Strategies for landscape scale restoration in the tropics

What	Event
When	26th to 28th Jan 2012
Where	Yale University, New Haven, US, United States (USA)
More Info	http://www.yale.edu/istf/
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Published on 18^th Jan 2012

The Yale chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters will host practitioners and researchers from government, academia, and environmental and development institutions to discuss ways to implement large-scale initiatives that would restore forests and human livelihoods.

Restoring forests for communities, biodiversity and ecosystem services

What	Event
When	12th to 13th Sep 2011
Where	Bogor, Indonesia (IDN)
More Info	http://environment.yale.edu/elti/en/events/details/1352/
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Published on 22^nd Jul 2011

4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration

What	Conference
When	21st to 25th Aug 2011
Where	Mérida, Mexico (MEX)
More Info	http://ser2011.org/
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Published on 12^th Jul 2011

Ecological restoration is becoming increasingly important as fragile ecosystems continue to be degraded and threatened. The SER2011 World Conference on Ecological Restoration: Re-establishing the Link between Nature and Culture is a multidisciplinary, international conference that aims to advance the science and practice of ecological restoration as an important tool for addressing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, adverse climate change impacts, and the demand for sustainable livelihoods. The SER2011 Scientific Program will focus on the economic, social, and biodiversity aspects of restoration. Concurrent and special sessions will cover a wide range of topics, such as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, traditional ecological knowledge, the return of the Iraqi Marsh Arabs, the role of seed banks in large-scale restoration,and many others. 

Investment forum: mobilizing private investment in trees and landscape restoration in Africa

What	Forum
When	25th to 27th May 2011
Where	Nairobi, Kenya (KEN)
More Info	http://www.profor.info/profor/node/2052
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Published on 31^st May 2011

We are pleased to announce that together with the Program on Forests (PROFOR), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the IUCN and the World Bank, we are co-organizing An Investment Forum: Mobilizing Private Investment in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa, to be held in Nairobi, 25-27 May 2011.  The Forum will bring together 150 private sector, agribusiness, local community and smallholder representatives, as well as high-level national government policy leaders, to explore the potential for private sector investment in tree-based production, marketing and processing opportunities for bringing about landscape restoration in key African countries.

The Forum will uncover how private sector investments can help achieve "triple wins" of increasing rural incomes, making yields more resilient in the face of climate extremes, and promoting agriculture as a solution to the climate change problem, and is an important milestone leading up to the UNFCCC climate change talks scheduled for December 2011 in Durban.  For further information, click http://www.profor.info/profor/node/2052

2011 Landscape and Sustainability Global Forum

What	Forum
When	21st to 26th Mar 2011
Where	Burgos, Castilla y Leon, Spain (ESP)
More Info	http://www.globalforum2011.net/
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Published on 14^th Feb 2011

While the world’s ecosystems are under strong and multiple pressures that threaten the critical  life-sustaining values that they represent, it is also the case that significant advances have been made around the world in recent years that are positively implicating hundreds of millions of hectares of forests and tens of millions of forest dependent people. This is a story that needs to be better told, and 2011 as the United Nations International Year of Forests, is an ideal time to tell the story.

Accordingly, the Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Medio Rural y Marino of Spain, the Regional Government of Castilla y León, Spain, the International Model Forest Network Secretariat, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Nations Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity are pleased to invite you to participate in an International Symposium on Ecosystem and Landscape-level Approaches to Sustainability. The Symposium precedes the Global Forum of the IMFN, also being held in Burgos.

Bonn Challenge on Forests, Climate Change and Biodiversity

What	Event
When	1st to 2nd Sep 2011
Where	Bonn, Germany (DEU)
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Published on 25^th Aug 2011

Ministerial Roundtable and Restoration Leadership Forum

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and IUCN have decided to organize an event, in collaboration with the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR).  The Bonn event builds upon the Petropolis Challenge, resulting from an event hosted by the Government of Brazil in 2005, and the London Challenge hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom in 2009.

