DAAD FD5 Workshop
Background
Forests and any other trees outside the forest play a central role in the global carbon cycle. Deforestation contributes to about 20% to global greenhouse gas emissions -more than the whole transportation sector. At the same time, forests house the largest terrestrial biodiversity, contribute to water and soil conservation, provide space for recreation in many industrialized countries and add rural livelihoods in many developed and developing countries alike. Protection and sustainable management of forests has become an increasingly global issue. And global conventions are now taking place that include forests and their management. Among them are the UN-FCCC, the UN-CBD and the UN-CCD. Along the annual UN-FCCC Conference of the Parties, CIFOR has been organizing Forest Day since COP13 in Bali (2007).
Now, in 2011, Forest Day 5 has been presented in Durban South Africa. Thanks to the generous support from the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Chair of Forest Inventory and Remote Sensing at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen was able to organize the second student and alumni workshop on "Forests in climate change research and policy: The role of forest management and conservation in a complex international setting". Our students participated in a special workshop along the Forest Day in Durban as part of their graduate course “Tropical and International Forestry” (TIF). Prior to their arrival in Durban, our students had had a series of lectures and special visitors in preparation for the complex policy discussion process on REDD (Reduced Emissions Deforestation and Degradation). We organized this student and alumni workshop together with the Department of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University. We were able to invite professors and students from altogether 21 coutries.
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Impressions from last year DAAD FD4 Workshop
The first international DAAD FD4 workshop took place 2010 along the Forest Day 4 in Cancún, Mexico. We believe that this workshop and the visit to Forest Day 4 was an unforgettable experience for all participants, both in scientific-technical terms and also in terms of international networking. Organization and implementation of this workshop was only possible through the active and comprehensive support by many. Our greatest thanks are due DAAD, inparticular to Mrs. Birgitt Skailes and Mrs. Anke Stahl for their helpfulness and efficient explanation of many important bureaucratic details. We are grateful to MSc Antje Henkelmann for assisting in many organizational matters and to BSc Alina Kleinn for editorial support to finalizing this proceedings volume. MSc Christoph Fischer edited the workshop programme, MSc Philipp Beckschäfer implemented successfully the preparatory video-conferences among all partners and Dr. Wibke Himmelsbach and Prof. Marco Gonzalez from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León UANL in Monterrey did the local organization of the workshop in Cancún which included a lot of logistics – and which worked out perfectly.
You can download the File:Workshop proceedings.pdf here.
- Impressions from DAAD FD4 Workshop in Cancún (photos: Philip Beckschäfer & Christoph Fischer)
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa, President of Mexico speaking at the ForestDay 4
Carlos doing an interview with Theresa Presas, president of the international council of forest and paper associations
Christoph Kleinn as chairman of a session
Group photo near workshop venue
In front of the conference venue of ForestDay 4
Achim Dohrenbusch presenting the global carbon cycle
Guest lectures
The program for our workshop is divided in two parts. Before we meet in Pietermaritzburg there will be some introductory 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 excellent speakers, and we are looking forward to instructive talks and discussions. Like done in the introductory seminar we will try to broadcast the lectures to interested international participants via telephone conference.
You can download the announcement for our guest lectures here: File:Guest lectures.pdf
1) Carbon Forestry: implementation and financing
Tuesday, 1. November 2011: 12:30-14:00h (lecture hall F01)
Dr. Timm Tennigkeit, Unique Forestry Consultants, Freiburg
Dr. Tennigkeit is a freelance consultant with comprehensive experience in the implementation of carbon forestry projects in Africa and Asia and had been working formerly for the ICRAF office in China for 5 years.
2) The evolution of REDD+ and what is at stake in Durban
Tuesday, 8. November 2011: 14:00-16:00h (lecture hall F01)
Mr. Fabian Schmidt, GIZ Eschborn
Mr. Schmidt is member of the GIZ team on “Environment and Climate”, has worked for the GIZ REDD Program in Indonesia, for CIFOR, the World Bank and Forest Finance Ltd.
3) Forests and land use in the tropics: challenges in their role in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Tuesday, 22. November 2011: 14:00-16:00h (lecture hall F01)
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.
Introductory seminar
An introductory seminar on the workshop organization was held in Göttingen on 19. October. Please find the presentation here: File:FD5intro.pdf!
FD5 Workshop program
Download the complete program here: File:DAAD-FD5 program.pdf!
