Extending Successful Community-Based Forest Management in Response to Climate Change Workshop Program Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 May, 2011 Raffles Hotel Le Royal 92 Rukhak Vithei Daun Penh Sangkat Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh Telephone: + 855 23 981 888 Facsimile: + 855 23 981 168 Day 1: Wednesday 25 May, ‘11 8:30 AM Tea and Coffee 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Official Welcome Dr Paul McShane Monash University 9:05 AM Remarks by Special Guest 1 H.E. Chea Sam Ang, Deputy-Director Forestry Administration, Cambodia 9:10 AM Remarks by Special Guest 2 Dr Ajit Banerjee Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata 9:15 AM Vote of Thanks SESSION ONE Dr Paul McShane Monash University Chair: H.E. Chea Sam Ang Dr Paul McShane Monash University 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Community-based Forest Management: Beyond the Kolkata Workshop 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Community Forestry Carbon Credit Pilot Project in Cambodia 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM The Problem of Community Forestry and Dr Ajit Banerjee its Remedial Measures: Indian Context Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata 11:30 AM Participatory Biodiversity Protection in - 12:00 NOON Protected Forests 12:00 NOON - 12:30 PM Current Issues: Viet Nam 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Mr Long Ratanakoma Department of Forestry and Community Forestry, Cambodia Mr Hem Chan Rithy Forestry Administration, Cambodia Mr Hoang Lien Son Forest Science Institute, Viet Nam Page 2 SESSION TWO Chair: Dr Ajit Banerjee Mr Horm Visal, Deputy Chief Forestry Office of Cambodia 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Community Forestry Development in Cambodia 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Understanding Forest Governance: Issues related to Implementation of FRA and its Implications on Forest Dependent Communities 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Community-based Forest Management in REDD Era: Dr Niken Sakuntaledewi Lessons from Indonesia Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Discussion Session 4:30 PM Close 6:30 PM Welcome Dinner (aboard the ‘Kanika’, Mekong River). Departure point is the docks adjacent the Himawarri Hotel and the Cambodiana Hotel. Dr M. Gopinath Reddy Centre for Economic & Social Studies Nizamiah Observatory Begumbet, Hyderabad, India For guests staying at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal; please meet in the foyer of the Hotel at 6:00 p.m., for transfer to the docks. Page 3 Day 2: Thursday 26 May, ‘11 9:00 AM Tea and Coffee SESSION THREE Chair: Mr Hoang Lien Son 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Forestry Policy Issues: India Dr Atanu K. Raha Chief Conservator of Forests Government of West Bengal, India 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Children Participation and Adaptation: Policy Perspective Dr Prabir Majumdar Alternative Technology Association Melbourne, Australia 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea SESSION FOUR 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Chair: Dr Paul McShane Community-based Protected Forest Management 11:30 AM Agro-forestry: Concept and Practices Towards - 12:00 NOON Better Land Management 12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM Open Discussion: Policy Responses to Community-based Forest Management 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Synthesis 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Open Discussion: Developing Policy Briefs 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Next Steps 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks and Afternoon Tea Mr Chheang Dany Forestry Office of Cambodia Mr Chay Chetha Forestry Office of Cambodia Dr Paul McShane Monash University Dr Paul McShane Monash University Page 4