Agenda and presentations of the workshop on “Monitoring Tropical Deforestation in developing countries”, held 17-19 April 2007 in St. Cruz, Bolivia 

Tuesday, April 17st  Los Tajibos Convention Center

SESSION 0: Welcome and setting the stage

10.00 - 10.10

10.10 - 10.20

10.20 - 10.30

10.30 - 11.00

Start of Workshop / Welcome by FAN Bolivia

GOFC-GOLD intro and welcome

Working Group report and meeting objectives

Welcome and perspective from Bolivia

Seifert-Granzin/Columba

Brady

DeFries

Ulloa

11.00 - 11.15 Break

SESSION 1: UNFCCC: recent developments and policiy discussions

11.15 - 11.35

11.35 - 12.05

12.05 - 12.25

12.25 - 12.45

REDD process overview and Colombia perspective

Future policy scenarios: definitions, accounting rules...

World bank perspectives and methodology

Report on LARN workshop outcomes

Guerrero

Johns

Pedroni

DeSouza

12.45 - 11.15 Lunch

SESSION 2: Ongoing mapping activities and REDD case studies

13.45 - 14.10

14.10 - 14.30

14.30 - 15.00

15.00 - 15.30

15.30 - 16.00

FAN Bolivia experiences

Cameroon case studies and experiences

India examples and experiences

Contribution from medium resolution analysis

Vanuatu case study

Seifert-Granzin/Johns

Volden

Pandey

DeFries

Herold

16.00 - 16.30 Break

SESSION 3: Ongoing mapping activities and REDD case studies

16.30 - 17.00

17.00 - 17.30

17.30 - 18.00

18.00 - 18.30

JRC TREES-3/FAO FRA2010

Conservation International case studies

Woods Hole Research Center case studies

Concluding discussions

Achard

Steininger

Walker

DeFries

19.00 - 21.30 Joint evening event

Wednesday, April 18st  Los Tajibos Convention Center

SESSION 4: Breakout group discussions I

08.30 - 09.00

09.00 - 09.15

09.15 - 11.00

Reflection on case study presentation

Discussion and formation of breakout groups

Breakout group discussions I

Woodcock

Achard

All

11.10 - 11.30 Break

SESSION 5: Breakout group presentations I

11.30 - 12.30

Breakout group presentations I

All

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

SESSION 6: Data access and methodological issues

14.00 - 14.25

14.25 - 14.50

14.50 - 15.15

15.15 - 15.40

15.40 - 16.05

MPI-BGC case studies and experiences

Carbon stock estimates: accurate or conservative approach
Degradation monitoring

Monitoring changes in carbon stocks in logged forests

Validation issues

Mollicone

Achard

DeSouza

Brown

Woodcock

16.10 - 16.30 Break

SESSION 7: Breakout group presentations II

16.30 - 16.50

16.50 - 18.30

Discussion and formation of breakout groups

Breakout group discussions II

DeFries

All

19.00 - 21.30 Workshop dinner

Thursday, April 19st  Los Tajibos Convention Center

SESSION 8: Breakout group presentations II

09.00 - 10.00

10.00 - 10.30

Breakout group presentations II

Discussion and charge for writing teams

All

Achard

10.30 - 11.00 Break

SESSION 9: Writing session I

11.00 - 12.30

Writing team sessions

All

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

SESSION 10: Writing session II

14.00 - 16.00

Writing team sessions

All

16.00 - 16.30 Break

SESSION 11: Summary session

16.30 - 17.00

17.00 - 18.00

18.00

Report from writing teams

Summary discussions and action items

Meeting adjourn

All

All