0800-0900 | Fontana Convention Center Registration |
0900-1030 | Fontana Convention Center Opening ceremony of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Forestry Week |
1100-1230 | Fontana Convention Center Plenary session: Growing our Future! A panel of distinguished forestry and natural resources experts will consider questions, issues and challenges relating to the APFW theme, “Growing our future”. Submit your question now!
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1330-1500 | Widus Hotel Stream 1
Opening Plenary ITTO, WRI | Widus Hotel Stream 2: Tackling climate change - opportunities and challenges
Opening Plenary CIFOR, SPC | Fontana Center Stream 3
Opening Plenary Session 1: Forests, forestry and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) RECOFTC, ASFN | Holiday Inn Stream 4
Opening Plenary FAO-RAP | Holiday Inn Stream 5
Opening Plenary APFNet, AFoCo | Fontana Center APFISN Workshop on management of transboundary cases of forest invasion (cont’d) APFISN |
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1530-1700 | Widus Hotel Situation and trends in world forest products trade ITTO
(until 1630) | Fontana Center Stream 3 Session 2: Community forestry and SDGs ASFN, RECOFTC | Widus Hotel Sharing first experiences on REDD+ safeguards and related benefit sharing mechanism from Pacific Island Countries SPC | Holiday Inn Why forest policies and governance are important for tenure reform and improved livelihoods? Cases from Cambodia, Nepal and Viet Nam FAO-RAP | Holiday Inn Community forestry experiences Rain Forest Restoration Initiative
(until 17:30) | Fontana Center (cont'd) APFISN Workshop on management of transboundary cases of forest invasion APFISN |
| Widus Hotel Fire and haze: Politics, economics and landscape transformation CIFOR | Holiday Inn Project inception workshop (invitation only) (cont’d) UBC (until 1830) | Holiday Inn High-level regional consultation to develop action plan for forest and landscape restoration in Asia-Pacific APAFRI, FAO, WRI, APFNet, IUCN (until 1830) |
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1630-1800 | Widus Hotel Partnerships for positive change: Towards new Chinese overseas forest investment and trade WWF China, CAF (CINFT) | Widus Hotel Innovative NTFP marketing channels and mechanisms NTFP-EP, ASFN, JMHI, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia | Widus Hotel Closed session: Results-based payments in REDD+ consultations GCF [start at 1700] | Widus Hotel Challenges and opportunities of the development of timber legality definition Department of Forestry/Department of Forest Inspection, Lao PDR |
1730-1830 | Fontana Convention Center Information market (poster sessions) |
1900-2100 | Fontana Convention Center Dinner reception |
0800-0900 | Fontana Convention Center Registration | Holiday Inn AP-FECM Steering Committee Meeting (invitation only) (cont’d) AP-FECM |
0900-1030 | Paeonia room, Building B, Fontana Center
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Session (start 0830) | Widus Hotel REDD+: What do we know and what comes next? Relevant insights from CIFOR Global comparative study. REDD+ research for the tropical forests of the Asia-Pacific region CIFOR | Fontana Center Stream 3 Session 3: Community-based sustainable forest management and food security
We depend on the forests and it is our source of life. AFA, AIPP, NTFP-EP Asia | Holiday Inn Scaling-up communities and indigenous people’s forest resource rights (cont'd) RRI | Holiday Inn The 4th Asia-Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism Conference (cont’d) AP-FECM |
| Holiday Inn Emerging governance mechanisms in ASEAN: Supporting improved “Standards and Conformance Infrastructure” for forest sector legality and sustainability initiatives ASEAN, FAO, FSC, PEFC | Holiday Inn Mobilizing investments in Asia-Pacific forests: interactive workshop (cont’d) APFNet, TNC, FAST, New Forests, WWF | Holiday Inn Forest landscape restoration – Challenges and opportunities for ecological resilience, economic development and enhancing livelihoods in Asia and the Pacific GIZ | Widus Hotel Opportunities and challenges for market access WRI, Forest Trends, EU-FLEGT | Fontana Center Young Foresters' Summit (cont'd) IFSA |
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1100-1230 | Paeonia room, Building B, Fontana Center
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Session | Holiday Inn (cont’d) Mobilizing investments in Asia-Pacific forests: interactive workshop APFNet, TNC, FAST, New Forests, WWF | Holiday Inn Forest and landscape restoration - Growing our natural capital IUCN | Fontana Center Young Foresters' Summit (cont'd) IFSA | Holiday Inn (cont’d) The 4th Asia-Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism Conference AP-FECM | Fontana Center Stream 3 Session 4: The importance of agroforestry for achieving SDGs ICRAF, Southeast Asia Regional Programme |
| Widus Hotel Forest development planning for climate change resilience and poverty reduction DENR, World Bank, Program on Forests (PROFOR) | Widus Hotel Opportunities and challenges for market access WRI, Forest Trends, EU-FLEGT | Holiday Inn Emerging governance mechanisms in ASEAN: Supporting improved “Standards and Conformance Infrastructure” for forest sector legality and sustainability initiatives (cont'd) ASEAN, FAO, FSC, PEFC | Holiday Inn Scaling-up communities and indigenous people’s forest resource rights (cont'd) RRI | Holiday Inn Improving forest communication for people and forests RECOFTC, FAO and Asia-Pacific Forest Communicators Network |
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1330-1500 | Paeonia room, Building B, Fontana Center