The event will be comprised of a Restoration Leadership Forum and evening reception on 1 September, and a Ministerial Roundtable and ministerial lunch on 2 September. The overall purpose of the event is to catalyze globally significant contributions to meeting the UNFCCC goal on REDD-plus and Target 15 of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011-2020 through the restoration of lost forests and degraded lands in a way that strengthens synergies between these two commitments and that will deliver transformative change for people and the landscapes they live in.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference

What	Conference
When	29th Nov to 10th Dec 2010
Where	Cancun, Mexico (MEX)
More Info	http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_16/items/5571.php
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Published on 3^rd Nov 2010

The United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010, encompasses the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) and the sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), as well as the thirty-third sessions of both the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and the fifteenth session of the AWG-KP and thirteenth session of the AWG-LCA.

XXIII IUFRO World Congress "Forests for the future - sustaining society and the environment"

What	Congress
When	23rd to 28th Aug 2010
Where	Seoul, Korea, Republic of (KOR)
More Info	http://www.iufro2010.com/index.asp
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Published on 13^th Aug 2010

Congress Themes

• Forests and Climate Change
• Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest Resource
• Forest Environmental Services
• Asia’s Forests for the Future
• Forest Products and Production Processes for a Greener Future
• Emerging Technologies in the Forest Sector
• Frontiers in Forest and Tree Health
• Forests, Communities and Cultures
• Forests, Human Health and Environmental Security

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International course on Governance for Forests, Nature and People

What	Event
When	22nd Nov to 3rd Dec 2010
Where	Indonesia, Indonesia (IDN)
More Info	http://www.cdi.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/agenda/Governance_for_forest_nature_and_people.htm
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Published on 11^th Mar 2010

Managing multi-stakeholder learning in sector programmes and policy processes  

Growing recognition of civil society concerns and their inclusion in the development agenda of international agreements and conventions such as Agenda 21, CBD, UNFF and others, provided the first experiences in interactive policy in the 1990s. Increasingly, interactive policy approaches such as national forest programmes are also recognised as a way of improving sector governance.

The course aims to introduce experienced decision and policy makers in government and civil society to concepts and practical methods for managing larger processes of policy development and their implementation with involvement of relevant stakeholders and interest groups in society.

A special focus of the course is the facilitation of social learning among individuals, groups and/or organisations within the specific context of national forest programmes or comparable sector wide approaches. Processes of social learning look beyond the simple act of stakeholder participation to focus on the dynamics that make stakeholder participation work as an effective force for sustainable resource governance.

We will analyse and share experiences with ongoing policy developments in South-East Asia, such as the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) programmes, decentralisation and national forest programmes, to explore tools and methods that ensure inclusion of actors at local, regional, and national levels and improve the ownership and commitment for their implementation. More information...

International course on Landscape Functions and People

What	Event
When	25th Oct to 5th Nov 2010
Where	Thailand, Thailand (THA)
More Info	http://www.cdi.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/agenda/Landscape_functions_and_people.htm
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Published on 11^th Mar 2010

Applying strategic planning approaches for good natural resource governance

Integrated natural resources management approaches which start from a landscape perspective are increasingly being recognised and used to ensure more effective resource planning that links grass-roots and community based initiatives with wider national or regional perspectives. The approach aims to overcome some of the scale limitations of community based NRM and focuses on the integration of practices in an attempt to merge ecosystem thinking with multi-stakeholder processes and good natural resources governance. The recognition of various environmental functions and their valuation by various actors, and the use of adaptive management practices and the inclusion of governance principles, are central to the approach.

As the landscape approach is still developing, the course brings together practitioners, policy makers and academics and aims to establish a strong learning network with ongoing projects to link theory with practice. The web based learning environment is an important tool for course participants and alumni to exchange experiences and stay informed about ongoing developments.The course is conducted in close collaboration with RECOFT, Bangkok and includes a four day field practice.

18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference

What	Conference
When	28th Jun to 2nd Jul 2010
Where	Edinburgh, United Kingdom (GBR)
More Info	http://www.cfc2010.org/
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Published on 23^rd Dec 2009

Theme: “Restoring the Commonwealth’s Forests: Tackling Climate Change”.  Further information, including registration form, programme, call for abstracts and a sponsorship opportunities brochure, is on the conference website, www.cfc2010.org.

