Agenda
Find out more about sessions held at the inaugural Global Landscapes Forum below.
Day 1 | Nov 16
Registration
Gender Café
The Gender Café will be open during the two days of the Global Landscapes Forum – join us in learning about the role of gender in farming, forestry and other land uses
Youth: The Future of Sustainable Landscapes
An event that will harness the strength of online networks and mobilize youth in natural resource sectors to achieve a sustainable future.
Plenary
Speakers: Alojzy Z. Nowak Sara J. Scherr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Olgierd Dziekoński
Moderator: Peter Holmgren
Technical & networking sessions
Intensive technical and networking sessions hosted by individual organizations allow for focusing on pertinent issues surrounding specific landscapes themes.
Technical & networking sessions slot 1
- 1.1.
Supporting landscape-scale planning for REDD+: How useful are land-use change models?
Speakers: Gilberto Câmara Rebecca Mant Agung Wicaksono Martin Tadoum Michiel van Eupen Nur Masripatin
Moderator: Michael Obersteiner
UNEP-WCMC; IIASA
- 1.2.
Cancelled: National Parliaments and Inclusive Landscapes Governance
- 1.3.
Exploring governance strategies for integrated landscape management
Speakers: Edmund Barrow Joseph Tanui Terry Sunderland Delia C. Catacutan Esther Mwangi
Moderator: Raffaela Kozar
The Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Initiative (LPFN); EcoAgriculture Partners
- 1.4.
Re-thinking investments in sustainable landscapes and livelihoods
Speakers: Sosten Chiotha Luna Bharati Aracely Castro
Moderators: Deborah Bossio Michael Victor
Rapporteur: Neil Palmer
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- 1.5.
Update: Building climate change resilience in mountains - this session has been moved to the second slot - 2.10
FAO; Mountain Partnership Secretariat; ICIMOD
- 1.6.
Managing landscapes for food, fuel, fiber and forests: innovative approaches in a time of food insecurity and climate change
Speakers: Helena Nery Alves Pinto Marina Piatto Peter Newton Arnaldo Carneiro Filho Uta Maria Jungermann Xiaoting Hou Gary Dunning
IFRI (University of Michigan); The Forests Dialogue; CCAFS
- 1.7.
Certifying ecosystem services in forestry and agriculture: Ensuring genuine MRV and social and environmental integrity at landscapes level
Speakers: Moriz Vohrer Alison von Ketteler Harry Clemens Andreas Kratz Carlos Canales Adrian Rimmer
Moderator: Pieter van Midwoud
Rapporteur: Moriz Vohrer
Gold Standard Foundation; FSC; Fairtrade International
- 1.8.
Exploring the potential of National Forest Programmes in support of integrated approach to SFM and landscape solutions in tackling climate change challenges
Speakers: Matthias Schwoerer Peter Besseau Kazimierz Rykowski Magnus Fridh Piotr Grygier
Moderator: Piotr Paschalis-Jakubowicz
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Poland
Break / Gender Café Opening Ceremony
Technical & networking sessions slot 2
- 2.1.
Climate smart agriculture: Resilience, food security, mitigation and adaptation avoiding trade-offs, creating synergies in a connected world
Keynote Speaker: Krystyna Gurbiel
Speakers: Jane Feehan Wiesław Gryn Henry Neufeldt Maurits van den Berg
Moderator: Peter Wehrheim
Poland's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; EC (DG for Climate Action)
- 2.2.
Land, landscapes, livestock and farms
Speakers: Marcial Arias Kureeba David Mutsitsa Simone Lovera Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Geoff Orme-Evans
Moderator: Andrey Laletin
Rapporteur: Isis Alvarez
Global Forest Coalition; ICCA Consortium; CENESTA; Brighter Green
- 2.3.
Landscape approach to reforestation of the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil: Socio-environmental context and economic viability
Speakers: Braulio Ferreira de Souza Carlos Alberto de Mattos Scaramuzza Bernardo B.N. Strassburg Arnaldo Carneiro Filho
Moderator: Agnieszka E Latawiec
International Institute for Sustainability (IIS)
- 2.4.
The good, the bad and the ugly: Climate change's potential impact on farmers in Africa
Speakers: Abdulai Jalloh Sepo Hachigonta Robert Zougmoré Nilar Andrea Chit Tun
Moderator: Timothy S. Thomas
IFPRI
- 2.5.
Towards a sustainable landscape approach: New generation of integrated watershed management (IWM) programs for rural development, resilience and empowerment
Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (members: GIZ, WB, FAO)
- 2.6.
Knowledge for impact: How to bridge the gap between science, policy and action to achieve complex climate and sustainable development goals
Speakers: Catriona Clunas Gill Petrokofsky Maria Brockhaus John Colmey Andrea Nájera Acevedo Enrique Muñoz López
Moderators: Peter Dewees Vanda Santos
IUCN, CIFOR, Profor, University of Oxford, UKaid
- 2.7.
Beyond IPCC scenarios – Finding synergies between adapting to climate change and mitigation at temporal scales that are appropriate for policy makers and land managers
Speakers: Ruth De Fries Romano Kiome Shahid Naeem Walter Baethgen Gabriel Quijandria
Moderator: Bruce Campbell
Rapporteur: Louis Verchot
Columbia Earth Institute, CIFOR
- 2.8.
Financial strategies for integrated landscape management
Speakers: Seth Shames Margot Hill-Clarvis Gabrielle Kissinger
Moderator: Iain Henderson
UN-REDD, LPFN, EcoAgriculture Partners
- 2.9.
