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