Woods Hole Research Center

Lake Kivu Conference Room, Hotel des Mille Collines, Kigali

08:00 - 08:30 Participant Registration

08:30 - 10:30 Opening Ceremony: Dr. Glenn Bush,Woods Hole Research Center

08:30 - 09:00 Welcoming and Opening Address: Honorable Minister Stanislas Kamanzi - Ministry of Natural Resources

09:00 - 10:30 Welcoming From Co-Host National Institutions: Rwanda Development Board Tourism and Conservation (RDB)- Rica Rwigamba, Head of Department

Keynote Address: Forest carbon: A catalyst for Green Development in Rwanda Rwanda Environment Management Authority  (REMA) Dr Rose Mukankomeje – Director General

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 -13:00 Introduction to REDD :

What is REDD and other carbon finance mechanisms: Clovis Grinand, Good Planet, France

National and sub-national Carbon monitoring tools developed at the WHRC - Dr. Nadine Laporte, Woods Hole Research Center

REDD and Ecosystem Services - Wahida Patwa-Shah, UN REDD Program, UNEP, Nairobi

Questions & Discussion with panelists (15 minutes) Moderator: Glenn Bush

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch at Hotel des Mille Collines

14:00 – 14:45 International REDD Initiatives and Remote Sensing Tools for REDD:

Google Earth Engine- A tool for REDD - David Thau, Google Earth Outreach

RS data providers for REDD - Didier Rigal, ASTRIUM

Questions & Discussion with panelists (15 minutes) Moderator: Dr. Alessandro Baccini

14:45 - 16:00 REDD Presentations Continued:

REDD+ Monitoring in the DRC, Christophe Musampa, Geoinformatics Division, Forest Inventory and Management Directorate

National Forest and Carbon monitoring in Kenya, Peter Ndunda, Greenbelt Movement

ILUA - Contribution to REDD process in Zambia, Abel Siampale and Sitwala Wamunyima

Questions & Discussion with panelists (30 minutes) Moderator: Dr. Nadine Laporte

16:00 - 16:30 Break

16:30 - 17:30   Sub-national REDD Projects:

WCS REDD Projects in Uganda - Grace Nangendo, Wildlife Conservation Society

REDD sub-national project in Tanzania, Alex Njahani, Jane Goodall Institute

Sub-national forest and carbon monitoring Bolivia, Eric Armijo, FAN  

Tayina Gorilla Reserve REDD+ Project, DRC
Juan Carlos Bonilla, Diane Fossey  Gorilla Fund International

Questions & Discussion with panelists (15minutes) Moderator: Dr. Wayne Walker

17:30 – 17:45 Closing Day 1

National Forest Authority - Frank Rutabingwa – Director General

19:00 - 20:00 Evening cocktail reception – Hotel des Mille Collines

 

Funding and support were provided by the following institutions:

National Forest Authority, Rwanda Development Board, Rwandan Environmental Management Authority, Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, NASA, and Google.org