About
Themes
The programme will illustrate examples of climate-smart forest products into new applications, lessons learned from countries on deploying forest supply chains in low-carbon development and bio-economy, and associated benefits to local livelihoods, rural development and environmental services. The following themes will be covered:
- Role of forest sector in emerging bio-economies
- Forest Certification: a paradigm shift in green economy
- Contributions of forest industry in rural development
Speakers
High-level speakers include:
Minister of Environment of Brazil: Ms. Isabella Teixeira
Minister of the Korea Forest Service: Mr. Don Koo Lee
Keynote speakers include:
José Luciano Penido, Chairman of BRACELPA and Fibria
Judith Merkies, Member of the European Parliament
Anders Hildeman, Director Forest and Supply Chain, IKEA
Dilip Kumar, Director-General, Forests, India
Panelists include:
Stefan Sundman, UPM Finland
Antonio Maciel, Suzano Brazil
Andre de Freitas, FSC
William Street, PEFC
Ben Cashore, Yale, IUFRO
Steven Ngubane, Forestry South Africa
Stewart Maginnnis, IUCN
Coosje Hoogendoorn, INBAR
