Forest Day
Shaping the Global Agenda for Forests & Climate Change
8 December 2007 | Ayodya Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
 
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| The location of the event, Ayodya Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali |
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The first ever Forest Day was held at the Ayodya Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, in parallel to the UN Climate Change meeting (COP 13 & COP/MOP 3). More than 800 people, representing many of the world's key forest stakeholders, were in attendance.
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M.S. Kaban, Indonesia’s Minister of Forestry, delivered the keynote address. |
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Rudy Rabbinge, Dean of Wageningen Graduate Schools |
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues |
Katherine Sierra, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development |
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| Cross-Cutting Theme 1: Setting the Baseline and Estimating Forest Carbon - Methodological Challenges. |
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| Cross-Cutting Theme 2: Markets and Governance - Can We Make Them Work? |
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| Cross-Cutting Theme 3: Efficiency vs. Equity - What are Trade Offs and Can they be Managed? |
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| Cross-Cutting Theme 4: Adaptation to Climate Change - Achieving Increased Resilience and Livelihood Improvements. |
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| Frances Seymour, Director General, CIFOR |
Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC |
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| Left to right: Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC; Don K. Lee, IUFRO; Emmanuel Ze Mekka, ITTO; and Boen Purnama, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia. |
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A large number of informative exhibits from various non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations were set up. |
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| Posters displayed on the event. |
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| The Governors of Aceh, Indonesia, Papua, Indonesia, and Amazonas, Brazil, sign the Forests Now Declaration. |
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| Irwandi Yusuf, Governor of Aceh, Indonesia, and Barnabas Suebu, Governor of Papua, Indonesia. |
Eduardo Braga, Governor of Amazonas, Brazil. |
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Twenty five side events took place on a wide range of subjects, from the role of boreal forests in climate change mitigation to the Forest Now Declaration to estimating carbon stocks in forested landscapes. |
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