Poverty, Forests and Climate Change - Practical Strategies for Ensuring Pro-Poor Approaches to REDD

Date and venue: Tuesday April 21, 2009 - Danish Institute for International Studies, Strandgade 71, 1401 Copenhagen K

Background
 
One of the controversial issues at the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen is the establishment of a possible global mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). Deforestation is estimated to account for some 20% of global emissions, and the establishment of global carbon financing mechanisms for addressing this problem could potentially direct very significant funds towards developing countries.
 
However, in the current debate over such a REDD mechanism there has been limited attention to how it will affect and be affected by broader processes of land-use change, poverty and natural resource governance in the South. This full-day seminar will attempt to throw greater light on these issues, by drawing on existing knowledge of land use and poverty dynamics, and on practical experiences from pro-poor forest management in developing countries.
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For details, please follow the link to the programme.

A summary of the seminar can be found here.

PRESENTATIONS FOR DOWNLOAD
  
Social and Political Drivers Behind Land Use Change, Defoerestation and Degradation. By Camilla Toulmin, Director, IIED
Approaches and Lessons Learnt so far from Norwegian Carbon Financing. By Leif Fosse, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Climate and Forests Initiative
Towards pro-poor REDD. By Stewart Maginnis, Head of Forest Conservation Programme, IUCN
Getting moving with REDD in Tanzania - Community forestry and opportunities for poverty reduction outcomes. By Tom Blomley, Independent Consultant
Experience from local level forest management in a REDD perspective, Cambodia. By Iben Nathan, Associate Professor, Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen
Strategies for taking Pro-poor Aspects Ahead in the Preparations for COP15 - And Beyond. By Tove Marie Ryding, Climate Campaigner, Greenpeace, Chair of Danish 92 Group
Presentation by David Brown, Head of Climate Change, Environment and Forests, ODI [to follow]

Please follow the link for more information on the DDRN working group on Poverty and Environment.