07:00
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Welcoming remarks followed by musical performance
Video remarks HE Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
HE Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
HE Edson Duarte, Minister of Environment, Brazil
Lan Marie Nguyen Berg, Vice Mayor for Environment and Transport
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07:45
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Plenary 1: The Importance of forests to climate and development objectives
Speakers:
- Carlos Nobre, Brazilian scientist and global expert on climate change
- Rukka Sombolinggi, Secretary General, AMAN
- Carine Smith Ihenacho, Chief Corporate Governance Officer, Norges Bank Investment Management
Moderator: Frances Seymour
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08:30
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During the break: Official launch - REDD Early Movers Program in Ecuador
The Governments of Ecuador, Germany and Norway have the pleasure of inviting you to attend the official launch of the REDD Early Movers Programme in Ecuador.
Keynote speakers
- HE Mr. Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment of Norway
- HE Mr. Tarsicio Granizo, Minister of the Environment of Ecuador
- Mr. Stefan Schmitz (Deputy Director General, BMZ; Comissions of the One World without Hunger Initiative)
Where: Lofoten Room Radisson Hotel
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09:00
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Plenary 2: Achieving the 2020 and 2030 targets: What will it take?
Panelists:
- HE Tarsicio Granizo, Minister of Environment, Ecuador
- Yaneth Patricia Alegría Copete, Vice Minister of Environmental Planning of the Territory, Colombia
- Dr. Putera Parthama, DG for climate change, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Indonesia
- Svein Holsether, CEO Yara
- Anderson Tanoto, Director RGE Pte Ltd
Moderator: James Astill, The Economist
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10:30
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Special Lunch Presentations
Badan Restorasi Gambut (BRG)
1-hour special lunch-time discussion on Local Initiative of Tropical Peatland Restoration in Indonesia
Objective:
- To update the peatland restoration efforts that have been carried out and will be carried out by BRG with the support of CSOs and the people.
- To represent the collaborative action to support peatland restoration with farmers, women and religious groups.
- To discuss collaborative initiatives and international support on community-based peatland restoration.
Where: Lofoten Room Radisson Hotel
Lunch will be provided in the conference room.
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The 2020 Challenge: How can companies meet their deforestation-free supply chain commitments?
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Forests and the Paris Agreement: Pathways to keeping global warming well below 2 °C with the aim to limit the increase to 1.5°C
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Progress toward reducing illegal deforestation, associated trade and other forest-related crimes
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UNDRIP and REDD+@10: Progress toward recognizing indigenous rights to forests
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12:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1A
To provide a platform for selected companies to present their perspectives on progress toward/obstacles to achieving corporate no-deforestation commitments, and discuss with representatives of other stakeholder groups how to accelerate implementation.
Moderator: Leonardo Colombo Fleck, Program Officer Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Panelists:
- Ignacio Gavilan, Director, Sustainability, The Consumer Goods Forum
- Jamison Ervin, Manager, Nature for Development Program United Nations Development Programme
- Juliana Lopes, Sustainability Director, Amaggi
- Lucita Jasmin, Director of Sustainability & External Affairs, APRIL Group
- Marco Albani, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, World Economic Forum
- Mauricio Voivodic, CEO, WWF Brazil
- Nigel Sizer, Chief Program Officer, Rainforest Alliance
- Ruth Nussbaum, Group Director, Proforest
- Wei Peng, Corporate Sustainability Manager, COFCO International
- Woro Supartinah, Coordinator, JIKALAHARI (The Network for Riau's Forest)
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1B
To highlight the essential role of forests in reducing global net emissions, especially the role of forests as sinks, and discuss how to stimulate more aggressive national and international action, such as enhancing the profile of forest protection and restoration in NDCs.
Moderator: Pablo Vieira, N/A, NDC Partnership
Panelists:
- Félicien Mulenda, FONAREDD/Ministry of Finance, DRC
- Rosa Mabel Morales Saravia, Head of the General Directorate of Climate Change and Desertification, Ministry of The Environment
- Jair Schmitt, Ministry of the Environment, Brazil
- Pak Putera Parthama, Ministry of the Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
- Zerihun Getu, Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1C
To assess different approaches aiming at reducing illegalities in the forest sector - featuring law enforcement officials from Colombia, Indonesia, European Commission and Interpol - in the context of international initiatives to promote legality.
