Breakout Sessions

February 2, Thursday

3:30pm-4:45pm

Breakout session with Guiraldo C. Fernandez Jr. - Visayas State University 

Practicing what one is preaching: An ELTI (Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative) Alumnus’ Strategy of Proliferating Rainforestation (Native Tree Forest Restoration) in Negros Island, Philippines 

February 3, Friday

3:30pm-4:30pm

Keynote discussion group with Dr. Juliette Biao
This discussion group will dive deeper into the keynote’s remarks, engaging in conversation around the issues raised by the speech. The discussion will be led by each keynote presenter and facilitated by a Yale Faculty member.

Keynote discussion group with Dr. Pablo Pacheco
This discussion group will dive deeper into the keynote’s remarks, engaging in conversation around the issues raised by the speech. The discussion will be led by each keynote presenter and facilitated by a Yale Faculty member.

4:45pm-6:00pm

Breakout session with Jeff C. Carlson and Joshua Ortiz-Guzman - RioRaiz
A closed-loop conservation strategy to advance the protection of critically at-risk biomes in the Amazon Rainforest

Breakout session with Scott Francisco and Sarah Jane Wilson - Pilot Projects and Conservation International
Cities4Forests Partner Forest Workshop

Breakout session with Mamadou Diakhite and Teko Nhlapo - African Union Development Agency - NEPAD
An assessment of life within the African tropics: The case of AFR100

February 4, Saturday

11:30pm-12:45pm

Breakout session with Sheila Ward, Nicholas Brokaw, and Gamma Galudra - ISTF Global and RECOFTC Indonesia

Community-based perspectives on the interaction between expanding agricultural frontiers and the conservation of tropical forests

Breakout session with Melaina Dyck and Darby Levin - Climate Focus
Fantastic restoration monitoring tools and where to find them

Breakout session with Sarah Jane Wilson - University of Michigan
Harnessing the power of nature: Three (Conservation International) guides to restoring forests at scale