to enable the adaptation of forests to current and projected changes in climate. In this context, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests’ Joint Initiative on Science and Technology aims to provide international decision makers with state-of-science information on the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems, their capacity to adapt and their vulnerability. For this purpose, an international “Expert Panel on Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change” has been established to carry out a comprehensive assessment of available scientific information and prepare a report for use by international fora, including the United Nations Forum on Forests, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UNFCCC. During this side-event, participants will be informed about the activities of the Expert Panel on Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change up to the year 2009. In addition, the side-event will provide a forum for internationally renowned policy makers and scientific experts to discuss the “adaptation imperative”, and how the assessment report can best support the work of the UNFCCC on adaptation to climate change. Saturday, International Tropical SFM FOR REDD: FROM ACRONYMS TO 8 December Timber Organization IMPLEMENTATION IN THE TROPICS 12.00-13.30 (ITTO) The purpose of this Side Event is to share ITTO’s Bali Room Steven E. Johnson experience in enhancing sustainable tropical forest [email protected] management in connection with reducing emissions Tel: +81 45 223 1110 from deforestation in developing countries in the tropics (REDD). Specifically, the Event intends to introduce the concepts of sustainable forest management in relation to REDD. These concepts will be illustrated by means of specific examples of concrete ITTO field projects. In addition, a tropical perspective of combating deforestation under the UNFCCC will be presented. Saturday, World Resources Old subject, new tricks? How will existing 8 December Institute (WRI) forestry institutions deliver climate-conscious 16.00-17.30 Fred Stolle forest management? Sanur Room [email protected] Tel: +1-202-7297694 Rapid deforestation and unsustainable forest management are among the main environmental concerns of the last 30 years—yet despite decades of attention by multilateral organizations, research institutions and international conventions, success has been limited and many regions continue to face the same challenges.

Now, the climate issue has brought forests to the forefront of the world’s attention. Deforestation and land-use change are the second leading causes of global warming, accounting for one-fifth of global carbon emissions and over one-third of emissions from developing countries. Can the need to mitigate climate change be used to bring about a positive change in forest management? Or will a carbon- centric view of forests bring about unintended consequences, mitigating climate change at the expense of other forest values?

This side event will juxtapose the emerging needs and opportunities of the climate sector with the existing institutions of the forestry sector, asking whether – and how – the latter can mobilize the flexibility and cooperation that is needed to combine climate mitigation with sustainable forest management, including good governance, poverty alleviation and maintenance of ecosystem services.

Saturday, Union of Concerned Carbon Market & other Funding for Reducing 8 December Scientists (UCS) Emissions From Tropical Deforestation 12.00-13.30 Douglas Boucher Reducing emissions from deforestation will require Sumba [email protected] substantial funding, both for the development of Room Tel: +1-202-331-6958 tropical nations' technical capacities and to outweigh the opportunity costs of land uses other than forests. Although the carbon market is a leading prospect for providing this funding, it's not yet clear what level of financial flows it can be expected to provide, how this level compares to official development assistance and other funding alternatives, and how all these flows compare to the needs. This session will present several analyses, both regional (e.g. Amazon) and global, of these amounts, based on economic analyses of the supply curves of REDD credits. The results should provide the basis for choosing funding alternatives and for evaluating whether REDD credits will be either so few as to have little impact on deforestation, or so many that they could swamp carbon markets and reduce emissions reductions in industrial and energy sectors. Their importance for policy is thus very great.

Saturday, Max-Planck-Institute Drivers of deforestation and implications for 8 December (MPI) incentive schemes 12.00-13.30 Annette Freibauer Grand Ball [email protected] Quantitative relationships between national Room B Tel: +49 3641 576164 circumstances, socio-economic and political drivers of deforestation are shown at national and subcontinental level. However, every country has its own specific history and situation. Clustering of countries to define reduction ambitions is therefore inappropriate. What does the complex situation mean for international negotiations? Countries need to find their own appropriate ways to fight the causes of deforestation but require sustained incentives to keep up the national success of REDD. An incentive mechanism focused on emission reductions will fail to be effective in the mid-term.