Moderator: Kerstin Canby, Director, Forest Trends
Panelists:
- César Augusto Parra Leon, Sixth Division Commander, Colombian Army
- Claudine Leger-Charnay, Forestry Crime Analyst - Amazon Team Leader, INTERPOL
- Emmanuelle Maire, Head of Unit - Directorate General for Environment, European Commission
- Rasio Ridho Sani, Directorate General of Environment and Forestry Law Enforcement, Ministry of Environmental and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1D
To assess the degree to which REDD+ has been utilized to advance indigenous rights at the national level, extract broader lessons for policy and practice, and identify near-term challenges and opportunities for further progress.
Moderator: Antoinette Royo, The Land Tenure Facility, The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
Panelists:
- HE Fabiola Muñoz, Minister of Environment, Peru
- Gabriel Asem, Regent of Tambrauw, Government of Tambrauw Regency
- Lizardo Cauper, AIDESEP
- Sébastien Jodoin, Assistant Professor, McGill University, Faculty of Law
- Stanley Kimaren, Executive Director, Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA)
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12:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1A
To provide a platform for selected companies to present their perspectives on progress toward/obstacles to achieving corporate no-deforestation commitments, and discuss with representatives of other stakeholder groups how to accelerate implementation.
Moderator: Leonardo Colombo Fleck, Program Officer Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Panelists:
- Ignacio Gavilan, Director, Sustainability, The Consumer Goods Forum
- Jamison Ervin, Manager, Nature for Development Program United Nations Development Programme
- Juliana Lopes, Sustainability Director, Amaggi
- Lucita Jasmin, Director of Sustainability & External Affairs, APRIL Group
- Marco Albani, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, World Economic Forum
- Mauricio Voivodic, CEO, WWF Brazil
- Nigel Sizer, Chief Program Officer, Rainforest Alliance
- Ruth Nussbaum, Group Director, Proforest
- Wei Peng, Corporate Sustainability Manager, COFCO International
- Woro Supartinah, Coordinator, JIKALAHARI (The Network for Riau's Forest)
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12:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1B
To highlight the essential role of forests in reducing global net emissions, especially the role of forests as sinks, and discuss how to stimulate more aggressive national and international action, such as enhancing the profile of forest protection and restoration in NDCs.
Moderator: Pablo Vieira, N/A, NDC Partnership
Panelists:
- Félicien Mulenda, FONAREDD/Ministry of Finance, DRC
- Rosa Mabel Morales Saravia, Head of the General Directorate of Climate Change and Desertification, Ministry of The Environment
- Jair Schmitt, Ministry of the Environment, Brazil
- Pak Putera Parthama, Ministry of the Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
- Zerihun Getu, Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia
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12:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1C
To assess different approaches aiming at reducing illegalities in the forest sector - featuring law enforcement officials from Colombia, Indonesia, European Commission and Interpol - in the context of international initiatives to promote legality.
Moderator: Kerstin Canby, Director, Forest Trends
Panelists:
- César Augusto Parra Leon, Sixth Division Commander, Colombian Army
- Claudine Leger-Charnay, Forestry Crime Analyst - Amazon Team Leader, INTERPOL
- Emmanuelle Maire, Head of Unit - Directorate General for Environment, European Commission
- Rasio Ridho Sani, Directorate General of Environment and Forestry Law Enforcement, Ministry of Environmental and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
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12:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 1D
To assess the degree to which REDD+ has been utilized to advance indigenous rights at the national level, extract broader lessons for policy and practice, and identify near-term challenges and opportunities for further progress.
Moderator: Antoinette Royo, The Land Tenure Facility, The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
Panelists:
- HE Fabiola Muñoz, Minister of Environment, Peru
- Gabriel Asem, Regent of Tambrauw, Government of Tambrauw Regency
- Lizardo Cauper, AIDESEP
- Sébastien Jodoin, Assistant Professor, McGill University, Faculty of Law
- Stanley Kimaren, Executive Director, Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA)
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13:30
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Coffee break
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Intact vs Working Forests: Must we exploit forests to save them?