Landscapes - a holistic approach to forests, water and agriculture systems in the context of climate change
Speakers: Emilia Janeczko Agata Cieszewska Edward Pierzgalski Renata Giedych Michał Zasada Tomasz Okruszko Józef Chojnicki
Moderator: Piotr Paschalis-Jakubowicz
University of Life Sciences, Warsaw
- 2.10.
Building climate change resilience in mountains
Speakers: Eklabya Sharma Hanta Rabetaliana Keith Alverson Koko Warner Eduardo Rojas Briales
Moderator: Thomas Hofer
FAO; Mountain Partnership Secretariat; ICIMOD
Day 2 | Nov 17
Registration and networking
Gender Café
Speakers: Agnes Otzelberger Jeannette Gurung Tim Forsyth Jennifer Twynman Chantal Prive Wandja Delia C. Catacutan
The Gender Café will be open during the two days of the Global Landscapes Forum – join us in learning about the role of gender in farming, forestry and other land uses
Opening plenary
Break/networking
Four parallel sub-plenaries
- 1.
Investing in sustainable landscapes in forests and on farms
Speakers: Peter Bakker Rachel Kyte Minister René Castro-Salazar Agnes Kalibata
Moderator: Lindiwe Sibanda
World Bank
- 2.
Landscapes policy and governance for forestry, agriculture and other land uses
Speakers: Antti Savilaakso Simo Honkanen Jessica Fries
Moderator: Tony La Viña
CIFOR
- 3.
Synergies between adapting to and mitigating climate change in forest and agricultural landscapes: A conversation around climate-smart agriculture
Speakers: Dorcas Robinson Dyborn Charlie Chibonga José J. Campos Andy Jarvis Sheila Sisulu
Moderator: Bruce Campbell
Rapporteur: Michael Hailu
CCAFS/CTA
- 4.
Building resilient landscapes for food security and sustainable livelihoods
Keynote Speaker: Maria Helena Semedo
FAO
Lunch
High-level session: Developing the future of the landscapes approach, 2015 and beyond
Speakers: Minister Ville Niinistö Andrew Steer Bernard Giraud Agnes Kalibata
Moderator: Peter Holmgren
Discussion forums
- 1.
Ecosystem conservation and restoration for healthy and productive landscapes
- 2.
Rolling up our sleeves on agricultural mitigation for landscape benefits
Speakers: Theun Vellinga Charlotte Streck
Moderator: Mark Manis
Farming First, CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA), WFO; US Department of Agriculture; Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
- 3.
REDD+ performance in the landscape
Speakers: Daniel Murdiyarso Martin Herold Maria Fernanda Gebara Naya Sharma Paudel
Moderator: Arild Angelsen
CIFOR
- 4.
Linking gendered knowledge with gender-responsive action in the landscape: What works?
Keynote Speaker: Seema Arora-Jonsson
Speakers: Sue Carlson Nathalie Eddy Belynda Petrie
Moderators: Antonia Andugar Esther Mwangi
WFO; IUFRO; CIFOR; FANRPAN
- 5.
Landscape approaches at the nexus of climate change mitigation and adaptation: Synergies and trade-offs
Keynote Speaker: Lalisa Duguma
Speakers: Bruno Locatelli Emmanuel Torquebiau Ademola Braimoh
Moderator: Henry Neufeldt
ICRAF
- 6.
Landscapes in a green economy
Keynote Speaker: Mario Boccucci
Speakers: Sara J. Scherr Agnes Leina Martin Poulsen Heru Prasetyo
Moderator: Ibrahim Thiaw
Rapporteur: Jane Feehan
UNEP; EcoAgriculture Partners; UN-REDD
- 7.
Farm and smallholder opportunities: Synergies and opportunities for integrating agriculture, trees and forests
Speakers: Elwyn Grainger Jones Delia C. Catacutan Christine Padoch Bernard Giraud Peter Dewees
Moderator: Alain Billand
World Bank; IUCN; ICRAF
- 8.
Sustainable landscapes: Food security and adapting to climate change
Speakers: Anthony Nyong Gernot Laganda Ishmael Daniso Sunga Richard Choularton Thomas Hofer
Moderator: Michael Hailu
CTA, FAO, IFAD, WFP
- 9.
A landscape approach to management and conservation of natural resources: Change of paradigm or new illusory fad?
Keynote Speakers: Robert Nasi Anja Gassner
Speakers: Ruth De Fries Terry Sunderland Jaboury Ghazoul Catalina Santamaria
Moderator: Peter Holmgren
Rapporteurs: Anja Gassner Robert Nasi
ICRAF; CIFOR
- 10.
Governance and legal frameworks for sustainable landscapes
Speakers: Benjamin Cashore Robert Kibugi Daniela Kleinschmitt
Moderator: Niels Elers Koch
IUFRO; IDLO; CIFOR
- 11.
Resilient land and livelihoods: Organic practices and enabling policies for food security and people-centered rural development
Speakers: Andre Frederick Leu Gian L. Nicolay Hans Rudolf Herren
Moderator: Edmund Barrow
IFOAM; Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL); Biovision; Millennium Institute
- 12.
National adaptation plans: Opportunities for cross-sector synergies in the nexus between water, food security, forests and energy?
Speakers: Kare Chawicha J.P Mishra Kofi Delali Nutsukpo Stephen King’uyu
Moderator: Chase Sova
Rapporteur: Gabrielle Kissinger
CIAT, ILRI, Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (Kenya)
Break/networking
Closing plenary
Cocktail reception
The new Warsaw University Library building is located on Dobra 56/66. Walking directions are available at the location link above. Please show your GLF name badge when arriving at the venue.
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