Government ministers from across the region will join leaders in finance, business, conservation, civil society and research at the 2016 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit to share insights on how the region is moving towards sustainable forest management amid new climate and development goals.
Confirmed event speakers:
- H.E. Dato Ali Apong, Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism, Brunei
- H.E. Osea Naiqamu, Minister of Fisheries and Forests, Fiji Islands
- H.E. Ohn Win, Minister of Environment Conservation and Forestry, Myanmar
- H.E. Bounkham Vorachit,Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR
- Mark Burrows, Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking, Credit Suisse
- Perpetua George, Group Sustainability, Wilmar International
- Jack Hurd, Conservation Director, Asia-Pacific Region, The Nature Conservancy
- Peter Holmgren, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
- Kushla Munro, Department of the Environment and Energy, Australia
- Sun Weina, Cambodia Community Forestry Project Manager, APFNet
View the complete list of event speakers here. 
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| Sustainability
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| EMPOWERING SMALLHOLDERS
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| Why integrating smallholders along the value chain is essential for economic development and environmental conservation. |
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| Climate Change |
| REDD+ POLITICS
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| While countries are developing their own specific approaches to REDD+, the challenges they face remain largely the same. |
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| Gender |
| OIL PALM AND DAYAK WOMEN
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Research shows that land use change is transforming the status of women in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. |
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| SEE ALSO
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| Palmed off: Women lose in West Kalimantan’s oil palm boom |
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| SEE ALSO
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| Wildlife: Improving food security and nutrition for hunters in the Columbian Amazon |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS
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| Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
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| 3 - 5 August, International Convention Centre, Brunei Darussalam.
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| 15th International Peat Congress, 2016
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| 15 - 19 August,
Pullman Kuching, Malaysia.
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| 5th International Ecosummit : Ecological sustainability, engineering change
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| 29 August - 1 September, Le Corum, Montpellier, France.
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| IUCN World Conservation Congress
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| 1-10 September, Hawaii Convention Center, United States.
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