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The Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund

2007 Science for Nature Symposium:

2007 Videos and Presentations

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Introduction

Welcome video

Session 1 - The Urgency of the Climate Crisis and the role of Deforestation

Climate Change: A Synthesis of the Science
Steve Schneider (PDF, 3MB) Video
RED policy options and how they could change the face of conservation
Kevin Conrad (PDF, 7MB) Video
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?
Skee Houghton (PDF, 5MB) Video

Session 2 - Policy Analysis and Options

Opportunity Costs of Keeping Forest Intact
Ken Chomitz (PDF, 3MB) Video
RED and Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: Science and Policy Options for the US
Peter Frumhoff (PDF, 1MB) Video
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?)
Fitrian Ardiansyah (PDF, 3MB) Video

Session 3 - Political & Technical Challenges and How to Address Them Chair

What does the science tell us about the potential deal breakers?
Sandra Brown (PDF, 2.9MB) Video
Addressing potential deal breakers: Policy approaches for leakage, permanence, and baselines
Brian Murray (PDF, 0.5MB) Video
Monitoring Deforestation with remote sensing
Matt Hansen (PDF, 16MB) Video

Session 4 - Science Needs of Policy Makers

Roundtable: Policy Perspective on RED
Brian Murray (PDF, 0.9MB)
Adriano Santhiago, Video
Jonas Nagahuedi, Video
Nur Masripatin, Video

Session 5 - Additional Aspects of Forests and Climate

The Role of Forests and Adaptation
Linda Joyce (PDF, 3MB)
The Warming Effects of Forests
Ken Caldeira (PDF, 1.4MB)

Session 6 - Emerging Opportunities and Challenges

Bioenergy and Forests
Jean Philippe Denruyter (PDF, 2MB)
Applications of Radar and Lidar to monitor and measure potential emissions from deforestation
Sassan Saatchi (PDF, 7MB)

Session 7 - Moving Forward on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation

Concurrent sessions, organized into regions with pairs of practitioners and scientists.
Introduction (PDF, 0.1MB)
AFRICA Climate Change (PDF, 0.2MB)
Asia Group (PDF, 0.1MB)
Americas Early Action (PDF, 0.1MB)

Carter Roberts