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Section Contents
- Conference
- Conference proceedings
- Conference outputs
Please note this page is under construction. Thanks for your patience. Please view the conference website for more information.
Conference outputs
Conference publications
The meeting had a high standard of presentations and there was significant interest from participants to be involved in the production of output material. Each speaker led a small breakout group to discuss their presentation and abstract with the aim of making improvements. A reviewed version will then be produced.
Currently the potential of a special interest book / journal issue is being discussed. All outputs will be published online.
Conference working document
In advance of the conference, speakers were asked to submit an abstract of their presentation which was complied into a conference working document. This was then discussed during the conference proceedings when delegates were invited to comment on and discuss the abstract.
This document covers a wide variety of issues and describes the process for implementing, managing and sustaining major carbon sequestration projects in tropical developing countries. It relates specifically to the dry tropical forests of Africa, and most case studies are from East Africa including Zambia, Mozambique and Uganda. However many of the themes are transferable to the development of projects in other areas.
Presentations
Presentations from the meeting provide information to those wanting to learn more about the process of implementing and managing sustainable carbon sequestration projects in tropical developing countries. Issues of risk, permanence, governance and methodologies for carbon sink analysis were covered in the programme. Please download the presentations below.
- Monday 16th June- Tuesday 17th June
- Wednesday 18th June
Finance and Project Management
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Coffee/Tea |
| Session chair | Willie McGhee |
| 09.00 - 09.30 | John Grace (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK) Welcome and introduction |
| 09.30 - 09.50 | Philip Powell (Envirotrade, UK) Carbon Livelihoods - Communities and conservation in Mozambique |
| 09.50 - 10.10 | Robert Harley (CAMCO, UK) Financing community carbon projects - viability questions, gaps and hazards |
| 10.10 - 10.30 | Session summary (Chair - Willie McGhee) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee/Tea |
| Session chair | Ray Victurine |
| 11.00 - 11.20 | Mathew Williams (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK) Quantifying and monitoring C stocks in tropical Woodlands |
| 11.20 - 11.40 | Richard Tipper (Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management, UK) A Simple Rule-Based Approach for Setting REDD Project Baselines |
| 11.40 - 12.00 | Neil Bird (Joanneum Research, Institute of Energy Research, Austria) Additionality and baselines; is there a better way? |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Session summary (Chair - Ray Victurine) |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 14.15 | Plenary |
| 14.15 - 15.30 | Break out groups 'The subject from the day's speakers will be discussed in small groups, and the relevant chapter from the output document will be developed using contributions from the delegates.' |
| 16.00 - 16:30 | Coffee/tea |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Feedback from breakout groups (Chair - John Grace) |
| 17:15 - 19:00 | Poster session - drinks provided. Two prizes will be awarded at the end of the conference. One for the best poster, as voted by the delegates, and another for the most relevant poster to the conference as voted by the conference organisers. |
| 19:00 | Free evening |
Tuesday 17th June
Ecosystem Services
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Coffee/Tea |
| Session chair | Richard Tipper |
| 09:00 - 09.20 | Ray Victurine (Wildlife Conservation Society of America) (Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity) - The carbon Market and Biodiversity Conservation, a Co-benefit Approach |
| 09.20 - 09.40 | Antonio Serra (Envirotrade, Mozambique) (Ecosystem Services, Watershed protection) (Ecosystem Services, Watershed protection) Zambezi delta flooding: The Plan Vivo contribution to development strategy |
| 09.40 - 10.00 | Robert Rees (Scottish Agricultural College, UK) (Ecosystem Services, Soils) Soil Protection and Management in East African Savannas |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Session summary (Chair - Richard Tipper) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee/Tea |
| Session chair | Mathew Williams |
| 11.00 - 11.20 | Emmanuel Matsika (PESAD / Miombo Network, Zambia) The potential for carbon sequestration in the terrestrial ecosystems for Zambia (A paper by Abel Siampale, Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia) |
| 11.20 - 11.40 | Peter Read (Massey University, New Zealand) The Energy Sector's Role in Sustainable Forest Management Finance |
| 11.40 - 12.00 | Casey Ryan (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK) Fire and Carbon Management |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Session summary (Chair - Mathew Williams) |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 14.15 | Plenary |
| 14.15 - 15.30 | Break out groups 'The subject from the day's speakers will be discussed in small groups, and the relevant chapter from the output document will be developed using contributions from the delegates.' |
| 16.00 - 16:30 | Coffee/tea |
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Feedback from breakout groups (Chair - Mathew Williams) |
| 19:30 - | Conference Dinner Khushis Indian Restaurant,
Robin Harper MSP - After dinner speech 9 Victoria Street, Edinburgh EH1 2HF [ Locate ] To book (£25 inclusive of drinks) please contact us. |
From Community to an International Context
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Coffee/Tea |
| Session chair | Philip Powell |
| 09.00 - 09.20 | Rohit Jindall (Michigan State University, USA) Payments for Ecosystem Services and Poverty alleviation |
| 09:20 - 09.40 | Pauline Nantongo (Ecotrust Uganda) Community involvement in C offset schemes (A case of Trees for Global Benefits Programme in Uganda) |
| 09.40 - 10.00 | Margaret Skutsch (University of Twente, Netherlands) Community carbon forestry: its niche in REDD, and some unresolved technical issues |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Session summary (Chair - Philip Powell) |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee/Tea |
| Session chair | John Grace |
| 11.00 - 11.20 | Alexa Morrison & Willie McGhee (BioClimate Research & Development, UK) Rural Livelihoods and Ecosystem Services: The Plan Vivo Experience |
| 11.20 - 11.40 | Dominick Kwesha (Miombo Network and Universidade Catolica de Mocambique, Mozambique) Miombo Collaborations in Southern Africa. 1990 - 2008 |
| 11.40 - 12.00 | Heather Lovell (GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, UK) The ethics of carbon offsets |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Session summary (Chair - John Grace) |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Eric Bettelheim (Sustainable Forestry Management, UK) The UNFCCC in Bali, what does it mean for us? |
| 14.30 - 15.30 | Break out groups 'The subject from the days speakers will be discussed in small groups, and the relevant chapter from the output document will be developed using contributions from the delegates.' |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee/tea |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Feedback from breakout groups (Chair - Richard Tipper) |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | John Grace Closing ceremony and prize giving for posters |
| 17:00 | End of Conference |