The organisers are keen to encourage the submission of papers on successful restoration case studies.  Information is also available from the conference organisers at 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference, c/o In Conference Ltd, 4-6 Oak Lane, Edinburgh EH12 6XH, Scotland, United Kingdom; tel: +44 131 339 9235; fax: +44 131 339 9798; e-mail: cfcc@in-conference.org.uk.

Workshop in Indonesia: towards a national plan on forest landscape restoration

What	Workshop
When	7th to 8th Dec 2009
Where	Wanagama, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (IDN)
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Published on 2^nd Dec 2009

Read the summary report of this workshop. The workshop is purposed on the development of landscape approaches, through 10 principles on the guideline, for natural resources management based on landscape by information sharing from initiatives to save the forest in the context of Reducing Emission from Degradation and Deforestation-REDD.

Please take a look at the programme and objectives here.

Restoring the world's forest: the London challenge

What	Event
When	26th Nov 2009
Where	London, United Kingdom (GBR)
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Published on 18^th Nov 2009

High Level Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration (Summary report)

Only 1/5 of the world’s forests remain. New information to be announced on November 26 will tell us that there are many millions more hectares of lost forests and degraded lands that are suitable for restoration than previously estimated.  These are landscapes of opportunity.

Restoring the world’s natural capital is good value for money and provides crucial goods and services on which mankind depends, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, food security, energy and biodiversity. Restoration activity benefits local communities and the environment as well as having the potential to deliver economic benefits in the longer term. We know how much carbon we can sequester in restored forests and lands, and how and where to do it. There is expertise out there to undertake restoration responsibly and there are ways to share that expertise.

It is this huge opportunity that has prompted the Government of the United Kingdom and IUCN to organize this High-Level Roundtable.  This event is in support of the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (GPFLR).

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The World Forestry Congress

What	Congress
When	18th to 23rd Oct 2009
Where	Buenos Aires, Argentina (ARG)
More Info	http://www.wfc2009.org/en/index.asp
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Published on 27^th Jul 2009

The World Forestry Congress will be taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 18-23.  IUCN and other members of the GPFLR are preparing a sub-plenary session on Restoration.  There will also be a number of restoration-related side events.  View the full list. 

Workshop Great Lakes

What	Workshop
When	8th to 12th Jun 2009
Where	Kigali, Rwanda (RWA)
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Published on 1^st Jul 2009

The Great Lakes Forest and Landscape Restoration workshop was conducted between 8-12 June 2009. Find here all the materials of this workshop.

Workshop Indonesia

What	Workshop
When	12th to 16th May 2009
Where	Bali, Indonesia (IDN)
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Published on 1^st Jul 2009

The workshop on Forest Landscape Restoration was conducted in Prana Dewi, Batukaru, Tabanan Bali, Indonesia from 12-16 May 2009. The workshop was the kick off of three series of workshops planned to be conducted in three different regions of ITTO member countries. Find here all the materials of this workshop.

Goverance for forests, nature and people

What	Event
When	23rd Nov to 4th Dec 2009
Where	CIFOR, Indonesia (IDN)
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Published on 1^st Jul 2009

Over the last decade ‘governance’ as a term has gained wide currency in a range of contexts. Despite the differences in definitions, there is broad agreement on the broader trend in public and natural resources management which can be described as the development from ‘government’ to ‘governance’. ‘Government’ then indicates a situation in which the central government is steering. ‘Governance’ referring to policy development and execution focuses on cooperation, whereby the representatives of the government, market and civil society participate in mixed public and private networks. Click on the image below to find more information about this course. More relevant courses can be found here.

Course on Landscape functions and people

What	Event
When	26th Oct to 6th Nov 2009
Where	Bangkok, Thailand (THA)
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Published on 1^st Jul 2009

The landscape-level approach seeks to link site-level actions at farm or forest levels, to the broader landscape or ecosystem level. Building on the successes and failures of sector based strategic planning approaches, it provides a more robust crosssectoral and integrated approach that can be used to contribute directly towards agreed development goals for tackling poverty and ensuring environmental sustainability. Click on the image beside for more information about this course. More relevant courses can be found here.