FAO WORKSHOP
Data Collection for the Pacific
Region
4-8 September 2000
Apia, Samoa
FINAL PROGRAMME
MONDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER
08h00: Registration of participants
09h00: Opening Ceremony
Welcoming remarks: Mr. Malaki Iakopo, Assistant Director, Samoa Forestry
Division
Opening prayer: Rev. Riolo Tauati
Opening address: Mr. Stefano Bonezzi, Acting Sub-regional FAO
Representative,
Opening remarks: Mr. Seve Imo, Acting Director, Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries, Forestry and Meteorology
Introductions
Election of chairs, rapporteurs
Adoption of the Agenda
Logistics
10h00: Coffee/tea break, group picture
10h45: Workshop objectives and expected outputs (Robert Davis, FAO)
11h10: The Forest Resources Assessment Programme 2000: objectives and processes
(Magnus Grylle, FAO)
11h40: Questions and discussion
12h00: Lunch break
13h30: State of forest resources, conservation and management in the Pacific region
(Aru Mathias, FAO-SAPA)
14h00: Country report summary presentations (brief summary of key forestry statistics, findings and issues. Fifteen- to twenty-minute presentation with remainder of time for questions).
• Fiji
• American Samoa
15h00: Coffee/tea break
15h30: Country reports (continued)
• Papua New Guinea
16h00: Watershed management and the International Year of Mountains (Mette Wilkie,
FAO).
16h30: Discussion
16h50: Summary, review of next day’s agenda (Chair/Robert Davis)
17h00: Adjourn
18h30 - 20h30: Cocktails
TUESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER
08h30: Review yesterday’s events and today’s agenda (Chair/Robert Davis)
08h40: Country reports (continued)
• Samoa
• Vanuatu
• Kiribati
10h10: Coffee/tea break
10h40: Invasive species in forests (Dr. Jean-Yves Meyer, Dept. of Research, Ministry of
Health and Research, French Polynesia)
11h10: Invasive species database and assistance to Pacific Islands (Jim Space, Pacific
Island Ecosystems at Risk Project (PIER))
11h30: The SPREP invasive species programme (Dr. Greg Sherley, SPREP Invasive
Species Officer)
11h40: Discussion
12h00: Lunch break
13h30: Country reports (continued)
• French Polynesia
• Niue
• Federated States of Micronesia
15h00: Coffee/tea break
15h30: Mangroves (Mette Wilkie, FAO)
15h45: Discussion
16h00: Country reports (continued)
• Cook Islands
• Tonga
17h00: Summary, review of next day’s agenda(Chair/Robert Davis)
17h10: Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER
08h30: Review yesterday’s events and today’s agenda (Chair/Robert Davis)
08h40: Findings and recommendations of the May 2000 Heads of Forestry meeting in
regard to forest assessment and data collection (Mr. Sairusi Bulai, Secretariat of the Pacific Community)
09h10: Data gaps and inventory needs for the Pacific region (participant discussion
moderated by the chair and Jim Space, FAO Consultant)
10h00: Coffee/tea break
10h30: FRA information system (Magnus Grylle, FAO)
11h00: Discussion
11h50: Summary, review of next two days’ agenda, procedures for concurrent session (Chair/Robert Davis)
12h00 - Lunch Break
13h00 - 18h00: Field Trip
THURSDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER
08h30: FAO Plan of Action on Agriculture in Small Island Developing States
(Mette Wilkie, FAO)
09h00: Questions/discussion
09h15: Concurrent sessions (breaks for coffee/tea at 10h00 and 15h00, lunch from 12h00
to 13h30):
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FRA data validation Individual countries meet with Robert Davis and Magnus Grylle to review and validate existing country data and examine opportunities to fill these gaps. Approximately 45 minutes per country. Tentative schedule: |
Validation of other data, other issues Individual countries meet with Mette Wilkie, Aru Mathias and Jim Space to review and validate other country data and examine opportunities to fill data and information gaps. Mette Wilke ? Forest management (including watershed management issues) ? Mangroves ? Capacity building and assistance needs/ Small Island Developing States Action Plan Aru Mathias ? Non-wood forest products ? Yearbook of Forest Products data ? Fuelwood and wood energy. Jim Space ? Geographic, ecological and vegetation descriptions. ? Fire, insects and disease, weather impacts, invasive species | |
Davis Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Samoa Tonga American Samoa |
Grylle FSM French Polynesia Niue Papua New Guinea Vanuatu | |
Needed forest resource information is indicated in FRA Working Paper 2, “FRA 2000 guidelines for assessments in tropical and sub-tropical countries”. Definitions are contained in FRA Working Paper 1, “FFA 2000 terms and definitions”. Copies of these documents, together with data presently on file at FAO-FRA, will be provided to workshop participants. In addition, information on change in forest area and volume over time is needed. | ||
18h30: Dinner.
FRIDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER
08h30: Review yesterday’s events and today’s agenda (Chair/Robert Davis)
08h40: Summary of data gaps and how to fill them (Robert Davis and FAO staff)
09h10: Important topics and issues identified by the workshop (participant discussion moderated by the chair and Robert Davis)
10h00: Coffee/tea break
10h30: Discussion on follow-up on data gaps, issues and concerns.
11h30: Proceedings (Jim Space, FAO consultant)
12h00: Closing remarks (Chair; Aru Mathias, FAO-SAPA; Robert Davis, FAO)
12h30: Adjournment of workshop.