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Criteria for REDD+ Transactions
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Financial disclosure and transparency for forest-risk commodities
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The Gendered Dimensions of REDD+: Rural and Indigenous women’s tenure rights and participation in climate change agreements and programs
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14:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2A
To assess the most promising strategies for maintaining the remaining intact forests in the tropics, and debate the role of sustainable forest management.
Moderator: Michael Wolosin, President, Forest Climate Analytics
Panelists:
- Joseph Harmon, Minister of State, Guyana
- Aileen Lee, Chief Program Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Barbara Zimmerman, Director, Kayapo Project International Conservation Fund of Canada
- Bustar Maitar, Chairman, EcoNusa Foundation
- Dr. Christopher Stewart, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International Limited
- Dominggus Mandacan, Governor Papua Barat, Provincial Government of Papua Barat
- Laura George, Governance and Rights Coordinator, Amerindian Peoples Association (APA)
- Ludovic Ngok Banak, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Economy, Forecasting and Sustainable Development Programming
- Thais Linhares-Juvenal, Senior Forestry Officer, FAO
- Tom Evans, Director, Forest Conservation Wildlife Conservation Society
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2B
To discuss standards of transparency, credibility, and accountability necessary for international REDD+ transactions to take place under current and prospective financing mechanisms.
Moderator: Daniel Zarin, Director of Programs, Climate and Land Use Alliance
Panelists:
- HE Ricardo Hernandez, Secretary of Environment, Mexico
- Alberto Tavares, President, Acre Environmental Services Development Company (CDSA)
- Donna Lee, CLUA
- Esben Marcussen, Project leader DRC timber and peat, Greenpeace
- Jason Gray, Chief of Climate Change Program Evaluation Branch, California Air Resources Board
- Donna Lee, Climate and Land Use Alliance
- Andreas Dahl Jørgensen, Deputy Director at NICFI
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2C
To present and discuss applications of tools for detecting financial and governance risk in commodity supply chains, and the potential to use this information to close off public and private finance for forest destruction.
Moderator: Marco Albani, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, World Economic Forum
Panelists:
- Carole Ferguson, Head of Investor Research, CDP
- Gabriel Thoumi, Director Capital Markets, Climate Advisers
- Laode Syarif, KPK, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Republic of Indonesia
- Sabine Miltner, Moore Foundation
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2D
To highlight the critical role of women as bearers of solutions to climate change, with a focus on the management and protection of forests in the Congo Basin and the Amazon regions.
Moderator: Solange Bandiaky-Badji, Director Africa and Gender Justice Programs, Rights and Resources Initiative
Panelists:
- Chouchouna Losale, ONG, CFLEDD/GTCRR
- Josien Aloema-Tokoe, Area coordinator Women and Family of the COICA, OIS/COICA
- Katia Araujo, Director of Advocacy, Women's Land Rights Landesa
- Stefan Schmitz, Deputy Director-General and Commissioner for the One World No Hunger Initiative, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Verona Collantes-Lebale, Intergovernmental Specialist, UNFCCC Focal Point, UN Women
- Cecile Ndjebet, African women’s network for community management of forest (REFACOF)
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14:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2A
To assess the most promising strategies for maintaining the remaining intact forests in the tropics, and debate the role of sustainable forest management.
Moderator: Michael Wolosin, President, Forest Climate Analytics
Panelists:
- Joseph Harmon, Minister of State, Guyana
- Aileen Lee, Chief Program Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Barbara Zimmerman, Director, Kayapo Project International Conservation Fund of Canada
- Bustar Maitar, Chairman, EcoNusa Foundation
- Dr. Christopher Stewart, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International Limited
- Dominggus Mandacan, Governor Papua Barat, Provincial Government of Papua Barat
- Laura George, Governance and Rights Coordinator, Amerindian Peoples Association (APA)
- Ludovic Ngok Banak, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Economy, Forecasting and Sustainable Development Programming
- Thais Linhares-Juvenal, Senior Forestry Officer, FAO
- Tom Evans, Director, Forest Conservation Wildlife Conservation Society
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14:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2B
To discuss standards of transparency, credibility, and accountability necessary for international REDD+ transactions to take place under current and prospective financing mechanisms.
