What are Building Block Talks?
Building Block Talks (BBTs) are a PechaKucha style presentation where each speaker has 10 minutes to showcase their work. Told in the form of a story, BBTs allow the audience to learn about the speaker’s work in an engaging fashion, allowing for a stimulating discussion following the talks.
Below is the schedule of Building Block Talks for the conference:
Building Block Talk Schedule |
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27th January, Friday |
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Sage Hall Room 24 |
Kroon Hall Burke Auditorium |
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Presenter’s Name |
Country |
Presentation |
Presenter’s Name |
Country |
Presentation |
Cristopher Nesbitt |
Belize |
Agroforestry as a tool for climate change mitigation, ecosystem service replication and poverty alleviation: 28 years of work in the foothills of the Maya Mountains in Belize |
Ciro José Ribeiro de Moura |
Brazil |
Making possible, monitoring, evaluation and management of tropical forest restoration in a governmental agency. |
Rosario Lilian Painter |
Bolivia |
Indigenous Territorial Management and Forest Conservation |
Robin Chazdon |
USA |
Addressing the socio-ecological processes that shape tropical reforestation |
Dana Miller |
USA |
Integrating Private Sector Zero Net Deforestation Commitments with Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) |
Matthew Jurjonas |
USA |
Organic Coffee Production in a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainable Rural Development |
Dr. Marcelo de Andrade |
Brazil |
Carbon Well Juruena Project - Amazonian BRAZIL NUTS Cooperative |
Latha Swamy |
USA |
Planetary Health: Setting the Research Agenda for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet |
Yoel Martinez |
Cuba |
Case of the Viñales National Park |
Eric Hortsman |
Ecuador |
Restoring Dry Forests Through the Use of Enrichment Planting Near Guayaquil, Ecuador |
Christian Körting |
Germany |
Sustainable Tropical Timber Trade in Germany |
Otim Joseph |
Uganda |
The Syndicate in the loss of Uganda’s Tropical Forest |
Shankar Adhikari |
Nepal |
Community Engagement in Forest Management in Nepal: Effective way of Improving Forest Condition and livelihood of Forest Dependent Community |
Dr. Herster Barres |
Costa Rica |
Designing farm forests for better mitigation of climate change |
Scott Francisco |
USA |
Global city-building as means to engage local youth in community forest enterprise |
Mateo Salazar |
Colombia |
The Forestry Incentive Certificate in Colombia: what are we subsidizing? |
28th January, Saturday |
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Sage Hall Room 24 |
Kroon Burke Auditorium |
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Presenter’s Name |
Country |
Presentation |
Presenter’s Name |
Country |
Presentation |
Cherrie Atilano |
Philippines |
One - Tropical Island Greening Movement |
Sarah Jane Wilson |
USA |
The Future of Forest Work and Communities |
Charles Rugerinyange |
Burundi |
Collaborative management of Bururi Forest Nature Reserve |
Ted Lawrence |
USA |
Rethinking Conservation: how economic globalization can change traditional social-ecological landscapes |
Alicia Entem |
Republic of Panama |
Agroforestry program adoption on private lands: costing hydrological service provision in the Panama Canal Watershed |
Kyle Meister |
USA |
Using standards as tools for collaborative conservation |
Ana Luiza Violato Espada |
USA |
Forest valorisation and community development: a case of the sustainable use of forest in the Brazilian Amazon |
Mona Wang |
USA |
Jurisdictional Risk Assessment: Using Public Data Platforms to Assess Deforestation Risks |
Bethany Kois |
USA |
Improving human and environmental health: How provision of health care services and training in alternative livelihoods positively influences conservation behaviour of citizens living in villages that Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. |
Eric Wikramanayake |
Sri Lanka |
Integrated Spatial Planning to prioritize biodiversity conservation in Sri Lanka |
Anders Hilman |
Sweden |
Sustainable business partnerships |
Bruno Kanieski Da Silva |
USA |
Timberland Investment Management Organizations (TIMOs): Business Strategies in Forest Plantations in Brazil |
Maria Paula Sarigumba |
Philippines |
Youth Involvement in Monitoring and Detection of Environmental Changes in the Philippines |
Juan Bronson |
Guatemala |
Izabal Agro-Forest; multi-tiered forest management |
Timothy Treuer |
USA |
Orange is the New Green: Accelerating tropical forest regeneration with citrus waste |
Matt Bare |
USA |
Monitoring & Evaluation for Sustainable Commodities: collaborating throughout the agricultural value chain |
What are poster presentations?
Your physical poster of specified dimensions will be displayed during the duration of the conference. During the poster session, you must be present by your poster to explain it in further detail to the audience.
Posters will be displayed during the coffee and poster session on January 27, 2017 from 15:00 to 16:00 in Kroon Hall Knob Area.