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Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Science

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Carbon and Communities in Tropical Woodlands
University of Edinburgh
16-18 June 2008

Conference Programme & Presentations for download

- Monday 16th June
- Tuesday 17th June
- Wednesday 18th June

Monday 16th June

Finance and Project Management

08.30 - 09.00 Coffee/Tea
Session chair Willie McGhee
09.00 - 09.30 John Grace (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Welcome and introduction
09.30 - 09.50 Philip Powell (Envirotrade, UK)
Carbon Livelihoods - Communities and conservation in Mozambique
09.50 - 10.10 Robert Harley (CAMCO, UK)
Financing community carbon projects - viability questions, gaps and hazards
10.10 - 10.30 Session summary (Chair - Willie McGhee)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/Tea
Session chair Ray Victurine
11.00 - 11.20 Mathew Williams (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Quantifying and monitoring C stocks in tropical Woodlands
11.20 - 11.40 Richard Tipper (Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management, UK)
A Simple Rule-Based Approach for Setting REDD Project Baselines
11.40 - 12.00 Neil Bird (Joanneum Research, Institute of Energy Research, Austria)
Additionality and baselines; is there a better way? 
12.00 - 12.30 Session summary (Chair - Ray Victurine)
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.15 Plenary
14.15 - 15.30 Break out groups
'The subject from the day's speakers will be discussed in small groups, and the relevant chapter from the output document will be developed using contributions from the delegates.'
16.00 - 16:30 Coffee/tea
16:30 - 17:15 Feedback from breakout groups (Chair - John Grace)
17:15 - 19:00 Poster session - drinks provided.
Two prizes will be awarded at the end of the conference. One for the best poster, as voted by the delegates, and another for the most relevant poster to the conference as voted by the conference organisers.
19:00 Free evening

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Tuesday 17th June

Ecosystem Services

08.30 - 09.00 Coffee/Tea
Session chair Richard Tipper
09:00 - 09.20 Ray Victurine (Wildlife Conservation Society of America)
(Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity) - The carbon Market and Biodiversity Conservation, a Co-benefit Approach
09.20 - 09.40 Antonio Serra (Envirotrade, Mozambique)
(Ecosystem Services, Watershed protection) (Ecosystem Services, Watershed protection) Zambezi delta flooding: The Plan Vivo contribution to development strategy
09.40 - 10.00 Robert Rees (Scottish Agricultural College, UK)
(Ecosystem Services, Soils) Soil Protection and Management in East African Savannas 
10.00 - 10.30 Session summary (Chair - Richard Tipper)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/Tea
Session chair Mathew Williams
11.00 - 11.20 Emmanuel Matsika (PESAD / Miombo Network, Zambia)
The potential for carbon sequestration in the terrestrial ecosystems for Zambia (A paper by Abel Siampale, Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia)
11.20 - 11.40 Peter Read (Massey University, New Zealand)
The Energy Sector's Role in Sustainable Forest Management Finance 
11.40 - 12.00 Casey Ryan (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK)
Fire and Carbon Management
12.00 - 12.30 Session summary (Chair - Mathew Williams)
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.15 Plenary
14.15 - 15.30 Break out groups
'The subject from the day's speakers will be discussed in small groups, and the relevant chapter from the output document will be developed using contributions from the delegates.'
16.00 - 16:30 Coffee/tea
16:30 - 17:15 Feedback from breakout groups (Chair - Mathew Williams)
19:30 - Conference Dinner Khushis Indian Restaurant,
Robin Harper MSP - After dinner speech
9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh EH1 2HF
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To book (£25 inclusive of drinks) please contact us.

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Wednesday 18th June

From Community to an International Context

08.30 - 09.00 Coffee/Tea
Session chair Philip Powell
09.00 - 09.20 Rohit Jindall (Michigan State University, USA)
Payments for Ecosystem Services and Poverty alleviation
09:20 - 09.40 Pauline Nantongo (Ecotrust Uganda)
Community involvement in C offset schemes (A case of Trees for Global Benefits Programme in Uganda)
09.40 - 10.00 Margaret Skutsch (University of Twente, Netherlands)
Community carbon forestry: its niche in REDD, and some unresolved technical issues
10.00 - 10.30 Session summary (Chair - Philip Powell)
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/Tea
Session chair John Grace
11.00 - 11.20 Alexa Morrison & Willie McGhee (BioClimate Research & Development, UK)
Rural Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services: The Plan Vivo Experience 
11.20 - 11.40 Dominick Kwesha (Miombo Network and Universidade Catolica de Mocambique, Mozambique)
Miombo Collaborations in Southern Africa. 1990 - 2008 
11.40 - 12.00 Heather Lovell (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK)
The ethics of carbon offsets 
12.00 - 12.30 Session summary (Chair - John Grace)
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.30 Eric Bettelheim (Sustainable Forestry Management, Bermuda)
The UNFCCC in Bali, what does it mean for us? 
14.30 - 15.30 Break out groups
'The subject from the days speakers will be discussed in small groups, and the relevant chapter from the output document will be developed using contributions from the delegates.'
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee/tea
16:00 - 16:45 Feedback from breakout groups (Chair - Richard Tipper)
16:45 - 17:00 John Grace
Closing ceremony and prize giving for posters
17:00 End of Conference

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