TEAKNET Partner Event in the 4th International Congress on Planted Forests, 23-27 October 2018, Beijing, China
The International Congress on Planted Forests is an international academic conference that is being organized by the International Union on Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) with the technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations through its Planted Forests Programme. Three Congresses have been held so far. The 4th ICPF aims to investigate the contribution of planted forests to green development in the context of global changes. The 4th ICPF focussed on an interface between the scientific community, the wider society and government policy initiatives related to planted forests.
TEAKNET organised a Partner Event during the Congress with the support of FAO and IUFRO Teakwood Working Party (Div.5.06.2). You can download the Presentations of the Partner Event below.
Presentations of the Partner Event
Thulasidas PK, TEAKNET Coordinator, India
Tetra YANUARIADI, Project Manager, ITTO, Japan
Smallholder Farmers Contribution to Planted Teak
James M Roshetko, Agroforestry System Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre, ICRAF, Indonesia
Zar Chi Hlaing, Staff Officer, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar
Zaizhi Zhou, Professor, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Foresty, Beijing
TEAKNET as a Network Platform for Global Teak Sector
Sreelakshmy MP, Coordinator PR & Communications, TEAKNET, India
Nelly Grace Bedijo, Programme Associate, FAO Plantation Development, Uganda
Valerie Lomokuor Fumey Nassah, Plantations Manager, Foresty Commission, Ghana
Mauricio Jerez-Rico, Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
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TEAKNET Partner Event in the 4th ICPF 2018
TEAKNET Partner Event in the
4th International Congress on Planted Forests
23-27 October 2018, Beijing, China
TEAKNET and IUFRO Teakwood Working Party (Div 5.06.02) with the support of FAO the United Nations Regional Office for Asia Pacific (FAO RAP), Bangkok successfully organised a Partner Event on Teak ”Mainstreaming High Quality Timber Production from Planted Teak Forests and Efforts for Conservation of Teak Genetic Resources” on the occasion of FAO’s 4th International Congress on Planted Forests 2018 at China National Convention Centre on 23 October 2018, Beijing. The Executive Director of IUFRO, Dr. Alexander Buck delivered a felicitation address and briefed about IUFRO, the world leader of global network of forest science cooperation and touched upon the teak related activities under the teakwood working party since almost a decade.
Delegates from Asia Pacific, South America, Europe and Africa attended the session. Participants from 20 countries deliberated over a wide range of topics on various issues of teak cultivation, conservation of genetic resources, forest landscape restoration, marketing and trade. Dr. Benjamin Caldwell (FAO-Rome), Mr. Kenichi Shono (FAO RAP- Bangkok) chaired the Sessions and Dr. Tetra Yanuaridi (ITTO – Japan) lead the panel discussion that followed.
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