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| CURRENT & RECENT
EVENTS (click here for past events) |
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Critically
Needed New Research on Forest Certification: |
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In addition to hosting a booth with outreach materials, we organized an academic side event entitled “Critically needed new research on forest certification”. This side event provided an opportunity for researchers from around the world to present on the current status of research on forest certification. Presentations were followed by a group discussion aimed at identifying priorities for future research. The results of the workshop were then presented to FSC international and regional staff.
Download Connie McDermott's Powerpoint Presentation Photos: (1) Program Director Connie McDermott and Amazon rainforest guide blowing liquid to treat wasp sting; (2) FES and China Reps General assembly lunch December 7, 2005; (3) Student Assistant Marisa Camargo attending the Yale FES booth. |
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Fostering Forest Certification Processes in Russia and North America. An Exchange Project. Spring 2005 & Fall 2004 |
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 A
joint effort between the Yale Program on Forest Policy and Governance
and the Center for Independent Social Research in St. Petersburg, Russia,
this project involved two trips between Russian and North American
forest policy specialists.
The first trip in October 2004 brought five Russian professionals
with strong interest in certification programs, markets campaigns, and
sustainable forestry to the United States for a tour of key sites, starting
at Yale and moving on to New York, Washington DC, San Francisco and
other stops on the west coast. A return
delegation of seven North American environmental professionals traveled
to Northwest Russia in May 2005, where they visited certified forests,
met with
local certification
and environmental groups, and participated in a regional conference on
sustainable forestry. The project was made possible by funding from the Trust
for Mutual Understanding. For additional
pictures and trip information, click here. |
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2005 Lunchtime Talks |
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Community Forestry in Nepal: Social, Economic, and Ecological Challenges, a Lunchtime Talk by Udaya Sharma, Chairman of Nepal's Resource Development Initiative Center. March 2005 at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Download Powerpoint presentation Forest Certification and the Rainforest Alliance SmartWood Program. Richard Donovan, Chief of Forestry for the Rainforest Alliance and SmartWood Director, presented on the history and current experiences of this organization in implementing forest certification around the globe. (September 22, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies). |
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The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility. Presentation by David J. Vogel, Solomon Lee Professor of Business Ethics, Haas School of Business, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley. (October 27, Yale School of Management). Responsible Mining and the No Dirty Gold Campaign. Panel discussion involving Matthew Runci, President and CEO of Jewelers of America; Stephen D’Esposito, Executive Director of Earthworks, Inc., and Payal Sampat, coordinator of the No Dirty Gold campaign for Earthworks, Inc. (November 17, Yale School of Management). |
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Forest
Certification in Developing and Transitioning Societies: |
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| SmartWood/Rainforest
Alliance Assessor Training Great Mountain Forest, Connecticut. April 2004 and 2003 |
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 A three-day
field trip to train Yale graduate students and community professionals
as assessors in the methodologies of forest certification (part of F&ES
521b, Seminar on Forest Certification). The assessor-training workshop
is a standardized training module offered by SmartWood, one of the two
organizations accredited by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to carry
out FSC certification assessments in the United States. SmartWood’s
course prepares professionals to conduct certification assessments through
a series of course and field exercises. SmartWood has modified its standard
training to allow our students to become trained assessors over an intensive
three-day period. Topical coverage includes orientation to the FSC certification
program and skills needed to interpret FSC standards, gauge field performance
on forest management operations, and interview community stakeholders.
The workshop concludes with a mock assessment. |
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Indigenous
Peoples and Sustainable Forestry: Lessons and Experiences from British
Columbia's
Rainforest. |
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Is private ownership an institution enhancing sustainable forestry - or does it leave the forests to 'the wolves'? April 8, 2004. Presentation by Tage Klingberg, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Department of Business and Economics, University of Gävle, Sweden; Former Chairman of the Swedish Federation of Forest Owners (1993-1999). Location: Marsh Rotunda, 360 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT. Open to the public |
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| Presentation by John Heissenbuttel, Vice President for Forestry and Wood Products, American Forest & Paper Association. April 15, 2004. Location: 230 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT. Open to the public. | |
Forest Certification in Developing Countries. April 22, 2004. Presentation by Scott Poynton Executive Director, Tropical Forest Trust and Rebecca Butterfield, Director of TREES Program, Rainforest Alliance. YFF Luncheon 12-1 PM and Seminar course 4-7 PM. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. |
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Five
representatives from the Yale Program on Forest Policy and Governance
recently attended
the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) tri-annual General Assembly
held in Manaus Brazil, a city in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. 
Speakers
at the side event included Dr. Benjamin Cashore, Graeme Auld, and Marisa
Camargo from the Yale Program on Forest Policy and Governance; Dr.
Errol Meidinger, Professor of Law, State University of New York at
Buffalo, USA; Tim Cadman, School of Government, University of Tasmania,
Australia;
Debora
Drucker, Ecology Dept., INPA, Brazil; Paulo Amaral, IMAZON, Brazil;
Dr. Dominic Bray, Forestry Research Institute of Ghana; Pham Hoai Duc,
Vietnam Forest Science and Technology Association. The
event
was facilitated by Dr. Michael E. Conroy, Technical Advisor and member
of the FSC International Board and Senior Researcher and Lecturer
at Yale FES, and Dr. Constance McDermott, YPFPC Program Director and Postdoctoral
Research
Associate. 
Also
at a side event to the General Assembly, our new
Program Director, Dr. Connie McDermott gave an invited talk on “Making
FSC work in the tropics: an overview of key challenges”. This
side event, which was sponsored by the German development agency GTZ,
consisted of Connie’s opening
presentation followed by a panel discussion on why forest certification
has made less progress in tropical regions than initially anticipated.(text
adapted from article by Kerry Dooley)
The Yale
Program on Forest Certification brought to Yale over 100 experts from
36 countries to discuss results from 16 country-level case studies
from four regions (Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and
Africa), followed by an analysis by two commentators and an open discussion.
One of the most significant events in forest certification in 2004,
the symposium was followed by a closed workshop that brought case study
researchers, editors, and commentators together to revise the case
studies and incorporate comments received throughout the Symposium.
A book presenting the case studies as well as regional and overarching
themes will be published by Yale School of Forestry and Environmental
Studies Press within a few months.