Asia-Pacific Forestry Week

Stream 4: New institutions, new governance

Draft programme                  [print version Vers. 10 Feb]

 

Tuesday 23 February

1330-1500

Holiday Inn, Acacia
Stream 4 Opening Plenary
FAO-RAP

1530-1700

Holiday Inn, Pine
Why forest policies and governance are important for tenure reform and improved livelihoods? Cases from Cambodia, Nepal and Viet Nam
FAO-RAP

Presentations
Forest land tenure:global and regional status, trends and issues, Ganga Ram Dahal
Forest tenure policies and recommendations, Cambodia, Long Ratanakoma
Forest policies and governance for tenure reform and livelihoods, Viet Nam, Vu Tan Phuong
Forest tenure, status, trends and policy gaps, Nepal, Phadindra Pokharel
Strengthening forest tenure for sustaining livelihoods and generating income, Yurdi Yasmi

Wednesday 24 February

0900-1030

Holiday Inn, Mahogany
Scaling-up communities and indigenous people’s forest resource rights
Flyer
RRI

Presentations
Exercising customary forest policies: insights and the way forward, Sisilia Nurmala Dewi
Tenure facility in Indonesia: contributing to the legal recognition of tenure rights of IPs, Yoga Kipli
Political economy of rights recognition, Norman Jiwan
Human and forest rights of IPs and local communities - women's perspectives in Indonesia, Siti Maimunah
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, Andy White

Holiday Inn, Pine
Emerging governance mechanisms in ASEAN: Supporting improved "Standards and Conformance Infrastructure" for forest sector legality and sustainability initiatives
Flyer
ASEAN, FAO, FSC, PEFC

Presentations
Emerging governance mechanisms in ASEAN, Siti Mustapha
ASEAN Conformity Assessment Technical Infrastructure, Roslee Saad
ASI Global Assurance Model, Guntars Laguns
PEFC Quality Infrastructure, Sarah Price
Emerging governance mechanisms in ASEAN, Bruno Cammaert
Standards and conformance infrastructure for FLEGT VPA, Vincent van den Berk

Fontana Convention Center, Sakura
Young Foresters' Summit
IFSA

Presentations
Empowering youth to be champions of community forestry, Ratchada Arpornsilp
IUFRO taskforce on forest education, Sandra Rodriguez-Pineros et al
Learning by living and doing, Jason Menaling et al

1100-1230

Holiday Inn, Kamagong
Improving forest communication for people and forests
RECOFTC, FAO and Asia-Pacific Forest Communicators Network

Presentations
People, forests and their stories, Veronica Pedrosa
UNECE-FAO Forest Communicators Network, Ingwald Gschwandtl

1330-1500

Holiday Inn, Yakal 1+2
Mobilizing the full potential of C&I for SFM in the Asia-Pacific region
FAO

Asia regional workshop outcomes on strengthening C&I for sustainable forest management, Thang Hooi Chiew

1530-1700

Holiday Inn, Mahogany
Raising governance standards: Building capacity for cross-sectoral investments in forests, climate change, and livelihoods
FAO Bangladesh

Presentations
Investment in community governance, Nepal, Yam Malla
Country investment plan, Bangladesh, Shah Mohammed Mahboob
National Greening Program, Philipppines, Ricardo Calderon

Holiday Inn, Yakal 1+2
Tenure/Land Rights and Food Security ("our rights, our forests")
AFA, AIPP, NTFP-EP, RRI

Presentations
Learning from Nepal, Bharati Pathak
Customary forest management and landuse plan experiences of the Kalanguyas, Florence Daguitan Tebtebba
Tagal Hutan: Conserve culture, land and forest through policy development framework, Jannie Lasimbang
Struggles and initiatives in claiming land rights for farmers in forested landscapes, Myanmar, U Tint Lwin
Voluntary guidelines for the responsible governance of tenure, Fred Kafeero

Friday 26 February

0900-1030

Holiday Inn, Narra
Drivers affecting forest change in the Greater Mekong subregion (cont'd)
ESSC, FAO-RAP, AFN

Presentations
Drivers affecting forest changes in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Yurdi Yasmi
Key findings of study on drivers affecting change in the Greater Mekong subregion, Woranuch Emmanoch
Panel reflections and discussion, evidence of forest change in Nepal, Yam Malla
Lao PDR drivers of change affecting Mekong forests, Rowena Soriaga
Drivers of change affecting Myanmar forests, Maung Maung Than
Viet Nam country report, Do Anh Tuan, Tran Ngoc The
Cambodia Case Study, Chhun Delux

Holiday Inn, Acacia
Illustration of ongoing work with FFPOs facilitated by We Effect and FAO/FFF in Yen Bai, Viet Nam
FAO/FFF

Holiday Inn, Mahogany
Research agenda for forested landscapes in 2017-2022
Flyer
CGIAR-FTA

Presentations
Forests, trees and agroforestry research program of CGIAR
Forest, trees and agroforestry, Christopher Martius

1100-1230

Holiday Inn, Kamagong
Evidence-based forestry: approaches and results in the Asia-Pacific region
Flyer
CIFOR

1330-1500

Holiday Inn, Kamagong
Public perception of forestry and its allied industries
University Putra Malaysia

1530-1700

Fontana Convention Center
Closing ceremony

Presentation: Summary report