ISTF 2022 | Agenda
2022 Conference Agenda
All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (UTC -05:00)
Introductory Remarks and Opening Keynote + Q&A
Senior Research Scientist, Director, Program in Tropical Forestry and Agroforestry
Yale School of the Environment
President
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
National Research Program Leader for International Science Issues
US Forest Service
The importance of integrative research for re-creating sustainable forest landscapes
Day One Morning Break
Panel: Political Ecology and Tropical Forest Restoration
Day One Lunch Break
Global Capacity Gaps, Knowledge, and Learning Plan for the UN Decade on Restoration
Professor Emerita, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
Research Professor, Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast
Senior Project Manager, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
Wageningen University and Research
Day One Breakout Session
Accelerating restoration incentive policies with a DEI lens in Latin America
Maggie Gonzalez (WRI), leader
Top issues in forest restoration faced by tropical ISTF Chapters
Sheila Ward (ISTF Global), leader
What does it take to build a Science Based Platform to Enable and Accelerate the Restoration of Earth’s Ecosystems?
Simeon Max (Restor), leader
Transformative Actions for Nature and People in Amazonian Countries: Possible halting and reversing the degradation of Amazon ecosystem
Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes (Federal University of Amazon (Brasil) and Yale University), leader
Panel: Research, Education, and Knowledge Exchange in Tropical Forest Restoration
ICREA Research Professor
Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA)
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Managing Trustee, Junglescapes Charitable Trust
Director, Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)
Day Two Morning Break
Day Two Breakout Session
Seed banking to address a major reforestation bottleneck
Jill Wagner (Terraformation), leader
National Landscape Restoration Strategy for Belize
Minerva Gonzalez (Belize Forest Department) and Ki’ila Salas, leaders
Evaluating restoration success and policy requirements in Latin America
Sergio Estrada Villegas & Ana Maria Aldana (Yale University & Universidad del Rosario), leaders
Implementing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) in ISTF-Global towards greater inclusion for forest restoration
Stephanie Chizmar (ISTF-NC State University), leader
Day Two Lunch Break
Middle Keynote + Q&A
Vice President, Deputy Lead of the Forests Team
WWF
Losing sight of the forest for the trees: the need for an integrated approach that works for people, nature, and climate
Innovation Prize Presentations + Q&A
Day Three Open/Check-in Time
Panel: Financing Forest Protection and Restoration
Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy, Yale School of the Environment
Co-Director of the Center for Business & the Environment at Yale and Director of the Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment at Yale
Day Three Morning Break
Flash Talks
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Day Three Lunch Break
Closing Keynote + Q&A
Director, The Rome Centre for Sustainable Development
United Nations Development Programme
Why multilateralism matters in the Decade of Action and for the Restoration Agenda
Announcement of Innovation Prize Winners and Closing Remarks
ISTF 2022 Conference made possible by our sponsors
Cullman Institute
Leitner Family Fund
YSE Learning Communities
People, Equity, and the Environment
Ecosystem Management and Conservation
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