| Monday 26 February 2007 |
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Welcome
Guido Gryseels - (Chairman of the Conference) -RMCA |
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Opening statement
Armand De Decker - Belgian Ministry of Development cooperation |
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Speech
Didace Pembe Bokiaga - Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, Water and Forests DRC |
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Speech
Bruno Tobback - Belgian Minister of Environment |
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Speech
Stephen Lintner - World Bank |
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Session 1 (Plenary) - State of the forests and forest policies
Facilitator : Robert Nasi (CIRAD/CIFOR) |
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Report on the state of the forests in the Congo Basin: process and perspectives
Didier Devers - OSFAC/ University of Maryland |
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Congolese forest policies: the priority agenda and the Forest Code
Abel Leon Kalambayi wa Kabongo - Ministry of Environment DRC |
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Determining choices - main conclusions of the collective review of the forest sector in the DRC
Alain Karsenty - CIRAD |
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Participative forest zoning in the RDC
Jef Dupain-AWF |
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Views
of the Congolese civil society on the execution of the forest reforms carried out in the DRC
Théophile Gata-CENADEP |
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Views of the indigenous community
Adrien Sinafasi - DIPY
Diwa Kapupu - LINAPYCO |
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Session 2a (Parallel) - Sustainable timber production, policy reforms and efforts towards certification
Facilitator : Robert Nasi (CIRAD/CIFOR) |
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Conversion process of old forest titles into forest concession contracts : state of affairs
Pierre Méthot - WRI |
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Contribution of the private sector towards a sustainable management in the DRC.
Hervé Bourguignon - IFIA |
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Monitoring of the tender documents mechanism of the Forest Code in the DRC
Bienvenu Ngoy - GTF |
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Interest of the Belgian private sector in sustainable timber
Armand Stockmans - National Federation of Timber traders |
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Future perspectives for the forest certification in the DRC, one of the instruments to achieve a sustainable and diversified use of the forest ressources
Geert Lejeune - WWF |
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The case of a moratorium on new logging operations
Wendel Trio - Greenpeace |
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Session 2b (Parallel) - Human and institutional capacities and expertise
Facilitator : Claude Croizer (BTC) |
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Training needs in DRC's forest sector
Mutambwe Shango - ERAIFT |
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The role of federal scientific institutions: topics relevant for forest research
Hans Beeckman - RMCA |
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Belgian expertise in DRC's forests
Théodore Tréfon - RMCA |
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Study on the Congolese expertise to manage forest resources - state of affairs and urgent needs
Clement Vangu-Lutete - Consultant |
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Belgian contribution to the geografic information system and cartography
for World Heritage parks in the DRC
Philippe De Maeyer - Ghent University |
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Presentation of the Global Observatory for forests of Central Africa
Philippe Mayaux - Joint Research Center - European Commission |
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Summary sessions 2a & 2b (Plenary) - Introduction day 2
Facilitator : Robert Nasi (CIRAD/CIFOR) |
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Summary session 2a
Robert Nasi - CIRAD/CIFOR |
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Summary session 2b
Claude Croizer - BTC |
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The UK-DFID roundtable review of alternative models and finance mechanisms for sustainable forest use.
John Clement - DFID |
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| Tuesday 27 February 2007 |
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Welcome
Pierre-Pol Vincke - (Chairman of the Conference) - Policy Unit Development Cooperation |
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Speech
Gareth Thomas - Britisch International Cooperation |
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Speech
Laurent Stefanini - French Government |
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Session 3a (Parallel) - Community-based management of forests
Facilitator : Robert Nasi (CIRAD/CIFOR) |
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DRC - the biggest, most sustainable, community forest in the world
Simon Counsell - Rainforest Foundation |
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Communal forest management for poverty reduction
Rolf Schinkel - SNV RDC |
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The Tayna Nature Reserve in Eastern DRC - A novel community approach to creating protected areas
Patrick Mehlman - Conservation International |
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Lessons and good practices in the management of community forests in the DRC
Augustin Mpoyi Mbunga - Avocats verts |
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Valorisation of non-timber forest products in the DRC: trump and future role in sustainable forest management
Benjamin Toirambe - ERAIFT/RMCA |
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Session 3b (Parallel) - Innovative finance systems
Facilitator : Claude Croizer (BTC) |
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Payments for environmental services - Overview
Stefano Pagiola - World Bank |
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Outlook on innovative finance mechanisms
John Clement - DFID |
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Fortis initiative: clean development mechanisms
Henry Van Gael - Fortis |
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Forest-backed bonds
Simon Petley - EnviroMarket Ltd. |
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Debt release by France to Cameroon within the framework of the Sector Programme Forests Environment.
Christophe Besacier / Denis Koulagna Koutou - French Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ministry of Environment and Forest - Cameroon |
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Summary sessions 3a & 3b (Plenary) |
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Summary session 3a
Robert Nasi - CIRAD/CIFOR |
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Summary session 3b
Claude Croizer - BTC |
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Session 4 (Plenary) - Nature conservation: towards innovative management and financing models
Facilitator : Robert Nasi (CIRAD/CIFOR) |
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DRC's biodiversity and national parks
Cosma Wilungula Balonguela - ICCN |
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Institutional review: a proposed trust fund to finance DRC's protected areas
Brigitte Carr-Dirick / Jean-Pierre d’Huart - WWF Central Africa / Conservation Consultancy Services sprl) |
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The role of a private foundation for the rehabilitation of the Garamba National Park
José Kalpers - African Parks Foundation |
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The challenge of creating sustainable great ape ecotourism in the forests of the DRC through partnership projects
Praveen Moman - Volcanoes Safaris |
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Long-term conservation agreements: a tool for reconciling biodiversity conservation with local economic development
Dick Rice - Conservation International (Cancelled) |
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The Bonobo Peace Forest Conservation Concession
Sally Jewell Coxe - Bonobo Conservation Initiative |
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Session 5 (Plenary) - Carbon
Facilitator : Robert Nasi (CIRAD/CIFOR) |
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The role of tropical forests in global carbon cycle and climate regulation
Bart Muys - KULeuven |
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Pioneering carbon finance initiatives for forestry at the World Bank
Benoit Bosquet - World Bank |
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Carbon sinks of Ibi Batéké. Lines of force of a long-term vision of sustainable development
Olivier Mushiete - Novacel |
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Forest plantations in the DRC. The case of Limba in the Mayombe: a sustainable agroforestal system that can be valorized as a carbon sink
Laurent Nsenga / Raymond Lumbuenamo - WWF DRC |
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Initiative for avoided deforestation: required application in the DRC
Vincent Kasulu Seya Makonga - Ministry of Environment DRC |
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Closure |
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Reading of the Declaration of Brussels
Pierre-Pol Vincke (Chairman of the conference) - Policy Unit Development Cooperation |
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Closing speech
Armand De Decker - Belgian Minister of Development cooperation |
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