Programme and Presentation Downloads

The conference included 46 oral speakers, with 38 new research papers presented during parallel sessions. All available presentations and audio recordings are below. A selection of the keynote presentations will shortly be available to watch in video format via iTunesU.

Oral presentations last approximately 20 minutes.

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Day one

Introduction to the Conference Heike Schroeder

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Plenary Session 1: Framing the Problem of Deforestation

Keynote: REDD+ and the Global Atmosphere Slides by Yadvinder Malhi (Oxford), presentation by Dan Bebber (Earthwatch)	Video Audio Slides
Keynote: What is REDD+ and who is framing the discourse? Arun Agrawal (Michigan)	Video Audio No slides used

Plenary Session 2: Framing Justice and Equity in REDD+

Keynote: Justices and injustices of REDD+ Thomas Sikor (UEA)	Video Audio Slides
Keynote: Examining Equity a multidimensional framework for assessing equity in the context of REDD+ Kate Schreckenberg (Southampton)	Video Audio Slides

Parallel session 1: Justice and equity frameworks for REDD+

Theme 1– The broader justice landscape
(Chair: Harro van Asselt)

REDD+ and human rights. Addressing overlaps between international regimes Annalisa Savaresi, International Center for Climate Governance, Venice, Italy	Audio Slides
Procedural and Distributive Justice in REDD+: Equity Considerations at a Local Level Jean Lee, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA)	Audio Slides
Equity and REDD+ in the media: A comparative analysis of policy discourses Monica Di Gregorio, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK	Audio Slides

Theme 2 – Procedural justice
(Chair: Fariborz Zelli)

Procedural Justice and REDD; the Institutional Design of Fair and Effective Decision-making Processes Luke Tomlinson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK	No audio available No slides available
Pursuing Procedural Justice: Lessons for REDD+ from an Analysis of 34 Forest Carbon Project Designs Kimberly Marion Suiseeya, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA	Audio Slides
REDD+ Roundtables in Peru: A Successful Instrument to Ensure Civil Society Participation? Frederik Eisinger, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany	Audio Slides

Theme 3 – REDD+, rights and legal frameworks
(Chair: Chuks Okereke)

Carbon Rights and REDD+ Gernot Brodnig, World Bank, Washington, USA	No audio available Slides
Can Free, Prior and Informed Consent improve the prospects for equitable REDD+? Lessons from mining and forest certification Constance McDermott, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK	No audio available Slides
Operationalising equity in national legal frameworks for REDD+: the case of Indonesia Claudia Ituarte-Lima, United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK	No audio available Slides

Parallel session 2: Multilevel justice and equity dimensions of REDD+

Theme 1 – Global to local dynamics of REDD+
(Chair: Frank Hajek)

Official discourse versus local practice: perceptions of forest management rules and regulations and implications for REDD+ Julia Latham, University of York, York, UK	No audio available Slides
Community Forestry in Cambodia: Effectiveness and Potential for REDD+ Fran Lambrick, Earthwatch Institute, Oxford, UK	No audio available Slides
Simple principles, complex practices? Early experience of community-based REDD in Tanzania Adrian Martin, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK	No audio available Slides
Community Forestry as a Climate strategy. A study in the Drought prone area of South West Bengal, India Jyotish Basu, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India	No audio available Slides

Theme 2 – REDD+ in the national and transnational contexts
(Chair: Monica Di Gregorio)

REDD+ and climate aid: issues of justice and equity in the Australia-Indonesia ‘International Forest Carbon Initiative’ James Goodman, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Audio Slides
More Equal Than Others? A Comparative Analysis of State and Non-state Perceptions of Global Environmental Governance and REDD+. Tim Cadman, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia	Audio
Enacting REDD+: Implications for decentralized forest governance in Nepal Dil Bahadur Khatri, Forest Action Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal	Audio Slides

Theme 3 – Social implications from REDD+
(Chair: Neil Burgess)

Double Inequity? The Social Dimensions of Deforestation and Forest Protection in Local Communities; a Case Study from Northern Cambodia Maya Sepehri, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark	No audio available Slides
REDD+, Climate Vulnerability, and Social Equity in Vietnam Pamela McElwee, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA	No audio available Slides
Lessons Learned: Adaption of REDD+ Social and Environmental Standard in Central Kalimantan from community and local government perspectives Stepi Hakim, Clinton Climate Initiatives, Indonesia, Indonesia	No audio available Slides

