熱帯地域における森林の破壊・劣化を減少させるための持続可能な森林経営に関する2007年UNFCCC・COP13サイドイベント

ITTO has been promoting sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics for two decades. ITTO, collaborators and project participants will share their experiences in enhancing SFM focusing on avoided deforestation and conservation of biodiversity. In addition, a tropical perspective of combating deforestation in the context of the UNFCCC will be presented.

Moderator: Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive Director, ITTO

1. Sustainable forest management and climate change
   by Prof Masahiro Amano, Waseda University, Japan
    
2. Combating deforestation and promoting SFM in Brazil
   By Mr Tasso Azevedo, Director General, Brazilian Forest Service
    
3. Tropical forests, climate change and biodiversity: Lessons from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
   by Prof A.H. Zakri, Director, UNU-IAS, Japan
    
4. Project experiences
   
   
   • Avoiding deforestation in the Betung Kerihun National Park, West
     Kalimantan, Indonesia in a community-based conservation programme by Mr Hermayani Putera, WWF-Indonesia
      
   • Biodiversity conservation in the Mengamé-Minkébé Transboundary Gorilla Sanctuary at the Cameroon-Gabon Border
     by Mr Etienne NKOMO, Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Cameroon
5. Combating deforestation and forest degradation in the context of the UNFCCC: A new opportunity for enhancing SFM in the tropics
   by Dr Carmenza Robledo, Intercooperation, Switzerland
    
6. Questions and answers (30 min)