Moderator: Daniel Zarin, Director of Programs, Climate and Land Use Alliance
Panelists:
- HE Ricardo Hernandez, Secretary of Environment, Mexico
- Alberto Tavares, President, Acre Environmental Services Development Company (CDSA)
- Donna Lee, CLUA
- Esben Marcussen, Project leader DRC timber and peat, Greenpeace
- Jason Gray, Chief of Climate Change Program Evaluation Branch, California Air Resources Board
- Donna Lee, Climate and Land Use Alliance
- Andreas Dahl Jørgensen, Deputy Director at NICFI
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14:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2C
To present and discuss applications of tools for detecting financial and governance risk in commodity supply chains, and the potential to use this information to close off public and private finance for forest destruction.
Moderator: Marco Albani, Director, Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, World Economic Forum
Panelists:
- Carole Ferguson, Head of Investor Research, CDP
- Gabriel Thoumi, Director Capital Markets, Climate Advisers
- Laode Syarif, KPK, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Republic of Indonesia
- Sabine Miltner, Moore Foundation
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14:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 2D
To highlight the critical role of women as bearers of solutions to climate change, with a focus on the management and protection of forests in the Congo Basin and the Amazon regions.
Moderator: Solange Bandiaky-Badji, Director Africa and Gender Justice Programs, Rights and Resources Initiative
Panelists:
- Chouchouna Losale, ONG, CFLEDD/GTCRR
- Josien Aloema-Tokoe, Area coordinator Women and Family of the COICA, OIS/COICA
- Katia Araujo, Director of Advocacy, Women's Land Rights Landesa
- Stefan Schmitz, Deputy Director-General and Commissioner for the One World No Hunger Initiative, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Verona Collantes-Lebale, Intergovernmental Specialist, UNFCCC Focal Point, UN Women
- Cecile Ndjebet, African women’s network for community management of forest (REFACOF)
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15:30
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End of sessions for day 1
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16:00
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Conference dinner at Oslo City Hall with the Mayor of Oslo
- Jon Lomøy, Director General Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
- Marianne Borgen, Mayor of Oslo
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Subnational jurisdictions: The most promising scale for success?
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High carbon stock ecosystems: Incorporating mangroves and peatlands into REDD+ strategies
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Ground-breaking tools to promote legality, traceability and transparency: Challenges and opportunities
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A burning issue: Address the threat of biofuels as a driver of deforestation
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07:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3A
To highlight commitments made by sub-national jurisdictions to low-carbon development, and to discuss how implementation of those commitments will depend on actions at local, national and international levels.
Moderator: William Boyd, Project Lead, Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force / Professor of Law Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force Secretariat, University of Colorado
Panelists:
- Amy Duchelle, Senior Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research
- Bjørn Rask Thomsen, CEO, DENOFA
- Daniela Goehler Sr., Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
- Gita Syahrani, Head of Secretariat, Lingkar Temu Kabupaten Lestari
- Jarot Winarno, Bupati of Sintang District
- Jason Gray, Chief of Climate Change Program Evaluation Branch, California Air and Resources Board
- Javier Kinney, Director, Office of Self Governance, Yurok Tribe
- José Yunis Mebarak, Visión Amazonía REM
- Lloyd Gamble, Director, Forests & Climate, World Wildlife Fund
- Francisca Oliveira de Lima Costa, Yakashawãdawa
- Tião Yunis Mebarak, Visión Amazonía REM
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3B
To highlight the importance of the climate and other ecosystem services provided by wetland forests, and discuss how to increase attention to these relatively small and underappreciated areas in national and jurisdictional REDD+ strategies.
Moderator: Tim Christophersen, Coordinator, Freshwater, Land and Climate Branch, UN Environment
Panelists:
- HE Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Republic of Congo
- HE Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
- Catherine Lovelock, Professor, The University of Queensland
- Daniel Murdiyarso, Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research
- Nazir Foead, Head of the Agency, BRG RI (Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency)
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3C
Explore different technological tools and examine what it will take for these tools to be used by relevant stakeholders, including law enforcement officers, to a larger extent.
