SWAN CBD COP13 Side-event

Rooted in the ground - Community Participation and Biodiversity

Time: Wednesday 2016.12.14, 13:15~14:45

Location: CEE Regional Group Meeting Room, Sunrise Building, Second Floor

Description:

To share success cases in Taiwan that combine the efforts of academy society and local community to developed a sustainable biodiversity use cases to develop tea production and forest management. In addition, some international partners from Sao Tome, Belize, and Birdlife International were also invited to share their successful cases.

Subject: Indigenous peoples and local communities

Topics & Speakers

．Scarlet macaw conservation and management in the Chiquibul Forest, Belize

．A historical and projected deforestation analysis in the Chiquibul Forest, Belize

Speaker : Boris Arevalo, Biologist, Friends for Conservation and Development

．Advancing Forest Restoration in Sumatra through Community Partnership

Speaker : Carolina Hazin

．Community participation and biodiversity conservation: some cases from Taiwan

Speaker : Chi-Chang Liu, Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University