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Wednesday 17 August
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08.30-09.00 |
Registration and coffee/tea |
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09.00-10.40 |
Session 1. Chair: Ivan Nielsen, Department of
Biology, University of Aarhus |
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09.00 |
Welcome and Introduction to the Key Issues of the Conference
- presentation
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Ivan Nielsen, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of
Aarhus, Denmark. |
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09.15 |
Danida Strategies and Approaches to
Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management
Presentation |
Henning Nøhr, Chief Technical Advisor, BFT.2, Danish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
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09.30 |
Nature Supporting People: the Southern African
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Presentation |
Belinda Reyers, Environmentek, Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research, South Africa
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09.55 |
Discussion |
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10.10 |
Coffee/tea |
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10.40-12.30 |
Session 2. Chair: Sanit Aksornkoae,
Thailand Environment Institute |
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10.40 |
Linking Bioprospecting with Sustainable Development and
Conservation: The Panama Model
Presentation |
Phyllis D. Coley, Professor and
Thomas A. Kursar, Associate Professor,
Department of Biology, University of Utah, USA |
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11.05 |
The Relationship between Biodiversity and Population
Centers in Developing Countries
Presentation |
Jon Fjeldsaa, Professor, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark
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11.30 |
Ecosystem Valuation: Linking Biodiversity Conservation
to Human Welfare
Presentation |
Subhrendu K. Pattanayak,
Senior Economist, Research Triangle Institute,
NC, USA
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11.55 |
Discussion |
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12.10 |
Commissioned Review Paper: Research on the
Relationship between Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Presentation
Introduction to parallel sessions and posters
See the
list of accepted posters |
Cecil Konijnendijk,
Woodscape Consult, Denmark |
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12.30 |
Lunch and poster viewing |
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13.30-15.00 |
Parallel sessions
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13.30-15.00 |
Parallel Session 3a. Marine and Coastal Ecosystems. Chair:
Donald Macintosh, Department of
Biology, University of Aarhus
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13.30 |
Mangroves…. The “Life-Saving Belts” of Coastal Areas
in Thailand
Presentation |
Sanit Aksornkoae, Professor and President, Thailand
Environment Institute
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13.45 |
Marine Protected Areas as a Mechanism to Support
Coastal Ecosystem Services and
Biodiversity in Vietnam
Presentation |
Nguyen Giang Thu, Ministry of
Fisheries, Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
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14.00 |
Discussion of the five key conference questions in
relationship to marine and coastal areas and associated natural resource
management systems
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15.00 |
Coffee/tea and poster viewing |
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13.30-15.00 |
Parallel Session 3b. Humid and sub-humid tropical forests. Chair: Phyllis Coley, University of Utah, USA
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13.30 |
Participatory Forest Management for Sustainable
Community Development: Lessons Learnt in Conservation and Management
of Udzungwa Mountain Forests, Iringa, Tanzania
Presentation |
John Massao, Senior Forest Officer, Forest and Bee Keeping Division, Tanzania |
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13.45 |
Biodiversity in the Farmscape: Farmland Action
Planning for Biodiversity in Thailand
Presentation |
Kirsten Ewers, Chief Consultant,
Rambøll, Denmark
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14.00 |
Discussion of the five key conference questions in
relationship to tropical forests and associated land use and natural
resource management systems
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15.00 |
Coffee/tea and poster viewing |
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13.30-15.00 |
Parallel Session 3c. Savanna ecosystems. Chair: Anette
Reenberg, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen
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13.30 |
Community
Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). Is It the Solution or the Problem
to Biodiversity Management in Africa?
Presentation |
John Balarin, Regional Program Coordinator, Danish
Hunters Association, SE Africa CBNRM Wildlife Program, Malawi |
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13.45 |
Grasshopper and Locust Control in Sahel: Biodiversity
and Ecological Services
Presentation |
Niels Elmegaard, Senior Biologist,
National Envrionmental Research Institute, Denmark
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14.00 |
Discussion of the five key conference questions in
relationship to arid and semi-arid ecosystems and associated
land use and natural resource management systems
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15.00 |
Coffee/tea and poster viewing |
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15.30-17.30 |
Session 4. Chair: Thomas K. Kristensen, DBL -
Institute for Health Research and Development
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15.30 |
Correlations
between Biological Diversity and the Provision of
Water Resources in Africa
Presentation |
Neil Burgess, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, UK |
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15.55 |
Maintaining
Ecosystem Services by Conserving Coastal Biodiversity:
some examples from Southeast Asia
Presentation |
Donald Macintosh, Professor, Centre for Tropical Ecosystems Research,
University of Aarhus, Denmark |
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16.20 |
Discussion |
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16.30 |
Ecosystem Services at the Human Interface, an
Interdisciplinary Perspective on Biodiversity and Health
Presentation |
Jacobien Scherpbier-van
Holthe, WHO Consultant,
Rural Development Sociologist, France.
WHO Environmental Health
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16.55 |
Biodiversity, Ecosystems Services and Genetically
Modified Organisms
Presentation |
Gabor Lövei, Senior Scientist, Danish Institute of
Agricultural Sciences
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17.20 |
Discussion |
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17.30-19.00 |
Informal reception and poster viewing |
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Thursday 18 August
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09.00-10.00 |
Session 5. Chair: Helle Munk Ravnborg, Danish
Institute of International Studies |
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09.00 |
Relationships between Institutions and Regulation,
Markets and use of Biodiversity
Presentation |
Henrik Egelyng, Researcher, Danish Institute of
International Studies
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09.25 |
Linking Village-Based and Project Monitoring with National
Reporting Frameworks for Biodiversity and Community Based Natural Resource Management
Presentation |
Tom Blomley, Senior Advisor, Participatory Forest Management
Programme, Forestry and Beekeping Division, Tanzania
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09.50 |
Discussion |
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10.00 |
Coffee/tea and poster viewing |
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10.30-13.00 |
Session 6. Chair and moderator of final discussion:
Gabor Lövei, Danish Institute of
Agricultural Sciences
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10.30 |
The Importance of Scientific Studies for the
Understanding and Management of Environmental Services
Presentation |
Hugo Navarrete, Universidad P. Catolica, Quito, Ecuador
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10.55 |
Capacity Development Regarding Ecosystem
Services and Biodiversity
Presentation |
Ivan Nielsen, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of
Aarhus, Denmark |
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11.20 |
Discussion |
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11.30 |
Group presentations, 10 minutes each
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12.00 |
Final discussion and conclusions
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13.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00-17.00 |
ReNED General Assembly 2005, including presentation by
Camilla Toulmin, Director,
International Institute of Environment and Development, UK
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