Moderator: Charles Barber, Director, Forest Legality Initiative, World Resources Institute
Panelists:
- Alexander Von Bismarck, Executive Director, Environmental Investigation Agency
- Flor de Maria Vega Zapata, Coordinator for environmental crimes, Public prosecutor's office in Peru
- Serge Christian Moukouri, Director in charge of Development and Internal Monitoring, Field Legality Advisory Group
- Simone Bauch, Latin America Director, Global Canopy
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3D
To present the state of play of energy and biofuels policies that drive deforestation, with a focus on the United States and the European Union, and discuss strategies to address them.
Moderator: Belinda Morris, Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Panelists:
- Adrian Suharto, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Neste Corporation
- Floyd Vergara, Chief of Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board
- Laura Buffet, Fuels Manager, Transport & Environment
- Henry Waxman, Waxman Strategies and former member of the US Congress
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07:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3A
To highlight commitments made by sub-national jurisdictions to low-carbon development, and to discuss how implementation of those commitments will depend on actions at local, national and international levels.
Moderator: William Boyd, Project Lead, Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force / Professor of Law Governors' Climate & Forests Task Force Secretariat, University of Colorado
Panelists:
- Amy Duchelle, Senior Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research
- Bjørn Rask Thomsen, CEO, DENOFA
- Daniela Goehler Sr., Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
- Gita Syahrani, Head of Secretariat, Lingkar Temu Kabupaten Lestari
- Jarot Winarno, Bupati of Sintang District
- Jason Gray, Chief of Climate Change Program Evaluation Branch, California Air and Resources Board
- Javier Kinney, Director, Office of Self Governance, Yurok Tribe
- José Yunis Mebarak, Visión Amazonía REM
- Lloyd Gamble, Director, Forests & Climate, World Wildlife Fund
- Francisca Oliveira de Lima Costa, Yakashawãdawa
- Tião Yunis Mebarak, Visión Amazonía REM
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07:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3B
To highlight the importance of the climate and other ecosystem services provided by wetland forests, and discuss how to increase attention to these relatively small and underappreciated areas in national and jurisdictional REDD+ strategies.
Moderator: Tim Christophersen, Coordinator, Freshwater, Land and Climate Branch, UN Environment
Panelists:
- HE Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Republic of Congo
- HE Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
- Catherine Lovelock, Professor, The University of Queensland
- Daniel Murdiyarso, Principal Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research
- Nazir Foead, Head of the Agency, BRG RI (Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency)
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07:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3C
Explore different technological tools and examine what it will take for these tools to be used by relevant stakeholders, including law enforcement officers, to a larger extent.
Moderator: Charles Barber, Director, Forest Legality Initiative, World Resources Institute
Panelists:
- Alexander Von Bismarck, Executive Director, Environmental Investigation Agency
- Flor de Maria Vega Zapata, Coordinator for environmental crimes, Public prosecutor's office in Peru
- Serge Christian Moukouri, Director in charge of Development and Internal Monitoring, Field Legality Advisory Group
- Simone Bauch, Latin America Director, Global Canopy
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07:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 3D
To present the state of play of energy and biofuels policies that drive deforestation, with a focus on the United States and the European Union, and discuss strategies to address them.
Moderator: Belinda Morris, Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Panelists:
- Adrian Suharto, Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Neste Corporation
- Floyd Vergara, Chief of Industrial Strategies Division, California Air Resources Board
- Laura Buffet, Fuels Manager, Transport & Environment
- Henry Waxman, Waxman Strategies and former member of the US Congress
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08:30
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Minding the gap: Addressing the lag between what’s possible and what’s practiced in monitoring deforestation, degradation and restoration in the context of REDD+
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The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative: An opportunity to preach beyond the choir
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Investment for land-use transformation: Opportunities for blending public and private finance towards forest restoration
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Supporting At-Risk Defenders: Addressing the root causes of attacks on environmental and indigenous advocates
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09:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4A
To present and discuss applications of the latest tools for early warning systems and assessing tree cover and carbon stock loss and gain for REDD+ implementation. To discuss how to overcome barriers to use of the most appropriate tools by international institutions, national policy-makers, and local practitioners.
