Revision as of 18:16, 7 December 2012

For more information on the background of our workshops along Forest Days see workshops in Cancun and Durban!

Background

The DAAD FD6 Workshop was officially opened by Dr. Joachim Kolb (DAAD Abu Dhabi) and Klaus Ranner (Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Dubai). Left to right: Sabine Schreiner, Klaus Ranner, Dr. Joachim Kolb, Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn, Prof. Dr. Achim Dohrenbusch and Dr. Lutz Fehrmann.

Workshop opening in Dubai.

The Chair of Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is this year hosting the 3rd international students and alumni workshop on "Forests in Climate Change Research and Policy: The Role of Forest Management and Conservation in a complex International Setting" that is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. Our workshop traditionally takes place along the Forest Day that is organized as side event to the conference of the parties by CIFOR on behalf of the collaborative partnership on forests. For more information on the background see the last years workshops in Cancun and Durban.

Here you can find a poster summarizing our last year activities along Forest Day 5 in Durban: File:DAAD FD5 Poster.pdf. Our Workshop Proceedings were published with ISBN number: Link

Guest lectures

The program for our workshop is divided in two parts. Before we meet on our workshop in Durban and Doha there will be an introductory seminar with guest lectures held at the University of Göttingen. These presentations will give an introduction to the climate change- policy process and the role of forests in this context. The lectures are open to all interested. For those students who are not in Göttingen and for the international alumni participating in our workshop, a comprehensive abstract will be prepared. We are happy about high level speakers.

Introduction seminar papers

1) Forest in land use in the tropics: challanges in their role in climate change mitigation and adaptation (video conference)

Prof. Dr. Markku Kanninen, University of Helsinki, Finnland

Prof. Kanninen is a professor of Tropical Silviculture. He was formerly scientific director at CATIE, Costa Rica, and at CIFOR, Indonesia. He is a member of the UNFCCC Adaptation Fund Board.

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2) REDD+: part of the international forest policy instruments

Dr. Horst Freiberg, Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Bonn

Dr. Freiberg is head of the Division Forest Conservation, Sustainable Forest Management, Biological Diversity and Climate Change in the Department of Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources.

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3) Forest and climate: the international framework for a regulation

Prof. Dr. jur. Peter-Tobias Stoll, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen

Prof. Stoll is head of the Chair of International Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law.

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4) REDD+ implementation pathways. How to adress the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation

Dr. Timm Tennigkeit, UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH, Freiburg

Dr. Tennigkeit is a managing director of UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH and has comprehensive experience in the implementation of carbon forestry projects in Africa and Asia.

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We recently found out that some FD6 workshop participants from Munich and Dresden traveled to Göttingen to attend our introduction seminar. We highly appreciate their commitment to this project!

FD6 Workshop program

You can download the final workshop program here: File:FD6 Program.pdf

DAY ONE

International workshop participants from 15 countries (Download in higher resolution).

Field trip

Map overview of presented topics (click to enlarge).

10:00 - 10:30: Registration

10:30 - 10:45: Opening Address, Joachim Kolb (DAAD), Klaus Ranner (Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany)

10:45 - 11:00: Introductory words, Christoph Kleinn download

Session 1

Minutes Almut Jenke and Soveat Vuth download

11:00 - 11:30: Forest management and climate change, Achim Dohrenbusch

11:30 - 12:00: The medium-term forest management plan -also for complex and changing situations, Hanns Höfle download

12:00 - 12:30: Development of silvicultural models for multi-functional forest management: its systematic consideration and application in the tropical forestry experiment center,Southwestern China, Yuanchang Lu, Xianzhao Liu download

13:30 - 14:00: Is the Forestry Sector in Myanmar approaching International Contexts? Potential and Challenges, Ohn Lwin

14:00 - 14:30: Participatory Forest Management as a method of conservation, Tsegay G. Gebreyesus, Jeanne Roux download

14:20 - 14:40: Amazonian forests and adaptation to climate change: remarks in Bolivia and Peru, Maria Camila Florez Bossio, Paola Sarela PozoInofuentes

Session 2

Minutes Fungai Svondo download

14:40 - 15:00: Community (Local) Land Use Planning,a tool for Participatory Forest Management Thailand and Cambodia’s perspective, Soveat Vuth, Suphawadee Wilamart download

15:00 - 15:20: Effect of Agricultural land expansion on Deforestation and its implication on climate change in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe context, Ambachew Getnet, Fungai Svondo download

15:20 - 15:40: Conservation and Multiple Purpose Dam Management in North Benin: Challenges and Opportunities, Check Abdel Kader Baba download

15:40 - 16:00: Summarizing Remarks, I Nengah Surati Jaya

16:30 - 18:00 Group work sessions

DAY TWO

Session 1

Minutes Utsab Thapa and Check Abdel Kader Baba download

09:00 - 09:20: Introduction on Standards and methodologies for Carbon Projects, Sabine Schreiner download

09:20 - 09:50: Capacity building in context of MRV for REDD+, Lutz Fehrmann download

09:50 - 10:20: Optimisation of financial returns from environmental services on plantation forestry estates in South Africa, Cornelis Ham download

10:40 - 11:00: Painting it REDD? Considering the Status of Forests in International Law, Anja Eickermann

11:20 - 11:40: International reporting processes on sustainable forest management and evolving issues of fragmentation of forest information, Almut Jenke download

Session 2

11:40 - 12:00: Dynamic of REDD+ in Indonesia, opportunities and challenges, case study Hutan Nagari Indonesia, Fitria Rinawati, Santi Pratiwi download

12:20 - 12:40: Implementation of REDD+ policy and its effects in national level Brazil and Nepal, Smita Das, Lívia Menezes Pagotto download

12:40 - 13:10: REDD+ in China: Opportunities and Challenges, Haijun Yang download

14:00 - 14:20: REDD+ and community forests in Myanmar and Thailand, Ratchada Arpornsilp, Myint Zaw Min download

14:20 - 14:50: Above Ground Biomass Estimation of Dry Land Forest using ALOS PALSAR in Central Kalimantan, I Nengah Surati Jaya

14:50 - 15:20: Challenges for MRV in Agroforestry Systems using Remote Sensing Techniques, Hans Fuchs download

15:20 - 15:40: Remote sensing potentials to estimate forest carbon stocks in Indonesia and Nepal in the context of REDD+, Eva Achmad, Utsab Thapa download

15:40 - 16:00: Summarizing remarks, Hanns Höfle download

16:30 - 18:00: Group work sessions

DAY THREE

Field trip

DAY FOUR

09:00 - 13:00: Group work sessions

14:00 - 14:45: Evaluation Session Minutes of evaluation session Utsab Thapa and Check Abdel Kader Baba

14:45 - 15:00: Workshop closing

15:00 - 17:00: Preperation work for Forest Day 6

DAY FIVE

Visit of the Forest Day 6 in Doha:

Program of Forest Day 6

Minutes of session: REDD+, biodiversity and people: opportunities and risks, Livia Menezes Pagotto

Minutes of discussion forum: Financing REDD+; closing the gap, Livia Menezes Pagotto

Workshop venue

Because of restricted availability of accommodation in Doha, our workshop will take place in Dubai (Ramada Hotel, Dubai). On our way back to Germany we fly through Doha to visit the Forest Day 6 (Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel)