Conference Abstracts, Papers, Posters and Presentations

During the next few weeks, all the abstracts, papers, posters and presentations from the conference will be available here. The conference had four sessions, each with an overall topic and then within these were subsessions which explored more specific areas of interest.

Session 1 – Poverty and Forests: Issues and Concepts

• Introductory Plenary
• Sub-session 1.1: Rights and Poverty
• Sub-session 1.2: Forests and Livelihoods
• Sub-session 1.3: Customary and State Rights
• Sub-session 1.4: Forest Governance
• Sub-session 1.5: Forest Policy and Equity
• Sub-session 1.6: Companies and Communities
• Summary Plenary

Session 2 – Lessons from Pro-Poor Forestry

• Introductory Plenary
• Sub-session 2.1: Tenure Reforms
• Sub-session 2.2: Markets and Enterprises
• Sub-session 2.3: RRI: Listening, Learning and Sharing
• Sub-session 2.4: Policy Development
• Sub-session 2.5: Livelihoods and Products
• Sub-session 2.6: Lessons from Pro-Poor Projects
• Summary Plenary

Session 3 - Opportunities and Threats for Pro-Poor Forestry

• Introductory Plenary
• Sub-session 3.1: Decentralization
• Sub-session 3.2: Payment for Ecosystem Services
• Sub-session 3.3: Challenges for Pro-poor Programs
• Sub-session 3.4: Forest Land Allocation
• Sub-session 3.5: Forest Certification
• Sub-session 3.6: Forest Conservation
• Summary Plenary

Session 4 – Capacity for Pro-poor Forestry Reforms

• Introductory Plenary
• Sub-session 4.1: Community-based Organizations
• Sub-session 4.2: Community/forest User Associations
• Sub-session 4.3: Development Networks
• Sub-session 4.4: International Organizations
• Sub-session 4.5: Government Organizations
• Sub-session 4.6: Research/Education Institutes
• Summary Plenary

Session 5 – Forestry Reforms for Poverty Reduction – Agenda and Process for Future Action