Dear IUFRO Division 6 members and colleagues,

IUFRO Division 6 Research Group 6.10.00 Rural Development and Division 4 Research Group 4.02.00 Forest Resources Inventory and Monitoring are organizing Session 39 - Beyond Carbon: REDD+ implementation in the local level during the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg and would like to invite you to attend and involve in the discussion.

Session 39 - Beyond Carbon: REDD+ implementation in the local level
Time: Mon. 18/09/2017, 08:00 - 12:00 (Session 39 a and 39b)
Room: KG I - 1015 (Uni Freiburg)

The Session will present the experiences of implementing REDD+ in the field from at least 8 countries as well as concepts and way forward for the benefit sharing mechanism in REDD+.
We do hope to produce an invaluable recommendation for REDD+ implementation in the local level and would appreciate if you can attend this Session and involve in achieving this aim.

For your information, I enclose the presentation titles and attachment below. I would also appreciate if you can share this information to your colleagues who attend the Congress and have interest in REDD+.

Thank you for your attention and wish to see you soon in Freiburg.



Best regards,


Ellyn

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Session 39 - Beyond Carbon: REDD+ implementation in the local level
Session 39a
Time: Mon. 18/09/2017, 08:00 - 10:00
Room: KG I - 1015 (Uni Freiburg)

Presentation titles:

REDD+ activities at the local level - Lessons from community managed forests in the Heart of Borneo

Beyond carbon: a look on community-based forest conservation approach at a sub-national REDD+ demonstration site in the Philippines

Expectation and Disappointment: the social life of expectations in REDD+ pilot projects in Tanzania

Tailormade solutions for tenure security in REDD+ and community conservation projects 

How to achieve effective participation of communities in the monitoring of REDD+ projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Assessing community capacity for MRV activities at pilot project level: comparison analysis from case study of Rwanda, Cameroon and DRC.

Session 39b
Time: Mon. 18/09/2017, 10:30 - 12:00
Room: KG I - 1015 (Uni Freiburg)

Presentation titles:

Village Forest Management Agreements (VilFoMA) as a performance-based payment scheme under REDD+ in Lao PDR

Spatial analysis of forest environmental tax as a scheme of Payment for Ecosystem Service: Suggestions to the REDD+

Schemes of Benefit Sharing in alternative livelihood strategies: potential of Geographical Indications of Non Timber Forest Products

Shifting Cultivation and REDD+ in Laos: Can the Village Development Grants deliver on stabilisation of shifting cultivation and CO2 emission reductions?

Are there differences between men and women's preferences for benefit sharing arrangements in REDD+ schemes?

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Ellyn K. Damayanti