Building Capacities for Sustainable Forested Landscapes’ Stakeholders Forum
Building Capacities for Sustainable Forested Landscapes’ Stakeholders Forum
15:00 Forests for Energy Security and Climate Mitigation: Challenges and opportunities
Dr. Janaki Alavalapati, ECPA Fellow
16:00 Wrap up
Dr. Janaki Alavalapati, ECPA Fellow
Elizabeth Lopez, Partners of the Americas
16:30 Adjournment for the day
November 7, 2012: Field to trip Yalbac Ranch
Venue: Yalbac Ranch and outside
Dress: Casual, prepared for light hiking and with sunblock, bug spray, and water
8:15 Depart from Embassy enroute to Yalbac Office at Iguana Creek
9:00 Depart from Yalbac Office on Ranch Tour.
The trip is organized and hosted by The Forestland Group.
Several stops are expected in the forest to cover topics such as:
a) General management overview (inventory, planning, government regulations/policies)
b) fire management
c) active harvesting (will be weather dependent)
d) FSC certification and/or forest carbon projects.
November 8: Roundtable for Capacity Builiding Initiative
Venue: University of Belize, Administration Building, Conference Room, Belmopan
Moderator: Ms. Elizabeth Lopez, Partners of the Americas
9:00 Introduction of the concept
Dr. Janaki Alavalapati, ECPA Fellow
9:15 Challenges and opportunities to move forward
Open discussion
10:00 Identification of priority areas for capacity building
Open discussion
10:30 Break
11:00 Potential institutional support
Open discussion
11:30 Action plan to move forward with Capacity Building Initiative
12:00 Meeting adjournment
