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Voluntary and Independent Monitoring of Forest Concessions in Central Africa

November 2004 Update Document · Indicators
March 2004 Workshop Report · Agenda/Presentations · Participant List · Pictures · Press release

 

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Agenda/Presentations

Monday, March 1 (Day 1)

Session 1: 9:00 - 10:15

  • Welcome and opening (Ridder)

  • Introductions (brief history, workshop planning process, and objectives and desired outcomes (6 minutes each)
    o WRI (Ridder)
    o IFIA (Landrot)
    o IUCN (Ngantou)
    o WWF (Somé)
    o COMIFAC (Massudi)
  • Overall presentation of summary indicator discussion paper (Beck)

Coffee Break: 10:15 - 10:30

Session 2: 10:30 - 12:15

  • Brief presentations by indicator "theme" (Moderator)

    • Group 1: Forest Management (Billand)
      • Forestry Exploitation Practices and Forestry Specific Legal Compliance
    • Group 2: Timber Tracking, General Legality, and Other Elements (Bastin)
      • Timber Tracking Systems
      • General Legal Compliance
      • Other notable advances
    • Group 3: Social and Biodiversity / Environment Aspects (Ngoufo)
      • Development and Social / cultural aspects linked to industrial forest exploitation
      • Biodiversity / Environment aspects linked to industrial forest exploitation

  • Organization of working groups (divide into three groups) (Moderator)

Lunch: 12:15 - 13:15

Session 3: 13:15 - 15:30

  • Working Groups : Discussion focused on selection and means of verification of the indicators

Coffee Break : 15 ::30 - 15 :45

Session 4: 15:45 - 18:00

  • Restitution of working group results in plenary and validation of the indicators et means of verification

  • Conclusions (Ngantou)

Cocktail: 18:15

Tuesday, March 2 (Day 2)

Session 1: 9:00 - 10:00

  • Welcome and opening (6 minutes each)

    • WRI (Ridder)
    • IFIA (Landrot)
    • IUCN (Ngantou)
    • WWF (Somé)
    • COMIFAC (Massudi)
    • MINEF Representative (Seme)

Coffee Break: 10:00 - 10:15

Session 2: 10:15 - 12:15

  • Indicators and means of verification adopted during day 1 (Nasi)

  • Panel discussion / Q & A (Ridder, Rietbergen, Landrot, Somé, Massudi)

Lunch: 12:15 - 13:15

Session 3: 13:15 - 14:45 - Q & A between each presentation (Moderator)

  • New Tools : Cameroon Global Forest Watch Atlas (Van de Pol)

  • Vision of the independent monitoring system and next steps (Landrot)
  • Proposed governance structure of the monitoring system (Rietbergen)

Coffee Break: 14:45 - 15:00

Session 4: 15:00 - 16:00 - Q & A between each presentation (Moderator)

  • Market perspectives and needs (DLH Nordisk)

  • Synergies with the WWF/GFTN Africa Producers Group (Somé)

Session 5: 16:00 - 18:15 - Q & A between each presentation (Moderator)

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