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Building on the legacy and reinventing FTA
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What roles for Forest, trees and agroforestry research, as part of the urgent action agenda. Knowledge gaps and ways to continue the mission, what comes next?

Chair: Vincent Gitz, FTA Director

Panel discussion with:

  • Anne-Marie Izac (ISC Chair)
  • Plinio Sist (CIRAD)
  • Bas Louman (Tropenbos International)
  • Li Xuejiao (CAF)
  • Erich Schaitza (Embrapa)

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Results and impact
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Chair: Plinio Sist CIRAD

15:05 Highlight #16 Capacity Development, Andrew Wardell
15:15  Highlight #17 MELIA and Impact Studies, Brian Belcher

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  • Discussion: Emerging needs and issues

Discussion: Emerging needs and issues
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  • Trees, Agroforestry, Forests for Climate Change and SDGs

Trees, Agroforestry, Forests for Climate Change and SDGs
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Chair: Florencia Montagnini, ISC member

14:30 Highlight #11 REDD+: Combating Climate Change with Forest Science, Christopher Martius
14:35 Highlight #12 Adaptation to Climate Change with Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, Alexandre Meybeck
14:40 Highlight #13 Multi-Functional Landscapes for Sustainable Development, Peter Minang (TBD)
14:45 Highlight #14 Governing Forests, Trees and Agroforestry for Delivering on the SDGs, Beira Leimona (TBD)

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  • Trees, Agroforestry, Forests for Livelihoods

Trees, Agroforestry, Forests for Livelihoods
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Chair: Rene Boot, Tropenbos and ISC member

13:50  Highlight #7 Trees on Farms to improve livelihoods and the environment, Eduardo Somarriba
13:55  Highlight #8 Biomass, Bioenergy and Biomaterials, Li Xanxia
14:00 Highlight #9 Improving Rural Livelihoods through Supporting Local Innovation at Scale, Fergus Sinclair (TBD)
14:05  Highlight #10 Sustainable Value Chains, Finance and Investment in Forestry and Tree Commodities, Michael Brady
14:10  Highlight #15 Advancing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Marlène Elias

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  • Trees, Agroforestry, Forests for biodiversity and food systems

Trees, Agroforestry, Forests for biodiversity and food systems
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Chair: Linda Collette, ISC member

13:10 Highlight #2 Tree Seed and Seedling Systems for Resilience and Productivity, Ramni Jamnadass
13:15 Highlight #3 Conservation of Tree Biodiversity and Sustainable Forest Management, Barbara Vinceti
13:20 Highlight #4 Forest and Landscape Restoration, Manuel Guariguata
13:25  Highlight #5 Food Security and Nutrition, Amy Ickowitz
13:30  Highlight #6 Wild Meat, Julia Fa (TBD)

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13:00 Opening by Robert Nasi – CIFOR Director General and CIFOR-ICRAF Managing Director, and former FTA director (2011-2016).
13:05 Presentation of FTA highlights: structure, relevance, topics, where to find, etc. Vincent Gitz – FTA Director.

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CLOSING REMARKS
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Ranjit Barthakur – Bali Para Foundation
Wang Ren – Director General, China National Gene Bank, Shenzhen
Tony Simons – ICRAF Director General

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  • OPENING PLENARY SESSION: SETTING THE SCENE

OPENING PLENARY SESSION: SETTING THE SCENE
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Facilitators: Vincent Gitz & XU Jianchu + (TBC)

Opening remarks:

  • Prof. SU Jianrong, Director, Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry
  • Prof. SUN Hang, Director, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Prof. HAO Weiping, Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Conference Overview – Vincent Gitz, FTA Director

Keynotes:

  • Prof. LU Yuanchang, Chinese Academy of Forestry – Tree species diversity pattern in tropical mountain forests and its implications for close to nature management
  • Ms Elaine Springgay, FAO-HQ Forestry/Agroforestry Officer &
    Mr Illias Animon FAO-RAP Regional Forestry Officer Agroforestry for sustainable landscapes and livelihoods
  • Razan Al Mubarak, Managing Director, Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund – Rebuilding the status of plants as a focal point for the conservation agenda
  • Robert Nasi, CIFOR Director-General – Collapse or resilience of civilization: a role for forests and trees?

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  • CLOSING PLENARY: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CONFERENCE

CLOSING PLENARY: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CONFERENCE
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Introduction

Main results and recommendations by theme leaders

  1. Trees for agroecology and circular agriculture
  2. Tree diversity: realizing economic and ecological value from tree genetic resources to bridge production gaps and promote resilience
  3. Trees in the framework of the CBD
  4. Mountain ecosystems and food security
  5. Assessing benefits of landscape restoration
  6. Trees for a circular green economy

Results from the conference in the context of 2021 – From Science to Policy and Action: Recommendations and way forward

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  • PARALLEL SESSIONS I (THEME 1 AND THEME 2)

PARALLEL SESSIONS I (THEME 1 AND THEME 2)
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Theme 1: Trees for agroecology and circular agriculture
(Fergus Sinclair + Eduardo Somarriba + Dossa Gbadamassi)

  1. Conducive policy and regulatory regimes are key to the success of agroforestry in India
    A.K. Srivastava     – Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests, Noida, India
  2. Modelling Moringa oleifera distribution in support of agroforestry applications
    Sailesh Ranjitkar – Faculty of Agroforestry, Lumbini Buddhist University, Lumbini, Nepal
  3. Harnessing sericulture in agroforestry systems
    Phoebe Kirigo Mwaniki  – World Agroforestry
  4. Can rubber agroforestry improve nutrients cycling?
    Dossa Gbadamassi – CAS
  5. Amla (Phyllanthus emblica) fresh tree fruit as new feed source for sustainable dairy Production: Effect on milk production, and fatty acid profiles in lactating dairy cows
    Mekonnen Tilahun – Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science

Theme 2: Tree diversity: realizing economic and ecological value from tree genetic resources to bridge production gaps and promoter resilience
(Ramni Jamnadass + Chris Kettle + Bu Dengpan)

  1. Are seed supply systems for forest landscape restoration fit for purpose? An analysis of four Asian countries
    Ennia Bosshard – ETH Zürich
  2. Certification of Nurseries and Quality Planting Material to Accelerate Agroforestry in India
    Abhijit Ghose – Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests
  3. The Measuring of Carbon Density, Distributing and Storage of Chinese Bamboo Forest
    HU Yaping – Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, China
  4. Development of a highly efficient callus induction and plant regeneration system for Dendrocalamus sinicus using hypocotyls as explants
    CUI Kai – Research Institute of Resources Insects, CAF
  5. Genetic diversity and patterns of variation of threatened Dalbergia cultrata in China revealed by SSR markers and a strategy for restoration and conservation
    ZHENG Yongqi – Research Institute of Forestry, CAF
  6. Setting site-specific conservation and restoration priorities for valued tree species across South and Southeast Asia
    Hannes Gaisberger – The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

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