Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies

ABOUT US

2010: Tropical Forests Under a Changing Climate

2009: Conflict and Cooperation

2008: Drivers of Land Use Change in the Tropics

2007: Financing of Forest Conservation

2006: Conservation and
the Agricultural Frontier

2005: Conservation in
the Mattrix

2004: People in Parks:
Beyond the Debate

2003: Ecosystem Services
in the Tropics

2002: Illegal Logging
in the Tropics

1992-2004 Conferences





Lodging in New Haven

International Society
of Tropical Foresters

Friday February 12, 2010

9:00 Breakfast

9:30 Keynote Speaker: Ariel Lugo
        Director, International Institute of             Tropical Forestry-USFS

10:45 Panel: Climate Change Impacts on
                    Tropical Forests
    - Marcia Muchagata
          Brazil Ministry of the Environment
    - Sushant
          Foundation for Ecological Security,
          India
    - Ariel Lugo
          USDA Forest Service

12:00 Lunch/Poster Session

1:30 Panel: Using Tropical Forests to Adapt
                  to Climate Change
    - Michael Coren
          Climate Focus, The World Bank
    - Bruce Hoffman
          Amazon Conservation Team
    - O.A. Somorin
          CIFOR, Cameroon

3:00 Coffee Break/Poster Session

3:30 Keynote Speaker: Tom Lovejoy
         Biodiversity Chair-Heinz Center,
         Biodiversity Adviser to the World
         Bank and the United Nations
         Foundation

4:45 Light Reception/Poster Session

Saturday February 13, 2010

9:30 Breakfast

10:00 Panel: REDD
    - Susan Caplow
      University of North Carolina
    - Bronson Griscom
      The Nature Conservancy
    - Jonah Busch,
      Conservation International
    - Andrew Long
      Florida Coastal Law

12:00 Lunch - Marsh Hall