learning group meeting report
2007 PCLG Annual Symposium
7th-8th November 2007, Zoological Society of London, London, UK
The 2007 PCLG Annual Symposium will take place on 7th-8th November 2007 at the Zoological Society of London (UK). The theme of this year's meeting is 'Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty: What are the implications of climate mitigation and adaptation for conservation-poverty linkages'. The PCLG symposium is provisionally planned as follows:
Day 1: During the first half of the day the PCLG Secretariat will report on the activities undertaken during the previous year. The second half of the day will be dedicated to a review and a discussion of the most recent initiatives addressing protected areas-poverty linkages.
Day 2: The second day will be devoted to the discussion of the topic 'Climate Change, Conservation and Poverty'. Sessions will address:
a. biodiversity as an adaptation mechanism for indigenous and local communities;
b. impacts of climate change on poverty as a result of changes in biodiversity;
c. implications of conservation-based climate mitigation approaches (avoided deforestation, carbon trading) for indigenous and local communities. We hope the outcomes of the meeting will be able to feed into the Climate CoP in December.
A more detailed – though still provisional – agenda for the meeting is available (see link below).
The PCLG annual symposium is intended as the main forum for PCLG members to meet and discuss issues of relevance to them as a group. We would therefore like to remind everyone of the importance of attending the annual meeting, which is an opportunity to bring members together to explore and share ideas relating to a specific theme, and to bring members up to speed with the key issues, the latest developments in policy and practice, and with members' experiences. If you would like to know more about the 2007 PCLG Annual Symposium, contact us at pclg@iied.org
Meeting report: Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) Annual Symposium 2007 - Full Report (PDF, 285k)
Other meeting documents:
- 2007 PCLG Annual Symposium - Annotated Participants List
(PDF, 82k) - 2007 PCLG Annual Symposium - Overview and Agenda
(PDF, 42k) - 2007 PCLG Directory of Poverty and Conservation Organisations and Initiatives
(PDF, 1448k) - Addressing climate-conservation-poverty links in development assistance
Maria Berlekom - SwedBio (PDF, 25k) - Climate Change and Seed Saving Study
Tsitsi Choruma - Progressio (PDF, 101k) - Climate Impacts on Biodiversity and Livelihoods
Hannah Reid - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (PDF, 16k) - Conservation in a Human Landscape: A Review Of Field-Level Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Integrating Socio-Economic Indicators Into Conservation
Hannah Fairbank - USAID (PDF, 23k) - Developing a climate risk and opportunities assessment mechanism for conservation projects
Matt Walpole - Fauna and Flora International (PDF, 235k) - Influencing International Policy Processes: CITES and Livelihoods
Barney Dickson - Fauna and Flora International (PDF, 19k) - KAMICYDI Initiatives on Conservation-Poverty-Climate Linkages
Donato Bumacas - Kalinga Mission for Indigenous Children and Youth Development (KAMICYDI) (PDF, 72k) - Livestock, wildlife, conservation and Maasai livelihoods: Current patterns and climate change implications
Katherine Homewood - Anthropology, UCL (PDF, 6343k) - Policies on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities
Helen Leake (for Tom Griffiths) - Forest Peoples Programme (PDF, 230k) - Poverty and Conservation in Tanzania
Alexander Songorwa - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania (PDF, 694k) - Presentation by Jenny Henman - Sustainable Forestry Management Ltd
(PDF, 1615k) - Presentation by Katrina Brandon - Conservation International
(PDF, 5861k) - Presentation by Kent Redford - Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
(PDF, 70k) - Promoting and evaluating community and biodiversity considerations in land-based carbon projects
Joanna Durbin - Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) (PDF, 832k) - Protected Areas and Local livelihoods: Monitoring global trends with the World Database on Protected Areas
Charles Besançon - UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (PDF, 9840k) - Providing an incentive for Conservation and cultural strengthening among the pygmies (Batwa) in Uganda
Robert Tumwesigye Baganda - Pro- biodiversity Conservationists in Uganda (PROBICOU) (PDF, 27k) - RED, Poverty, Deforestation & the Role of Protected Areas
Lera Miles - UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (PDF, 3370k) - Reforesting Denuded Lands: A Solution to Poverty and Climate Change? (paper)
Minnie Degawan - International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests (IAITPTF) (PDF, 141k) - Reforesting Denuded Lands: Responding to Poverty and Climate Change? (presentation)
Minnie Degawan - International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests (IAITPTF) (PDF, 13k) - The Poverty and Environment Partnership (PEP)
David Huberman - IUCN (PDF, 55k) - WCPA/CEESP Protected Areas, Equity and Livelihoods Task Force
Phil Franks - CARE International (PDF, 83k) - Why are we here?
Dilys Roe, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (PDF, 56k)
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