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Past events

Green Leaves

23rd April 2024, 9.00-14.00

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Vitenparken, NMBU, Ås

Understanding tropical forests and exploring solutions for their future

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The seminar focused on research related to tropical forest ecology and biodiversity. We addressed knowledge gaps and advances, and cutting-edge research in the field of conservation and restoration. Presented issues and solutions focused on social and technological/methodological aspects within various types of tropical forests across different geographical regions, e.g. traditional ecological knowledge, multi-stakeholder approaches, environmental DNA or using AI and machine learning for canopy-level species identification.

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Programme and speakers:
9.00 - 9.10      Welcome and Introduction
 

9.10 - 9.35      Torbjørn Haugaasen
Professor at NMBU (MINA)
Hidden treasures and lost arks: Glaring gaps in Amazonian biodiversity knowledge
 

9.35 - 10.00    Göran Wallin
plant ecophysiologist at Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences,
University of Gothenburg, Sweden:
Warming responses of growth and mortality of Afromontane tree species
 

10.00 - 10.15   Short break
 

10.15 - 10.40   Bernardo Brandão Niebuhr
Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA):
The Atlantic Forest of South America: Spatiotemporal dynamics of the vegetation and
implications for conservation and restoration
 

10.40 - 11.05   Thomas Luypaert
Postdoctoral researcher at MINA, NMBU:
Monitoring tropical forest biodiversity at scale: challenges and opportunities
 

11.05 - 11.30    Aida Cuni-Sanchez
Associate Professor at NMBU (Noragric):
Local perceptions of forest ecosystem services
 

11.30 - 12.15    Lunch break
 

12.15 - 12.40   Tina Christmann
Restoration scientist and Lecturer in Environmental Science, University of Southampton:
Sowing and harvesting water - why and how to restore forests in the Andes
 

12.40 - 13.05  Nathaniel Calhoun
Chief Strategy Officer at Bioverse
Durable Conservation, Aligning Incentives on the Ground
 

13.05 -13.55   Discussion
 

13.55 - 14.00  Wrapping up

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If you are interested in some of the presentations slides, please get in touch via info@tropicalforestarena.org

You can watch the recording of the seminar here: https://youtu.be/wMHQapJ7orE

Green Leaves

16th January 2024, 9.00 - 12.00

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Litteraturhuset, Oslo

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Deforestation-free supply chains –

empty pledges or real impact?

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Programme

  • 9.00 - 9.05  Introduction and welcome
     

  • 9.05 - 9.45  Keynote: Deforestation-free supply chains: data, transparency and the Trase experience
    Toby Gardner
    Director of Trase and Senior Research Fellow at Stockholm Environment Institute
    https://www.sei.org/people/toby-gardner/
     

  • Short (12 min) presentations on key initiatives:

  • 11.25 - 11.55  Discussion (There will also be a 8-10 minutes Q&A after each presentation)

  • 11.55 - 12.00 Wrapping-up

 

If you are interested in some of the presentations slides, please get in touch via info@tropicalforestarena.org

The seminar was streamed and can be accessed through this link:

https://vimeo.com/event/4006045

Green Leaves

16th October 2023, 13.30 - 16.30

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Klimahuset, Oslo

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Norway`s contributions to stopping tropical deforestation:
results, lessons learned and way forward

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1) 15 years of Norway´s International Climate and Forest Initiative - results, successes and lessons learned

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Joint presentation by: 

  • Andreas Dahl-Jørgensen (Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI), Ministry of Climate and Environment) 

  • Dyveke Rogan (Deputy Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, (NICFI), Ministry of Climate and Environment) 

  • Hilde Dahl (Head of Section for Forest, Department for Climate and  

      Environment, Norad) 

 

2) External perspectives on Norway`s engagement in tropical forests

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Presenters:

  • ​Anwesha Dutta, Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen
     

  • Desmond McNeill, Professor Emeritus at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo (UiO)
     

  • Lars Løvold, Previous Director and Special Advisor of Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN)

 

The presentations will be followed by a discussion and questions from the floor – led by Arild Angelsen (professor, NMBU).

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Green Leaves

Ås, 6th June 2023

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Inauguration Seminar
- Tropical Forest Arena

Forest

Speakers and Presentations:​

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  • Charlotte Streck, Climate Focus: Financing tropical forest protection and restoration

  • Tørris Jæger, Rainforest Foundation Norway: Making international incentives work on-the-ground in rainforest countries

  • Torbjørn Haugaasen, NMBU: One forest – several forest types: Amazonian biodiversity and natural resource management

  • Bård Harstad, Stanford University: Conserving forests with loans (rather than with REDD+)

  • Solveig Aamodt, CICERO: Drivers and barriers to forest policy adoption and implementation in Brazil

  • Richard Erskine, Equinor:  Principles for creating high integrity, scalable, restoration and protection projects

  • Hege Rivedal Ødegaard, Denofa: Traceability and sustainable sourcing of soy

  • Bernardo dos Santos, NINA: Brazil’s Atlantic Forest biodiversity restoration in practice

  • Micah Dunthorn, Natural History Museum: Protistan parasite diversity and functionality in tropical forests

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