Innovations to Enhance the resilience of tropical forests and Sustainability of the forest industry

Date : November 17, 2023
Venue : U Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University 

Opening

Opening Remarks :    

KOYAMA Osamu  (President, JIRCAS)

Welcome Remarks :    

KOSAKA Zentaro (Deputy Director-General, Forestry Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan)

Welcome Remarks :    

NAKASHIZUKA Tohru (ASANO Toru) (Director General, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Japan)

Keynote Speeches

Climate Change, Fire and Forest Resilience

KITAJIMA Kaoru (Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Kyoto University, Japan)

Global Policy Developments and Initiatives on Tropical Forests and Sustainable Industries

Sonya Dewi (Director of Asia Programme, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Indonesia)

Session 1: “Enhancing Resilience of Tropical Forest Landscapes and Trees”

Chairperson: NOGUCHI Shoji (Director of Forestry Division, JIRCAS)

Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation

Wan Mohd Shukri Wan Ahmad (Director, Forestry and Environment Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia)

Enhancing Tropical Forest Resilience and Production through Tree Breeding Technology

TANI Naoki (Senior Researcher, Forestry Division, JIRCAS, Japan)

Deforestation Mechanisms and Sustainable Solutions

MIYAMOTO Motoe (Team Leader, Forest Environmental Policy, Department of Forest Policy and Economics, FFPRI, Japan)

Session 2: “Improving Industrial Sustainability of Tropical Timber/Non-Timber Products”

Chairperson: IIYAMA Miyuki (Program Director/Information, JIRCAS)

Contributions of Tree Improvement Program to Increase Forest Productivity and Achievement of Indonesian Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Mohammad Na'iem (Professors, Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadja Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Oil Palm Trunk - High Value Technology for Tropical Forest Conservation

KOSUGI Akihiko (Project Leader, Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, JIRCAS, Japan)

Development of Timber and Oil Palm Industries in Southeast Asia and International Policy for Tropical Forest Conservation

SAMEJIMA Hiromitsu (Research Manager, Biodiversity & Forests Area, IGES, Japan)

Panel Discussion

Panel Chair: HAYASHI Keiichi (Program Director/Environment, JIRCAS)

Closing

Closing Remarks :    

YAMAMOTO Yukiyo  (Vice President, JIRCAS)