Building Block Talks

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

27th January, Friday

Sage Hall Room 24

Kroon Hall Burke Auditorium

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

Sage Hall Room 24

Kroon Burke Auditorium

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.