Saturday, Forests, climate change and the forest industry International council 8 December – The business perspective of Forest and Paper 12.00-13.30 Introduction Association (ICFPA); Banda Room One of the key themes in COP13 will be the various World Business roles of forests and forestry in climate change, Council for which are extensively discussed in chapter 9 of the Sustainable fourth assessment report (Working Group III). Development Sustainable forest management, including (WBCSD) afforestation and reforestation, are key themes as is Marco Mensink the activities of the forest industry sector. The forest [email protected] industry (private forest owners, forest products Tel: +32 475 769388 companies) has several roles in the climate change debate. One role is as an eco-efficient user of energy and responsible manager of greenhouse gasses emissions. Others include sustainable forest management, producers of wood-based products and enablers of new technologies for biofuels, bio- chemicals, etc. These different roles of the forest industry in climate change are expanding and becoming clearer as the scientific and policy debates develop; including in wood products, the deployment of intensively managed planted forests to meet expand demand for fiber (for products and energy) and the production of bio-energy/fuels. The goal of the side event is to present the business perspective on forests, forestry and climate change. This side event will aim at introducing the industry and presenting the latest studies and material on these different roles. The side event will combine presentations, an expert panel and audience discussion in order to be able to explore some shared conclusions on the future role of the sustainable forest products industry.

Saturday, Lawrence Berkeley Estimating REDD and Afforestation Carbon and 8 December National Labs (LBNL) Economic Benefits, and Addressing 12.00-13.30 Jayant Sathaye Implementation Issues Lombok [email protected] Abstract: An integrated set of presentations in two Room Tel: +1 510 486 6294 sessions on REDD and afforestation, addressing: how remote sensing and forest carbon estimation is performed, tools available for screening terrestrial carbon intervention candidate locations, the implications of competing baseline establishment methods, the potential quantities and costs and locations of interventions, options to address leakage and additionality and non-permanence in REDD programs, and estimating the demand for reductions. Session 1: Measurement, Monitoring, and Baselines

Saturday, High Conservation High Conservation Value (HCV) Forests and 8 December Value Forest land use planning for REDD 12.00-13.30 Resource Network Sustainable land use planning requires a Octopus (HCVF-RN) landscape level approach that integrates Room Dr Christopher Stewart environmental and socio-cultural values with Christopher@proforest economic needs. At the level of Forest .net Management Units or forest set-asides Tel: +44 1993 886654 within production landscapes, understanding and managing the full range of conservation values is critical to long-term sustainability, including risk assurance against the loss or degradation of forest carbon assets. The High Conservation Value (HCV) framework provides a flexible toolkit to identify, map, manage and monitor the critical conservation values present in a forest area (see www.hcvnetwork.org), including species biodiversity, endangered habitats, landscape level ecosystems, ecosystem services, basic needs of forest-dependent communities, and cultural identity values. The HCV concept originated in FSC forest certification, but is now widely applied in other contexts, including notably in land use planning, in the RSPO principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil production, in responsible investment and purchasing policies, and in conservation advocacy. Landscape level HCV assessments combined with ecosystem carbon asset analysis can help national policy makers, REDD investors and land use managers to identify the multiple ecosystem values, balance cost-benefit decisions of land use options, and control risk within managed landscape units.

Saturday, Global Environment Sustainable Forests and Carbon Management 8 December Facility (GEF) Present and future management of land and forest 16.00-17.30 Dick Hosier resources will be of critical importance in shaping Sumba [email protected] future climate regimes. However, the accurate and Room Tel: +1-202-473-0508; cost-effective measurement of carbon fluxes in 458-0290 land-use and forestry remains an important challenge. This side event, sponsored by the GEF and the Government of Japan, will focus first on contributions on improving forest management in developing countries through Japan’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) system. It will then introduce the GEF’s new cross-cutting Sustainable Forest Management Program (SFM) and the climate change program focusing on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF). Discussion will link land-use changes, forest management, and the accurate measurement of carbon fluxes in developing countries.