Day two

Plenary Session 3: Novel approaches for REDD+

Keynote: Spirit of the Tress in Forest Carbon and Ecological Management: Our Past, Our Present and Our Future Rosita Worl, Sealaska	Video Audio Slides
Keynote: How can REDD+ deliver more than carbon benefits? Suneetha Subramian, UNU-IAS	Video Audio Slides

Parallel session 3 – Role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in REDD+

Theme 1 – Indigenous peoples, tenure and PES
(Chair: Adrian Martin)

Do you know what you signed up for? A study on conservation payments in Indigenous communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon Torsten Krause, Lund University, Lund, Sweden	No audio available Slides
Learning from the Other: North-South Indigenous Experiences with Tenure Clarification and PES Schemes Thomas Thornton, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK	No audio available Slides
REDD+ risks and opportunities for Indigenous People in Brazil: A case study of the Suruí Carbon Project Maria Fernanda Gebara, Program on Law and Environment - Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	No audio available Slides

Theme 2 – Participation and partnerships in REDD+
(Chair: Claudia Ituarte-Lima)

Land Rights for Indigenous Communities: Australia’s experience with Forest Carbon Partnerships Rowena Maguire, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia	Audio Slides
No Rights – No REDD: the credibility gap between intention and excecution Signe Howell, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway	No audio available Slides
Delving Deeper into the 'Wind Business': Politics and Participation in the Ulu Masen REDD+ Project, Aceh, Indonesia Abidah Setyowati, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA	No audio available Slides

Theme 3 – Indigenous peoples’ rights and REDD+
(Chair: Thomas Sikor)

Noting the rights of indigenous peoples - discursive and institutional dynamics of international REDD+-negotiations revised Linda Wallbott, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt Main, Germany	Audio Slides
Will REDD+ "only succeed if it respects indigenous rights"? Reconciling rights-based and performance-based approaches in Bolivia and Peru Deborah Delgado-Pugley, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	Audio Slides
REDD+ and the promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples in Cameroon: Analysis of the definition of "social and environmental standards Guignier Armelle, CRIDEAU, Faculté de Droit de Limoges, Limoges, France	Audio Slides

Parallel session 4: How can REDD+ deliver more than carbon benefits?

Theme 1 – Forging REDD+ and biodiversity interlinkages
(Chair: Bhaskar Vira)

Possibilities and challenges for biodiversity assessment in the national REDD+ strategy of Ecuador Jeaneth Delgado, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	No audio available Slides
A framework for integrating biodiversity concerns into national REDD+ programmes Toby Gardner, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK	No audio available Slides
Additional environmental benefits through REDD+ in Peru: Exploring the gap between monitoring capacity and monitoring requirements for biodiversity conservation. Steffen Entenmann, Institute for Landscape Management, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany	No audio available Slides

Theme 2 – Options for pro-poor REDD+
(Chair: Kate Schreckenberg)

REDD+ for the poor or the poor for REDD+? About the limitations of environmental sector policies and the potential of achieving environmental goals in the Amazon through consistent pro-poor policies Benno Pokorny, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany	Audio Slides
Pro-poor REDD+ – how will we know? The role of social impact assessment in achieving equitable REDD+ outcomes Michael Richards, Forest Trends, Washington, DC, USA	Audio Slides
Community monitoring of biodiversity and livelihoods in REDD+ schemes: Status, scope and bottlenecks Finn Danielsen, Nordisk Kontor for Udvikling og Miljø, Copenhagen, Denmark	Audio No Slides

Theme 3 – Ways forward on PES and tenure
(Chair: Lauren Coad)

Securing Tenure for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in Kenya Susan Wambugu, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA	No audio available Slides
Migrants and land market institution: a comparative analysis of drivers of customary land tenure change and claims under the prospect of REDD in Jambi, Indonesia Gamma Galudra, World Agroforestry Centre, Bogor, Indonesia	No audio available Slides
Governing the Provisioning of Ecosystem Services in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis Laura Rival, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK	No audio available Slides
REDD+ Beyond Carbon: Insights from a Community Payments for Ecosystem Services Project in Cameroon Rob Harley, Bioclimate Research and Development, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	No audio available Slides

Closing Plenary

Closing remarks on the conference Chaired by Heike Schroeder

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