Asia-Pacific Forestry Week

Stream 5: Our green future - green investment and growing our natural assets

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Monday 22 February

0900-1700

Fontana Convention Center
APFISN Workshop on management of transboundary cases of forest invasion (cont’d)
APFISN
 

Tuesday 23 February

1330-1500

Holiday Inn, Molave
Stream 5 Opening Plenary
Programme
APFNet, AFoCo

Fontana Convention Center
APFISN Workshop on management of transboundary cases of forest invasion (cont’d)
APFISN

1530-1830

Holiday Inn, Mahogany
High-level regional consultation to develop action plan for forest and landscape restoration in Asia-Pacific
APAFRI, FAO, WRI, APFNet, IUCN

Presentations
Regional approach prospects to restoration in Asia-Pacific: lessons from Latin America and Africa, Charles Barber
Forest Landscape Restoration: From aspirations to action, Don Gilmour
IUCN Forest and Landscape Restoration, Mirjam Kuzee

Holiday Inn, Narra
Community forestry experiences
Rain Forest Restoration Initiative

Presentations
Community-managed tree nurturing in Upper Marikina River Basin, Teresa Argota
Rainforestation: experience of Maddiangat Upland Farmers Association, Jerry Cabacungan
Rainforestation: innovative strategy in forest restoration, Paciencia Milan

Holiday Inn, Yakal 1+2
Project inception workshop (invitation only) (cont’d)
University of British Columbia

Wednesday 24 February

0800-0900

Holiday Inn, Acacia
AP-FECM Steering Committee Meeting (invitation only) (cont’d)
AP-FECM

0900-1030

Holiday Inn, Acacia
The 4th Asia-Pacific Forestry Education Coordination Mechanism Conference (cont’d)
Agenda
AP-FECM

Session 1: Keynote speeches
Sharing quality education resources in Chinese forestry education, Youqing Luo
Forestry education in India: international collaboration, S.S. Negi
Innovative sustainable forest management in the Asia-Pacific region, John Innes

Session 2: Case sharing
Undergraduate transfer programs between Beijing Forestry University and UBC, Liu Junchang & Guangyu Wang
Internationalization of forestry education in Kyushu University, Japan, Nobuya Mizoue
Forest education sharing in the Asia-Pacific region, case for Kyoto University, Akira Osawa
Welcome to Thai Ngyuen University of Agriculture and Forestry
Advanced education programs in collaboration with universities of USA, Tran Quoc Hung
UPLB's internationalization initiatives in forestry education and research, Juan Pulhin
Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia, Von Monin
Tertiary education collaboration across national borders - opportunities and challenges, Rod Keenan
Forestry education in Sri Lanka, Gamini Pushpakumara
Collaborations in forestry education between universities of developed economies and Bangladesh, M. Al Amin
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Daowei Zhang
GOFE: Global Outlook on Forest Education, Mika Rekola

Session 3: Potential activities
Two potential activities, Yong Liu
SFM online program Phase II, AP-FECM SFM Certificate Master's Degree and Scholarship, Myers
Forestry experts network and database development, Guangyu Wang
Emerging forestry leadership, Zhu

Holiday Inn, Narra
Mobilizing investments in Asia-Pacific forests: interactive workshop (cont’d)
Agenda 
APFNet, TNC, FAST, New Forests, WWF

Presentations
Investment in forestry: Its not about the trees, Dominic Elson
Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade: impact investing, Francesca Nugnes
Responsible investment for forestry, primer on ESG-based institutional investment, MK Bullen
Integrating environment, social and governance issues within capital markets, WWF and PwC

Holiday Inn, Molave
Forest landscape restoration – Challenges and opportunities for ecological resilience, economic development and enhancing livelihoods in Asia and the Pacific
GIZ

Presentations
Forest landscape restoration and revival of forestry industry in the Philippines, Ricardo Calderon
Rehabilitation of burnt areas and landscape management on peatland, South Sumatra, Herwin Purnomo
Contribution towards forest landscape restoration in Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary, Abdullah Abraham Hossain
Landscape restoration in the Fiji REDD+ pilot site, Ilaitia Leitabu
Forest landscape restoration: potential, requirements and challenges, Juan Pulhin and Catherine de Luna
Forest landscape restoration, SDGs and ASEAN Cooperation on forestry, Dian Sukmajaya

1100-1230

Holiday Inn, Yakal 1+2
Forest and landscape restoration (FLR) - Growing our natural capital
IUCN

IUCN Forest and landscape restoration, Carole Saint Laurent
Mangroves for the future, strengthening resilience of ecosystem-dependent coastal communities, Minna

1330-1500

Holiday Inn, Kamagong
Fifteen years of the AKECOP: Experiences and lessons learned (cont’d)
AKECU

Presentations
Building research capacities in forest restoration in Cambodia, Sokh Heng
Trat forest restoration research and development, Thailand, Monton Jamroenprucksa
Developing human resources for forest restoration through training programs, Thaung Naing Oo
Building research restoration research and development capacities in Lao PDR, Chanhsamone Phongoudome
Basic forest restoration research in the Philippines, Lucrecio Rebugio
Forest restoration through agroforestry at the Gunung Walat Education Forest, Indonesia, Leti Sundawati
Future challenge of AKECOP, Don Koo Lee

Holiday Inn, Narra
Assessing forest and landscape restoration opportunities to support the achievement of national and international commitments
IUCN, WRI

Guide to Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology, WRI

Holiday Inn, Molave
Forest Spatial Information and User-Customized Service System
AFoCo, KoFPI

1700-1800

Holiday Inn, Acacia
(cont'd) AP-FECM Steering Committee Meeting (invitation only)
AP-FECM

Friday 26 February

0900-1030

Holiday Inn, Yakal 1+2
(cont'd) Project Inception Workshop (invitation only) (cont’d)
UBC

Holiday Inn, Molave
Case studies of future forest production systems: sustainable large scale industry through investing in communities and smallholders (cont’d)
Flyer
PEFC

Holiday Inn, Pine
Forest landscape restoration and land degradation neutrality in Asia (cont’d)
IUFRO

Holiday Inn, Kamagong
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

1100-1230

Holiday Inn, Yakal 1+2
(cont'd) Project Inception Workshop (invitation only)
UBC

Holiday Inn, Molave
(cont’d) Case studies of future forest production systems: sustainable large scale industry through investing in communities and smallholders 
Flyer
PEFC

Holiday Inn, Pine
(cont’d) Forest landscape restoration and land degradation neutrality in Asia
IUFRO

1530-1700

Fontana Convention Center
Closing ceremony

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