Saturday, Evolving a Technical Sourcebook for REDD 8 December Global Observations Implementation 12.00-13.30 of Forest Cover and As the United Nations Framework Convention on Moyo Room Land Dynamics Climate Change nears the end of a 2 year period of (GOFC-GOLD) evaluation of the issue Reducing Emissions from Martin Herold Deforestation in Developing Countries, participating [email protected] countries have agreed on the need to address this Tel: +49 3641 948887 globally important source of greenhouse gas emissions. The value of remote sensing tools for deforestation monitoring, coupled with ground/based inventories, has been officially referenced to support policies to reduce these emissions. GOFC-GOLD has maintained close communication with the negotiation process and provided technical guidance. GOFC-GOLD and associated organizations have drafted a user- friendly technical sourcebook on available methods and procedures for estimating carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The document builds upon existing UNFCCC approved methodologies, scientific consensus on remote sensing methods, and provides additional explanation, clarification and enhanced methodologies for obtaining key data. ¾ The aim of the side event is to present the sourcebook draft and open discussions for future developments and improvements.

Saturday, Forestry and forest Perspectives toward Healthy Tropical Forest 8 December products research We are promoting practical activities in forest sector 16.00-17.30 institute(FFPRI) after the first period of the . It must Kuta Room Takeshi Toma be necessary to tackle with the global warming [email protected] problem by integrating all the knowledge in forest Tel: +81 29 829 8327 science and management. This session will present the situation and future perspectives in forests, forest products and social systems as well as forest information systems. The results should contribute in promoting better understanding of forest functions from various points of view, which will bring about future guidelines of forest sector for the global warming problem.

Saturday, Convention on Tools and Incentives for Optimizing Biodiversity 8 December Biological Diversity Benefits of REDD 16.00-17.30 Secretariat (SCBD) Grand Ball Tim Christophersen Reducing emission from deforestation and Room B [email protected] degradation (REDD) has been recognized by the nt 190 Parties to the Convention on Biological Tel: +1 514 287 7036 Diversity (CBD) as having significant potential to mobilize benefits for both carbon sequestration and for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. However, appropriate tools and incentives are required to realize potential biodiversity benefits of REDD. This side event will present experiences from a range of projects that created win-win situations for biodiversity conservation and carbon sequestration, and it will present possible tools to optimize biodiversity benefits of REDD mechanisms. The event will also give stakeholders an opportunity to discuss possible ways and means for the inclusion of biodiversity benefits into emerging mechanisms such as the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).

Saturday, Climate, community Maximizing multiple benefits for climate, 8 December and Biodiversity communities and biodiversity from forest 12.00-13.30 Aliance (CCBA) carbon projects Samudra Joanna Durbin Forest carbon projects, including avoided Room jdurbin@climate- deforestation, reforestation and afforestation standards.org activities, are increasingly being recognized as a Tel: +1-703-341-2461 crucial component of any strategy to comprehensively address climate change. Forests also provide many other extremely valuable services such as water regulation, soil protection and ecotourism opportunities, often vital elements for sustainable development. In addition, many of the rural poor in developing countries rely on forest products for their livelihoods, food, shelter and medicines. Forests are dynamic ecosystems that sustain society, both physically and spiritually and are bastions of biodiversity, sustaining a myriad of animals and plants, including most of the species threatened with extinction. Integrated and sensitive design can ensure that forestry projects deliver robust carbon offsets while also supporting sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. This side event will bring together a panel of leading experts and practitioners to share their on-the-ground experience and useful tools for developing forest carbon projects that maximize climate, community and biodiversity benefits.

