CIFOR at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week

09.00 - 10.30
Widus Hotel

REDD+: What do we know and what comes next? Relevant insights from CIFOR Global Comparative Study (GCS) REDD+ research for the tropical forests of the Asia-Pacific region

With the Paris COP21 climate decisions concluded, many decision makers ask: “what does it mean for us now? How do…

Organizer: CIFOR

Moderator: Daniel Murdiyarso, Principal Scientist, CIFOR

Speakers:

- Eliki Senivasa, Acting Conservator of Forests, Forestry Department, Ministry of Fisheries and Forests, Fiji
- Cecilia Luttrell, Senior Associate, CIFOR
- Efrian Muharrom, senior Research Officer, CIFOR
- Mella Komalasari, Research Officer, CIFOR

11.00 - 12.30
Widus Hotel

Forest Development Planning for Climate Change Resilience and Poverty Reduction

The importance of forests ecosystem services to human well-being cannot beoveremphasized.Without forests, economic activities like agriculture, fisheries, and industries will…

Organizers: Forest Management Bureau-DENR, The World Bank, and the Program on Forests (PROFOR)

Speakers:

- Mayumi Quintos-Natividad, TWG Chair
- Ricardo L. Calderon, PMC Chair
- Maurice Andres Rawlins, NRM Specialist WB
- Mercedita Sombilla, ANRES-NEDA
- Leonardo B. Paat Jr., Task Team Leader WB

Wednesday
Widus Hotel

Climate Smart Landscapes: Addressing Trade-offs and Delivering Multiple Benefits at Scale

Planning and introducing solutions at the landscape level is critical to balancing competing land use goals and achieving synergies across…

Organizer: SNV/ICRAF

Speakers:

- Delia Catacutan
- Richard McNally
- Do Trong Hoan
- Richard Rastall

13.30 - 15.00
Fontana Convention Center

‘We benefit from the forest…’ Getting a fair share in the benefits derived from forest resources: approaches and tools

This session will feature examples of community best practices and voices about accessing the benefits from the forests and securing…

Organizers: Asian Farmers Association (AFA), Asia Indigenous People’s Pact (AIPP) and the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme Asia (NTFP-EP Asia)

Speaker:

- Cecilia Luttrell, Senior Associate, CIFOR

15.30 - 17.00
Widus Hotel

Overcoming deforestation and forest fires in Indonesia

From 2009-2013, the deforestation rate in Indonesia reached 1.13 million hectares per year (FWI, 2014). Many experts stated that over-exploitation,…

Organizer: The Asia Foundation Indonesia

15.30 - 17.00
Fontana Convention Center

Gender-inclusive Communication for Achieving SDGs

Women in forested landscapes play central roles in the use, management and conservation of forest resources and agricultural lands across…

Organizers: The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)

Speakers:

- Bimbika Sijapati Basnett, Scientist, CIFOR
- Cynthia Maharani, Research Officer, CIFOR

17:00 - 18:30
Widus Hotel

Promoting transparency on national forest monitoring for REDD+ in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has taken a global lead in seeking to combat climate change, particularly by introducing the concept…

Organizer: Papua New Guinea Forest Authority

Speakers:

- Goodwill Amos, A/Managing Director, PNG Forest Authority
- Zilpah Yahamani, UN-REDD PNG National Programme
- Gewa Gamoga, PNG Forest Authority
- Hitofumi Abe, FAO

09.00 - 10.30
Widus Hotel

Enhancing the resilience of coastal wetlands to promote sustainable livelihoods in changing climates

Coastal wetlands ecosystems provide a wide range of goods and services, including timber/wood; fish/shellfish; protection of the inlands from high…

Moderator: Daniel Murdiyarso, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia

Speakers:

- Rafaela Delfino, Carlo Carlos, and Rodel Lasco, the OML Center and the World Agroforestry Centre, the Philippines
- Vien Ngoc Nam, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Wahyu C Adinugroho and Haruni Krisnawati, Forestry Research and Development, Indonesia
- Taryono Darusman and Matthew Warren, Puter Foundation and US Forest Service
- Craig Jamieson, World Agroforestry Centre, the Philippines
- Mulyadi Tantra, Green Forest Products and Tech, Singapore
- Ben Brown, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia

09.00 - 10.30
Holiday Inn

Research agenda for forested landscapes in 2017-2022

The CGIAR Research Program on ‘Forests, Trees and Agroforestry: Livelihoods, Landscapes and Governance’ responds to the urgent need for a…

Organizers: CGIAR Forests, Trees and Agroforestry: Livelihoods, Landscapes and Governance

Speakers:

- Christopher Martius, Principal Scientist, CIFOR
- Meine Van Noordwijk, Chief Science Adviser, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

11.00 - 12.30
Widus Hotel

REDD+, is it really so difficult?

Climate change has become one of the most prominent global issues. As the international community has moved towards a new…

Speakers:

- Thomas Enters UNEP/UN-REDD, and Ben Vickers FAO – UN-REDD Programme
- Gewa Gamoga, PNGFA
- Anura Sathurusinghe, Chief Conservator of Forests in Sri Lanka
- Stepi Hakim, LTS Indonesia

11.00 - 12.30
Holiday Inn

Evidence-Based Forestry: Approaches and results in the Asia-Pacific region

Over the past three years, the Evidence-Based Forestry initiative has been supporting the use of robust research synthesis methodologies to…

Organizer: CIFOR

Speaker:

- Wen Zhou, Research Officer, CIFOR

13.30 - 15.00
Widus Hotel

Innovative tools for sustainable forest management under climate change

This event is part of Phase II of the research project Adaptation of Asia-Pacific Forests to Climate Change, conducted at…

Organizer: University of British Columbia

Speakers:

- Dr. John Innes, University of British Columbia
- Dr. Tongli Wang, University of British Columbia
- Dr. Brad Seely, University of British Columbia
- Dr. Rod Keenan, University of Melbourne
- Dr. Guangyu Wang, University of British Columbia