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International Workshop on REDD+ and Sustainable Landuse Management in Myanmar
16-18 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Tentative Programme
Day 1: 16 December 2014 – Development of REDD+Session I: Opening Session
0800-0900 / Registration and installation of posters
0900-1030 / Opening Speech / H.E. U Win Tun, Union Minister for MOECAF
Congratulatory Remark / Dr. Hwan Ok Ma, ITTO
Congratulatory Remark / Prof. Dr. Kazuo Ogata
Vice Président
Kyushu University, Japan
Congratulatory Remark / Mr. Timothy Boyle
Regional Coordinator
UN-REDD Programme
Asia and the Pacific Region
Photo session
Refreshment
1030-1200 / Session II: Capacity Development for REDD+ and SFM / Chair – Director General, Forest Department or Pro-Rector of UOF
Strengthening sustainable forest management (SFM) and REDD+ / Dr. Hwan Ok Ma ITTO
Development of REDD+ and the role of UN-REDD Programme / Mr. Timothy Boyle,
Regional Coordinator
UN-REDD Programme
Asia and the Pacific Region
Sustainability of selective logging based on recent research in Myanmar and Cambodia / Prof. Dr. Mizoue
Kyushu University, Japan
REDD+ governance, policy and strategies of Myanmar / Dr. Thaung Naing Oo National Project Manager ITTO REDD+ Project
Forest Department
Discussion
1200-1300 / Lunch
1300-1430 / Session III: REDD+ MRV and REL/RL / Chair: Prof. Dr. Mizoue Nobuya, Kyushu University, Japan
Establishment of Forest Emission Reference Level (FERL) in Indonesia / Dr I Wayan Susi Dharwawan, AFoCO (tbc)
Carbon assessment for REDD+: Using airborne LiDAR as an effective way for forest carbon monitoring in Cambodia / Dr Tsuyoshi Ota, Kyushu University (tbc)
Setting Reference Emission Level and Reference Level (REL/RL) in Malaysia / Dr. Ismail Hj. Parlan
FRIM, Malaysia
Analysis on deforestation and forestation in Myanmar in the context of REDD+ / Mr. Yukio Wada and Mr. Mitsuzuka, Asia Air Survey Co. Ltd, Japan (tbc)
Discussion
1430-1530 / POSTER PRESENTATION & Refreshment
1530-1700 / Session IV: Case Studies for REDD+ / Chair – Director General, Forest Department or Pro-Rector of UOF
Use and issues of remote sensing for forest carbon monitoring at a national level / Dr. Yasumasa Hirata, FFPRI
REDD+ Strategies in Korea / Korea Forest Service
UNDP’s experiences in REDD+ in Myanmar / Daw Khin Hnin Myint – UNDP - Myanmar
Creating enabling policies and strategies for full and effective participation of stakeholders in REDD+ / Dr. Maung Maung Than, National Coordinator, RECOFTC
Discussion
Closing of Day 1
1830-2100 / Welcome Dinner for Speakers and International Participants
Day 2: 17 December 2014 – Sustainable Landuse Management
0900-1200 / Session V: Sustainable land use management / Chair: Forest Department (TBD)
Institutions for land use management / Dr Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
UNU-IAS (Tokyo, Japan)
Development of land use policy (draft)
in Myanmar / Forest Department
Land tenure and land use right in Myanmar / U Shwe Thein
Land Core Group
Zoning approach for land use management and REDD+ in Myanmar / Dr. Myat Su Mon
Assistant Director
Forest Department, Myanmar
Discussion
Refreshment
Participatory landuse planning and a case study / WCS (Myanmar)
Enhancing ecosystem services through improving environmentally friendly land use practices in Myanmar / Dr. Toe Toe Aung
Staff Officer
Forest Department (tbc)
Discussion
1200-1300 / Lunch
1300-1420 / Session VI: Forest tenure, safeguards and gender consideration for REDD+ and SFM in Myanmar / Chair: Dr Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, UNU-IAS
Capacity development for sustainable land use management under AFoCo Landmark Programme / Dr. Lee Sung Han
AFoCo Landmark Program
Field Coordinator (tbc)
REDD+ safeguards in Myanmar / U Pyae Soe Aung
Range Officer
Forest Department, Myanmar
Gender consideration in REDD+ and sustainable landuse practices in Myanmar / Ms. Naw Ei Ei Min
POINT (tbc)
Forest Carbon Mapping in Myanmar / U Aung Aung Myint
Assistant Director
Forest Department
Discussion
1420-1440 / Refreshment
1440-1540 / Session VII: Panel Discussion – The way forward for development of REDD+ in the context of sustainable land use and forest management in Myanmar / Moderator:
Dr. Hwan Ok Ma, ITTO
Panelists:
v Prof. Dr. Mizoue Nobuya, Kyushu University,
v Prof. Dr. Jose, UNU
v Mr. Timothy Boyle, UNREDD Programme
v Dr. Thaung Naing Oo, FD
v Dr. Myat Su Mon, FD
v Dr. Ismail, FRIM
v Dr. Wayan, Indonesia
1540-1550 / Closing Session / Closing Remarks by Director General of Forest Department
Day 3: 18 December 2014 - Field visit to REDD+ demonstration project in Toungoo District, East Bago Yoma, Myanmar