Organised by Forest Researchand the Forestry Commission of Great Britainin co-operation with the Organisation forEconomic Co-operation and Development.
Synopsis
Can we predict the impacts of climatechange on boreal, temperate and tropicalforest systems? What contribution can carbonsequestration in forests globally maketo the mitigation of climate change? Doespresent forestry policy and practice adequatelyaccommodate the current understanding ofclimate change? Are the current internationalframeworks and agreements achieving sustainableforestry, reforestation and are they sufficientto stop deforestation and forest degradation?How should the national and internationalforest sectors respond to climate changein future? Are new research, organisational,policy and practice initiatives required?
This international conferencebrings together leading experts from 15countries to consider practical proposalson the way forward.
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WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE |
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CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCHPROGRAMME: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCEMANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURALSYSTEMS, OECD ThemeCo-ordinator |
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| INTRODUCTION AND CONFERENCEOBJECTIVES The Rt. Hon. Lord David CLARK ofWindermere, Chairman, ForestryCommission, UK |
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| 1115 | OPENING ADDRESS Ian PEARSON MP, Ministerof State (Climate Change and theEnvironment) UK |
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CARBON SEQUESTRATIONAS A FORESTRY OPPORTUNITY INA CHANGING CLIMATE |
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| SOILS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT:A CHALLENGE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Report On OECD’s Co-Operative ResearchProgramme’s Co-Sponsored Conference Jim SCHEPERS, Soil Scientist,USDA – Agricultural Research Service,USA and Jim LYNCH, ChiefExecutive, Forest Research, UK |
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| 1230 | Lunch | |
| 1400-1530 | 2 | CLIMATE CHANGE, GHG EMISSIONSREDUCTION AND THE ROLE OF FORESTS:CURRENT AND FUTURE SCENARIOS OFGHG EXCHANGE Chair: Peter FREER-SMITH, ResearchDirector, Forest Research, UK Rapporteur: Jim PENMAN, Headof Response Strategies, Defra, UK |
| PRESENT AND FUTURE GLOBALCARBON SOURCES AND SINKS Martin HEIMANN, Director,Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry,Jena, Germany |
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| AFFORESTATION, REFORESTATIONAND REDUCED DEFORESTATION TO SEQUESTERCARBON AND REDUCE EMISSIONS RESPECTIVELY Bernhard SCHLAMADINGER, Scientist,Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria |
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| GLOBAL FOREST SECTOR: TRENDS,THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES Risto SEPPALA, Professor,Finnish Forest Research Institute,Helsinki, Finland |
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| 1530-1615 | Tea, Coffee and Conference Photograph | |
| 1615-1730 | 3 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS;CURRENT INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVESAND THE SCIENCE/POLICY INTERFACE Chair: Tim Rollinson, DirectorGeneral, Forestry Commission, UK Rapporteur: Peter FREER-SMITH, ResearchDirector, Forest Research, UK |
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FORESTS AND CLIMATECHANGE: GLOBAL UNDERSTANDINGSAND POSSIBLE RESPONSES |
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| IPCC/PCCC – THE FORESTSCIENCE/POLICY INTERFACE Luiz Meira FILHO, VisitingResearcher, Institute for AdvancedStudies, University of São Paulo,Brazil |
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| FOREST RESPONSES TO GLOBALCHANGE IN NORTH AMERICA: INTERACTINGFORCES DEFINE A RESEARCH AGENDA Allen SOLOMON, NationalProgram Leader For Global ChangeResearch, USDA Forest Service, ,USA |
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| 1830 | Reception | |
| 1930 | Dinner |
| 0900-1030 | 4 | FORESTRY OPTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTINGTO CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION Chair: Werner KURZ, SeniorResearch Scientist, Natural ResourcesCanada Rapporteur: Sandra BROWN, SeniorScientist/Program Officer, WinrockInternational, USA |
| INTEGRATED FOREST MANAGEMENT,CARBON FORESTS Gert-Jan NABUURS, SeniorResearcher, Alterra, Wageningen,Netherlands |
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| ENERGY AND WOODFUEL Ralph SIMS, Director, Centrefor Energy Research, Massey University,New Zealand |
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| PRODUCT SUBSTITUTION andWOOD PRODUCTS Gregg MARLAND Staff scientist, Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory, USA Robert MATTHEWS Programme Leader, Forest Research,UK |
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| 1030-1100 | Tea and Coffee | |
| 1100-1245 | 5 | IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEON FORESTS, WOODLANDS AND ASSOCIATEDSOILS: OPTIONS FOR ADAPTATION ANDTHE RISK TO MITIGATION MEASURES Chair: Paul JARVIS, ProfessorEmeritus, University of Edinburgh,UK Rapporteur: Sune LINDER, Professor,Swedish University of AgriculturalSciences, Sweden |
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DIRECT EFFECTS OF ELEVATEDCO2 ON FOREST TREE PRODUCTIVITY |
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| IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEON FOREST SOIL CARBON Markus REICHSTEIN, SeniorScientist, Max-Planck Institute forBiogeochemistry, Jena, Germany |
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| CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSON EXTENSIVELY MANAGED FOREST:A MODELLING APPROACH Denis LOUSTAU, Head of theResearch Unit on Functional Ecologyand Environmental Physics, INRA,France |
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FORESTRY IN EUROPE UNDERCHANGING CLIMATE AND LAND USE |
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| 1245-1415 | Lunch | |
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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONALFRAMEWORKS: CURRENT AND FUTUREPOLICY |
| NATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEMS,THE CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABILITYWORLDWIDE, AND OPTIONS FOR NATIONALMONITORING Peter HOLMGREN, Chief, ForestResources Development Service, Foodand Agriculture Organisation, Rome |
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| CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITYIN FORESTS Victor TEPLYAKOV, InternationalUnion for the Conservation of Nature,Russia |
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| INTERNATIONAL FOREST POLICYAND DIFFERENTIATED OPTIONS FORCLIMATE CHANGE FOREST POLICY INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES Sergio JAUREGUI, ExternalConsultant, UNEP HQ, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| DEFORESTATION AND FORESTDEGRADATION: DRIVERS AND POLICYIMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING WELFAREAND REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONSGhazalBADIOZAMANI Programme Officer, United NationsForum on Forests Secretariat, NewYork, USA |
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| 1600-1630 | Tea and Coffee | |
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT:PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSIONS 1. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES 2. GOVERNANCE/STAKEHOLDERS 3. FOREST SECTOR RESPONSES 4. COMMERCIAL PROJECTSAND RESEARCH INITIATIVES |
| 1930 | Dinner with AFTER DINNERSPEAKER Professor Sir Gordon CONWAY Chief Scientific Adviser, DFID |
| 0900-1030 | 9 | IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTUREFORESTRY AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTALAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY Chair: Justin MUNDY, Adviserto FCO, UK |
| FEEDBACK BY RAPPORTEURSFROM PARALLEL WORKSHOPS Wilma HARPER Marcus SANGSTER Mark BROADMEADOW Paul HANSON |
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| CONCLUSIONS AND THE WAYFORWARD Tim ROLLINSON |
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| 1030-1100 | Coffee and Tea | |
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OPTIONAL FIELD TRIP Lunch Chiddingfold: Semi-naturalwoodland restoration and climatechange Alice Holt Research Forest:Intensive forest monitoring siteand CO2 flux station |
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| 1600 | Conference ends |