Forest Day 4
Sunday, 5 Desember 2010
Cancun Center, Cancun, Mexico
Coinciding with the 16th Conference of the Parties for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Forest Day is a platform for anyone with an interest in forests and climate change to share their views and work together to ensure forests remain high on the agenda for global strategies to address climate change. Forest Day is designed to inform and engage world leaders, scientists, donors, media, policy makers, nongovernmental and intergovernmental groups organisations, leaders of indigenous people and communities that rely on forests, and climate negotiators.

Forest Day 4 will be the fourth in this series of influential events. It will take place on 5 December 2010 alongside the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 16th Conference of the Parties in Cancún, Mexico at the Cancún Center. Forest Day 4 is hosted by the Government of Mexico, through the National Forestry Commission, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and CIFOR.

Our goal for Forest Day 4 is to build on the momentum of past events an. . .

Sharing experiences on MRV and REDD+

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18th June, 2010

Implementing measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems for REDD+ will be the focus of a three-day workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The UN-REDD programme along with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Mexican Forestry Commission (Comisión Nacional Forestal – CONAFOR) are organizing a workshop entitled “Measurement, reporting and verification, a roadmap for implementation at the country level” from 22 to 24 June 2010.

Over 70 participants will gather in Guadalajara, Mexico to discuss the current framework for MRV and review the needs of countries and their forest institutions to properly monitor forests and establish well-functioning MRV systems.

The workshop will also allow for members of UN-REDD Programme countries to share experiences in implementing MRV systems for REDD+ while identifying current challenges, bottlenecks and data issues. The main goal will be to identify best practices and relevant experiences that could be adapted and replicated by others.

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25 June 2010

 

Making REDD+ work: Sharing knowledge on systems for

Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV)

 

A three day workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico focuses on supporting countries in implementing MRV systems for REDD+

 

(Guadalajara, Mexico) ‐ The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (UN‐REDD Programme) along with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Mexican Forestry Commission (Comisión Nacional Forestal – CONAFOR) held a successful workshop entitled “Measurement, reporting and verification, a roadmap for implementation at the country level” from 22 to 24 June 2010.

 

 

Pilot and partner countries of the UN‐REDD Programme as well as other forested countries at the workshop shared experiences in implementing MRV systems for REDD+ while identifying current challenges, bottlenecks and data issues. The main goal of the workshop was to identify best practices and relevant experiences that could be adapted and replicated by others.

 

 

Over 80 participants from 30 different countries at the workshop discussed methodological approaches to monitor . . .

 

www.ai.u-hyogo.ac.jp/~nophea/khconference/index.html

 

Date: 9-10 August 2010

Venue: Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh

Fieldwork: 11-12 August 2010

 

Main Organizers

Risk Analysis Research Center (RARC), the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM)

Graduate School of Applied Informatics (GSAI), University of Hyogo

FORMATH Research Group

 

Co-Organizers

Forestry Administration (FA), Cambodia

Ecosystem Adaptability Global COE, Tohoku University

Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)

 

Keynote Speakers:

H.E. TY Sokhun, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)

H.E. Dr. CHHENG Kimsun, Director General of Forestry Administration

H.E. Prof. LAV Chhiv Eav, RUPP Rector

 

Number of participants: 100 people MAXIMUM. Priority is given to participants based in Cambodia or in its neighboring countries. You will be acknowledged whether or not you are accepted for the conference.

 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: NO financial support is provided. Inquiries about financial support will not be answered.

 

Link to conference website and registration

www.ai.u-hyogo.ac.jp/~nophea/khconference/ind. . .