Forestry, Biomass & Sustainability Conference 2010 , 13 & 14 May
Hallam Conference Centre,
The Forestry Commission is pleased to be supporting this senior-level two-day conference, organised by Environmental Finance Publications. Our Director General, Tim Rollinson will be giving the Keynote Address. The conference will provide an up-to-date analysis of the latest developments in policy, economics and financing of biomass and forestry projects, and identify new investment opportunities and risks in these rapidly growing markets.
Key benefits of attending:
- Keynote address by Tim Rollinson, Director General, Forestry Commission of Great Britain; Chairman, Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration
- 30+ top-level industry speakers including Pedro Moura Costa, co-founder and
former CEO/Chairman of EcoSecurities. - Optimise your business opportunities – gain a deep understanding of the current market situation facing forestry and biomass, including carbon finance, so you have all the information you need to maximise investment opportunities as they arise
- Highly interactive programme including roundtables, panel sessions and case studies - put your pressing questions to the panellists and debate the important issues
- Network with the key players in forestry and biomass – meet and do business with project developers, forestry owners, financiers/investors and other key players in forestry and biomass
UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
The Copenhagen Accord, agreed in December 2009, gives international backing to a number of commitments towards further global action on climate change. The Accord reinforces the need for strong domestic action. Trees and woodlands have an important role to play.
The Read Report
An independent asessment (The Read Report) of the science concerning UK forests and climate change - 'Combating Climate Change - a role for UK forests' - was published in November 2009. The Read Report - Find out more about forests and climate change in the UK
Landscape restoration
Forests for the 21st century video Halting deforestation is critical but we must restore our lost forests too.