Wednesday, 30.11.2011 Arrival | ||
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All day |
Arrival of participants. Dinner will be announced on arrival. | |
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18:00-20:00 |
Internal meeting of Organization Panel | |
Thursday, 1.12.2011 DAY ONE | ||
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8:00–9:00 |
Internal meeting of organization panel C Ham, T Seifert, L Fehrmann, C Kleinn | |
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9:00–10:00 |
Workshop Opening |
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10:00–10:30 |
Coffee break | |
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Moderator: Hanns Höfle, Rapporteurs: students 1 from Göttingen | ||
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10:30–11:00 |
Seminar paper |
(How) can silviculture contribute to carbon sequestration? Achim Dohrenbusch |
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11:00–11:30 |
Seminar paper |
Issues of forest monitoring in the context of climate change research and policy Christoph Kleinn, Lutz Fehrmann, Alexander Knohl |
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11:30–12:00 |
Seminar paper |
Introduction to South African forestry and forest research Thomas Seifert, Cori Ham |
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12:00–13:30 |
Lunch break | |
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Moderator: Marco Gonzales, Rapporteur: students from Ethiopia | ||
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13:30-13:50 |
Seminar paper |
Gunung Walat Educational Forest: From Bare Land to Forest Stand Yusuf Sudo Hadi |
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13:50–14:10 |
Seminar paper |
Technical framework of plantation management towards multi-functional service development (CAF, Beijing, China) Yuanchang LU, Xiangdong LEI, Xian-zhao LIU, Jinghui Meng, Tingting Li |
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14:10–14:30 |
Seminar paper |
Forests and climate change: Research and policy issues in India (FRI, Dehradun, India) Sharad Negi |
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14:30–14:50 |
Seminar paper |
Droughts and its effect on Fire frequency in the Southern Cape region of South Africa Hendri Jooste, Benedict Odhiambo |
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14:50–15:20 |
Coffee break | |
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Moderator: Marco Gonzales, Rapporteur: Students from Indonesia | ||
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15:20–15:40 |
Seminar paper |
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in changing climate conditions: the potential and challenges for Mozambique Almeida Sitoe, Rosta Mate, Benard Guedes |
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15:40–16:00 |
Seminar paper |
A multidisciplinary approach for valuing dry land forests in the context of REDD as a public good Mesfin Tilahun, Erik Mathijs, Bart Muys |
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16:00–16:20 |
Seminar paper |
Forest Monitoring for REDD+: challenges in mapping forest carbon Philip Mundhenk |
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16:20–16:40 |
Seminar paper |
South African policy aspects: Gearing up for Climate Change Ralston Hans, Jeanne Roux |
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16:40 |
Wrap-up of day 1 Alexander Knohl | |
Friday 2.12.2011 DAY TWO | ||
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Moderator: Yusuf Hadi, Rapporteur: Students from Bonn | ||
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9:00-9:30 |
Seminar paper |
Are there lessons to be learned from forestry in Germany? Hanns Höfle |
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9:30-09:50 |
Seminar paper |
Forest fires threaten deforestation reductions of Mexican forest Marco Gonzales |
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09:50-10:10 |
Seminar paper |
The role of tropical forests to face climate change. Cases of study in Colombia and Ecuador. Juan Carlos Camargo, Bolier Torres |
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10:10-10:30 |
Seminar paper |
Exploratory analysis of sustainability in the reforestation program of the Project of Adaptation to the Rapid Glacier Retreat in the Tropical Andes (PRAA) in the Shullcas sub basin, Mantaro watershed, Peru Natalia Reategui |
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10:30–11:00 |
Coffee break | |
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Moderator: Yusuf Hadi, Rapporteur: Students from Freiburg | ||
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11:00–11:20 |
Seminar paper |
Modelling global data of climate and vegetation to a local scale; the case of Costa Rica, Central America Mauricio Vega |
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11:20-11:40 |
Seminar paper |
Promoting Mountain Forest Conservation in the Climate Change Context for Eco-system Services Provision at the Lowlands: Experience from Nepal and Tanzania Ibrahim Mwkiru, Suman Ghimire |
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11:40–12:00 |
Seminar paper |
Community based forest enterprises: a potential strategy for climate change mitigation and adaptation Emmerson Chivhenge, Shambhu Charmakar |
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12:00–12:20 |
Seminar paper |
Effect of income from non-timber forest products on rural poverty and income inequality: a case study of rural households in dry woodland areas of Tigray, Ethiopia Amir Mohammed, Mesfin Tilahun, Erik Mathijs, Bart Muys, Atsede Gidey |
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12:20–14:00 |
Lunch break | |
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Moderator: Sharad Negi, Rapporteur: Students 1 from Stellenbosch | ||
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14:00–14:20 |
Student paper |
Opportunities and challenges for tree crop integration in REDD+: Ghana and Colombia Maria Angelica Montes, Abdulai Issaka |