Saturday, EcoSecurities The future of the land use sector in carbon 8 December Sabine Henders markets 12.00-13.30 Sabine.Henders@eco • Policy developments until 2012 and beyond Kuta Room securities.com • Market development until 2012 and beyond, Tel: +44 1865 29 6920 covering Kyoto, other regulatory (e.g. US) and voluntary markets • Financing aspects for forestry projects/activities • Experiences with carbon forestry project development and outlook for the future

Saturday, EcoSecurities Synergies between the Rio Conventions: 8 December Sabine Henders carbon forestry projects that contribute to 16.00-17.30 Sabine.Henders@eco biodiversity conservation and combating Samudra securities.com degradation. Room Tel: +44 1865 29 6920 • Technical overview of possibilities for forestry projects to provide multiple ecosystem services • Technical aspects of quantification, valuation and marketing of non-carbon ecosystem services; design of payment schemes. • Developments of markets for ecosystem services • Opportunities (or constraints) to link carbon markets with markets of other ecosystem services. • Concrete experiences of projects with multiple payment schemes • Contribution of markets for ecosystem services to sustainable forest management and conservation • Mechanisms that payments for ecosystem services provide for forestry activities, and to the contributions of such activities to the objectives of the three Rio Conventions

Saturday, Global Canopy The Forests Now Declaration: Forests Now in 8 December Program (GCP) the Fight Against Climate Change 12.00-13.30 Katherine Secoy Presenting the ‘Forests Now Declaration’ on behalf Grand Ball [email protected] of over 200 leading individuals and organisations Room A Tel: +44 (0) 1865 724 from the worlds of science and conservation that 222 have endorsed the Declaration. ‘Forests Now’ calls on Governments to act to put tropical forests higher on the international climate change agenda. The side event will give a platform to high-level speakers from across the tropics (SE Asia, Brazilian Amazon and Congo Basin) to discuss: forests and the climate change debate; additional ecosystem services forests provide that remain undervalued; addressing deforestation to help alleviate poverty; and the need to reform carbon markets to help provide the additional sustainable sources of finance required to halt deforestation.

Saturday, Alternatives to slash Carbon emission abatement costs from reduced 8 December and Burn- World deforestation 12.00-13.30 Agroforestry Centre Interest in REDD was strengthened in 2006 with the Legian (ASB-ICRAF) release of the Stern Report on the Economics of Climate Room Brent Swallow Change. From an analysis of the economics of various B.SWALLOW@CGIAR emission sources, Sir Nicholas Stern and his colleagues .ORG concluded that reducing emissions from tropical deforestation could be one of the most cost-effective

ways to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Other Ms. Vanessa Meadu efforts to aggregate the marginal costs of avoided [email protected] deforestation with other sources of GHG emission G reduction have yielded variable results, with avoided Tel: +254 722 4263 deforestation ranging from very inexpensive to relatively expensive. There is an urgent need to refine estimation methods and generate estimates for the wide range of conditions that exist across the humid tropics.

Working at sites across the tropical forest margins, the ASB partnership has produced some of the most reliable and widely-used sources of information on carbon stocks associated with alternative land uses. In a new study, researchers from a number of national and international organizations have built on previous ASB results and methods to produce estimates of the carbon emissions and economic returns to land associated with land use change in sites in Indonesia, Peru, Brazil and Cameroon. Preliminary results from those studies, as well as studies of the abatement costs associated with community forestry, will be presented and the implications discussed.

Saturday, Alternatives to slash Estimating Carbon Stocks in Forested 8 December and Burn- World Landscapes 16.00-17.30 Agroforestry Centre Any mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Lombok (ASB-ICRAF) Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) will Room Brent Swallow need to give high priority to measurement of carbon B.SWALLOW@CGIAR stocks. Any REDD mechanism that will be .ORG implemented through the UN Framework Ms. Vanessa Meadu Convention on Climate Change will need to be [email protected] expressed in terms of quantities of carbon G emissions. This is a formidable challenge. The IPCC National Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Tel: +254 722 4263 inventories (modified in 2006) indicate 60% uncertainty in estimates of changes in country-wide carbon stocks, the larger uncertainty in quantification in GHG emissions. There are many sources of uncertainty. For example, research just published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management shows that over-estimation of wood density has resulted in a systematic upward bias in estimates of carbon emissions from land use change in the Brazilian Amazon. Land use classification is another potential source of error.

Saturday, International Biofuel for climate change mitigation and 8 December Development Law sustainable development? A legal perspective 16.00-17.30 Organization, Asia on the opportunities and challenges of biofuel Moyo Room Pacific Regional in developing countries Center (IDLO-APRC). Biofuel, as an alternative to fossil fuel, is Patricia Parkinson increasingly considered part of the new sustainable, [email protected] low-carbon economy model in developing countries. Tel: +61 2 858 56700 However, few alternative energy sources have attracted as much controversies as biofuel, including on its impact on forests and biodiversity, and there is an evident lack of clarity on the actual benefits and risks associated with biofuel.

This session proposes an overview of the potential benefits and challenges associated with the development of biofuel in developing countries in terms of climate change mitigation and ecological, social and economic sustainability, and how this may relate to the rule of law and good governance.

Saturday, Gesellschaft für “Reducing emissions from deforestation in 8 December Technische developing countries (REDD): Concept and 16.00-17.30 Zusammenarbeit practical efforts” Bali Room (GTZ) Although Reducing emissions from deforestation in Heiner von Luepke developing countries (REDD) stands for a new [email protected] approach, important lessons can be learnt from Tel: +62 (0) 8131 forest protection and sustainable forest 7241891 management projects.

The side event will present a concept for the design of country-based pilot programs for REDD, which will be based for one side upon the considerable knowledge and experience that has been gathered on drivers and causes of deforestation and forest degradation, and in particular from implementation of ODA financed projects in the forest sector.

In the main part of the side event, first experience and lessons learnt from several ongoing pilot projects will be explained by various speakers from the respective organisations. As distinct from most industrial mitigation activities, REDD will require a coordination between different levels of governance of the implementing country as well as with the various organisations supporting and financing REDD activities. Due to the diverse regional and national circumstances in tropical countries, there is obviously no one-size-fits-all approach to REDD. However, a stepwise approach towards development of REDD pilot projects can be proposed and will be presented during the side event. Saturday, Natural Resources Boreal Forests Role in Fighting Climate Change 8 December Defense Council The Natural Resources Defense Council proposes 16.00-17.30 (NRDC) to host a discussion on the social and livelihood Banda Room Melanie Nakagawa implications of the Boreal forest, a critical carbon [email protected] storehouse, as a defense against climate change. Tel: +1 202 513 6266 The side-event will include presentations and discussion concerning climate change and the Boreal forest and on related strategies for avoiding deforestation and land use change in a Boreal forest ecosystem. Total carbon emissions from forestry have been estimated at 20-25% of CO2 emissions. To date, tropical forests have been the main focus of forest-related climate change research. However, there are a growing number of organizations and scientists looking at the complex role that Boreal forests have to play as a defense against climate change, as part of the discussion around adaptation, social implications, and impacts. The workshop will include speakers from the perspective of science, policy, indigenous communities and advocacy to discuss the role of Boreal forests in combating climate change and in moving forward on implementation of the UNFCCC.

Saturday, Conservation Experiences in National-Level Deforestation 8 December International (CI) Baseline Analysis 16.00-17.30 Cigar Room Marc Steininger We propose a session for CIFOR’s Forest Day msteininger@conserva during UNFCCC’s COP13 in Bali designed to tion.org present and facilitate discussion around experiences in national-level deforestation Laura Ledwith baselines. Our event would include a summary of lledwith@conservation. technical issues associated with developing org national-level deforestation baselines, but will focus Tel: +703 341 2614 more on practical examples of national-level work done so far, with specific commentary on existing capacity in several developing countries. Examples will likely include work by Conservation International in supporting the Bolivian and Madagascar governments in producing national historical baselines of deforestation and explanation of deforestation monitoring in the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE), as well as others. This side event will be in partnership with NASA-supported University programs, and University and NGO partnerships in forest monitoring with the FOMAS program in the Indonesian forestry agency. Presenters will include Marc Steininger of Conservation International and Matthew Hansen of South Dakota State University. We are in the process of engaging partners from Madagascar, Indonesia, Bolivia and Brazil to contribute. Saturday, World Bank (WB) Tba 8 December Legian Gerhard Dieterle 16.00-17.30 [email protected] rg Saturday, KEHATI Tba 8 December Octopus 16.00-17.30

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