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The Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Fund
2007 Science for Nature Symposium:
2007 Videos and Presentations
Presentations in PDF Format
Session 1 - The Urgency of the Climate Crisis and the role of Deforestation
Climate Change: A Synthesis of the Science
Steve Schneider (PDF, 3MB)
RED policy options and how they could change the face of conservation
Kevin Conrad (PDF, 7MB)
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)
Session 2 - Policy Analysis and Options
Opportunity Costs of Keeping Forest Intact
Ken Chomitz (PDF, 3MB)
RED and Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: Science and Policy Options for the US
Peter Frumhoff (PDF, 1MB)
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)
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)
Addressing potential deal breakers: Policy approaches for leakage, permanence, and baselines
Brian Murray (PDF, 0.5MB)
Monitoring Deforestation with remote sensing
Matt Hansen (PDF, 16MB)
Session 4 - Science Needs of Policy Makers
Roundtable: Policy Perspective on RED
Brian Murray (PDF, 0.9MB)
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)
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