| European Tropical Forest Research Network |
Hyytiälä, Finland, 30 June - 4 July 2003
Workshop background information
Sunday
29 June: Arrival in Helsinki
Accommodation in Hotel Arthur, Vuorikatu 19, Helsinki
| Day 1 (Monday 30 June) | |
| 9.00 - 12.00 | Travel by bus to Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station of the University of Helsinki |
| Lunch | |
| 13.00 - 13.15 | Opening Address, Mr Pauli Mustonen, Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| Introduction to the workshop programme and welcoming addresses of the organisers | |
| 13.15 - 13.35 | Introduction and TACCDA/VITRI welcoming address, Olavi Luukkanen, VITRI |
| 13.35 - 13.50 | GFIS Africa welcoming addres, Atse Yapi, GFIS Africa |
| 13.50 - 14.00 | ETFRN welcoming address, Willemine Brinkman, ETFRN Coordination Unit |
| Session I: Drylands and global change | |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Ecological degradation and global change, Ben Chikamai, KEFRI |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Adaptation of dryland vegetation to climate, Mohamed ElFadl, VITRI |
| Coffee break | |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Social aspects of land use decisions, Alice Kaudia, KEFRI |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Economic aspects of local land use decisions, ElNour ElSiddig, Univ. of Khartoum |
| Session II: Facilitating land use change on drylands | |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Whose responsibility dryland management?, Demel Teketay, EARO, Ethiopia |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Practical aspects of drylands management and utilization, Bashir Jama, ICRAF |
| 17.30 - 18.00 | Implications of economic changes for dryland management at national and international level, Fred Owino, FORIN Ltd. |
| Dinner | |
| Day 2 (Tuesday 1 July): Sub-Humid and Humid Regions Day | |
| Session III: Forest Lands Degradation in sub-Saharan Africa: Definition and Extent | |
| 9:00 -10:00 | Some Definitional Questions, and Implications for assessing extent of degradation, Edouard Bonkoungou (Presentation and discussions) |
| Session IV: Taking stock of Rehabilitation Efforts and Techniques in Humid and sub-Humid SSA | |
| 10:00 - 10:35 | Case studies documented, Dominic Blay, FORIG (Presentation and discussions) |
| Coffee break | |
| 10:45 - 11:25 | Drivers of Success and Failure, Dominic Blay, FORIG (Presentation and discussions) |
| 11:25 - 12:00 | Slide presentation from CD Rom (Plant propagation techniques), Ronald Bellefontaine, CIRAD-Forêt, Montpellier, France |
| Session V: Research, Development and Policy Recommendations for Rehabilitation of Degraded Forest lands in SSA | |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Recommendations for Forest Management and Development, Shabani Chamshama, Department of Forest Biology, Sokoine University of Agriculture |
| Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Recommendations for forest Research, Edouard Bonkoungou |
| Coffee break | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Recommendations for Forest Policy Formulation, Forest Institutions and Legislative Reforms, Atse M. Yapi, IUFRO-SPDC |
| Day 3 (Wednesday 2 July): Drylands Day | |
| Session VI: International policy implications on dryland use | |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Implications of international agreements for dryland management - CBD, FCCC, CCD (CITES). Fred Owino, FORIN Ltd. |
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Enabling policy changes needed to cope with change, Peter Wood, Wood Associates |
| Session VII: Climate change and dry land forests | |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Emissions of climate change forcing gasses from tropical soils, Jan Dick and Ute Skiba, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Scotland, UK |
| 10.30 - 11.15 | Climate change perspectives in Sub-Saharan Africa, Frank Berninger, VITRI |
| Coffee break | |
| Session VIII: Synthesis of Research, Development and Policy priorities | |
| 11.45 - 12.15 | Synthesis of Research, Development and Policy priorities, Olavi Luukkanen |
| 12.15 - 12.45 | Open Discussion |
| Lunch | |
| Introduction to the Group Work | |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Introduction of group work topics |
| Coffee break | |
| 16.00 - 17.30 | Group work starts |
| Dinner | |
| Day 4 (Thursday 3 July): Group Work Day | |
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9.00 - 11.00 |
Groupwork continues, group work leaders |
| Lunch | |
| 12.00 - 17.00 | Steamboat lake excursion with group work continuing, group work leaders |
| Workshop reception & dinner | |
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Day 5 (Friday 4 July): Group Work Day |
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9.00 - 11.00 |
Finalisation of group works |
| Coffee break | |
| 11.30 - 12.30 |
Finalisation of group works continues |
| Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | Session IX: Group Work Presentations |
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Coffee break |
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16.30 - 17.00 |
Discussion |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Closing of the Workshop |
| Dinner | |
| 18.30 - 21.30 | Bus transport to Helsinki |