CIFOR at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week. Hanoi, 21-26 April 2008

Monday, 21 April, 10.45 -11.50 (room 318)

• Opening Session: Forestry in a Changing World
  Introductory remarks from the international research community Frances
  Seymour, Director-General, CIFOR

Tuesday, 22 April, 08.30 -12.00 (room 313)

• Plenary: "People, Forests, and Human Well-being: Managing Forests for People in a Period of Rapid Change"
• Frances Seymour is presenting “Forests: Do They Matter?”

Wednesday, 23 April, 08.30 -12.00 (room 313)

• Plenary: "Forests and Climate Change"
  Partners: CIFOR & FAO

Thursday, 24 April, 08.30 – 12.00 (room 313)

• Plenary: Dialogue on Timber Trade, Forest Law Compliance and Governance.
  Partners: AFP and CIFOR, DFiD, IGES and TNC
• 17.00, CIFOR Book Launches (room 201)
• Lessons from Forest Decentralization. Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Ganga Ram Dahal and Doris Capistrano
• Managing Forest Resources in a Decentralized Environment. Petrus Gunarso, Titiek Setyawati, Terry Sunderland and Charlie Shackleton

Saturday, 26 April, 09.00 (room 202)

• “Poverty Reduction through Forestry-related Activities in Asia”
  A Seminar on IFAD supported forestry-related programmes in collaboration with CIFOR, ICIMOD and ICRAF
• Book launch: Payment for Environmental Services: Experiences and Lessons in Vietnam. Hoang Minh Ha, Pham Thu Thuy, Meine van Noordwijk.

21 -25 April (NCC Lobby, 3rd floor)

• Information Market: CIFOR booth and poster session.

Download Flyers:

• Asia-Pacific Forestry Week Summary Report (PDF file)
• Forests & Climate Change (PDF file)
• Timber Trade, Forest Law Compliance & Governance (PDF file)

For more information:

Please contact Yani Saloh (y.saloh@cgiar.org; ) CIFOR