Moderator: Rachael Petersen, Deputy Director, World Resources Institute
Panelists:
- Ana Aranha, Chief Editor, Reporter Brasil
- Ana Puyol, Executive Director, Fundación EcoCiencia
- Brian Zutta, Coordinator of the National Forest Monitoring System, National Forest Conservation Program, Ministry of the Environment
- Daniela Pogliani, Executive Director, Associacion para la Conservacion de la Cuenca Amazonica
- Julian Fox, FAO
- María José Sanz Sánchez, Basque Centre for Climate Change, BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change
- Maria Teresa Becerra-Ramirez, IDEAM, Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies
- Martin Herold, Professor Remote Sensing, Wageningen University
- Pradeepa Bholanath, Head, Planning and Development, Guyana Forestry Commission
- Tony James, Wapichan leader from Southern Guyana
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4B
To discuss the potential of the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative to harness faith-based action for global forest protection, and explore how this commitment from religious and spiritual leaders, working alongside indigenous peoples, can bolster the efforts of partners from other sectors.
Moderator: Gunnar Stålsett, Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Panelists:
- Din Syamsuddin, Chairman, Center for Dialogue and Cooperation Among Civilizations
- Erik Solheim, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
- Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith
- Mauricio Lopez Oropeza, REPAM Red Eclesial Panamazónica, Iglesia Católica
- Josien Aloema-Tokoe, Area coordinator Women and Family of the COICA, OIS/COICA
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4C
To present an ambitious though realistic vision of how to fast-track the financing of the global forest restoration agenda, using Brazil and Colombia as examples. To contribute to defining what actions and commitments are needed to overcome key barriers to investment and help generate alignment on the way forward.
Moderator: Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, NICFI Director, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway
Panelists:
- Claudia Martinez, Director, E3-Ecologia, Economia y Etica
- Heidi Finskas, Vice President Corporate Responsibility, KLP
- Juliana Santiago, Head of the Amazon Fund, BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank
- Nanno Kleiterp, Chairman of the Board, Andgreen Fund
- Bas Rüter, Director of Sustainability, Rabobank
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4D
To present an assessment of the severity of risks faced by environmental defenders, and provide an overview of the mechanisms in place to protect them.
Moderator: Patrick Alley, Director, Global Witness
Panelists:
- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Claudelice Silva Dos Santos, Fundação, Fundação Zé Claudio e Maria
- Felipe Milanez Pereira, Professor, Federal University Of Bahia
- Fran Lambrick, CIC, Not1More
- Dr. Christopher Stewart, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International Limited
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09:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4A
To present and discuss applications of the latest tools for early warning systems and assessing tree cover and carbon stock loss and gain for REDD+ implementation. To discuss how to overcome barriers to use of the most appropriate tools by international institutions, national policy-makers, and local practitioners.
Moderator: Rachael Petersen, Deputy Director, World Resources Institute
Panelists:
- Ana Aranha, Chief Editor, Reporter Brasil
- Ana Puyol, Executive Director, Fundación EcoCiencia
- Brian Zutta, Coordinator of the National Forest Monitoring System, National Forest Conservation Program, Ministry of the Environment
- Daniela Pogliani, Executive Director, Associacion para la Conservacion de la Cuenca Amazonica
- Julian Fox, FAO
- María José Sanz Sánchez, Basque Centre for Climate Change, BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change
- Maria Teresa Becerra-Ramirez, IDEAM, Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies
- Martin Herold, Professor Remote Sensing, Wageningen University
- Pradeepa Bholanath, Head, Planning and Development, Guyana Forestry Commission
- Tony James, Wapichan leader from Southern Guyana
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09:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4B
To discuss the potential of the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative to harness faith-based action for global forest protection, and explore how this commitment from religious and spiritual leaders, working alongside indigenous peoples, can bolster the efforts of partners from other sectors.
Moderator: Gunnar Stålsett, Honorary President, Religions for Peace
Panelists:
- Din Syamsuddin, Chairman, Center for Dialogue and Cooperation Among Civilizations
- Erik Solheim, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
- Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith
- Mauricio Lopez Oropeza, REPAM Red Eclesial Panamazónica, Iglesia Católica
- Josien Aloema-Tokoe, Area coordinator Women and Family of the COICA, OIS/COICA
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09:00
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4C
To present an ambitious though realistic vision of how to fast-track the financing of the global forest restoration agenda, using Brazil and Colombia as examples. To contribute to defining what actions and commitments are needed to overcome key barriers to investment and help generate alignment on the way forward.
