3-4 December 2015Mercure Paris La Villette Hotel, Paris, France

Engaging men and women in REDD+ business:eff ectively addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation

Day one (Thursday 3rd December)

10:00Registration and coffee

Chair: Milagre Nuvunga (MICAIA Foundation)

10:30Welcome, objectives of the meeting and expected outputs

Key note address: Where are we on REDD+ and where we are heading to?Mirey ATALLAH (UNREDD)

REDD+ and gender: why and how• Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED, UK)

11:00REDD+ and gender: findings and policy implications from Vietnam, Nepal and Tanzania(Panel discussion and plenary)• Delia Catacutan (ICRAF, Vietnam)• Rahul Karki (Forest Action, Nepal)• Anthony Sangeda (Sokoine University of

Agriculture, Tanzania)• Vu Hop (NGO, Vietnam)• Narendra Chand (REDD+

Implementation Centre, Nepal)• Nemane Momed (UT-REDD,

Mozambique)

13:00 - 14:00Lunch

Chair: Markus Ihalainen (CIFOR)

14:00 - 15:15Gender and equity in REDD+ at national and global level: Challenges and ways forward to address the issue of ‘leaving no one behind’(Panel discussion and plenary)

• Rahima Njaidi (MJUMITA, Tanzania)• Saadia Bobtoya (IUCN, Ghana)• Andrea Quesada Aguilar (Consultant,

Costa Rica)

15:15Summing up the key issues on gender to be addressed at national and global level And introduction of REDD+ Testing in the Beira landscape corridor in Mozambique • Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED, UK)

15:30 – 17:00Socioeconomic baseline and measuring impact of REDD+(Plenary discussion)• Arnela Mausse (IIED, Mozambique)• Alda Massinga (ISPM, Mozambique)• Amy Duchelle (CIFOR, Indonesia)

17:00 - 18:30 Drinks reception

Day two(Friday 4th December)

Chair: Kenneth Andrasko (Winrock International)

08:30Setting the agenda for the second dayAnd developing reference levels for TREDD and REDD+ delivery models in Mozambique and experiences from other countriesAnd private sector engagement in REDD+: the big questions • Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED, UK)

08:45 Reference level for subnational level in the Beira landscape Corridor in Mozambique• How are we mapping the drivers,

assessing carbon stocks and how do we put all these together to define ambition of reducing emissions at subnational level?

• What are the experiences –methodologies and results fromelsewhere? DRC and Zambia

(Plenary discussion)• Almeida Sitoe (UEM, Mozambique)• Casey Ryan (University of Edinburgh,

UK)• Mane Landing (OSFAC, DRC)• Deuteronomy Kasaro, (REDD+, Zambia)

10:45Tea break

Chair: Xiaoting Hou Jones (IIED)

11: 15 REDD+ delivery models: how is Mozambique addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation at subnational level?• Sustainable Agriculture: can it halt

deforestation?• Sustainable value chains from Non-

timber forest Products: maintaining the trees standing

• Sustainable Biomass Energy: tacklingthe supply and demand

• Small and medium logging enterprises:how carrots more than stickscan promote sustainable forestmanagement?

(Panel discussion and plenary)• Farai Muchiguel (ADRA, Mozambique)• Milagre Nuvunga (MICAIA,

Mozambique)• Hamid Taybo (ADEL, Mozambique)• Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED, UK)• Chris Stephenson (Plan Vivo, UK)

13:15 - 14:15Lunch

Chair: Andre Aquino (World Bank)

14:15 Where is the private sector in REDD+?• Implementing REDD+ in DRC:

community and government perceptionsand issues and opportunities

• Greening the Supply Chain in Ghanaand Brazil: can the private sectoraddress deforestation in Cocoa supplychain?

(Panel discussion and plenary)• Raymond Achu Samndong (UMB,

Norway)• Adeline Dontenville (EFI, Spain)• Marisa Camargo (University of Helsinki,

Finland)• Chris Meyer-Miller (EDF, USA)• Robert O’Sullivan (Winrock

International, USA)

16:15 Drawing conclusions on private sector REDD+ and low deforestation commodities: opportunities and synergiesAnd closing remarks • Isilda Nhantumbo (IIED)

16:30Close

EventMaterials

Climate change, forests

Keywords:Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), carbon, economic incentives

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Contact:Tessa JennettCoordinatorInternational Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)80–86 Gray’s Inn RoadWC1X 8NHUnited Kingdom

T: +44 (0)20 3463 7399E: tessa.jennett@iied.org

Photo credits:Duncan Macqueen

Funded by: These initiatives were funded by UK aid from the UK Government and the Norwegian government through its embassy in Maputo. However the views expressed do not necessarily refl ect the views of the UK or Norwegian Government.