ASEAN Senior Forestry Officials Conference

4-8 July 2011
9 am-5 pm daily @ Le Meridien Hotel, Chiang Mai Thailand
Open to the public 4-6 July

Days 1 & 2 have 2 concurrent discussions

14th Meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group on Herbal and Medicinal Plants
3rd Meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group on Forest Products Development

Day 3 –  July 6th

THE TWELFTH SEMINAR ON CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AFFECTING FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS
6 July 2011, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Theme:
Forestry in Responding to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Food Security and Poverty Eradication
AGENDA
1.       OPENING REMARKS (by Royal Forest Department)
2.       ELECTION OF SESSION MODERATORS
·          Moderator : ASOF Leader Thailand
·          Co-moderator : ASOF Leader – Viet Nam
3.       PRESENTATION SESSIONS
3.1.        From Bali Action Plan to COP-16, by Thailand
3.2.        Forestry in responding to Climate Change, by Resource Person from Thailand
3.3.        How Social Forestry could Contribute to the Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change, by Dr. Yurdi Yasmi, Manager, Capacity Building and Technical Services, The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)
3.4.        Climate Change and Poverty Eradication, by Dr. Doris Capistrano, Visiting Professor, Wageningen University (TBC)
3.5.        Countries’ Experiences on REDD Readiness (Indonesia, Cambodia, Viet Nam)
3.6.        ASEAN’s Positioning to COP-17, by Dr. Nur Masripatin, ARKN-FCC Coordinator
4.       PANEL DISCUSSION
5.       OPEN FORUM
6.       WRAP-UP AND RECOMMENDATIONS
(by Thailand/Viet Nam)
7.       CLOSING REMARKS (by RFD, Thailand)