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2007 Science for Nature Symposium:
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
WWF will host the second annual Science for Nature Symposium in Washington, DC October 18-19, 2007. The symposium will be focused on the science behind Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (RED). Unfortunately, registration for the 2007 symposium is closed.
Goal of symposium
To present the state of the science on the role of vegetation in climate change, to facilitate collaborations between scientists and conservation practitioners interested in reducing emissions from deforestation and to announce WWF's programs regarding RED.
Day 1: Thursday October 18, 2007
8.00-9.00 Continental Breakfast
9.00-9.20 Welcome: Carter Roberts and Kathryn Fuller
9.20-11:00 Session 1-- The Urgency of the Climate Crisis and the role of Deforestation
Chair: Bruce Babbitt
9.20-9.40 Steve Schneider, Stanford: Climate Change: A Synthesis of the Science
9.40-10.00 Kevin Conrad, Coalition for Rainforest Nations: RED policy options and how they could change the face of conservation
10.00-10.20 Skee Houghton, Woods Hole Research Center: Carbon, Forests, and Climate Change: A Primer (how much carbon is in the global carbon cycle? where is it? How much carbon is in vegetation? how much of our emissions come from deforestation and degradation?) 10.20-11.00 Chair Response and Discussion
11.00-13.00 Lunch Break
13.00-14.30 Session 2-- Policy Analysis and Options
Chair: Larry Linden
13.00-13.20 Ken Chomitz, World Bank: Opportunity Costs of Keeping Forest Intact
13.20-13.40 Peter Peter Frumhoff, Union of Concerned Scientists : RED and Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: Science and Policy Options for the US
13.40-14.00 Fitrian Ardiansyah, WWF-Indonesia: Opportunities and Challenges in the field (what knowledge is limiting our ability to implement policy and complete projects? what are the knowledge gaps in Indonesia?) 14.00-14.30 Chair response and Discussion
14.30-14.40 BREAK
14.40-16.10 Session 3: Political & Technical Challenges and How to Address Them Chair: Jim Greene
14.40-15.00 Sandra Brown, Winrock International: What does the science tell us about the potential deal breakers?
15.00-15.20 Brian Murray, Duke University: Addressing potential deal breakers: Policy approaches for leakage, permanence, and baselines
15.20-15.40 Matt Hansen, South Dakota State University: Monitoring Deforestation with remote sensing (can we estimate carbon stocks in a robust, consistent, affordable way at the national level?)
15.40-16.00 Chair response and Discussion
16.00-16.20 BREAK
16.20-17.30 Session 4 Science Needs of Policy Makers
16.20-17.30 Roundtable: Policy Perspective on RED
Moderator: David Hayes
Panelists: Adriano Santhiago (Ministry of Environment Brazil), Jonas Nagahuedi (COMIFAC), Nur Masripatin (Indonesia Ministry of Forests), Congressman Mark Kirk (U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois 10th District)
Day 2: Friday October 19, 2007
9.00-9.15 Welcome, Synthesis of Day 1
9.30--10.00 Carter Roberts: WWF's role in Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
10.00 - 11.10 Session 5: Additional Aspects of Forests and Climate
Chair: Richard Moss, WWF
10.30-10.40 Q&A
10.00-10.30: Linda Joyce, US Forest Service The Role of Forests and Adaptation
10.40-11.00 Ken Caldeira, Carnegie Institution: The Warming Effects of Forests
11.00-11.10 Q&A
11.10-12.30 Break and get Lunch
12.30-1.30 Session 6 Emerging Opportunities and Challenges
Chair: Fred Stolle, WRI
12.30-12.50 Jean Philippe Denruyter, WWF EPO: Bioenergy and Forests
12.50-1.00 Q&A
1-1.20: Sassan Saatchi, NASA JPL: Applications of Radar and Lidar to monitor and measure potential emissions from deforestation
1.20-1.30 Q&A
13.30-16.45 Session 6 Moving Forward on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
Chair: Christine Pendzich, WWF
Concurrent sessions, organized into regions with pairs of practitioners and scientists.
13.30-15.30 Concurrent Sessions
15:30-16:45 Report Back
16.45-17.00 Closing Remarks
Special thanks to NASA for underwriting this symposium, and to all of the donors who make the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund possible.
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