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 =========== 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? --- Ellyn K. Damayanti