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Session | Widus Hotel Small forest enterprises: Barriers and opportunities in participating in the responsible wood products trade (cont’d) EFI-RAFT-FAO FLEGT | Widus Hotel Climate smart landscapes: Addressing trade-offs and delivering multiple benefits at scale SNV/ICRAF | Holiday Inn Forest spatial information and user-customized service system AFoCo, KoFPI | Fontana Center Stream 3 Session 5: Getting a fair share in the benefits derived from forest resources: approaches and tools AFA, AIPP, NTFP-EP Asia |
| Holiday Inn Assessing forest and landscape restoration opportunities to support the achievement of national and international commitments IUCN | Holiday Inn Fifteen years of the AKECOP: Experiences and lessons learned (cont’d) AKECU | Fontana Center (cont'd) APFISN Workshop on management of transboundary cases of forest invasion APFISN | Holiday Inn Mobilizing the full potential of C&I for SFM in the Asia-Pacific region FAO | Holiday Inn (cont’d) The 4th Asia-Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism Conference AP-FECM | Holiday Inn Scaling-up communities and indigenous people’s forest resource rights RRI |
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1530-1700 | Paeonia room, Building B, Fontana Center
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Session (until 1730) | Holiday Inn Fifteen years of the AKECOP: Experiences and lessons learned (cont’d) AKECU | Fontana Center (cont'd) APFISN Workshop on management of transboundary cases of forest invasion APFISN | Widus Hotel Global significance of teak - present and future TeakNET | Holiday Inn (cont’d) The 4th Asia-Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism Conference AP-FECM |
| Widus Hotel Small forest enterprises: Barriers and opportunities in participating in the responsible wood products trade (cont’d) EFI-RAFT-FAO FLEGT | Widus Hotel Overcoming deforestation and forest fires in Indonesia The Asia Foundation Indonesia | Fontana Center Stream 3 Session 6: Communicating and mainstreaming gender equity for achieving SDGs RECOFTC, CIFOR, AIPP | Holiday Inn Tenure/land rights and food security AFA, AIPP, NTFP-EP, RRI | Holiday Inn Raising governance standards: Building capacity for cross-sectoral investments in forests, climate change, and livelihoods FAO Bangladesh |
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1700-1800 | Widus Hotel (cont’d) Small forest enterprises: Barriers and opportunities in participating in the responsible wood products trade EFI-RAFT-FAO FLEGT | Widus Hotel Promoting transparency on national forest monitoring for REDD+ in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Forest Authority (until 1830) | Widus Hotel (cont’d) Global significance of teak - present and future TeakNET | Holiday Inn (cont'd) AP-FECM Steering Committee Meeting (invitation only) AP-FECM |
1730-1830 | Fontana Convention Center Information market (poster sessions) |
1900-2100 | Fontana Convention Center Cultural events |
0900-1030 | Paeonia room, Building B, Fontana Center
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Session (start 0830) | Holiday Inn Case studies of future forest production systems: sustainable large scale industry through investing in communities and smallholders (cont’d) PEFC | Holiday Inn Forest landscape restoration and land degradation neutrality in Asia (cont’d) IUFRO | Widus Hotel Updates on timber trade and timber legality WRI, ITTO | Holiday Inn Research agenda for forested landscapes in 2017-2022 CGIAR-FTA |
| Holiday Inn Focus on Asia’s tree diversity: Highlights of regional collaboration in implementing FAO’s Global Plan of Action on Forest Genetic Resources Bioversity International, APAFRI, FAO | Widus Hotel Public/government procurement policies for certified forest products in the Asia-Pacific region CAF | Widus Hotel Enhancing the resilience of coastal wetlands to promote sustainable livelihoods in a changing climate CIFOR | Fontana Center Stream 3 Session 7: Forests and water in action FAO | Holiday Inn (cont'd) Project inception workshop (invitation only) (cont’d) UBC |
| Widus Hotel Forests and beauty: Regional assessment of NTFPs related to the cosmetics and fragrances sector NTFP-EP | Holiday Inn Illustration of ongoing work with FFPOs facilitated by We Effect and FAO/FFF in Yen Bai, Viet Nam FAO/FFF | Holiday Inn Drivers affecting forest change in the Greater Mekong subregion (cont'd) ESSC, FAO-RAP, AFN
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1100-1230 | Paeonia room, Building B, Fontana Center
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Session | Holiday Inn (cont’d) Case studies of future forest production systems: sustainable large scale industry through investing in communities and smallholders PEFC | Holiday Inn (cont’d) Forest landscape restoration and land degradation neutrality in Asia IUFRO | Widus Hotel REDD+, is it really so difficult? UN-REDD | Holiday Inn (cont'd) Drivers affecting forest change in the Greater Mekong subregion ESSC, FAO-RAP, AFN |
| Widus Hotel Legal and logic sciences for forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) CAF | Holiday Inn Evidence-based forestry: approaches and results in the Asia-Pacific region CIFOR | Fontana Center Stream 3 Session 8: Way forward for people and forests of the Asia Pacific region in the context of SDGs ASFN, RECOFTC, AFA, AIPP and NTFP-EP | Holiday Inn (cont'd) Project Inception Workshop (invitation only) UBC |
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1330-1500 | Paeonia room, Building B, Fontana Center
Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Session | Widus Hotel Stream 1 Wrap-up and summary ITTO, WRI | Widus Hotel Innovative tools for sustainable forest management under climate change University of British Columbia | Holiday Inn Public perception of forestry and its allied industries University Putra Malaysia |
1530-1700 | Fontana Convention Center Closing ceremony
Stream 1: Summary presentation Stream 2: Summary presentation | Key messages and recommendations Stream 4: Summary presentation Stream 5: Summary presentation | Key messages and recommendations |