Moderator: Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, NICFI Director, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway
Panelists:
- Claudia Martinez, Director, E3-Ecologia, Economia y Etica
- Heidi Finskas, Vice President Corporate Responsibility, KLP
- Juliana Santiago, Head of the Amazon Fund, BNDES - Brazilian Development Bank
- Nanno Kleiterp, Chairman of the Board, Andgreen Fund
- Bas Rüter, Director of Sustainability, Rabobank
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Press the + to the right for more about session 4D
To present an assessment of the severity of risks faced by environmental defenders, and provide an overview of the mechanisms in place to protect them.
Moderator: Patrick Alley, Director, Global Witness
Panelists:
- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Claudelice Silva Dos Santos, Fundação, Fundação Zé Claudio e Maria
- Felipe Milanez Pereira, Professor, Federal University Of Bahia
- Fran Lambrick, CIC, Not1More
- Dr. Christopher Stewart, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International Limited
Read biographies of the panelists
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10:30
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Special Lunch Presentations
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) - Leveraging finance for REDD+ results-based payments
Objective: Discuss the current landscape of REDD+ rbp finance and visualize future scenarios for leveraging public and private finance from domestic and international sources.
Where: Lofoten room at Radisson Hotel
Lunch will be provided in the conference room.
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10:45
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During the break: Colombia’s Integrated Strategy to Control Deforestation and Manage Forests: Achievements and challenges in a post-conflict context
Colombia is home to some of the most biodiverse forests in the world, forests that now are under tremendous pressure in the new post-conflict context. The Peace Agreement with the former FARC guerilla is under implementation and criminal groups are moving into territories where the guerilla used to have territorial control and where they for different reasons had enforced strict limits on logging by civilians. Taking advantage of the power vacuum left behind, these new actors are promoting land grabbing, coca cultivation crops, mining and logging and cattle ranching. In the Colombian Amazon, the area of deforestation doubled in 2017 compared to the year before, according to official figures released this month – and most of the destruction was in remote rainforest areas once controlled by the guerilla.
Colombia has recently developed an Integrated Strategy to Control Deforestation and Manage Forest which gathers diverse stakeholders ranging from the armed forces, the chief prosecutor’s office, environmental and agricultural authorities, private sector & civil society. This complex multidisciplinary and –actor approach aims to reduce deforestation and to provide incentives for sustainable use of the forest ecosystems of Colombia.
This side event showcases the early implementation efforts of the strategy in terms of REDD+ Results Based Payment mechanisms, law enforcement, and zero deforestation productive chains.
Speakers
- Yaneth patricia Alegría Copete, Vice Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
- General César Augusto Parra León, 6th Army Division commander, Colombia
- Mariana Rojas, Climate Change Director, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
- José Yunis, Amazon Vision Program Coordinator
Moderator: Camilo Ortega P., Coordinator for the Joint Declaration of Intent
Venue: Scandinavia Scene
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12:00
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Plenary 3: The Way Forward
To reflect on the way forward in light of discussions held at the 2018 Oslo Tropical Forest Forum.
Panelists:
- HE Fabiola Muñoz, Minister of Environment, Peru
- Erik Solheim, Executive Director United Nations Environment
- Tasso Azevedo, Consultant and social entrepreneur
- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- Henry Waxman, Waxman Strategies, and former Member, US Congress
- James Astill, the Economist
Moderator: Frances Seymour
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14:00
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Closing remarks
- Erik Solheim, Executive Director United Nations Environment
- Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, Director, NICFI, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
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14:30
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End of conference
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15:00
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Oslo Tropical Forest Forum at The House of Literature in Oslo
As the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum 2018 officially ends, we invite conference participants, NGOs, journalists, politicians, scientists and others interested in protecting our forests to the Oslo House for Literature to learn, discuss and share experiences. Food and drinks will be available.
The venue is open to the public. The event is organized by Norad, Rainforest Foundation Norway and Forum for Development and Environment.
Go to the Facebook for a detailed programme and updates on seminars, films, participants and schedule for this event.
The House of Literature is just a five-minute walk from the Scandinavian Radisson hotel, the main venue of the conference. Address: Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29.
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