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14:20–14:40 |
Seminar paper |
Setting national forest-climate change agenda: perspective from Uganda Gilbert Wathum |
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14:40–15:00 |
Seminar paper |
When there is no enough milk and meat: Dryforests as alternative livelihood for climate change adaptation among the vulnerable pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in arid Ethiopia Adefires Worku, Jürgen Pretzsch, Habtemariam Kassa |
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15:00–15:20 |
Seminar paper |
A review on opportunities and constraints of A/R-CDM Projects in developing countries Imani Kikoti and Phyu Phyu Lwin |
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15:20–15:50 |
Coffee break | |
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Moderator: Sharad Negi, Rapporteur: Students 2 from Stellenbosch | ||
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15:50–16:10 |
Seminar paper |
Climate Change Response in the Forestry Sector- Kenya's Experience Rose Akombo |
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16:10–16:30 |
Seminar paper |
Assisted migration - epoch making idea or human haughtiness Meike Piepenschneider |
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16:30–16:50 |
Seminar paper |
Risk mapping for forestry: The ICFR perspective Ilaria Germishuizen (ICFR) |
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16:50–17:10 |
Seminar paper |
REDD+ Strategy beyond the Forestry Sector: Analysis of the Agricultural Policies and their Impacts on the Drivers of Deforestation in Brazil and Zambia Priscila M. R. Franco de Oliveira, Andrew Chilombo |
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17:10 |
Wrap-up |
Christoph Kleinn |
Saturday, 3.12.2011 DAY THREE | ||
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07:00–19:30 |
Forestry Field Day, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands hosted by the Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR), NCT and Sappi. You can download a detailed program here: File:Fd5 fieldtrip.pdf | |
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09:00–11:00 |
Visit to Tala Game Reserve | |
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11:00–12:40 |
Forestry visits and presentations | |
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12:40–13:30 |
Lunch at Baynesfield Estate | |
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13:30–16:00 |
Forestry visits and presentations | |
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16:00–17:00 |
Visit to Howick waterfalls | |
Sunday 4.12.2011 DAY FOUR | ||
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06:30 |
Departure from Hotel | |
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07:30 |
Foto session | |
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08:00–20:00 |
FD5 |
Participation at CIFOR Forest Day 5 |
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For directions to the conference centre please see Map attached at the end of Program. Transport arrangements (pick-up times and places) will be announced during the workshop !! | ||
More impressions of Forest Day 5 can be found in the official CIFOR flickr archive.
Monday, 5.12.2011 DAY FIVE | ||
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Moderator: Achim Dohrenbusch, Rapporteur: tbd | ||
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09:00–10:00 |
Workshop |
Wrap-up of FD5 impressions |
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10:00–10:30 |
Coffee break | |
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10:30–12:00 |
Workshop |
Design of the structure of the proceedings volume and assignation of tasks (i.e. reports on FD5 and on the entire project) |
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12:00–12:30 |
Workshop |
Introduction to group work |
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12:30–14:00 |
Lunch break | |
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14:00–17:30 |
Workshop |
Group work on summary papers & minutes of FD5 and on individual full papers |
Tuesday, 6.12.2011 DAY SIX | ||
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Moderator: Alexander Knohl | ||
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9:00–10:30 |
Workshop |
ctd. Group work on summary papers & minutes of FD5 and on individual full papers |
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10:30–11:00 |
Coffee break | |
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11:00–12:30 |
Workshop |
ctd. Group work on summary papers & minutes of FD5 and on individual full papers |
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12:30–14:00 |
Lunch break | |
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Moderator: Alexander Knohl, Rapporteur: tbd | ||
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14:00–15:00 |
Workshop |
Plenary discussion on progress |
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15:00–15:30 |
Coffee break | |
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15:30–17:00 |
Workshop |
ctd. Group work on summary papers & minutes of FD5 and on individual full papers |
Wednesday, 7.12.2011 DAY SEVEN | ||
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Moderator: Hanns Höfle, Alexander Knohl, Rapporteur: Hans Fuchs, Philip Mundhenk | ||
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9:00–10:30 |
Workshop |
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10:00–11:00 |
Workshop |
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11:00 |
Coffee break | |
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Thereafter |
Departure of participants | |
Workshop venue
The workshop will take place in the Ascot Bush Lodge in Pietermaritzburg (see location map below).
Location
The workshop will be held in Pietermaritzburg that is about 70 km north-west of Durban. This is a life view of openstreetmap:
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