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ABOUT US

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 March 27, 2009

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9:30 Breakfast

10:30 Keynote: Ed Barbier
        University of Wyoming

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Panel: Institutional and Governance Failures Driving Conflicts over Tropical Resources
    - Chetan Kumar
      University of Cambridge
    - Peter Cronkleton
      CIFOR
    - Chuck Peters
      New York Botanical Garden

3:15 Coffee Break

3:30 Panel: Community Participation in Tropical Forest Governance
    - Bharat Kumar Pokharel
      Intercooperation Nepal
    - Erik Streed, USAID
    - Iben Nathan
      Danish Centre for Forests,
      Landscapes, and Planning

6:00 Reception

8:00 Formal Dinner

Saturday March 28, 2008

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9:30 Breakfast

10:00 Panel: International Frameworks for Improving Tropical Forest Governance
    - Andrea Johnson
      Environmental Investigation Agency
    - Carolina Zambrano-Barragan,
      Latin American Climate
      Change Platform
    - Mariano C. Cenamo
      Institute for Conservation and       Sustainable Development

12:00 Poster Session & Lunch
International Frameworks for Improving Tropical Forest Governance

1:15 Panel: The Role of the State and NGOs in Forest Governance: Opportunities and Challenges
    - Kathleen McGinley
      USFS
    - Joel Scriven
      University of Oxford
    - Jordan Macknick
      Yale FES

3:15 Coffee Break

3:30 Keynote: Thomas Rudel
       Rutgers University

5:00 Reception

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