Tentative Timetable
Opening session: searching for excellence
09:00 am Welcome, introduction to APFC in-session seminar
“Alternative forest manage-ment models: opportunities for achieving
sustainability and reducing poverty”
Thomas Enters, National Forest Programme Facilitator, (Asia-Pacific), FAO/RAP,
Bangkok, Thailand
09:15 am Responding to decentralization in the forest sector – a new role for the center
Sian McGrath, Policy Analyst, Governance Programme, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
09:30 amDevolution of evolution
Cor Veer, Unit Head, Regional Community Forestry Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand
09:45 am The model forest approach to SFM
Romeo T. Acosta, Director, Forest Management Bureau, Quezon City, Philippines
10:00 am A forest management unit modeled on the Deramakot sustainable forest management, Sabah, Malaysia
Cyril Tan Pinso, Group Manager, Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
10:15 am New Zealand case study – private forest management
David Rhodes, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Wellington, New Zealand
10:30 am Coffee break
11:00 am Discussion
12:00 noon Closing